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Mid-century modern

August 31, 2023

Mid-century modern (MCM) is a design movement in interior, product, graphic design, architecture, and urban development that was popular in the United States and Europe from roughly 1945 to 1969,[1][2] during the United States's post–World War II period. The term was used descriptively as early as the mid-1950s and was defined as a design movement by Cara Greenberg in her 1984 book Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s. It is now recognized by scholars and museums worldwide as a significant design movement. The MCM design aesthetic is modern in style and construction, aligned with the Modernist movement of the period. It is typically characterized by clean, simple lines and honest use of materials, and it generally does not include decorative embellishments.

Tulip chair (designed 1955–56) by Eero Saarinen

Architecture Edit

Mid-century modern architecture
 
Tract house in Tujunga, California, featuring open-beamed ceilings, c. 1960
Years active1945–1969
CountryUnited States
InfluencesInternational, Bauhaus
 
Detail of Copan, a Niemeyer building in São Paulo, Oscar Niemeyer

The mid-century modern movement in the U.S. was an American reflection of the International and Bauhaus movements, including the works of Gropius, Florence Knoll, Le Corbusier, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.[3] Although the American component was slightly more organic in form and less formal than the International Style, it is more firmly related to it than any other. Brazilian and Scandinavian architects were very influential at this time, with a style characterized by clean simplicity and integration with nature. Like many of Wright's designs, Mid-century architecture was frequently employed in residential structures with the goal of bringing modernism into America's post-war suburbs. This style emphasized creating structures with ample windows and open floor plans, with the intention of opening up interior spaces and bringing the outdoors in. Many Mid-century houses utilized then-groundbreaking post and beam architectural design that eliminated bulky support walls in favor of walls seemingly made of glass. Function was as important as form in Mid-century designs, with an emphasis placed on targeting the needs of the average American family.

 
Eichler Homes – Foster Residence, Granada Hills

In Europe, the influence of Le Corbusier and the CIAM resulted in an architectural orthodoxy manifest across most parts of post-war Europe that was ultimately challenged by the radical agendas of the architectural wings of the avant-garde Situationist International, COBRA, as well as Archigram in London. A critical but sympathetic reappraisal of the internationalist oeuvre, inspired by Scandinavian Moderns such as Alvar Aalto, Sigurd Lewerentz and Arne Jacobsen, and the late work of Le Corbusier himself, was reinterpreted by groups such as Team X, including structuralist architects such as Aldo van Eyck, Ralph Erskine, Denys Lasdun, Jørn Utzon and the movement known in the United Kingdom as New Brutalism.

Pioneering builder and real estate developer Joseph Eichler was instrumental in bringing Mid-century modern architecture ("Eichler Homes") to subdivisions in the Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay region of California, and select housing developments on the east coast. George Fred Keck, his brother Willam Keck, Henry P. Glass, Mies van der Rohe, and Edward Humrich created Mid-century modern residences in the Chicago area. Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House is extremely difficult to heat or cool, while Keck and Keck were pioneers in the incorporation of passive solar features in their houses to compensate for their large glass windows.

Mid-century modern in Palm Springs Edit

 
Miller House, by Richard Neutra

The city of Palm Springs, California is noted for its many examples of Mid-century modern architecture.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][excessive citations]

Architects include:[11][12]

