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Aye - the daybeds (and the beds) were what I was referring to. So much of that mid-century design was focused on designing things that could be constructed aff
by jowiar 12y ago
Aye - the daybeds (and the beds) were what I was referring to.
So much of that mid-century design was focused on designing things that could be constructed affordably - this largely came from the same post-WWII era of suburbanization where building houses affordably was solved, and a whole lot of middle-income folks needed to furnish their new houses. Roll this forward a few decades and we have Ikea's flat-pack furniture, and what was effectively the 1950s Ikea became "trendy" and "designer" and got priced up.
- mturmon 12y agoYes, another example of the middle moving up is Gregory Ain (http://marvistatract.org http://marvistatract.org) or Eichler tract homes. Originally made inexpensive for a mass market, and now really prized as a relatively high-end pedigreed home. I'm not aware of a parallel to Ikea in home building today. Maybe some of the urban infill you see.