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Modern Furniture Blog

Designer of the Week - Alvar Aalto

Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 21st 2019

After 20 DOTW articles, we were looking to do a little of a return to form. The more recent articles were longer, wodier, and featured both big and not-so-big names in the mid-century fur … read more

Designer of the Week: Robin Day

Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 17th 2019

Mr. Robin Day, OBE, and a Fellow of the British Royal Chartered Society of Designers, was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England in 1915. Along with his wife, Lucienne Day … read more

Designer of the week: Gerrit Rietveld

Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 15th 2019

The Dutch were always a very influential part of the Scandinavian Modern movement, if not the most important, as many would argue. From those influential designers, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld stands … read more

Designer of the Week - Eileen Gray

Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 14th 2019

Irish-French designer Eileen Gray was one of the most prominent figures in early modernist design. She was born in 1878 in Wexford County, Ireland, but spent most of her life doin … read more

Designer of the week: Finn Juhl

Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Dec 10th 2018

Born in 1912, Finn Juhl is one of the lesser known figures of the mid-century modernist movement, though for real fans, he’s actually the very first. Primarily an architect and interior designer, J … read more