Modern Flooring

MODERN STYLE

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.

Style: Modern

Doozie Nimbus Deep

Modern Flooring

2010s Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Doozie Nimbus Deep

2010s Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Doozie Nimbus Wave

2010s Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Ying Nimbus Night

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Timewave Terracotta Coral

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Timewave Oleander Clay

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Solid Rectangle Clay

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Baby Fern Frost

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Timewave Clay Terracotta

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Mamba Azure Swan

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Moon Phase Half Celestial

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Solid Hex Chelsea

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Split Square Thyme Powder

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Split Square Powder Swan 'NOT SAMPLED'

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Timewave Spruce Verde

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Moon Phase Crescent Enchanted

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Moon Phase Half Enchanted

2010s Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Wavey Monet Powder

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Solid Square Inkwell

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Moon Phases Full Enchanted

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Wavey Menthe

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Solid Rectangle Regatta

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Timewave Spruce Rainstorm

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Timewave Verde Moss

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Solid Hex Lotus

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Moon Phases Full Rev Capricorn

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Solid Hex Suede

2010s Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Timewave Snow Spruce

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Moon Phase Sliver Capricorn

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Solid Hex Thyme

2010s Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Wavey Tuscan Swan

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Solid Hex Shale

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Split Square Cloud Swan 'Not Sampled'

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Moon Phase Waning Enchanted

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Split Rectangle Left Regatta Snow 'NOT SAMPLED'

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Moon Phase Waning Celestial

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Solid Hex Ebony

2010s Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Wavey Inkwell Deep

2010s Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Baby Powder Swan

2010s Vietnamese Modern Flooring

Baby Swan Aloe

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Flooring