2009 June | Mid Century Modern
Feeding into the whole “green” frenzy, modern furniture manufacturers are now producing some of their most classic designs using eco-friendly materials. Manufacturers like Herman Miller and Knoll are giving green makeovers to iconic designs by the likes of Charles and Ray Eames, Florence Knoll and Eero Saarinen.
The Eames Lounger is a fine example. Originally produced [...]
Steve Cambronne Metal Art Sculpture
I recently updated my front porch and was in a market for a mid century modern inspired decorative art of some sort for my porch wall. I was flipping through the pages of Atomic Ranch magazine and found an ad for Steve Cambronne’s metal art sculpture. I visited his website and [...]
There are three upcoming modern tours scheduled in Vancouver area showcasing Vancouver’s significant modernist homes and buildings of the 1940s through 1970s. Vancouver developed an adaptation of the modern aesthetic known as West Coast Regional Style that features post-and-beam construction, stepped flat roofs with clerestory windows, and wide expanses of glass that integrated the house [...]
The Modern Tulsa Committee of the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture will host their annual modern home tour called “Living in HiFi” on June 13, 2009 in the historic Lortondale neighborhood. The Lortondale neighborhood, located between 26th Street and 27th Place (east of South Yale Avenue) in Tulsa, Oklahoma was designed and built in 1954 by [...]
If you are thinking about buying Herman Miller products, now is the good time. Herman Miller’s semi-annual sale is currently running through June 20th, 2009. All Herman Miller products including the work of Eames, Nelson, Noguchi and others are 15% off at many retailers, such as SmartFurniture.com.
SmartFurniture.com also offers free shipping on many of their [...]
One Saturday morning on the way to go a garage sale, I spotted three padded Eames armshell chairs in a lot filled with junk. They were the kind attached together to the spider bases with a little side table. By word of mouth, I found out that the lot belonged to my coworker. He gave [...]
