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In the land of the rising sun, the beautiful meets the useful. In an ancestral design, the pure, elegant, harmonious, near-perfect or sensorial lines are in keeping with the great principle of traditional Japanese culture. For a long time, Japanese designers have perfectly illustrated the definition of design where form meets function, they remove all … Continue reading “Japan : when the beautiful meets the useful”

Brazil may be known for many things, from its genre-spanning musical universe to its mind-boggling nature, but its designers may be the next thing to catch your eye. Brazil’s unique furniture design has been turning heads since the 1960s, and continues to be recognized for its hallmarks and signatures. The 20th-century designer of Brazil created … Continue reading “Modern Brazilian Furniture Design”

Today, more than ever, the midcentury modern look is everywhere Midcentury modern is an architectural, product, interior and graphic design that generally describes mid-20th century developments in modern furniture design, architecture and urban development from roughly 1933 to 1965. Mid-Century modern furniture first showed up in the 1950s and ’60s. Midcentury modern was reaffirmed in 1983 … Continue reading “The Obsession with Mid-Century Modern design”

“A gender-neutral industry—indeed, a gender-neutral built environment—if desired, cannot simply be willed into existence. It must be fought for. Invisibility is a sign that there is still much more work to do,” writes Jane Hall in the introductory essay of her new tome from Phaidon, Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women. For centuries, women’s contributions to … Continue reading “The Most Amazing Structures Designed by Women”