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Modern Furniture Blog

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: Florence Knoll

Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 15th 2019

Knoll is a big name in furniture, and we don’t necessarily mean Florence. The name itself represents the big conglomerate that she helped found, but that sometimes contributed to her ov … read more

Designer of the Week: Frank Lloyd Wright

Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 15th 2019

Furniture was an essential part of Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophy and upbringing as a designer, even though most people know him as the creator of organic architecture. His most famous … read more

Designer of the week: Walter Gropius

Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 15th 2019

It seems that finally our Designer of the Week series has led us to the source, the one person that started it all (at least at the Bauhaus). Walter Gropius is, to many people, the patr … read more

Designer of the Week: Peter Behrens

Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 15th 2019

German designer and architect Peter Behrens was an influence to many in the modernist movement, including Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius and a large group of the school’s most notable alu … read more