  • Welton Becket: Bullock's Palm Springs (with Wurdeman) (1947) (demolished, 1996[13])
  • John Porter Clark: Welwood Murray Library (1937); Clark Residence (1939) (on the El Minador golf course); Palm Springs Women's Club (1939)
  • William F. Cody: Stanley Goldberg residence;[14] Del Marcos Motel (1947); L'Horizon Hotel, for Jack Wrather and Bonita Granville (1952); remodel of Thunderbird Country Club clubhouse (c. 1953) (Rancho Mirage); Tamarisk Country Club (1953) (Rancho Mirage) (now remodeled); Huddle Springs restaurant (1957); St. Theresa Parish Church (1968); Palm Springs Library (1975)
  • Craig Ellwood: Max Palevsky House (1970)
  • Albert Frey: Palm Springs City Hall (with Clark and Chambers) (1952–57); Palm Springs Fire Station #1 (1955); Tramway Gas Station (1963); Movie Colony Hotel; Kocher-Samson Building (1934) (with A. Lawrence Kocher); Raymond Loewy House (1946); Villa Hermosa Resort (1946); Frey House I (1953); Frey House II (1963); Carey-Pirozzi house (1956); Christian Scientist Church (1957); Alpha Beta Shopping Center (1960) (demolished)
  • Victor Gruen: City National Bank (now Bank of America) (1959)[15] (designed as an homage to the Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, by Le Corbusier)
  • A. Quincy Jones: Palm Springs Tennis Club (with Paul R. Williams) (1946); Town & Country Center (with Paul R. Williams) (1947–50); J.J. Robinson House (with Frederick E. Emmons) (1957); Ambassador and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg House (with Frederick E. Emmons) (1963); Country Club Estates Condominiums (1965)
  • William Krisel:[16] Ocotillo Lodge(1957); House of Tomorrow(1962).[17]
  • John Lautner: Desert Hot Springs Motel (1947); Arthur Elrod House (1968) (interiors used in filming James Bond's Diamonds Are Forever); Hope Residence (1973)
  • John Black Lee: Specialized in residential houses. Lee House 1 (1952), Lee House 2 (1956) for which he won the Award of Merit from the American Institute of Architects, Day House (1965), * System House (1961), Rogers House (1957), Ravello (1960)
  • Gene Leedy: The Sarasota School of Architecture, sometimes called Sarasota Modern, is a regional style of post-war architecture that emerged on Florida's Central West Coast.
  • Frederick Monhoff: Palm Springs Biltmore Resort (1948) (demolished, 2003[13])
  • Richard Neutra (Posthumous AIA Gold Medal honoree): Grace Lewis Miller house (1937) (includes her Mensendlieck posture therapy studio);[18] Kaufmann Desert House (1946);[19] Samuel and Luella Maslon House, Tamarisk Country Club, Rancho Mirage (1962) (demolished 2003)[13]
  • William Pereira: Robinson's (1953)
  • William Gray Purcell (with protégé Van Evera Bailey): Purcell House (1933) (cubist modern)
  • Donald Wexler: Steel Developmental Houses,[20] Sunny View Drive (1961). Home developer, Alexander Homes, popularized this post-and-beam architectural style in the Coachella Valley. Alexander houses and similar homes feature low-pitched roofs, wide eaves, open-beamed ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling windows.[7]: 66–75 
  • E. Stewart Williams: Frank Sinatra House (1946) (with piano-shaped pool); Oasis commercial building (with interiors by Paul R. Williams) (1952); William and Marjorie Edris House (1954); Mari and Steward Williams House (1956); Santa Fe Federal Savings Building (1958); Coachella Valley Savings & Loan (now Washington Mutual) (1960); Palm Springs Desert Museum (1976)
  • Paul Williams: Palm Springs Tennis Club (with Jones) (1946)
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Jr.: Oasis Hotel (1923)
  • Walter Wurdeman: Bullock's Palm Springs (with Welton Becket) (1947) (demolished 1996)[13]

Examples of 1950s Palm Springs motel architecture include Ballantines Movie Colony (1952) – one portion is the 1935 Albert Frey San Jacinto Hotel – the Coral Sands Inn (1952), and the Orbit Inn (1957).[21] Restoration projects have been undertaken to return many of these residences and businesses to their original condition.[22]

Industrial design Edit

Scandinavian design was very influential at this time, with a style characterized by simplicity, democratic design and natural shapes. Glassware (Iittala – Finland), ceramics (Arabia – Finland), tableware (Georg Jensen – Denmark), lighting (Poul Henningsen – Denmark), and furniture (Danish modern) were some of the genres for the products created. In America, east of the Mississippi, the American-born Russel Wright, designing for Steubenville Pottery, and Hungarian-born Eva Zeisel designing for Red Wing Pottery and later Hall China created free-flowing ceramic designs that were much admired and heralded in the trend of smooth, flowing contours in dinnerware. On the West Coast of America the industrial designer and potter Edith Heath (1911–2005) founded Heath Ceramics in 1948. The company was one of the numerous California pottery manufacturers that had their heyday in post-war US, and produced Mid-Century modern ceramic dish-ware. Edith Heath's "Coupe" line remains in demand and has been in constant production since 1948, with only periodic changes to the texture and color of the glazes.[23] The Tamac Pottery company produced a line of mid-century modern biomorphic dinnerware and housewares between 1946 and 1972.[24]

