Mid century modern office design.
Joe Chair by Poltronova
Joe Chair by Poltronova
If you love modern furniture you will love Joe. Joe is a giant basketball glove seat designed by the Italian architects Jonathan De Pas, Donato D'Urbino and Paolo Lomazzi in 1970 for Poltronova. It was dedicated to Joe DiMaggio, the American baseball champion. Joe has a steel frame wit a preformed polyurethane foam padding and leather upholstery. Joe is a gently giant, an inviting seating solution which encourages you to sit down and relax. Joe is part of the permanent design collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is widely recognized as one of the most important Italian furniture designs of the 20th century. A classic icon of modern furniture. Stamped embossing, Joe, Made in Italy.
Joe Chair by Poltronova
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Italian Lighting of the 1950s
Arredoluce, Italy, 1950s.
Space Age Lamp
Nice vintage space age Italian blown glass lamp, Murano Italy, unknown designer but possibly from Mazzega.
Dahlia Wall Lamps
Dahlia wall lamps, designed by Janne Kyttanen and Jiri Evenhuis. Design should be the focus of attention for Dahlia, with its softly illuminated chrysanthemum-like petals, but how it's made, using stereolithography to 3-dimensionally "print" this lamp, is equally compelling. Freedom Of Creation is proving without a doubt that with these RM tools and materials they are free to create anything. In fact, in addition to the new lamps, they've now expanded into fashion accessories. Punchbag, a handbag and Paris, customizable evening sandals, are both made of polished polyamide using rapid manufacturing techniques. Dahlia is inspired by themathematics of nature and arrangement of flower petals. It leaves an astonishing shadow on the surface where it is mounted and a very subtle light on the petals.
Dahlia Wall Lamps
Ultrafragola Mirror by Ettore Sottsass
Image Credit Flickr
Ultrafragola Mirror by Ettore Sottsass. Ultrafragola is one of the most desirable mirrors ever made! Ultrafragola translates to Ultra Strawberry in Italian. Ultrafragola was created by the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass in 1970. This iconic mirror is an homage to women and their provocative vanity. Ultrafragola certainly is a show stopper with its unique and sensual wavy shape. The Ultrafragola mirror has a molded frame in opaline plastic and houses a pink neon light inside. The Ettore Sottsass Fragola Mirror is part of the design collection at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main Germany and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg Germany. It is widely recognized as one of the most important design icons of 20th century Italian design.
Image Credit Metrocs
Image Credit Metrocs
Ultrafragola Mirror by Ettore Sottsass
We were promised space travel
We were promised space travel...but nobody told us it would be that expensive.
We were promised saucer platforms
Seattle's Space Needle as photographed by Kurt Smith for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
We were promised rockets
Pictured is James A. Van Allen, whose pioneering research led to the discovery of radiation belts surrounding the earth. Van Allen played a key role in the U.S.-Soviet space race of the 1950’s and 1960’s.
We were promised space age style
Twiggy.
This is how we live
Space age futuristic living on acid with Haus-Rucker's Living Capsule from the 1960s (shortly after this they had kids and moved to the suburbs in a cookie cutter which they covered in white plastic). Unfortunately some of us have to wake up sometime.
Space Age Gherpe Lamp
Classic icon of space age design: Superstudio's Gherpe lamp. Gherpe is one of the most desirable lamps ever made! Gherpe is a very unique modern lamp with an attractive changeable shape thanks to its six concentric arches that revolve around a central pivot. This classic icon of Italian space age design was created by the Italian design firm Superstudio in 1967. Its body is made from laser-cut and heat-formed Perspex in white or fluorescent pink. It has a chrome-plated brass fitting and uses one (1) 60W incandescent light bulb. The Superstudio Gherpe lamp is part of the permanent design collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is widely recognized as one of the most important design lamps of 20th century design. Made in Italy.
Superstudio Gherpe Lamp
Passiflora Lamp by Superstudio
Passiflora is a very unique modern table lamp with an attractive shape. This classic icon of Italian design was created by Superstudio in 1968. The inspiration for the Passiflora lamp is a delicate Passion Flower which rises at an angle from the base. Its body is made from white opaline plastic and the flower from yellow plexiglas. Passiflora emits a gently diffused ambient light which creates a special atmosphere. The Passiflora lamp is part of the permanent design collection at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. It is widely recognized to be one of the most important design lamps of the 20th century. Made in Italy.
Superstudio was known for its libertine attitudes and experimental design concepts, which is clearly evident in this amazing lamp creation. Exploring the fine line between practicality and beauty of objects, Superstudio's Passiflora lamp certainly bridged the gap.
Passiflora Lamp by Superstudio
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