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| Giacomo Balla’s Futurist Suit, ca. 1918 |
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Name: Rietveld Schröder House, 1924,
Maker: Gerrit Rietveld |
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| Gerrit Rietveld | MoMA Red Blue Chair. c. 1923.Gerrit Rietveld |
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| “Wassily" chair, 1925 Marcel Breuer (American, born Hungary, 1902–1981) Chrome-plated steel, canvas upholstery |
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| Villa Savoye is a modernist villa in Poissy, in the outskirts of Paris, France. It was designed by Swiss architects Le Corbusier and his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, and built between 1928 and 1931 using reinforced concrete. |
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“The father of industrial design
founder of corporate identity. Working for AEG, Behrens was the first person to create logos, advertising material, and company publications with a consistent, unified design. |
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Professor Peter Behrens
1868-1940 |
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| Raymond Loewy Pencil Sharpener: ca 1934 |
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Brownie Camera, Walter Dorwin Teague , 1934
Born: Indiana, moved to New York for art school/advertising Early start - “Teague” Borders First major client : Eastman Kodak, recommended by Richard Bach |
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| Telephone, Model 302, ca. 1937. Designed by Henry Dreyfuss |
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Emerson Red Catalin "Patriot" 400 Radio Norman Bel |
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| Alvar Aalto Stacking Stool (model 60) Manufacturer: Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Turku, Finland Date: 1932-33 Medium: Birch |
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Noguchi Table, Isamu Noguchi, Herman Miller, 1948,
consists of just three pieces: a free-form plate-glass top with flat polished edges, and a self-stabilizing tripod made of two interlocking curved legs of solid or ebonized walnut. |
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"Tulip" Armchair (Model No. 150)
Designer: Eero Saarinen (American (born Finland), Kirkkonummi 1910–1961 Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Manufacturer: Knoll
Date: 1956
Medium: Fiberglass-reinforced polyester,cast aluminum
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| Charles Eames (American, 1907– 1978), Ray Eames (American, 1912– 1988) Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman Manufacturer: Herman Miller Furniture Co., Zeeland, MI Date:1956 Medium: Molded rosewood, plywood, leather, cast aluminum, rubber shock mounts, and stainless steel glides MoMA |
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Bertoia Bird Chair, Design Harry Bertoia, 1952
Welded steel rods, upholstery
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| Russel Wright, made by Steubenville Pottery, Steubenville, OH, “American Modern” pitchers, 1939, earthenware |
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| The New Look, Christian Dior, 1947 |
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No. 3100, Ant Arne Jacobsen Design: 1952
Manufacturer: Fritz Hansens Efa. A/ S.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Material: formed plywood,
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Panton-Chair Verner Panton Design: 1957-67 Production: since 1968 - 1971 Manufacturer: Herman Miller AG/ Vitra AG, Basel
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Piero Fornasetti with his "Tema e Varoazioni" (Theme and Variation) collection of plates, 1961.
MEDIUM Glazed earthenware
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| Tupperware Party, Sarasota, Florida. 1958 MoMA Medium Gelatin silver print |
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| George Nakashima Conoid Bench, 1977 walnut and hickory 31 1/8 x 84 1/2 x 35 5/8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Warren D. Brill |
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| Carlton room divider, 1981, Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, b. 1917). Produced by Memphis, Milan, Italy. Wood and plastic laminate. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. |
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