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How comfortable is the Womb Chair, actually?

Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Aug 7th 2020

Eero Saarinen designed the Womb Chair in 1946 after a brief meeting with Florence Knoll at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. According to history, she told him that she wanted a chair that she could ju … read more

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 furniture indust … 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 (a renowned Britis … 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 for … read more

Designer of the week: Marcel Breuer

Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 14th 2019

Hungarian-American designer Marcel Breuer was the first craftsman to ever work with tubular steel in conjunction with textiles. He gave the world a chair concept that could not be remade, effectivel … read more