Social medium Edit

Printed ephemera documenting the mid-century transformations in design, architecture, landscape, infrastructure, and entertainment include mid-century linen post cards from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. These post cards came about through innovations pioneered through the use of offset lithography. The cards were produced on paper with a high rag content, which gave the post card a textured look and feel. At the time this was a less expensive process. Along with advances in printing technique, mid-century linen postcards allowed for very vibrant ink colors. The encyclopedic geographic imagery of mid-century linen post cards suggests popular middle class attitudes about nature, wilderness, technology, mobility and the city during the mid-20th century.[25]

Curt Teich in Chicago[26] was the most prominent and largest printer and publisher of Linen Type postcards[27] pioneering lithography with his "Art Colortone" process.[28] Other large publishers include Stanley Piltz in San Francisco, who established the "Pictorial Wonderland Art Tone Series", Western Publishing and Novelty Company in Los Angeles and the Tichnor Brothers in Boston.[29] The printing of mid-century linen post cards began to give way in the late 1950s to Kodachrome and Ektachrome color prints.

Examples Edit

Architecture Edit

Furniture Edit

Additional notable names Edit

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ "What Is Mid-Century Modern?". February 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Understanding Mid-Century Modern and How To Use it in Your Home". September 29, 2017.
  3. ^ Jason Peterson (2014-02-01). "Designer Spotlight: Florence Knoll". Emfurn. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  4. ^ Wills, Eric (May–June 2008). "Palm Springs Eternal". Preservation. 60 (3): 38–45.
  5. ^ Cygelman, Adèle; David, Rosa (forward); Glomb, David (photographs) (1999). Palm Springs Modern: Houses in the California Desert. New York: Rizzoli International. p. 192. ISBN 0-8478-2091-2. LCCN 98048811.
  6. ^ Shulman, Julius; Stern, Michael; Hess, Alan (2008). Julius Shulman: Palm Springs. New York: Rizzoli International. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-8478-3113-5. LCCN 2007933610.
  7. ^ a b Hess, Alan; Danish, Andrew (2001). Palm Springs Weekend: The Architecture and Design of a Midcentury Oasis. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. p. 180. ISBN 0811828042. LCCN 00024046.
  8. ^ Quinn, Bradley (2004). Mid-Century Modern: Interiors, Furniture, Design Details. London: Conran Octopus. p. 176. ISBN 978-1840914061.
  9. ^ Faibyshev, Dolly (2010). Palm Springs: Mid-Century Modern. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub. p. 112. ISBN 9780764334610. LCCN 2010925309. OCLC 475457720.
  10. ^ "Desert Modernism Timeline". Palm Springs Modern Committee. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  11. ^ Goldberger, Paul (May–June 2008). "The Modernist Manifesto". Preservation. 60 (3): 30–35.
  12. ^ . Palm Springs Life. Palm Springs, CA. February 2007. Archived from the original on 2015-06-15.
  13. ^ a b c d "Lost: Maslon House". Palm Springs Preservation Foundation. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  14. ^ (PDF). Architectural Digest. Fall 1967. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 17, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2012. Interior Design by Arthur Elrod, A.I.D. and William Broderick, A.I.D.; Architecture by William Cody, F.A.I.A.
  15. ^ . Palm Springs Preservation Society. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
  16. ^ "William Krisel". Palm Springs Modern Committee. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  17. ^ Bradley, Darren (29 June 2013). "Modernist Architecture: William Krisel". modernistarchitecture.blogspot.com. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  18. ^ Leet, Stephen (2004). Richard Neutra's Miller House. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. p. 191. ISBN 1-56898-274-7. LCCN 2003021531.
  19. ^ Friedman, Alice T. (2010). "2. Palm Springs Eternal: Richard Neutra's Kaufmann Desert House". American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture. New Haven, CN: Yale University Press. pp. 262. ISBN 978-0300116540. LCCN 2009032574.
  20. ^ Bricker, Lauren Weiss; Williams, Sidney J. (2011). Steel and Shade: The Architecture of Donald Wexler. Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Art Museum. p. 131. ISBN 978-0981674346. LCCN 2010043639.
  21. ^ Howser, Huell (September 27, 2002). "'50s Motel – Palm Springs Week (20)". California's Gold. Chapman University Huell Howser Archive.
  22. ^ Colacello, Bob; Becker, Jonathan (photographs) (June 1999). (PDF). Vanity Fair: 192–211. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.
  23. ^ Zahid Sardar (2004-02-01). "Home Is Where the Heath Is: A Bay Area pottery tradition continues under new ownership". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2006-09-14.
  24. ^ "Tamac Plate: Decorative Arts". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  25. ^ Meikle, Jeffrey L. "A Paper Atlantis". Journal of Design History. 13 (4): 267–286. doi:10.1093/jdh/13.4.267.
  26. ^ Curt Teich Postcard Archives, Lake County Discovery Museum. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  27. ^ Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York City. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  28. ^ "An Offset Pioneer" in: American Printer, October 1, 2006.
  29. ^ Tichnor Brothers Collection, Boston Public Library.
  30. ^ Mayhew, Augustus (11 July 2011). "Urbane Developments: Miami & Delray". New York Social Diary. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  31. ^ Saperstein, Pat (2014-08-07). "David Weidman, Animation Artist Whose Work Appeared on 'Mad Men,' Dies at 93". Variety. Retrieved 2014-08-29.

