Steltman Chair
A recently discovered Rietveld design of unknown date, this is quite a different concept from his Red-Blue and Berlin chairs with their delineation of l...
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Seagram Building, New York
The Seagram Building pairs a bronze-and-glass office tower with an open Park Avenue plaza, establishing an influential model of corporate modernism.
Modern Architecture Building DesignBuildingSeagram
Sony Walkman TPS-L2
The 1979 Sony Walkman TPS-L2 brought stereo cassette listening into a compact personal player with a blue-and-silver body and lightweight headphones.
Vintage ElectronicsSonyWalkman
Eames Aluminum Dining Chairs
Eames produced his Aluminium Group: chairs with a single fine seat/back element in horizontally seamed fabric or vinyl coverings over vinyl-coated fabri...
ChairsDesignersVintage Design Chairs
On Weaving by Anni Albers
Anni Albers's On Weaving, first published in 1965, examines textile structure, materials, and the relationship between making and modern design.
Modern Art Abstract Art And Contemporary ArtModern ArtAbstract Art And Contemporary Art
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House turns concrete roof shells into a harbor landmark, shaped by Jørn Utzon’s design and a demanding process of construction.
ArchitectureSculptureModern Architecture Building Design
Braun RT 20 tabletop radio
Dieter Rams’s 1961 Braun RT 20 arranges a circular speaker grille, vertical tuning scale, and pale controls across a restrained rectangular front.
FurnitureVintage ElectronicsBraun
Diamond Chair by Harry Bertoia
Harry Bertoia’s 1952 Diamond Chair for Knoll forms a broad, open seat from welded steel rods, joining sculptural shape with practical support.
ChairsVintage Design ChairsBertoia
Model Uptown 1947
Model’s Uptown (1947), illustrated in the architectural and mechanical art collection with links to related archive entries.
Mid CenturyArchitectural And Mechanical ArtModel
Regency TR-1 transistor radio
The 1954 Regency TR-1 used four transistors in a compact plastic case, helping establish the radio as a portable personal object.
FurnitureVintage ElectronicsRadio
Mid Century Modern Seattle, Washington Family House
OWNER: Dwight H. Panchot COST FACTS:Approximately $20,000 in 1950 (not including special equipment). 1654 square feet at approximately $12 per square foot.
ArchitectureMid CenturyMid Century Modern Homes
Paul McCobb Directional Dining Furniture Collection
DINING / The Directional collection offers a wide selection of dining room furniture. The tables in this section range from small extension tables suita...
FurniturePaul Mccobb Modern FurnitureDining
Barcelona chair
This chair was designed by Mies van der Rohe for the German Government pavilion, which he designed for the Barcelona International Exhibition of 1929.
ChairsDesignersVintage Design Chairs
The Large Blue Horses by Franz Marc
Franz Marc's The Large Blue Horses unites three animals and a landscape through strong color and repeated curves.
Expressionist Geometric ArtBlueHorses
Braun T3 pocket radio
The Braun T3 pocket radio, dated 1958 by MoMA, applies a restrained plastic case and clear geometric controls to portable listening.
FurnitureVintage ElectronicsBraun
Paul McCobb midcentury modern bedroom furniture
BEDROOM / Designs in this section include headboards, night tables, dressing tables and benches.
FurnitureMid CenturyPaul Mccobb Modern Furniture
Baseball Glove chair
Charles Eames, referring to the designing of his 1957 lounge chair once said he wanted to design a chair that would welcome the body, like a well-used b...
ChairsDesignersVintage Design Chairs
George Nelson modern sofa
This sofa is included in a book of chairs, because it is considered to be the only sofa to rank with the chairs selected for this book, as a classic des...
ChairsFurnitureVintage Design Chairs
Calder Feathers sculpture
Explore Calder’s Feathers, Gypsophila II, and Spiny through archived photographs, dates, materials, and dimensions.
SculptureExpressionist Geometric ArtCalder
White on White by Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Malevich's Suprematist Composition: White on White of 1918 explores the movement and space suggested by a tilted square and subtle whites.
SculpturePure Geometric ArtWhite
Modern Design Museums and Auctions
American Craft Museum AmericanCraftMuseum.org
Vintage Technology And Design ArticlesAmericanAmericancraftmuseum
Crawford From the Bridge 1942
Crawford’s From the Bridge (1942), illustrated in the architectural and mechanical art collection alongside related works.
Mid CenturyArchitectural And Mechanical ArtBridge
Morris Suspended Discs
Morris’s Suspended Discs (1950), an oil painting illustrated in the pure geometric art collection with its dimensions.
Mid CenturyPure Geometric ArtDiscs
Hartley E Abstract painting
Hartley’s E. (1915), an oil painting in the abstract art archive, with an artwork photograph and related works.
Abstract ArtAbstractHartley
Red Blue Chair by Gerrit Rietveld
Rietveld’s Red Blue Chair combines separate wooden rails and planes; its primary colours, applied around 1923, connect the design with De Stijl.
ChairsVintage Design ChairsBlue
Panton Stacking Plastic Modern Chair
This is the first single form plastic chair, and is still one of the most satisfying and sensible. Whether or not there was any direct influence, Panton...
ChairsVintage Design ChairsChair
Le Corbusier Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
Le Corbusier did not lose his way, on the contrary, l'Unite at Marseilles strengthened his dogged faith in his own creed. He felt that here at last was...
DesignersModern Architecture Building DesignCorbusier
Landi Chair by Hans Coray
Designed as a stacking park chair for the Swiss National Exhibition in Zurich in 1938, the Landi used the latest developments of the time in aluminium t...
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Modern Furniture and Accessories
Entertainment Center ContemporaryFurniture.com
FurnitureVintage Technology And Design ArticlesAccessories
Blue and Green Music by Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe's Blue and Green Music explores sound through sweeping color and contrasting edges in oil paint.
Abstract ArtBlueGreen
Business by Charles Demuth
Charles Demuth's Business combines a factory facade, sharply drawn shadows, and calendar markings in oil and graphite.
Architectural And Mechanical ArtBusinessDemuth
Feininger Vita Nova oil painting
Feininger’s Vita Nova (1947), an oil painting illustrated in the naturalistic geometric art archive with related works.
Mid CenturyNaturalistic Geometric ArtFeininger
Arco floor lamp
The Castiglioni brothers’ 1962 Arco floor lamp carries a domed reflector on a sweeping steel stem balanced by a block of Carrara marble.
Vintage Technology And Design ArticlesArcoLamp
Vintage GE television set
View an archived photograph of a vintage GE television set and explore related radios and televisions in the vintage electronics collection.
Vintage ElectronicsTelevisionArchived
Smith Amusement Park sculpture
Smith’s Amusement Park (1937), a sculpture of steel with cadmium illustrated in the expressionist geometric art collection.
SculptureExpressionist Geometric ArtAmusement
Knaths Maritime
Knaths’s Maritime (1931), an oil painting in the expressionist geometric art archive, with a photograph and dimensions.
Expressionist Geometric ArtKnathsMaritime