Result Chair

Having long been an admirer of the Result Chair by Friso Kramer and Wim Rietveld (see here, here ... and here) I was extremely interested to learn that HAY and furniture manufacturer Ahrend are collaborating with one another to reproduce this Dutch classic. The all new Result chair will stay true to its original construction and use of materials - thin steel-sheet bases with oak seat and backrest. 

Sounds good, really good, but give me an original any day.  Perhaps this green one which I spotted over on 1st Dibs ... please and thank you.

Photos via Casey Godrie, via 1st Dibs

Geometry

photos via The Modern House

Geometry (noun) the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, solids and higher dimensional analogues.  Hmmmm, not too sure about higher dimensional analogues, but see above for some wonderful examples of mid-century modern geometry.

To find out more about this timber-clad house designed by architect John Floyd, head over to The Modern House.

concrete dreams

photos by Daniela Mac Adden via ArchDaily

Heavy on the concrete, easy on the words.  Something for the weekend in the form of MR House by Luciano Kruk Arquitectos.  Dreamy indeed.

le petite canapé

photos via De Derriere Les Fagots

Because I'm partial to a bit of oriented strand board.  I mean, who isn't?  I'm also partial to the shape of this compact two seater sofa and its tapered beech legs which complement the OSB beautifully.  The maker behind this piece, De Derriere Les Fagots, has created an array of simple, functional designs using a variety of materials including another favourite of mine ... plywood.  Go, see, tell me what you think ... 

Span

photos via The Modern House

Avid readers of Midcentury will no doubt recognise this Blackheath townhouse from Issue 08, and I couldn't contain my delight when I spotted it up for sale on The Modern House a week or so ago.  Not that I'm in the market for a 'des res' south of the river, but it was such a joy to see even more wonderful images - and a floorplan - of what might just be one of my favourite homes.  Head over to The Modern House for more details on this Grade II-listed Span house, its history and architect Eric Lyons.

Oh, and I hate to disappoint, but this exceptional little house is now 'under offer'.  Hardly surprising.

enlightened

photos via Galerie Kreo

There's just a few days left to savour the delights of Galerie Kreo's latest exhibition - Enlightened 50s: Iconic French Lighting from a Modern Decade - before it comes to an end this Thursday.  The exhibition blurb makes for an interesting read ... and allows one to brush up on the names of those all important French mid-twentieth century lighting designers to boot!

It's all in the detail

Photo via Eames Office

This wonderful picture of an aluminum group chair upholstered in Alexander Girard hopsack requires little introduction and no actual words, except perhaps this equally wonderful quote written by Charles and Ray Eames …

"The details are not the details;  they make the product."

In/Berlin

photos by Claus Brechenmacher | interior design and styling by Annabell Kutucu

I thought I'd slip back into blogging and make wild promises about this year being the year in which I publish content consistently and without fail.  But hey, we're day 28 of 2016 so I'm scrapping that latter pledge and getting straight down to business.

Also, hello. How are you?

I spotted these images a while back of a loft apartment and studio somewhere in Berlin and was quite taken with the high ceilings and abundance of natural light flooding in through those enormous windows.  And then there's the furniture - it's always about the furniture.  The Egg chair by Arne Jacobsen always gets a big thumbs up from me, and its curves are a pleasing contrast to the almost saggy lines of the 'Mags Soft' sofa by HAY which, incidentally, is just screaming to be lounged/jumped on big time.  And what the sofa lacks in structured angles is more than made up for by the silhouettes of Poul Kjærholm's PK22 easy chairs.

Add to that the parquet flooring, whitewashed brickwork, moody kitchen and the gold racing bike, and yes, I could quite easily move in … on a fully-furnished bases, obvs.

The Home of Fritz Hansen

photos via Republic of Fritz Hansen 

Old news admittedly, but I simply adore these images from Fritz Hansen of their showroom in Milan which was transformed during Salone del Mobile into an apartment known as The House of Fritz Hansen.  Admittedly a showcase for the discerning customer to discover the Series 7 in new colours by Danish artist Tal R and the latest designs by Spanish designer Jaime Hayon, the styling and set design by Christine Rudolph is second to none.

For more images of The House of Fritz Hansen, click here.

edit #6

EDIT : a place for objects that have caught my eye, ideas I'd like to explore, inspiration I'd like to capture …

Someone  p l e a s e  buy me this bronze pendant lamp by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen, pretty  p l e a s e
The aged leather and organic shape of the Swan Chair, the angular lines of the Prismatic Table by Isamu Noguchi … perfect
Wall inspiration courtesy of Studiopepe

Because I love meringues and this food styling really made my mouth water!

Modern Living

photos via The Modern House

I'm always trawling through The Modern House - an independent estate agency which specialises in modern architecture - on the off chance they'll have some ramshackle house in need of attention that might bring a little bit of modernism within my financial grasp.  I know that ain't ever going to happen, but it doesn't stop me looking.  It was on one such trawl that I spotted this place.  One of a group of three architect-designed houses designed in the late 1960s by architects Peter Foggo and David Thomas, its steel frame, glass and wood construction is reminiscent of the famous Californian 'Case Study' houses.  And if the architecture isn't enough … designer classics, HELLO.