After many request MCM Daily now has a store! For several years now I have been happily sharing my passion
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When Frank Lloyd Wright hired Pedro E. Guerrero to photograph Taliesin West in 1939, neither knew it would lead to
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  Above: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, 1951. Photo: flickr/Christopher Malheiros As we here on the East Coast
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  Vivid, deeply saturated and promoted by Kodak as, “the world’s largest photographs”, the ‘Coloramas’ were a familiar sight to
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  Above: Monumental stillness found in this Eyvind Earle illustration simply titled ‘Winter’. Eyvind Earle was an American artist, author,
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  Above: A joyous Charles and Ray Eames, 1950’s Clearly Charles and Ray Eames are among the most influential designers
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Above: The Palevsky House, 1971. Photo: Marvin Rand Copy Stephen Wallis via AD Magazine Postwar Los Angeles was a boomtown,
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  Above: Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota the Henry J. Neils House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1949. Photo: Mike McCaw
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  Above: Promotional Image for Artifort showing several designed by Pierre Paulin. Photo: Paulin Archives Born in Paris in 1927 to
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Above: Sculpted birds designed and made by Emil Milan in the 1960’s. Photo: Emil Milan Research Project Copy via the
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  Above: A selection of design pieces by Alexander Girard. Photo: Vitra   “Art is only art when it is
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  Above: A glazed stoneware sculpture by French Ceramist Georges Jouve. Photo: Jousse Entreprise Born in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France in 1910
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  Above: The restored Bobertz House, Designed by Craig Ellwood (with Ernie Jacks and Jerrold Lomax) and completed in 1955.
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  Above: Once located in Chicago, Illinis the Prentice Women’s Hospital design by Bertrand Goldberg, 1974. In the heart of
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  Above: Mid Century Modern at Home: A Room by Room Guide by DC Hillier Published by the fine folks
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  Above: Illustration: Smokedsalmon via Shutterstock  Original article found here on archdaily.com   A guide to the (mostly made up)
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Above: Vessels designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, 1950’s. Photo: Sothebys As they are with glass works the Swedes have
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Above: A collection of Finn Juhl-designed pieces including the NV-45 Chair manufactured by Niels Vodder in 1945. Photo: themodernwarehouse.com One
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  Above: A grouping of both the CT1 and CT80 models and well as the three available colors of the
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  Above: The Singleton House, Bel Air, California. Designed by architect Richard Neutra in 1959. Photo: Julius Shulman / Getty
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  Above: Some of the ‘Lotus’ series enamelware designed by Grete Prytz Kittelsen for Cathrineholm of Norway. Photo: ampersandvintagemodern.wordpress.com Perhaps
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  Above: The current issue of Jalk’s  ‘GJ’ chairs and nesting tables first produced by Poul Jeppesen in 1963. Some
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  Above: A distinctly figured ‘Series 7’ chair. Designed by Arne Jacobsen this 1964 rosewood edition was nicknamed ‘Rasputin’. Photo:
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  Above: The College Park housing development located in Costa Mesa, California. Built by Murray Sanders and Company in 1958.
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  Above: The sculptural ‘Model 1114’ coffee table designed by Carlo Mollino and made by Apelli & Varesio for Singer
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  Above: A home in Wichita, Kansas, 1954. Photo: Julius Shulman / Getty Archive The coffee table is very much
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  Above photo: Finn Juhl’s ‘FJ 56’ sofa. Photo: Ross Floyd for Wright.   Check out these great books!
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  Above: Rosewood and aluminum desk designed by Jules Wabbes in the 1960’s with a chair designed by Poul Kjærholm.
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  Above: A steel-framed Alexander Home in Palm Springs with a signature ‘folded-plate’ roof line designed by Donald Wexler in
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  Above: Hanging lamp designed by Tom Green for Feldman Lighting in the 1960’s. Photo: Very Vintage LA Within the
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  Above: A form within form sculpture created by Ruth Asawa in the 1960’s. Photo: Skinner Inc Auctions Information and
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  Above: The Bertoia screen / sculpture at the MIT Chapel designed by Eero Saarinen in 1955.  I like to
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  Above: The Palacio Do Planalto in Brasilia, Brazil. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer it was completed in 1960. Whether the
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Above: Advert image for Motorola audio equipment created by Charles Schridde, 1961.  Whether it is true or just appears so
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Above: The ‘Mobiles’ (untitled) textile designed by Marian Mahler, 1952. Some great textile patterns from designers including Robert Stewart, Lucienne
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  Above: a conversation pit, quintessentially 1960’s. Photo from the 1969 Hatje / Kaspar book ‘1601 Decorating Ideas for Modern
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  Above: Shepherd House owner Dan Voytas has refurbished and updated his 1956 home, which was the first one designed
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  Above: Chair and foot stool designed by Ejner Larsen and Aksel Bender Madsen and crafted by Ludvig Pontoppidan, 1960.
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  Above: Located on the campus of the University of California in San Diego the Geisel Library designed by architect
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  Above: Located in Rancho Mirage, California the Kenaston House designed by E. Stewart Williams in 1957. Photo: KetchumPhotography.com Commissioned
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  Above: A pair of Contour chairs designed by Vladimir Kagan and first produced by Kagan-Dreyfuss, New York in 1953.
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  Above: Table set with Helen von Boch’s stackable tableware from Villery & Boch’s ‘Avant Garde’ series. Pressed for space
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  Above: Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan the Kirkpatrick House designed by George Nelson. Photo: Paul Barbera Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan
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  Above: The colorful, ethereal interior of the Resurrection Mausoleum in Justice, Illinois. Photo: Pinterest / Headstones and History Info
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  Above: A Henry Moore sculpture in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England. Info provided by theartstory.org There are few artists
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  Above: Located in Silver Lake, Los Angles the Martin House, designed by Albert P. Martin in 1952. Photo: Sothebys 
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  Above: An assortment of glass ‘Pulcini” birds designed by Alessandro Pianon for Vistosi of Italy in 1963. Photo: Phillips
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  Above: Collector, designer, and consultant DC Hillier in his Montreal home. Photo: Daniel Leblanc   Written by Wava Carpenter
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  Above: The Rosen House, Craig Ellwood, 1961. Render: evermotion.org Located at 910 Oakmont Drive, Los Angeles, California is what
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  Above: The John Latimer-designed house that was singer James Taylor’s childhood home. Photo: Auction First In 1952 Dr. Isaac
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