Knoll is another company known for its classic furniture mid century modern pieces.
American mid century modern furniture designers.
As mid century modern furniture design was a truly global design movement it comes as no surprise that many creators from the other side of the atlantic also contributed to the exquisite style that was developed in the mid 20 th century.
During his time as director of design at herman miller he recruited some of the most iconic mid century modern designers including charles and ray eames and isamu noguchi.
Was an american reflection of the international and bauhaus movements including the works of gropius florence knoll le corbusier and ludwig mies van der rohe.
This is by no means an exhaustive list.
Despite its emergence in the late 1940s mid century modern furniture remains to this day timeless and incredibly chic.
Florence knoll is maybe the most famous name of all american mid century furniture designers.
Charles and ray eames and eero saarinen who had experimented extensively with molded plywood eagerly embraced fiberglass for respectively pieces such as the la chaise and the womb chair.
Husband and wife charles and ray eames were the embodiment of the inventiveness energy and optimism at the heart of mid century modern american design.
Wormley was a modernist furniture designer hired by the american furniture manufacturer dunbar.
Milo baughman was a midcentury modern furniture designer known for his avant garde distinct and unassuming designs.
Another renowned midcentury modern furniture designer with roots in architecture is arne jacobsen 1902 1971.
His focus was to take classic furniture designs and simplify them with a slight modern twist.
Furniture designers filmmakers artists textile and graphic designers and even toy and puzzle makers the eameses believed that design should be an agent of positive change.
But what we now call mid century modern design is a blend of decades worth of design.
In america herman miller became synonymous with modern furniture and worked with the likes of george nelson and charles and ray eames.
This danish visionary drew inspiration from the modernist designs of charles and ray eames and collaborated with other designers to create furnishings for a number of the buildings he designed.
Aside from his contributions to modern workspace design george nelson was known for his trademark bubble lamp marshmallow sofa and signature benches.
Below are some of the best known designers of this period.
While he designed for a number of furniture companies starting during the 40s he is most famous for the designs made for the manufacturer thayer coggin.