Modern, European Design
922075
Great, European inspired product. When I studied abroad in Switzerland there were similarly shaped toilet paper holders. I had to look hard to find a similar style in the United States, but I succeeded. This works well and I can tear the toilet paper while using only one hand.
1374537
These are actually quite nice looking. Definitely have a modern flair but blend beautifully with my modern dining room which features a mirrored entry table, very large mirrored wall, chrome lighting fixtures, and a round glass-topped Halo table from Crate and Barrel.  Will try and attach a photo later. Certainly a good value at 6 for $25.
2708732
An unbelievably low-priced 500-page paperbound survey of the evolution of design since 1900. Of particular value are the number and variety of its full-color illustrations of every conceivable kind of design (kitchen and  dining room, clothing, transportation, graphics and more), arranged in a  flashy yet functional way with every turn of the page. The concluding  section offers 40 pages of brief biographical entries about major  designers. (Copyright  by Roy R. Behrens, from Ballast Quarterly Review,  Vol 15 No 2, Winter 1999-2000.)
4413615
Published by the Museum of Modern Art in the 50's, this is a great architecture book with many examples of beautiful mid-century buildings. The cover so well designed, it looks great displayed on a coffee table.
3180062
I have always enjoyed learning anything about architecture, design, and real estate.  Midcentury design is a new topic for me since I lived in Europe for most of my childhood and my first interests were cathedrals and castles from multiple centuries.  As an adult, I do love clean interiors with a blend or view of the outdoors.  I thought this book would interest me - and I was right!

First, the book is high quality in a physical sense.  It has over 200 sturdy, but not excessively thick, pages.  The book is a coffee table book in the sense that it is bigger than novel size, has beautiful photography, and has a wealth of information about "the houses that established architectural modernism as the ideal of domesticity in the twentieth century."

I will be honest here - I have not completely read the entire book yet.  There is much history in how the town of New Canaan, CT became a center of modern houses in the mid-twentieth century.  There are 91 houses today of the 118 that were originally built.  The book shares how two architects, a photographer, and a graphic designer, describe 16 representative houses of those 91 from their original design to the way the house functions now.  Many of the houses are in beautiful wooded areas that highlight the clean lines of their designs.

I can't wait to have the time to absorb fully all the information in this beautiful book!  What I have read so far, and all the pictures that I've seen, make me very eager to discover more about these beautiful homes and the designers who envisioned "architectural modernism."  I do now know the term for my favorite American architectural style - midcentury.
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For readers who enjoy magazines such as VERANDA and SOUTHERN ACCENTS, this book will be a step-up in quality of design.  Mr. Dixon's use of antiques and high quality reproductions mixed with contemporary furnishings produces a fresh, easy to appreciate approach to interior design.  Subtle coloration schemes dominate and there is an architectural sensitivity that would make the rooms man-friendly.  This is an attractive presentation that could offer any number of ideas that would translate for the serious do-it-yourself-er.
3661230
Beautiful and sturdy.  Was a gift for my son's apartment.  Modern .
2666769
"Great Design" is a good, coffee-table style book which provides an interesting overview of design over the last century and a half.  Through an abundance of photographs and an appropriate amount of accompanying text, Philip Wilkinson shows noteworthy examples of style/design commencing in 1860 and moving into present time.  He outlines the development of modern design including product packaging, furniture, graphics, industrial and textiles.

Photos dominate this book, as is appropriate for a coffee-table style book on design, but there is adequate text.  Wilkinson provides more than one hundred examples of design, and gives profiles of designers and design movements.  This is a good book and one which provides an engaging, but not ovewhelming overview of some noteworthy designs over the years.
1515221
Well designed, sturdy, colorful.  Interlocking so they store well.  Nice modern look.
4003263
If you are looking for design ideas that match Phillips Mediterrean and French looks, this is a good book.  I collect many books on design and hers are well-illustrated.  Additionally, they describe the manufacturers of the decorative items & fabrics.  While some of the interiors she show are a little "Dallas" or Nouveau, overall they are filled with homes that appear well built with good materials and interior design.  I would recommend this one.
3646344
I replaced a bunch of round brushed nickel trims with these: it was a very nice upgrade for a new high end European kitchen that didn't cost a bundle. They went right in and looked sweet.
4801630
Love this set!  It has sort of a traditional look with a modern flair.  The accompanying pieces are perfect.  We supplemented the salad plates with some of the contemporary designs.  We also purchased the tapas plates.  Its a wonderful set!
4522454
I order white color but if you spray it with any vibriant color, it really looks like a modern sculpture on the wall. And yet, it is very practical. It really does the job as a wall mount rack. I use a longer screws to secure it so it is more sturdy. I hang outerwear, backpack and purse on it without any problem. I think the design is smart and pretty.
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i used these on my kitchen barstools, which are simple modern formed plywood. not cush on the tush. but with these cushions in place, i can sit at my high table and work for hours. i like the french country pattern, classic. goes well with my mixed mid-century modern meets 100 yr old farmhouse style. i've had many compliments on them. an to boot, the price was right for the 2-pack. if i ever have a need for more cushions, i know i'll be back here.
3473030
Looks and works great.  We've gotten compliments on the style that we implemented throughout our house.  They have one for just about every group of switches.  Only thing they're missing is a single-blank plate for covering something.  The style is modern but classic, elegant and warm.  Only downside is that the "scratch" texture on them can look a little bit odd if you're looking closely at it.  It's intentional, but somebody might look at it and think "how did you scratch this up so badly?"
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The English can draw on a 1000 years of empire and scholarship when it comes to interior design. Its unequallyed legacy of estate houses, its wealthiest citiizens penchant for collecting, as well as the influence of generations of Grand Tours and tourists, all come together in the English interior.

Magazine audiences change, as well as editor's tastes, and so too the need to continue to refresh and deliver new ideas.

What Englsh House and Garden however, did in the 1980s and 1990's, was chronicle the results of refined English tastemakers, in a series of hard cover volumes, drawing from material from their magazines.

To my eye, decades now later, these interiors still resonate and reflect the sophisticated eye and cultivation of their creators and or patrons. Having them collected in hardcover means that their legacy will survive my increasingly ragged collection of magazines from the same era.

These are interiors with soul, that show the stamp of humanity and human creativity at every step.

In a world where interior magazines today are filled over and over again with empty pastiches of the leftovers of modernism, or alternatively just plain empty, without rarely a single personal motif in sight, these volumes speak of a period when modern interior design reached its published zenith in England. The only other international magazine that reached the same heights, and did so in cronichling New York Interiors at around the same time, was Architectural Digest.

There are several books in this series. They are all of the same high standard.
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This frame has serious style of a modern variety. I found it simple to put together (took about 20 minutes). Note that you have several sections in the assembly: the wooden stays go on second, once you have the frame tightened up. Allen bolts and allen wrench are included.

A few minor tips I'd mention for those thinking about getting this bed:

1. get some help to move the box. it's very, very heavy and awkward (king size is very long and dense)
2. install the frame exactly where you want the bed, as you're not going to move this around the house afterward
3. make sure the slats pop fully into place; one of mine was out of place at first, and the mattress was wobbly on it

You could put a box spring on this, but that would defy the entire point of this low-to-the-floor, minimalist studio bed. I go the king, by the way, which is why it was so heavy and awkward once assembled!