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If good design is a balance between aesthetics and utility, the craft peaked in the years between 1940–1970. This era of modernism hit the design sweet spot: functional beauty. Finding harmony between the natural and the manmade, designers like Bertoia, Braakman, Deam, Eames, Ekselius, Heywood-Wakefield, Jacobsen, Juhl, Kagen, Kjaerholm, Knoll, Loewy, McCobb, Noguchi, Nelson, Paulin, Pucci, Risom, Saarinen, Schultz, Van der Rohe, Vignelli, Vodder, Wegner, and Wormley created objects that were not merely easy on the eyes, but appealing because they served their purpose with organic grace.

Related sites:
The Mid-Century Modernist
Mid-Century, Modern on Flickr

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