Modern Retro: Living With Mid-Century Modern Style

by Bingham, Neil; Weaving, Andrew; Wood, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781841721033
• ISBN10: 1841721034
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small

Summary

In recent years, mid-20th-century modern furniture, ceramics, glass, and textiles have become hugely popular among people who appreciate the stylish contribution that these pieces make to today's home. Modern Retro will inspire you to create a look that combines classics by such visionaries as the Eameses, Bertoia, and Aalto with thrift-store finds and the best contemporary design. Created by modern classics dealer Andrew Weaving and design commentator Nell Bingham, with photography by Andrew Wood, Modern Retro is not about slavishly recreating a period feel. Instead, it shows how to take the best designs of the 1920s through the 1970s and use them throughout your home in a relaxed and individual way. Past and present can sit stylishly together -- allowing you to make the most of the gloriously eclectic forms, colors, and patterns available.

Author Biography

Neil Bingham who wrote the text, is a curator of the Drawings Collection at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. Andrew Weaving found the locations for the book and styled them for photography. He trained as an interior designer before moving into the fashion world and working as Display Director for Calvin Klein and Giorgio Armani. Andrew Wood is a photographer specializing in interiors and fashion.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(4)
Design Decades	10	(22)
1920s & 1930s	12	(4)
1940s & 1950s	16	(6)
1960s	22	(6)
1970s	28	(4)
Ingredients of the Modern Retro Look	32	(50)
Furniture	34	(16)
Lighting	50	(8)
Rugs and textiles	58	(8)
Glass	66	(6)
Ceramics	72	(4)
Accessories	76	(6)
Creating the Modern Retro Look	82	(56)
Living rooms	84	(22)
Kitchens and dining rooms	106	(14)
Work rooms	120	(6)
Bedrooms	126	(8)
Bathrooms	134	(4)
Stockists and suppliers	138	(2)
Picture credits	140	(2)
Index	142	(2)
Acknowledgments	144