Further reading Edit

  • Andersen, Kurt (23 February 1998). (PDF). The New Yorker. Vol. 74, no. 2. Robert Polidori (photographs). pp. 128–137. ISSN 0028-792X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-17. Retrieved May 23, 2012. (Abstract: Chronicles the return to fashionability of Palm Springs, including the post-WWII architecture of John Lautner, Richard Neutra, and Albert Frey.)
  • Coquelle, Aline (2006). Palm Springs Style. Assouline. p. 192. ISBN 978-2843237430.
  • Dailey, Victoria (2003). LA's Early Moderns: Art, Architecture, Photography. Princeton Archit. Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-1890449162.
  • Dietsch, Deborah K. (2000). Classic Modern: Midcentury Modern At Home. Simon & Schuster. p. 208. ISBN 978-0684867441.
  • Greensberg, Cara (2000). Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s. London: Thamse & Hudson. ISBN 978-0500278598. OCLC 901886281. OL 1984249W.
  • Hess, Alan (2007). Forgotten Modern: California Houses 1940–1970. Weintraub, Alan (photographs). Gibbs Smith. p. 280. ISBN 978-1586858582.
  • Keith, Michele (2010). "Michael Berman: ... Palm Springs; Alex Jordan: ... Palm Desert". Designers here and there: inside the city and country homes of America's top decorators. New York: Monacelli Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-1580932462. LCCN 2009042910.
  • Dream Homes Deserts: A Showcase of the Finest Architects, Designers & Builders in Las Vegas, Palm Springs & New Mexico. Dallas, TX: Panache Partners. 2008. p. 200. ISBN 978-1933415284.
  • "Desert Classic". Metropolitan Home. Hachette Filipacchi II. November–December 2003. ISSN 0273-2858. OCLC 7045895. A pair of artists revitalizes a Neutra landmark by respecting both its architecture and view.
  • "A spectacular renovation in Palm Springs respects the past but pushes the midcentury feel into the future". Metropolitan Home. Des Moines, IA: Meredith Corp. March 2006. ISSN 0273-2858. OCLC 14634311.
  • "Palm Springs Infusion: Splashes of color and sophistication revive a desert house". Architectural Digest. New York. February 2008.
  • "Jim Jennings Emphasizing Form & Light in his Elegantly Spare Palm Springs Retreat". Architectural Digest. New York. September 2009.
  • "At Home in the Desert ... a house near Palm Springs". Architectural Digest. New York. April 2010.

External links Edit

  • (2017 archive)
  • Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs, documentary about Mid-Century Modern in Palm Springs

