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Modern Credenzas

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

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Style: Modern
Creator: New Format Studio
Borrowed Forms Credenza
Located in Vancouver, BC
Crafted from cast bronze, steel, and cherry wood, the Borrowed Forms Credenza is the result of dozens of trips to forage for suitable stone formations in the Pacific Northwest. Hot j...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Credenzas

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Bronze, Steel

Connect Credenza Five-Door Floating Console in Steel and Satin Bronze
Located in Vancouver, BC
The Connect Credenza is designed to express the process by which each piece is created, with visible construction and fastening details that are integ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Credenzas

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Bronze, Steel

Connect Credenza Floating Console Customizable in Steel and Satin Bronze
Located in Vancouver, BC
The Connect Credenza is designed to express the process by which each piece is created, with visible construction and fastening details that are integ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Credenzas

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Bronze, Steel

Connect Credenza Cabinet or Sideboard Customizable in Steel and Aged Brass
Located in Vancouver, BC
The Connect Credenza is designed to express the process by which each piece is created, with visible construction and fastening details that are integ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Credenzas

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Brass, Steel

Connect Credenza Cabinet or Sideboard Customizable in Steel and Polished Bronze
Located in Vancouver, BC
The Connect Collection is designed to express the process by which each piece is created, with visible construction and fastening details that are integral to the final piece. Traditional joinery techniques are used in conjunction with mass manufacturing technology to create this unique metal cabinetry...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Credenzas

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Bronze, Steel

Connect Credenza Cabinet or Sideboard in Customizable Steel Plate Satin Copper
Located in Vancouver, BC
The Connect Credenza is designed to express the process by which each piece is created, with visible construction and fastening details that are integ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Credenzas

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Bronze, Copper, Steel

Plano Credenza (Two Door) in Bronze, Curved Glass Doors, Marble Top
Located in Vancouver, BC
Handcrafted curved glass and metal vitrine, a fitting vessel for the display of precious objects - this unique work is topped with marble quarried from an island off the west coast o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Credenzas

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Marble, Metal, Bronze

Plano Credenza in Bronze, Curved Glass Doors, Marble Top, Black Walnut Shelves
Located in Vancouver, BC
Handcrafted curved glass and metal vitrine, a fitting vessel for the display of precious objects - this unique work is topped with marble quarried from an island off the west coast o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Credenzas

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Marble, Metal, Bronze

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