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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Floor Waterjet Cut Marble Tiles Available in Different Marbles Combination
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Floor Waterjet Cut Marble Tiles Available in Different Marbles Combination
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Located in London, GB
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Floor Waterjet Cut Marble Tiles Available in Different Marbles Combination
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Located in London, GB
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Located in München, Bavaria
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Maiolica
Art Glass Decorative Panel for Multiple Uses Dimension Customizable Solid Finish
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Located in London, GB
Special slabs available Two-sided Curved Extra treatments Temper glass Non-slip finishing Special glasses Borosilicate glass Finishings Chrome, Opalescent, Satin Us...
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Art Glass Decorative Panel for Multiple Uses Dimension Customizable Solid Finish
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Special slabs available Two-sided Curved Extra treatments Temper glass Non-slip finishing Special glasses Borosilicate glass Finishings Chrome, Opalescent, Satin Us...
Art Glass
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Floor Waterjet Cut Marble Tiles Available in Different Marbles Combination
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Located in London, GB
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Hubertus Clothing Rack by Filippo Mambretti & Mogg
Located in New York, NY
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$1,819 / item
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Located in Geneve, CH
Set medium by Marc Thorpe Dimensions: W 42 x D 45 x H 66 cm Materials: powder coated metal structure, with / without pad in light grey cuoio. Outdoor suitable. American archi...
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Set Small by Marc Thorpe
Located in Geneve, CH
SET small by Marc Thorpe Dimensions: W 74 x D 77 x H 69 cm Materials: Powder coated metal structure, with/without pad in Light grey cuoio Outdoor suitable. American architect...
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Set Large by Marc Thorpe
Located in Geneve, CH
Set large by Marc Thorpe Dimensions: W 42 x D 45 x H 121 cm Materials: Powder coated metal structure, with/without PAD in Light grey cuoio Outdoor suitable. American architec...
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Contemporary Organic Form Natural Plain Beige Fiberglass Screen by kar
Located in Geneve, CH
Knead screen by kar Dimensions: W 158 x D 56 x H 150 Materials: FRP Available also in black. Kar, is the root of Sanskrit Karma, meaning karmic repetition. We seek the cause and eff...
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Set of 2 Blackened Cove Handle by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Blackened Cove Handle by Henry Wilson Dimensions: W 5 x D 3 x H 25 cm Materials: Bronze Each piece is sand cast and rumbled finished. Blackened Bronze Pull Handle...
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Set of 2 Aluminum Mini Cove Handles by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
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Description Uses Indoor and outdoor floors, indoor and outdoor walls, wet areas. Other format are available on demand
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Art Glass Decorative Panel for Multiple Uses Dimension Customizable Solid Finish
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Located in London, GB
Special slabs available Two-sided Curved Extra treatments Temper glass Non-slip finishing Special glasses Borosilicate glass Finishings Chrome, Opalescent, Satin Us...
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Art Glass Decorative Panel for Multiple Uses Dimension Customizable solid Finish
By sicis
Located in London, GB
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Art Glass
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Located in München, Bavaria
This hand cast and hand painted porcelain wall tile murals is made of fine Nymphenburg porcelain. The pate - sur- pate technique enables the Nymphenbur...
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