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Designer of the Week: Achille Castiglioni - Featuring the Arco Lamp!
Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 17th 2019
Designer of the Week: Achille Castiglioni - Featuring the Arco Lamp!
Eight months ago, art and design
enthusiasts around the world celebrated the 100
th birthday of
Achille Castiglion
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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 (a renowned Britis
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Manhattan Home Design's collection of Hans Wegner replicas
Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 15th 2019
Born in 1914, Hans Wegner was one of the most influential
furniture designers of the modernist period. He’s noted as a precursor and
pioneer of the Scandinavian style of furniture, a genius innovato
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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 overshadowing.F
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7 Types of Lighting Terms That You Should Know About
Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 15th 2019
We recently wrote a series of articles on the three
different types of lighting, and we invite you to check them out. On those
pieces we talked about a lot of stuff, primarily how to light a certain
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Designer of the week: Charlotte Perriand
Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 15th 2019
Born in 1903, Perriand was a French architect and designer
who believed that better furniture would inevitably lead to a better society.
Though this might seem, for some, a very naïve or farfetched
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