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Antonio Citterio (born 1950) John Cobb (1715–1778) Kenneth Cobonpue (born 1968) Muriel Coleman (1917–2003) Mac Collins (born 1995) Joe Cesare Colombo (1930–1971) Henry Copland (1728–1754) Charles Cressent (1685–1768)
Russell Spanner (1916–1974) was a Canadian designer who contributed to residential furniture designs in the 1950s. Lounge Chair with Arms, designed by Russell Spanner, 1950. Photo by Ernest Mayer, courtesy of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Spanner's designs included dining and lounge chairs, tables, and modular storage units.
In the late 1950s, JRD shifted its focus away from home furnishings and towards office furniture, hospital furniture, and library furniture. [3] In 1961, Risom was one of six furniture designers featured in a profile in Playboy magazine. One of Risom's executive office chairs became famous when Lyndon B. Johnson chose to use it in the Oval ...
While working at Modernage Furniture, McCobb met B.G. Mesberg. Mesberg and McCobb would later be business partners in the Planner and Directional furniture lines. The Planner series has become an emblem of 1950s American furniture. [7] In 1955, he was married to Mary "Mollie" Frances Rogers, an interior designer. [1] Together they had two ...
Before concentrating on furniture alone, in 1951 he opened his own studio with the architect Anton Borg. Together they designed some 1,100 low-cost houses which proved to be a great success. In the 1950s and 1960s, at a time when Denmark was receiving international recognition for its furniture, he designed a wide range of items.
The best midcentury modern furniture is based on designs from the1940s to 1960s, yet it feels timeless today. Shop the best mid century modern furniture now. 25 Midcentury Modern Furniture Pieces ...
The 1960s brought us The Beatles, Bob Dylan, beehive hairstyles, the civil rights movement, ATMs, audio cassettes, the Flintstones, and some of the most iconic fashion ever. It was a time of ...
After a brief period of National Service in the British army, [2] Hicks began work drawing cereal boxes for J. Walter Thompson, the advertising agency. [4] His career as designer-decorator was launched to media-acclaim in 1954 when the British magazine House & Garden featured the London house he decorated (at 22 South Eaton Place) [5] for his mother and himself.