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Mid century modern MCM is a design movement in interior product graphic design architecture and urban development that was popular in the United States and Europe from roughly 1945 to 1969 1 2 during the United States s post World War II period The term was used descriptively as early as the mid 1950s and was defined as a design movement by Cara Greenberg in her 1984 book Mid Century Modern Furniture of the 1950s It is now recognized by scholars and museums worldwide as a significant design movement The MCM design aesthetic is modern in style and construction aligned with the Modernist movement of the period It is typically characterized by clean simple lines and honest use of materials and it generally does not include decorative embellishments Tulip chair designed 1955 56 by Eero Saarinen Contents 1 Architecture 1 1 Mid century modern in Palm Springs 2 Industrial design 3 Social medium 4 Examples 4 1 Architecture 4 2 Furniture 5 Additional notable names 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksArchitecture EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Mid century modern architecture Tract house in Tujunga California featuring open beamed ceilings c 1960Years active1945 1969CountryUnited StatesInfluencesInternational Bauhaus Detail of Copan a Niemeyer building in Sao Paulo Oscar NiemeyerThe mid century modern movement in the U S was an American reflection of the International and Bauhaus movements including the works of Gropius Florence Knoll Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 3 Although the American component was slightly more organic in form and less formal than the International Style it is more firmly related to it than any other Brazilian and Scandinavian architects were very influential at this time with a style characterized by clean simplicity and integration with nature Like many of Wright s designs Mid century architecture was frequently employed in residential structures with the goal of bringing modernism into America s post war suburbs This style emphasized creating structures with ample windows and open floor plans with the intention of opening up interior spaces and bringing the outdoors in Many Mid century houses utilized then groundbreaking post and beam architectural design that eliminated bulky support walls in favor of walls seemingly made of glass Function was as important as form in Mid century designs with an emphasis placed on targeting the needs of the average American family Eichler Homes Foster Residence Granada HillsIn Europe the influence of Le Corbusier and the CIAM resulted in an architectural orthodoxy manifest across most parts of post war Europe that was ultimately challenged by the radical agendas of the architectural wings of the avant garde Situationist International COBRA as well as Archigram in London A critical but sympathetic reappraisal of the internationalist oeuvre inspired by Scandinavian Moderns such as Alvar Aalto Sigurd Lewerentz and Arne Jacobsen and the late work of Le Corbusier himself was reinterpreted by groups such as Team X including structuralist architects such as Aldo van Eyck Ralph Erskine Denys Lasdun Jorn Utzon and the movement known in the United Kingdom as New Brutalism Pioneering builder and real estate developer Joseph Eichler was instrumental in bringing Mid century modern architecture Eichler Homes to subdivisions in the Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay region of California and select housing developments on the east coast George Fred Keck his brother Willam Keck Henry P Glass Mies van der Rohe and Edward Humrich created Mid century modern residences in the Chicago area Mies van der Rohe s Farnsworth House is extremely difficult to heat or cool while Keck and Keck were pioneers in the incorporation of passive solar features in their houses to compensate for their large glass windows Mid century modern in Palm Springs Edit Miller House by Richard NeutraThe city of Palm Springs California is noted for its many examples of Mid century modern architecture 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 excessive citations Architects include 11 12 Welton Becket Bullock s Palm Springs with Wurdeman 1947 demolished 1996 13 John Porter Clark Welwood Murray Library 1937 Clark Residence 1939 on the El Minador golf course Palm Springs Women s Club 1939 William F Cody Stanley Goldberg residence 14 Del Marcos Motel 1947 L Horizon Hotel for Jack Wrather and Bonita Granville 1952 remodel of Thunderbird Country Club clubhouse c 1953 Rancho Mirage Tamarisk Country Club 1953 Rancho Mirage now remodeled Huddle Springs restaurant 1957 St Theresa Parish Church 1968 Palm Springs Library 1975 Craig Ellwood Max Palevsky House 1970 Albert Frey Palm Springs City Hall with Clark and Chambers 1952 57 Palm Springs Fire Station 