Mid-Century Modern Interiors http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com Tue, 21 May 2013 16:05:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 CLEAN LINES, OPEN SPACES: A VIEW OF MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1037 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1037#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:05:17 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1037 ]]>

This video is an hour long, but well worth your time if you’re interested in the history of MCM>

]]> http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?feed=rss2&p=1037 0 Ooogliest Auto Ever? http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1036 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1036#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 16:15:59 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1036 Continue reading →]]> Mid-Century Modern Freak | Alexander Calder Paints a BMW The BMW Art Car…

Even absent the hideous Calder paint job, that is one ugly BMW. I lived through that era, and I don’t recall them being that totally awful.

File:1974 BMW 3.0 CS federal.jpg – Wikimedia Commons

Hm. Actually, they weren’t that bad.

Apparently they worked to create that monstrosity in the top pic.  Probably the addition of that horrid fin-mounted spoiler.

]]> http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?feed=rss2&p=1036 0 I Miss the Old Detroit Big Iron http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1035 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1035#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 14:30:00 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1035 MID-CENTURY MODERN DESIGN – 1960 Plymouth Concept Car

This was a Plymouth concept car back in 1960. I remember seeing a pic of it while I was a car-crazed kid in 9th grade.

Remember 1960? Hell, remember Plymouths?

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Mid-Century Modern Freak

964 New York World’s Fair Kiosk | IBM & Eames | Flushing Meadow, N.Y.

Designed by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen Associates, the pavilion created the effect of a covered garden, with all exhibits in the open beneath a grove of 45, 32-feet high, man-made steel trees.

The 54,038 sq. ft. pavilion was divided into six sections: The “Information Machine,” a 90-foot-high main theater with multiple screen projection; pentagon theaters, where puppet-like devices explained the workings of data processing systems; computer applications area; probability machine; scholar’s walk; and a 4,500-square-foot administration building.

I visited this pavillion. It was, in what would soon be the parlance of the time, mind blowing.  Especially the main theater.

]]> http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?feed=rss2&p=1034 0 Now That’s a Kitchen http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1033 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1033#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 21:35:52 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1033 Continue reading →]]> Mid-century modern kitchen – Boing Boing

Fellow SF writer Cory Doctorow seems to like this kitchen. And though I might pick a different sort of tile for the flooring if I were doing it today, in general, I do too. It was well ahead of the curve for its 1950s era.

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You could live here if you did.  Click the link for a helluva slideshow.

]]> http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?feed=rss2&p=1032 0 None Better http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1030 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1030#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 00:11:00 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1030 Continue reading →]]>

I still maintain that nobody has ever come up with a better looking, more versatile, more pleasingly styled storage unit that the famed ESU by Charles and Ray Eames. It looks just as fresh today as it did when it was first created more than seventy year ago.

]]> http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?feed=rss2&p=1030 0 I Love This Room http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1029 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1029#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 15:01:18 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1029 Continue reading →]]> Mid-Century Modern Freak

Why?

Well, nothing yanks my crank like MCM seamlessly merged with traditional classic architecture. This vignette just looks ridiculously warm, comfortable, and inviting. Can’t you picture yourself relaxing in one of those chairs with a cocktail and a good book on your iPad?  I can.

]]> http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?feed=rss2&p=1029 0 I Don’t Think I’ve Ever Seen Ths Version Before http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1028 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1028#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 15:07:04 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1028 Continue reading →]]> Most folks probably don’t know that Geroge Mulhauser designed the knockoff of the Eames Lounge for Plycraft that outsold the original by at least ten to one, (it was larger, more comfortable, and cost considerably less), and even those who are aware of this may not know that Mulhauser, a gifted designer, created some of the most beautiful formed plywood chairs I’ve ever seen. Here is a model that differs considerably from his better-known “Mister Chair” with the swivel star base

Pretty, eh?

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This is one of the most beautiful formed plywood shell chairs I’ve ever seen.

I wish Fritz Hansen would bring out a new edition of them.

]]> http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?feed=rss2&p=1024 0 Too Much of a Good Thing? http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1023 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1023#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 16:19:45 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1023 | Dwell

Some combinations just…don’t work.

This is one of them.

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That chrome thing on the ball base is an ashtray. A pretty cool one, too.

]]> http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?feed=rss2&p=1022 0 Kind of an Interesting Eames Knock-Off, Eh? http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1021 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1021#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 16:16:00 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1021 Mid Century Modern Eames Inspired Coffee Table by CoMod on Etsy

I always wondered why Eames didn’t make a version of his classic table like this. He had all sorts of different legs for his shell chairs….

]]> http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?feed=rss2&p=1021 0 Back Home Again In MCM Indiana http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1019 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1019#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:43:48 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1019

This kind of reminds me of my uncle’s house back in the day. It was a startling MCM confection for Muncie, Indiana at the time – circa 1955. And I didn’t even know what that stuff was back then.

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I sort of doubt that I could ever keep such shelves full of canned goods so anally neat, but the dining set is pretty nice, isn’t it?

]]> http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?feed=rss2&p=1017 0 A Nest of Jacobsen Ant Chairs http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1016 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1016#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:52:25 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1016 Continue reading →]]> Organizing Mid Century Modern Furniture: Best Mid Century Modern Chairs Furniture – Home Decorating Ideas | Home Interior Design

 

These are not my favorite Jacobsen chairs- I have four of his “Seven” design – but they’re still pretty cool looking.

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Remember – anything you buy from Amazon through any link on this site puts a commission in my pocket, at no cost to yourself, so thank you very much! Also, arf! from the Presidential Pomeranian.

]]> http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?feed=rss2&p=1015 0 Cherner Chairs, Part Two http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1014 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1014#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:19:57 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1014 Continue reading →]]> Projects | Mid Century Modern On A Budget | Rich Mathers Construction

The Cherner family has issued lots of variations on the original chairs their father designed, including some matching tables, which I don’t get all that excited about.

I do like this re-imagining of the originals as bar stools, though. Maintains the weird, insectile vibes of the originals.

]]> http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?feed=rss2&p=1014 0 A Nice DIY Project? http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1013 http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1013#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0000 Bill Quick http://www.mid-century-modern-interiors.com/?p=1013 Mid-Century Modern Freak | Vintage Storage Units set on Hairpin Legs Via

This doesn’t look too difficult: Find an old library card case, refinish it, and bolt some hairpin legs on it.

Where do you find hairpin legs?

Right here.

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Yet another room I could be very happy living in.

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