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Description: this the first fiberglass chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1963.
 
Price: $1900.00

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Description: Orange and white plastic lamp would look great on any knoll, nelson or baughman credenza
 
Price: 325.00

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Description: pair of parallel bar Florence Knoll lounge chairs for Knoll International. These two chairs are in very good to excellent condition. The leather is black and appears to be orignal. the leather is in excellent condition with only light use. The stainless steel is shiny and shows minimal scratching. On the back of [...]

By William McDonough & Michael Braungart
© 2002This article originally appeared in the March-April [...]

Art Deco was primarily a design style, popular in the 1920s and 1930s. In simplified terms, the Art Deco movement can be considered as the follow-up style on Art Nouveau - more simplified and closer to mass production. The Art Deco movement was dominant in fashion, furniture, jewelry, textiles, [...]

Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal
Publication date: April 10, 2007
By John Przybys
REVIEW-JOURNALClose your eyes, let your imagination wander, and it’s not difficult to picture Antonio Morelli and the guys - Frank, Dino, anybody else who wanted to unwind after the show - sprawled around the copper-topped fireplace in the living room before crowding into the [...]

A PURE CONTEMPORARY reader asked us if President Charles Logan’s retreat on Fox’s hit show “24” was modeled after the mid-century modern designs of architect John Lautner. “24” is one of our favorite shows, and we couldn’t help but notice the gorgeous wood trim on doors, windows and walls, along with Lautner’s trademark merging [...]

Charles Eames and Ray Eames

Charles Eames and Ray Eames
Charles Eames (1907-78) and Ray Eames (1912-88) gave shape to America’s
twentieth century. Their lives and work represented the nation’s
defining movements: the West Coast’s coming-of-age, the economy’s
shift from making goods to producing information, and the global
expansion of American culture. The Eameses embraced the era’s visionary
concept of modern design [...]

Milo Baughman (1925-2004) is one of the most significant, distinctly American designers to leave his mark on the latter half of the 20th Century. Baughman’s résumé includes work created for Calif-Asia, Mode Furniture, Glenn of California, The Inco Company, Pacific Iron, Winchendon and Drexel, among many others. He also taught and wrote prolifically on the [...]