1 1955 Tramway Gas Station 1963 Movie Colony Hotel Kocher Samson Building 1934 with A Lawrence Kocher Raymond Loewy House 1946 Villa Hermosa Resort 1946 Frey House I 1953 Frey House II 1963 Carey Pirozzi house 1956 Christian Scientist Church 1957 Alpha Beta Shopping Center 1960 demolished Victor Gruen City National Bank now Bank of America 1959 15 designed as an homage to the Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp by Le Corbusier A Quincy Jones Palm Springs Tennis Club with Paul R Williams 1946 Town amp Country Center with Paul R Williams 1947 50 J J Robinson House with Frederick E Emmons 1957 Ambassador and Mrs Walter H Annenberg House with Frederick E Emmons 1963 Country Club Estates Condominiums 1965 William Krisel 16 Ocotillo Lodge 1957 House of Tomorrow 1962 17 John Lautner Desert Hot Springs Motel 1947 Arthur Elrod House 1968 interiors used in filming James Bond s Diamonds Are Forever Hope Residence 1973 John Black Lee Specialized in residential houses Lee House 1 1952 Lee House 2 1956 for which he won the Award of Merit from the American Institute of Architects Day House 1965 System House 1961 Rogers House 1957 Ravello 1960 Gene Leedy The Sarasota School of Architecture sometimes called Sarasota Modern is a regional style of post war architecture that emerged on Florida s Central West Coast Frederick Monhoff Palm Springs Biltmore Resort 1948 demolished 2003 13 Richard Neutra Posthumous AIA Gold Medal honoree Grace Lewis Miller house 1937 includes her Mensendlieck posture therapy studio 18 Kaufmann Desert House 1946 19 Samuel and Luella Maslon House Tamarisk Country Club Rancho Mirage 1962 demolished 2003 13 William Pereira Robinson s 1953 William Gray Purcell with protege Van Evera Bailey Purcell House 1933 cubist modern Donald Wexler Steel Developmental Houses 20 Sunny View Drive 1961 Home developer Alexander Homes popularized this post and beam architectural style in the Coachella Valley Alexander houses and similar homes feature low pitched roofs wide eaves open beamed ceilings and floor to ceiling windows 7 66 75 E Stewart Williams Frank Sinatra House 1946 with piano shaped pool Oasis commercial building with interiors by Paul R Williams 1952 William and Marjorie Edris House 1954 Mari and Steward Williams House 1956 Santa Fe Federal Savings Building 1958 Coachella Valley Savings amp Loan now Washington Mutual 1960 Palm Springs Desert Museum 1976 Paul Williams Palm Springs Tennis Club with Jones 1946 Frank Lloyd Wright Jr Oasis Hotel 1923 Walter Wurdeman Bullock s Palm Springs with Welton Becket 1947 demolished 1996 13 Examples of 1950s Palm Springs motel architecture include Ballantines Movie Colony 1952 one portion is the 1935 Albert Frey San Jacinto Hotel the Coral Sands Inn 1952 and the Orbit Inn 1957 21 Restoration projects have been undertaken to return many of these residences and businesses to their original condition 22 Industrial design EditScandinavian design was very influential at this time with a style characterized by simplicity democratic design and natural shapes Glassware Iittala Finland ceramics Arabia Finland tableware Georg Jensen Denmark lighting Poul Henningsen Denmark and furniture Danish modern were some of the genres for the products created In America east of the Mississippi the American born Russel Wright designing for Steubenville Pottery and Hungarian born Eva Zeisel designing for Red Wing Pottery and later Hall China created free flowing ceramic designs that were much admired and heralded in the trend of smooth flowing contours in dinnerware On the West Coast of America the industrial designer and potter Edith Heath 1911 2005 founded Heath Ceramics in 1948 The company was one of the numerous California pottery manufacturers that had their heyday in post war US and produced Mid Century modern ceramic dish ware Edith Heath s Coupe line remains in demand and has been in constant production since 1948 with only periodic changes to the texture and color of the glazes 23 The Tamac Pottery company produced a line of mid century modern biomorphic dinnerware and housewares between 1946 and 1972 24 Social medium EditPrinted ephemera documenting the mid century transformations in design architecture landscape infrastructure and entertainment include mid century linen post cards from the early 1930s to the late 1950s These post cards came about through innovations pioneered through the use of offset lithography The cards were produced on paper with a high rag content which gave the post card a textured look and feel At the time this was a less expensive process Along with advances in printing technique mid century linen postcards allowed for very vibrant ink colors The encyclopedic geographic imagery of mid century linen post cards suggests popular middle class attitudes about nature wilderness technology mobility and the city during the