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I am not sure if the article says anything substantial about midcentury modern design. The canonical International and Bauhaus movements---represented by iconi
by soyiuz 10y ago
I am not sure if the article says anything substantial about midcentury modern design.
The canonical International and Bauhaus movements---represented by iconic designers/architects like Gropius, Le Corbusier, and Eames---were (in some sense) a response to the ornamental style of the previous century. These privileged clean lines over ornament, modern materials over patina, and function over decoration. These principles produced beautiful objects that are modular, uncluttered, and easy to move and maintain. They endure because they still reflect the values of our time.
I say this owning nothing in that style, except perhaps a Vitsoe standing desk. Most of my interiors are industrial / rustic, which clashes with midcentury.
- twelvechairs 10y agoAgree the article lacks content. Just to raise a point on your comment - though 'midcentury modern' is a slippery term i dont think your references quite capture it. When i see the term it is generally less canonical modernism (architecture-focussed, pre-wwii, Corbusier/bauhaus, france/germany-led) and more something different (furniture focussed, post wwii, influenced by modernism but also arts and craft/frank lloyd wright/etc., scandinavian led with notable american examples). I think theres a reason it has appeared as a term - because many things described by this term are quite definitely not 'moderism'