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Vintage print adverts of Mel Smilow furniture for Smilow-Thielle
Two furniture designers, Melvin Smilow and Morton Thielle, started a design and business partnership around 1949. They named their...
Oct 9, 2024
Visiting Mies van der Rohe's Villa Tugendhat
Over the New Year, my wife and I were fortunate enough to spend some time in the Czech Republic. Much of our time was spent in Prague,...
Jan 31, 2023
Rediscovering a Forgotten George Nelson Design
Could an exceedingly rare design from the first Herman Miller collection directed by George Nelson have reappeared on the market? We...
Mar 19, 2022
George Nakashima's Origins Collection for Widdicomb-Mueller
In July of 1957, two furniture manufacturers, Widdicomb Furniture Company and Mueller Furniture merged to form Widdicomb-Mueller. A year...
May 4, 2021
Alvar & Aino Aalto's Artek Pascoe Venture
(Photo by Ezra Stoller, colorized) In July of 1940, in an effort to establish themselves in the USA, the Finnish design couple Alvar and...
Mar 11, 2021
Baldwin's Mid Century Piano: A nod to Danish Modernism
Perhaps the only well known mid century modern piano is the Baldwin Acrosonic pictured below. It is highly sought-after and consistently...
Feb 22, 2021
The Grete Jalk sled chair - a tale of misattribution.
(Photo from Wright Auction online listing) Several years ago, while researching Jerry Johnson's Sling Chair for Charlton, I found a...
Jan 26, 2021
Paul Rudolph's Unbuilt Sarasota Masterpiece recreated in 3D
In 1955, this Paul Rudolph design won a Progressive Architecture award but ultimately proved too costly to build. I became *slightly*...
Nov 26, 2020
Designing a home with style that ages well
Designing and building your own home is a serious investment: in money, time and vision. Making sure it ages well comes down to some very...
Sep 17, 2020
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