mid 20th century 25 Curt Teich in Chicago 26 was the most prominent and largest printer and publisher of Linen Type postcards 27 pioneering lithography with his Art Colortone process 28 Other large publishers include Stanley Piltz in San Francisco who established the Pictorial Wonderland Art Tone Series Western Publishing and Novelty Company in Los Angeles and the Tichnor Brothers in Boston 29 The printing of mid century linen post cards began to give way in the late 1950s to Kodachrome and Ektachrome color prints Examples EditArchitecture Edit Main Terminal at Dulles Airport in Northern Virginia by Eero Saarinen Palacio da Alvorada official residence of the President of Brazil by Oscar Niemeyer National Congress of Brazil Oscar Niemeyer MIT Chapel by Eero Saarinen North Christian Church Columbus Indiana US the final work of Eero Saarinen Stahl House designed by Pierre Koenig Helsinki Finland University of Technology Auditorium by Alvar Aalto Sierra Towers in West Hollywood California by Jack A Charney Hotel Casino de la Selva Cuernavaca Mexico by Felix Candela Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design by Carl Maston The 360 at Founders Plaza in Oklahoma City Riverplace Tower Jacksonville Florida by Welton Becket St Augustine s Episcopal Church in Gary Indiana by Edward D Dart Courthouse Annex Building now demolished Jacksonville Florida by Reynolds Smith amp Hills CSX Transportation Building Jacksonville Florida by KBJ Architects Del Prado Condominiums Balboa Park San Diego by William Krisel UCI Langson Library Irvine Ranch California Bullock s Pasadena California 1949 Alden Dow House and Studio Midland Michigan by Alden B Dow Adventkerk The Hague the Netherlands by K L Sijmons 1954 State Quad one of four identical quadrangle dormitories at the University at Albany New YorkFurniture Edit Egg chair by Arne Jacobsen Grand Prix by Arne Jacobsen Eames Lounge Chair by Charles and Ray Eames Noguchi table by Isamu Noguchi Diamond chair by Harry Bertoia Comprehensive Storage Unit by George Nelson A mid century modern flair applied to a record playerAdditional notable names EditGregory Ain Alfons Bach 30 Milo Baughman Al Beadle Harry Bertoia Robin Boyd Marcel Breuer Robert C Broward Mark Byrne Jack Allen Charney Victor Christ Janer William Curry Edward D Dart Charles and Ray Eames Joseph Eichler Arthur Erickson O Neil Ford Paul T Frankl Eric Gnant Bertrand Goldberg Charles Goodman Max Gottschalk Eileen Gray Lawrence Halprin Paul Hamilton Taylor Hardwick Ralph Haver Finn Juhl Vladimir Kagan Louis Kahn Poul Kjaerholm Kaare Klint Henry Klumb Pierre Koenig Florence Knoll William Krisel Mogens Lassen Paul Laszlo John Lautner Roger Lee Charles Luckman Carl Maston Cliff May Paul McCobb John Randal McDonald Emil Milan William Morgan Borge Mogensen George Nelson Oscar Niemeyer Svend Nielsen Isamu Noguchi Verner Panton Tommi Parzinger Adrian Pearsall Walter Pierce Warren Platner Jean Prouve Ira Rakatansky Jens Risom Paul Rudolph Eero Saarinen Richard Schultz Paul Schweikher Harry Seidler Avriel Shull Mel Smilow Maurice K Smith Alison and Peter Smithson Raphael Soriano Russell Spanner Edward Durell Stone Art Troutner Ole Wanscher Hans Wegner David Weidman 31 Russel Wright Eva ZeiselSee also Edit Architecture portalAtomic Age Butterfly roof Case Study Houses Danish modern Dingbat Googie architecture Miami Modern architecture Miller House Modern architecture Modernism Populuxe United Productions of AmericaReferences Edit What Is Mid Century Modern February 9 2021 Understanding Mid Century Modern and How To Use it in Your Home September 29 2017 Jason Peterson 2014 02 01 Designer Spotlight Florence Knoll Emfurn Retrieved 2015 05 23 Wills Eric May June 2008 Palm Springs Eternal Preservation 60 3 38 45 Cygelman Adele David Rosa forward Glomb David photographs 1999 Palm Springs Modern Houses in the California Desert New York Rizzoli International p 192 ISBN 0 8478 2091 2 LCCN 98048811 Shulman Julius Stern Michael Hess Alan 2008 Julius Shulman Palm Springs New York Rizzoli International p 208 ISBN 978 0 8478 3113 5 LCCN 2007933610 a b Hess Alan Danish Andrew 2001 Palm Springs Weekend The Architecture and Design of a Midcentury Oasis San Francisco Chronicle Books p 180 ISBN 0811828042 LCCN 00024046 Quinn Bradley 2004 Mid Century Modern Interiors Furniture Design Details London Conran Octopus p 176 ISBN 978 1840914061 Faibyshev Dolly 2010 Palm Springs Mid Century Modern Atglen PA Schiffer Pub p 112 ISBN 9780764334610 LCCN 2010925309 OCLC 475457720 Desert Modernism Timeline Palm Springs Modern Committee Retrieved 15 February 2017 Goldberger Paul May June 2008 The Modernist Manifesto Preservation 60 3 30 35 The Time Modern Highlights in the development of modernism in the Coachella Valley Palm Springs Life Palm Springs CA February 2007 Archived from the original on 2015 06 15 a b c d Lost Maslon