Our series focusing on mid-century modern design profiles the designers and architects responsible for one of the most enduring and influential design styles of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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fauna and wildlife scenes straddle the tricky line between whimsical and the rigid geometries of mid-century modernism. While ‘vintage’ illustrations of ladybirds, owls, otters, underwater scenes, ...

Mid-century modern interior design remains a favorite choice for 21st-century homes. Uncluttered layouts, sleek lines, functional furniture, a mix of natural and manufactured materials ...

A towering figure in midcentury design—and one of its only women—Florence Knoll changed corporate interiors forever with an early project: the CBS offices. Gorgeously Preserved Eero Saarinen ...

Designed by Ray and Charles Eames in 1949, the Shell Chair was derived from a prototype created as an entry for the Low-Cost Furniture Design competition organised by the Museum of Modern Art ...

But in Britain, mid-century modernism manifested as something ... and commerce with their exhibitions, innovative graphic design, marketing, and public relations. As Europe recovered from the ...