Mid Century Modern

Are you looking for a perfect wallpaper for your mid century modern home? Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers offer a collection of mid century modern inspired wallpapers including the fun futuristic world of the 1950′s “Atomic Age.” Whatever the mid century modern style you are after (i.e. googie, tiki, geometric, sputnik), there are many styles [...]

The Eames House Blocks by House Industries will be available on June 1, 2010. When the blocks are stacked together, they replicate the Eames House (Case Study No.8 House) and its adjacent studio in Pacific Palisades, California. The individual blocks feature letters, numerals, and symbols from House Industries’ Eames Century Modern font collection. Each set [...]

Visiting The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum Japan was the highlight of my recent visit in Japan. There are two Noguchi museums in the world: one in Long Island City, New York and one in Mure, Japan. The one in Japan is located in Mure in Kagawa prefecture on the island of Shikoku (approximately 330 miles [...]

Have you always wanted a Herman Miller Eames Molded Plastic Chair (not a fiberglass kind), but thought that the color choices were too limited? Compared to the vintage fiberglass ones (or Modernica Case Study Fiberglass Shell Chairs), there were only five color choices – black, white, light blue, lime yellow, red orange. Well, great news [...]

I had no prior experience in building furniture. I had my husband help me build this bed and it took us two days to build it, excluding the drying time for the stain. The bed is a queen size measuring 64” W x 82” L. It is pretty sturdy and has no problem (so far) [...]

Designer Todd Oldham’s book Handmade Modern has been a great source for me when it comes to mid century modern inspired DIY projects. Even if I am not planning on making anything, I like to flip through the pages time to time. Handmade Modern came out in 2005 and I had been wondering if he [...]

There are countless books on mid century modern design, furniture, architecture, etc. Below is a list of my favorite 10 mid century modern books. I think anyone who is interested in the subject can enjoy these books as well. Chances are you may already own some (or all?) of these books. If you are just [...]

Looking for a stylish way to transport your laptop with the colorful mid century modern designs? Let me introduce you to this fantastic laptop sling by BUILT featuring iconic Alexander Girard patterns.
Retrospective Pattern Laptop Sling
This particular BUILT Laptop Sling features Alexander Girard’s “Retrospective” pattern and fits a 14 – 15” laptop. As you can see [...]

Do you need more mid century modern inspired DIY project ideas? I found a perfect how-to book called “Make It! Mid-Century Modern” published by Curbly, the DIY Design Community. This 76-page book contains 12 original projects inspired by iconic mid century designers such as Charles Eames, Alexander Girard, and George Nelson.
Make It! Mid-Century Modern
“Make It! [...]

Smart Furniture Studio will host “The Gifted Eye of Charles Eames: A Portfolio of 100 Images”, a traveling exhibition of Charles Eames’ personal photography, published by the Eames Office and commissioned by Herman Miller.
The exhibition features 100 rare images chosen from archival images. The exhibition will run from February 4, 2010 to March 4, [...]