Tapio Wirkkala: Scandinavian modernist jewellery design
By Charlotte Luxford What attracts you to the Modernist Scandinavian jewellery of Tapio Wirkkala? I discovered Tapio Wirkkala when I was working at an auction house in Stockholm in the 1990s....
View ArticleFormica Forever: Celebrating 100 Years at London Design Week 2013
By Sarah Bolwell It’s the start of 2013′s London Design Week and I’m at the Islington Boat Club, courtesy of plastic laminate company Formica Group. An array of brightly-coloured Formica laminates,...
View ArticleMaximising a minimal living space with mid century furniture
Image courtesy of String Furniture, Sweden By Jo-ann Fortune Mid Century furniture for compact spaces We can’t all live in large, open-plan homes, but the same mid century gems can be used to furnish...
View ArticleMidCentury Meets Matthew Hilton
Image courtesy of Porsche Archive British furniture designer Matthew Hilton on modernist design Long-established as one of the UK’s most respected furniture designers, Matthew Hilton’s early (and...
View ArticleMid Century Modern, Zoe Murphy and the upcycling revolution
MidCentury Meets Zoe Murphy British furniture designer Zoe Murphy tells MidCentury why she upcycles mid century modern furniture to create a contemporary vintage style in her home town of Margate,...
View ArticleGoing Dutch: A Buyer’s Guide to Dutch Mid Century Modern design
Photograph copyright Paul Tucker, courtesy of Rocket Gallery The Dutch Modernist aesthetic and its rise to popularity: insights from mid century expert Jonathan Stephenson of Rocket Gallery What...
View ArticleBritish Fashion Designer Zandra Rhodes
Photograph courtesy of Zandra Rhodes; cover portrait photograph courtesy Jane Chilvers British Fashion Designer Zandra Rhodes: a potted history Growing up in the 1950s, British fashion designer...
View ArticleMidcentury Meets Vitra Miniature Chairs Collector Tom Giannini
By Charlotte Luxford Interior Architect Tom Giannini talks to MidCentury magazine about why he collects Vitra chair miniatures What made you start collecting Vitra miniature chairs? As a boy growing up...
View ArticleThe Homewood: A Modernist Masterpiece by Patrick Gywnne
Image above and cover image ©National Trust Images/Stuart Cox Words Katie Treggiden The National Trust owns just two Mid Century properties. One of them...
View ArticleErcol furniture: Insights into a classic British brand
Photographs (above and cover image) courtesy of Ercol/Richard Dennis Publications Following her article on British furniture manufacturer Ercol in our print issue 06, author Lesley Jackson gives...
View ArticleErnest Race: Three classic Mid Century chairs
All photographs courtesy of Race Furniture, www.racefurniture.com 2013 is the centenary of Ernest Race’s birth, and it therefore seems timely to revisit the work of this great British designer, who in...
View ArticleFinn Juhl: the home of a Danish Design Great
Photographs (this page and cover image) courtesy of Finn Juhl Hus / Anders Sune Berg A Mid Century Mini-Break: Juhl in the Crown Finn Juhl (1912-1989), a key protagonist in Scandinavian design, is...
View ArticleMid Century Modernism: The new ‘new’?
Photograph courtesy www.houseoftomorrow.co.uk Words by Jeremy Tracey Mid Century Modernism: a not so cherished architecture On the subject of houses, we use the word ‘modernise’ far more often than we...
View ArticleModern design vs. Modern architecture: accessibility and ownership
Photograph © Republic of Fritz Hansen Words by Gerard McGuickin Mid Century design vs. Modern architecture: an issue of access In my opinion, there is an excessive divide between access to good design...
View ArticleHille: A Bespoke Modernist Home from 1968
Photographs courtesy of Ben Anders Cherrill Scheer of the Hille family, pioneers of modern furniture manufacture in the 1950s and ’60s, invited MidCentury magazine into the stunning Mid Century Modern...
View ArticleBritish Fashion Designer Zandra Rhodes
Photograph courtesy of Zandra Rhodes; cover portrait photograph courtesy Jane Chilvers British Fashion Designer Zandra Rhodes: a potted history Growing up in the 1950s, British fashion designer...
View ArticleMidcentury Meets Vitra Miniature Chairs Collector Tom Giannini
By Charlotte Luxford Interior Architect Tom Giannini talks to MidCentury magazine about why he collects Vitra chair miniatures What made you start collecting Vitra miniature chairs? As a boy growing up...
View ArticleThe Homewood: A Modernist Masterpiece by Patrick Gywnne
Image above and cover image ©National Trust Images/Stuart Cox Words Katie Treggiden The National Trust owns just two Mid Century properties. One of them...
View ArticleErcol furniture: Insights into a classic British brand
Photographs (above and cover image) courtesy of Ercol/Richard Dennis Publications Following her article on British furniture manufacturer Ercol in our print issue 06, author Lesley Jackson gives...
View ArticleErnest Race: Three classic Mid Century chairs
All photographs courtesy of Race Furniture, www.racefurniture.com 2013 is the centenary of Ernest Race’s birth, and it therefore seems timely to revisit the work of this great British designer, who in...
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