Mid-Century Modern Blog

Vintage Danish Design in UK

modernfindings — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:37:49 +0000

Based in Victoria Park, East London, The Modern Warehouse specializes in buying and selling both Mid-Century Modern furniture and accessories from Scandinavia, U.S.A. and Great Britain. There are lots of stores in London that I have to check out someday.

Here is an interesting podcast reporting the vintage Danish furniture in the UK market. The video was created by Monocle magazine linked via Monument. Check it out!

Steel Cutlery: Sori Yanagi, Arne Jacobsen & Henning Koppel

modernfindings — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:21:17 +0000

I’m in need to update my silverware and if I ever get a chance, I’d love to start here with this steel cutlery. There are so many different designs, but if I had to choose I would probably go for one of these following designs. The picture above is designed by a Japanese product designer Sori Yanagi in 1974.

One of Denmark’s most successful Architect and Designer, Arne Jacobsen created a minimalist cutlery in 1957. It is simple in form and to this day remains striking and modern.

“This cutlery was designed by Henning Koppel, the sculptor, as a tribute to the World Exhibition in New York in 1963 and soon made history as a new departure in design. As early as 1966 the cutlery was awarded the ID prize, the highest accolade for Danish design, for its clear-cut lines where the form itself is the decoration.”

Via: George Jenson

Case Study Ceramics Planter Sale @ Modernica

modernfindings — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:48:19 +0000

Modernica is going to have a big Case Study Cylinder Planter sale on this Thursday, September 2 through Sunday. It will only be online for the people who either like them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter. Getting a great deal can be expected. If you are planning to buy a planter, don’t miss this chance!

And the Anniversary winner is…

modernfindings — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:00:17 +0000

As promised, the winner of our first Anniversary Give-A-Way will be announced today. Congratulations Jennifer! You’re name came up in our random drawing! We will contact you Via e-mail shortly, and I hope you will enjoy the gifts. We would also like to thank everyone for commenting and sharing your stories, we enjoyed every one of them! Thank you for reading, we will have more give-a-ways soon!

Ines Colmorgen + André Wyst’s House: Freunde von Freunden

modernfindings — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:36:27 +0000

I discovered an amazing website called Freunde von Freunden which operates quite similar to The Selby but in German. It’s full of beautiful photos of homes and working spaces including interviews. The location is primarily based in Berlin.

One of the homes that caught my attention was this amazing apartment that belongs to Ines Colmorgen + André Wyst. I can’t read German but according to the Google translation, it seems like André works as an art director for a magazine and Ines owns a shop for kid’s clothing. I highly recommend checking out their site to see more pictures!

Via: Freunde von Freunden