Mies van der Rohe

Jens Risom's Scandinavian Modern Designs

We all have that one piece of furniture that was our first love when it comes to modern design. Maybe it was an Eames lounge chair, or perhaps a Saarinen Womb Chair.Click the images below for bigger versions:

A Perfect Pair: Nakashima Furniture and Blue Vintage Murano Lamps!

Last week we combined two natural, organic styles with Alvar Aalto’s Type 31 Chair and Swank Lighting’s Labyrinth Click the images below for bigger versions:

A Perfect Pair: A Ribbon Chair and Vintage Murano!

Pierre Paulin’s design for the Ribbon Chair is one of our favorite modern designs to date.Click the images below for bigger versions:

A Perfect Pair: Barcelona And Emerald Rock Candy!

Today we’re premiering a new series here on Swank Lighting’s blog.Click the images below for bigger versions:

The Modern Designs of George Nelson!

You've probably seen George Nelson's famous bubble lamps before---those futuristic, white, and modern hanging lights that adorned many Mid-Century ceilings and nearly as many modern ceilings of today.Click the images below for bigger versions:

The Genius of Mies van der Rohe!

When most people think of modernism, images of Mid-Century design from the 1950s and 1960s are often conjured up in the mind. Modernism started much earlier than those decades, though.Click the images below for bigger versions:

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