But what we now call mid century modern design is a blend of decades worth of design.
American mid century modern furniture designers.
Another renowned midcentury modern furniture designer with roots in architecture is arne jacobsen 1902 1971.
As mid century modern furniture design was a truly global design movement it comes as no surprise that many creators from the other side of the atlantic also contributed to the exquisite style that was developed in the mid 20 th century.
While he designed for a number of furniture companies starting during the 40s he is most famous for the designs made for the manufacturer thayer coggin.
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Milo baughman was a midcentury modern furniture designer known for his avant garde distinct and unassuming designs.
Aside from his contributions to modern workspace design george nelson was known for his trademark bubble lamp marshmallow sofa and signature benches.
His focus was to take classic furniture designs and simplify them with a slight modern twist.
The mid century modern movement in the u s.
Below are some of the best known designers of this period.
This is by no means an exhaustive list.
Charles and ray eames and eero saarinen who had experimented extensively with molded plywood eagerly embraced fiberglass for respectively pieces such as the la chaise and the womb chair.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid century modern furniture designs.
Florence knoll is maybe the most famous name of all american mid century furniture designers.
Husband and wife charles and ray eames were the embodiment of the inventiveness energy and optimism at the heart of mid century modern american design.
During his time as director of design at herman miller he recruited some of the most iconic mid century modern designers including charles and ray eames and isamu noguchi.
Furniture designers filmmakers artists textile and graphic designers and even toy and puzzle makers the eameses believed that design should be an agent of positive change.
Despite its emergence in the late 1940s mid century modern furniture remains to this day timeless and incredibly chic.
Knoll is another company known for its classic furniture mid century modern pieces.
Was an american reflection of the international and bauhaus movements including the works of gropius florence knoll le corbusier and ludwig mies van der rohe.