Modern by Giuseppe Carpanelli Mistral Toilette in Pama
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
Toilette characterized by the soft curvilinear shapes. Structure in Pama and top in dark Sycomoro frisé. Drawers opening with push and pull mechanism and slow closing.
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Modern by Giuseppe Carpanelli Corner Small Table Pama Wood
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
Coffee table with a unique triangular shape. Structure in Pama. The top is made of geometric inlays with essences of Pama, Eucalyptus frisé, Sycomoro frisé, Tay. Projecting base in s...
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Modern by Giuseppe Carpanelli Mistral Bar Cabinet Pama Wood
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
Mobile bar with a particular curved shape. Partially upholstered in leather with embroidered details. The structure is in Pama and the doors covered in leather.
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Modern by Giuseppe Carpanelli 2019 Desk Pama and Sycomoro Wood
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
Desk characterized by the cylinder shape. The two sides are in Sycomoro dark frisè wood, internal structure in Pama wood. Horizontal flap door and soft closing. Optional accessories ...
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Modern by Giuseppe Carpanelli Galileo Bedside table Pama and Sicomoro
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
Bedside table with structure in dark Sycomoro frisé and frame in Pama wood. Drawers opening with push and pull mechanism and slow closing.
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Modern by Giuseppe Carpanelli Mistal Bedside Table in Pama Wood
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
Bedside table characterized by soft curvilinear shapes. The structure is in Pama, while the top and basement are in Sycomoro dark frisè. Drawers opening with push and pull mechanism ...
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Modern by Giuseppe Carpanelli Galileo Cabinet Pama and Sycomoro Wood
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
Cabinet characterized by the elegant line. The structure is realized in Sycomoro dark frisè wood and it is embellished with a frame in Pama wood. The six drawers have push and pull m...
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Modern by Giuseppe Carpanelli Extendible Table 2019 Sycomoro and Pama Wood
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
Table with top in Sycomoro dark frisè wood, enriched by an elegant geometrical inlay. The base has a trapezoidal shape and it is in Pama wood. The table is extendible. Closed is cm 2...
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Modern by Giuseppe Carpanelli Wave Writing Desk in Pama and Sycomore
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
Original desk with a curvilinear design. The structure is in essence of Pama and Sycomoro dark frisè. It is equipped with a large drawer and a suspended chest of drawers. The glass s...
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Modern by Giuseppe Carpanelli Mistral Chest of Drawers in Pama
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
This chest of drawers is characterized by soft curvilinear shapes. The structure is in Pama wood, while the top and basement are in Sycomoro dark frisè wood. Drawers opening with pus...
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The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.