10 Midcentury Furniture Icons Who Shaped the Future
Meet some of the era's furnishing geniuses who gave the world their exquisite designs, many of which are still with us through reproductions and modern inspirations.
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Maria Regnier: A Paradoxical Silversmith of the Machine Age
The Hungarian-born silversmith brought her minimalist approach to jewelry and metal housewares first in St. Louis and then across the country.
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Eileen Gray: From Furniture Design to Architectural Genius
This Irish-born, Japanese-trained craftsman became not only one of the leading modern furniture designers of her generation but also a successful modern architect.
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Women of Disney: Ruth Shellhorn’s Integral Landscape Design
It took a village of creative, problem-solving minds to bring Disneyland into three-dimensional form in 1955. An indispensable mind in this process was a woman who knew a thing or two about modernist landscape.
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William Krisel: Master of the Midcentury Tract Home
His homes in California and other parts of the country have influenced modernist architecture since the '50s, and he continues to design homes to this day.
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Modern Makers: Jenn Ski Patterns Her Art After Midcentury Mastery
Meet an artist whose retro-inspired work is so vibrantly mid-mod that you might not be able to tell the difference between her art and a vintage piece.
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Lucienne Day: Cut From the Right Cloth
This British textile designer dreamed up patterns and designs that covered the era's homes in color and style that lives on today.
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Women of Disney: Mary Blair, Modern Color Extraordinaire
While some strains of Midcentury Modern have a no-nonsense flair, you can see the era’s influence in unexpected places—such as classic Disney shorts, films and rides.
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Modern Makers: The Handmade Layers of Ciseal’s Nicole Hodsdon
The founder of wood furniture company Ciseal discovered her Midcentury Modern inspiration by living it in every day.
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