What the heck is a Mid Century Modern Design?

What is Mid Century Modern Design?

“Make it new!” poet, Ezra Pound

“Mid Century Modern” was a style descriptor used for the post-war era (1945 -1965) of this far reaching movement.  It will influence modernist representations of  building styles, interior & graphic design, textiles, fashion, music, furniture, home decor,  automobiles and even kitchen appliances!

At the turn of the 20th Century, The American Modernism movement made widespread philosophical, cultural and stylistic changes in society and the United States. 

Conventional forms of design, architecture, art,  literary works, religious beliefs, philosophy, social structure, hustle & bustle of day to day life, also the sciences, were outdated and replaced with modernist invention and ideals to meet the needs of an evolving industrial world. 

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George Nelson Ball Clock	George Nelson Bubble  Couch	Geometric Flat Roof Palm Springs Home	1950s Style Small Appliances
Organic w/some Geometric table	Geometric w/some Organic Textiles	Eames Organic Styled Chair	Organic Parchment Paper Lamp
Organic w/some Geometric Textiles	Eames Plywood Chair	Geometric and Organic	Eames Fiberglass Chairs
The Space Age - Album Cover	The Jet Set  - Album Cover

Peaking in the 1950’s, Mid-Century Modern will affect the look and style of everyday life in American culture.  (Turn of the century design was more influenced by Art Deco, Scandinavian, French and German modernity).  

Academics and museums alike recognize Mid-Century Modern as a major design movement of consequence and unmistakably American.

Billy

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Billy B. is an expert consultant in design and color in the Mid Century Modern style. He has degrees in Web Design from Emory University and in Advertising Design from Central Piedmont College. Since 2009, he has run his own successful freelance web design business in Atlanta, Georgia.