The good people at Marmol Radziner are digging through the past to create a new line of furniture called Vienna Way, which recalls built-ins and freestanding furniture by 20th century Viennese American architects R. M. Schindler and Richard Neutra. Read more about it here.
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ODO (Organic Design Operatives) recently announced the launch of their Arrowroot Collection of furniture and home decor. Inspired by nature and the American Prairie School of design, this unique collection of home furnishings goes beyond the typical historical reproductions of the classics. Each piece is an original design created by ODO using the same organic design principles pioneered by Prairie School masters like Frank Lloyd Wright, Purcell & Elmslie and George Mann Niedecken. Check out the entire collection here.
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Chicago-based designer and craftsman, Randall Kramer was nice enough to share a new piece that he just delivered to a Modern Chicago high-rise building. Randall explains:
"The Interior Design firm of Handman Associates were the genesis of this design and I made it. I really like how the hammered texture of the tapered angle iron legs appear with the black patina and the coating of the matte sealer. The custom cabinet handles were fabricated the same manner."
The piece is truly beautiful, embodying a Modern nod to both the Arts & Crafts and Art Deco era. Check out Randall's other work here.
Images copyright Randall Kramer
I'm really digging UK designer James Howlett's smart and fun take on furniture, as embodied in his ReStyle Multifunctional Modular Furniture. Check it out here.
Image via jameshowlett.co.uk
A missing leg, a rare piece of furniture and a little detective work? No, it's not the plot to an Agatha Christie novel. It's the story behind how a lost 12-legged table designed by Frank Lloyd Wright made it back to its home at the Graycliff Estate in Buffalo, NY. Read more here.
Image via the Buffalo News
Paul R. sent us a link to Room & Board's Montego outdoor furniture sporting a new look that definitely says "PrairieMod." The Little Red House would love a set of these on its deck! Check out the line here.
Image via Room & Board
Lawrence Technological University students will recreate furniture for the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed
Affleck House in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan thanks to a $7,500 grant. Read all about it here.
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We got an email from Chris Armes, who with his wife, run the 16th Workshop in Seattle, WA where they design and build hand-made modern
furniture. I checked out their stuff on their website and love the use of natural materials, the supple organic forms, the Mod sensibility. In short, very PrairieMod. Check out 16th Workshop for yourself here.
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PrairieMod reader, Paul R. sent me a link to an amazing furniture design studio called Case and Grain located in Los Angeles. Their custom work uses the beauty of natural materials and features clean lines and subtle forms. Check it out here.
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PrairieMod reader, Kevin B., sent us a link to some really great furniture and home decor items designed by Wisdom Furniture, Inc. I'm especially digging the "Forest Floor" LED lamp. Check out all the items here.
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The Los Angeles Times recently featured an article on the new Charles Rohlfs exhibit at the at the Huntington Library, Art
Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA. Read about it here.
Image via LA Times website
Some friends and I visited the Chicago Antique Market this weekend and came across some very cool stuff. One of the cool things we discovered was Hinge. Hinge is a design community of local Chicago artists, furniture designers and antique dealers that use found, reclaimed, vintage and natural materials to make a sophisticated selection of home decor items. Check out their site, mission and products here.
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Room & Board + Dwell Magazine = a chance to win $10,000! Read details and sign-up here.
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Join Unity Temple Restoration Foundation on their next Break::the::Box event with a visit to the S. Lloyd Natof furniture making workshop in Chicago's West Loop. Lloyd will present a collection of observations and commentary on Wright's furniture along with a tour of his studio. Lloyd is uniquely equipped to offer such information: as Wright's great-grandson, he has been living with and thinking about Wright's furniture all of his life. Tickets are $15 for UTRF members, students and seniors; $20 non-members. Space is limited to 25; registration required. Light refreshments and dessert will be served. Order tickets here.
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I checked-in with Chi-Town designer, Randall Kramer, recently to find out what he's been making lately. See his stuff after the jump...
Check out this article on Arts & Crafts-era furniture icon, Charles Rohlfs, and the traveling exhibit that features his unique designs. Read it here.
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PrairieMod reader Paul R. sent a link to Summit Furniture, which has some Prairie/Modern overtones to its design. Read more about it and see the collections here.
Image via Summit Furniture
It's far easier to criticize than truly study and understand. Case-in-point: this recent lfpress.com critique on why Frank Lloyd Wright's furniture is uncomfortable. Yawn, what a revelation. Here's a question--has the blobby La-Z-Boy ever inspired generations of scholars and designers?
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Mid-Century furniture is truly fascinating. Do you see this as Home Lounge or Office Lounge? Either way, I'm kinda digging this piece by Jens Risom—very organic and streamlined.
Via the Mid-Century Modermist.
Room & Board is making room for their 2010 items, so this is your chance to get some great deals.
Check them out online or in the store.
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Congratulations Copeland Furniture! The American Home
Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) announced that Copeland Furniture (makers of the officially licensed Frank Lloyd Wright-designed furniture), is the recipient of the 2009 Sage Award for
environmental excellence. Read about it here.
Image via copelandfurniture.com
Blu Dot just announced a lower price for their "Flat Out" Mod sleeper sofa. Get the details here.
Image via Blu Dot
I'm really digging the simple, yet elegant construction approach to these "Off the Ground" tables by Jochem Faudet. Geometric tabletops are held aloft by folded
sheet metal legs that grip any 90° or 120° corners. Check out more here.
