My Bookmarks
Marcel Breuer and the Invention of Heavy Lightness
Places Journal
In a series of institutional masterworks, Marcel Breuer sought to reconcile vernacular tradition with contemporary expression and an acceptance of the complexity of modern life.
Happy Furniture in the Eames Era
Places Journal
What does the filmmaking of Charles and Ray Eames tell us about happiness in postwar America — and in our own age of informatic abundance?
Saarinen and the American Century
Places Journal
Eero Saarinen was the darling of corporate America — and one of the major creators of postwar American style.
The Flexible Heart of the Home
Places Journal
Issues of gender, disability, and user-centeredness have long been relegated to the margins of design history. A new look at postwar home economics complicates the prevailing narratives.