House Palm Springs Preservation Foundation Retrieved 15 February 2017 A Winter Residence in Palm Springs PDF Architectural Digest Fall 1967 Archived from the original PDF on February 17 2016 Retrieved May 23 2012 Interior Design by Arthur Elrod A I D and William Broderick A I D Architecture by William Cody F A I A Palm Springs Preservation Foundation Then and Now Palm Springs Preservation Society Archived from the original on 2016 03 07 William Krisel Palm Springs Modern Committee Retrieved 15 February 2017 Bradley Darren 29 June 2013 Modernist Architecture William Krisel modernistarchitecture blogspot com Retrieved 15 February 2017 Leet Stephen 2004 Richard Neutra s Miller House New York Princeton Architectural Press p 191 ISBN 1 56898 274 7 LCCN 2003021531 Friedman Alice T 2010 2 Palm Springs Eternal Richard Neutra s Kaufmann Desert House American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture New Haven CN Yale University Press pp 262 ISBN 978 0300116540 LCCN 2009032574 Bricker Lauren Weiss Williams Sidney J 2011 Steel and Shade The Architecture of Donald Wexler Palm Springs CA Palm Springs Art Museum p 131 ISBN 978 0981674346 LCCN 2010043639 Howser Huell September 27 2002 50s Motel Palm Springs Week 20 California s Gold Chapman University Huell Howser Archive Colacello Bob Becker Jonathan photographs June 1999 Palm Springs Weekends PDF Vanity Fair 192 211 Archived from the original PDF on 2013 12 11 Zahid Sardar 2004 02 01 Home Is Where the Heath Is A Bay Area pottery tradition continues under new ownership San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved 2006 09 14 Tamac Plate Decorative Arts Brooklyn Museum Retrieved 13 May 2022 Meikle Jeffrey L A Paper Atlantis Journal of Design History 13 4 267 286 doi 10 1093 jdh 13 4 267 Curt Teich Postcard Archives Lake County Discovery Museum Retrieved March 4 2012 Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York City Retrieved March 4 2012 An Offset Pioneer in American Printer October 1 2006 Tichnor Brothers Collection Boston Public Library Mayhew Augustus 11 July 2011 Urbane Developments Miami amp Delray New York Social Diary Retrieved 6 February 2017 Saperstein Pat 2014 08 07 David Weidman Animation Artist Whose Work Appeared on Mad Men Dies at 93 Variety Retrieved 2014 08 29 Further reading EditAndersen Kurt 23 February 1998 Annals of Architecture Desert Cool PDF The New Yorker Vol 74 no 2 Robert Polidori photographs pp 128 137 ISSN 0028 792X Archived from the original PDF on 2014 03 17 Retrieved May 23 2012 Abstract Chronicles the return to fashionability of Palm Springs including the post WWII architecture of John Lautner Richard Neutra and Albert Frey Coquelle Aline 2006 Palm Springs Style Assouline p 192 ISBN 978 2843237430 Dailey Victoria 2003 LA s Early Moderns Art Architecture Photography Princeton Archit Press p 136 ISBN 978 1890449162 Dietsch Deborah K 2000 Classic Modern Midcentury Modern At Home Simon amp Schuster p 208 ISBN 978 0684867441 Greensberg Cara 2000 Mid Century Modern Furniture of the 1950s London Thamse amp Hudson ISBN 978 0500278598 OCLC 901886281 OL 1984249W Hess Alan 2007 Forgotten Modern California Houses 1940 1970 Weintraub Alan photographs Gibbs Smith p 280 ISBN 978 1586858582 Keith Michele 2010 Michael Berman Palm Springs Alex Jordan Palm Desert Designers here and there inside the city and country homes of America s top decorators New York Monacelli Press p 224 ISBN 978 1580932462 LCCN 2009042910 Dream Homes Deserts A Showcase of the Finest Architects Designers amp Builders in Las Vegas Palm Springs amp New Mexico Dallas TX Panache Partners 2008 p 200 ISBN 978 1933415284 Desert Classic Metropolitan Home Hachette Filipacchi II November December 2003 ISSN 0273 2858 OCLC 7045895 A pair of artists revitalizes a Neutra landmark by respecting both its architecture and view A spectacular renovation in Palm Springs respects the past but pushes the midcentury feel into the future Metropolitan Home Des Moines IA Meredith Corp March 2006 ISSN 0273 2858 OCLC 14634311 Palm Springs Infusion Splashes of color and sophistication revive a desert house Architectural Digest New York February 2008 Jim Jennings Emphasizing Form amp Light in his Elegantly Spare Palm Springs Retreat Architectural Digest New York September 2009 At Home in the Desert a house near Palm Springs Architectural Digest New York April 2010 External links EditRenovations and Additions to a 1940s Mid Century Modern Residence in Pasadena by architect James V Coane amp Associates 2017 archive Desert Utopia Mid Century Architecture in Palm Springs documentary about Mid Century Modern in Palm Springs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mid century modern amp oldid 1171880864 Mid century modern in Palm Springs, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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