Image via MocoLoco
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Design Within Reach is now offering two new officially licensed Frank Lloyd Wright-designed pieces of furniture. Made by Copeland Furniture, the Greene House (Aurora, IL 1912) sofa and recliner are welcome additions to the collection of Wright-related Prairie School pieces already available. See more here.
Image via DWR
The three finalists for the "One Good Chair 2009" competition have been unveiled and you can vote online for your favorite to win. Check out the story behind these designs and pick a seat here.
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Bamboo is a pretty amazing plant. Strong, fast growing, anti-bacterial, beautiful—it's truly a wonder material. Check out how Finnish company, Magaru, is using bamboo to make some pretty interesting (and Organic looking) modular furniture and shelving designs. See it here.
Image copyright Magaru/via MocoLoco
I stumbled across this 2007 Interior Design Magazine article online about Larry Weinberg and Andy Lin's collection of Organic designed furniture and they lengths they went to find it. Read about it here.
Image copyright Eric Laignel
Found this book by famous furniture designer Mario Dal Fabbro. I don't have a workshop, and my only woodworking experience was in shop class, but I would definitely get back into it if I had a book like this!
53 step-by-step plans for contemporary pieces, with simple construction details for building your own professional-quality modern furniture!
A recent San Francisco Chronicle article points out that designers are returning to more traditional materials, like wood, in reaction to the scariness borne out of technological overload and modern-day societal stress. The article points out that this is nothing new--MCM designers did the same thing after WWII and during the Red Scare. Read more here.
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The LA Times posted an article and photos of sculptor Mark Wentzel's statement on the global obesity epidemic via the classic Eames Lounge Chair (or something like that). Eames eats Lazy Boy anyone? Gawk more here.
Image via LA Times/Mark Wentzel
I recently heard from Arte Moderne, one of my all-time favorite shops for all things Mid-Century Modern. Seems they've gotten a mint collection of Paul McCobb furniture in stock that MCM collectors would drool over. Read more after the jump...
Continue reading "New At Arte Moderne: Paul McCobb Furniture" »
Master American Modernism furniture designer and craftsman, Sam Maloof passed away at the age of 93. You can read about his life and amazing work here.
Copeland Furniture has re-imagined Arts & Crafts furniture for the 21st Century with their new line called (appropriately enough) 21 AC. Check it out here. Thanks to PrairieMod reader Kevin B. for the link!
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Room & Board has a great selection of outdoor furniture for spring and summer. They also have a resource for how to care for outdoor materials.
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The Scout in the L.A. Times has reported that modernist designer,
Vladimir Kagan, is scheduled to celebrate the reissue of his 1950’s
Contour Chair and Ottoman. The West Coast premiere will take place
Thursday and Friday at Ralph Pucci International.
Photo Courtesy of Ralph Pucci International
Barb Bohnert at Chicago's Room & Board store was kind enough to give me a rundown of all the new items R&B has introduced for 2009.
See the highlights after the jump...
Copeland Furniture has the hook-up...learn the history of this extraordinarily iconic chair and examine the licensed reproduction.
Check it out here.
Image courtesy Copeland Furniture
Blu Dot has a nicely designed bench as part of Herman Miller's Lifework Portfolio and were invited by Herman Miller to be one of four designers to help create this collection. Blu Dot's focus was on storage, and when they began the project, they were struck by the lack of options that “feel” residential. Their approach: borrow a residential typology (the blanket chest) and re-purpose it for home office storage needs.
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Maxwell from Apartment Therapy sent out a email today highlighting this super cool MCM inspired design. The Record Cabinet by Atocha Design. I was so struck by its appealing look, I just had to share it! I've been longing to get some vinyl and a record player, so this is a good excuse.
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Room & Board is representing BabyMod with their Moda line.
A family of New York furniture makers defines modern, functional design with this refreshing collection. Choose from solid maple, solid maple with mocha stain, white or one of 8 fun drawer and door colors.
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Looking for a place to get great Mid-Century Modern and Danish Modern furniture? Well "look" no further than Look Modern. They have seating, tables, lighting and more!
While Arte Moderne is my favorite local resource, Look Modern is great for online treasurer hunters.
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Another passion of mine, aside from skateboard design and Mid-Century Modern design, is Prairie Style/Mission design (aka American Arts & Crafts).
So, I was totally thrilled to see Andrew Stansell's unique furniture that takes traditional Mission forms and fabricates them in metal rather than the usual quarter-sawn oak. The pieces are neither entirely traditional nor modern, but still have a familiar feel.
Props to Andrew!
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CB2 has some really interesting offerings right now for office spaces. It looks like everything in this photo is on sale and these items also look very functional. Check it out!
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Urban Outfitters has some pretty sweet new furniture that is very Mid-Century Modern. The chair pictured is called the Eiffel chair. They also have an Eiffel side table and Eiffel coffee table.
The products say they are inspired by classic Mid-Century Modern designs. The designs look very similar to the Eames Eiffel Chair by Herman Miller.
Image copyright Urban Outfitters
The wife and I have been in search of some vintage MCM chairs for our three season room and this one piques my interest. Listed on eBay is a rare Danish Modernist armchair (listing mentions Finn Juhl's name) with an adjustable multi-position back. Very cool. Of course, it looks like it could use some new upholstery.
Via The Mid-Century Modernist
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