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Jan 122012
 
Reproduction Swan Chair By Arne Jacobsen

Like many people, my taste in modern furniture design often far outruns my actual furniture budget. My problem is that I have a love for the classics of modern furniture. I love those iconic designs like the ball chair, the Womb Lounge Chair and in this case the Swan Chair designed by Arne Jacobson. Jacobson was a was a Danish architect and designer who was a firm believer in Functionalism both in architecture and in furniture design. Although this belief puts function before aesthetics, Jacobson managed to design some of the most interesting and aesthetically pleasing furniture in modern design including the Egg

Oct 032011
 
Cool Retro Lighting Designs

Retro Lighting For The Modern Home Retro style lighting is as popular today as it has ever been.  With the current state of the housing market, many homeowners have turned to fixing up their older homes and not building new ones.  There has been a recent trend towards embracing the mid-century charm of  vintage style homes and restoring them to their original splendor or at least some idealized version of it.  Many new companies have begun selling classic style appliances with modern technology in them and retro style building supplies

Sep 122011
 
The Iconic Modern Ball Chair

Behold The Ball Chair! The Ball Chair or Globe Chair has reached iconic stature among modern furniture. Designed in 1963 by Finnish furniture designer Eero Aarnio for his own use, it has come to symbolize what many people visualize when they think about modern furniture. Because of its futuristic appearance, the Ball Chair has been featured in late 60′s movie classics like Moon Zero Two and The Prisoner, as well as being in a well-known scene in the more recent Men In Black. In fact many people simply refer to it as

Aug 192011
 
Eames Style Dining Chairs For Less

Great Price For Eames Style Dining Chairs! Before World War II, Charles Eames, an American architect, (with the help of Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen, father of Eero Saarinen designer of the famous iconic Ball Chair and the classic Womb Chair), developed a new technique creating molding plywood products.  He used this technique to create molded plywood dining room chairs that has become a classic in modern furniture design.  During the was Charles Eames used the same technique to create airplane components and molded plywood splints for the military. The Eames Plywood