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jean prouve, france, vitra, maison

The house of Jean Prouvé

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Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren (1943)

Meshes of the Afternoon – Maya Deren (1943)

Meshes Of The Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1943) from SeriousFeather on Vimeo.

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Illmari Tapiovaara Domus chair from 1946 in Ghent

Illmari Tapiovaara Domus chair from 1946 in Ghent

During my recent visit to the Design Museum in Ghent, Belgium I came across this Domus chair by Illmari Tapiovaara. Made from solid wood and form-pressed plywood birch and brass colored metal. It was created as a multipurpose seat for the Domus Academica student housing complex in Helsinki. The first model of this chair was […]

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gijs-bakker-jewelry-1967

Gijs Bakker AD2000 Aluminium Jewelry (1967)

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Joe Colombo Visiona 1 in 1969 for Bayer AG: Italian Space Age Modern Design

Joe Colombo – Visiona 1 – 1969

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Eileen Gray exhibition in Center Pompidou - bom Design Furniture

Eileen Gray exhibition at the Center Pompidou

Amazing 2013 exhibition in the Center Pompidou with the work of Eileen Gray exhibition. Coming from an aristocratic Irish-Scottish family, Eileen Gray went to London and Paris to study architecture and design. She first made a name for herself as a leading designer of lacquered walls and decorative panels. With her theories on design and […]

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blue viintage furniture

Blue hues for the vintage inspired interior

Inspired by the use of blue hues, I collected a few things from the collection that pick up the blue shades. Hala, Busquet fifties blue and white multi-functional lamp Blue vintage antique adjustable beach chair Metalic blue 60s vintage task light 2 Arne Jacobsen style chairs blue upholstered, 60s, vintage retro Sixties blue green ceramic […]

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Arte programmata - Arte cinetica - Opere moltiplicate - Opera aperta

Arte programmata – Arte cinetica – Opere moltiplicate – Opera aperta

“Programmed art. Kinetic art. Multiplied works. Open works” 1962 Exhibition in Italy sponsored by Olivetti and curated by Bruno Munari and Giorgio Soavi.  

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Brigitte Bardot fifties sixties vintage postcard.

Vintage celebrity postcards

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Le Corbusier Monastery

Le Corbusier Builds Modern Monastery (1961)

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Guggenheim museum in New York (1959)

Guggenheim Museum in New York (1959)

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Orange hues for the vintage interior

Orange colours for in the vintage interior

Inspired by the use of orange hues, I collected a few things from the collection that pick up the orange shades.

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The Aluminium Chair by Charles & Ray Eames

The Aluminium Chair by Charles & Ray Eames

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vintage-advertising

Fifties Advertising Images – Just Enjoy !

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The Power of Ten Movie

Eames Powers of Ten Movie (1977)

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Ilmari Tapiovaara

Ilmari Tapiovaara 1914 -1999

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vintage-design-logos

Vintage Design Logo’s – Just Enjoy !

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Fritz Hansen – Making of Series 7

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Jean Perzel

Jean Perzel – manufacturing of lamps in factory, Paris

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Works of Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder exhibition in The Hague

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Verner Panton exhibition Cologne furniture fair

Verner Panton exhibition Cologne furniture fair

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Case Study House - Charles & Ray Eames

Case Study House – Charles & Ray Eames

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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Design Collection-16

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Design Collection

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Isamu Noguchi Akari

Isamu Noguchi Akari light sculptures

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verner-panton-vintage-design

Modern Chairs by Verner Panton (1962)

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Tecno Osvaldo Borsani

Tecno Osvaldo Borsani Sedia S80 Advert

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Gispen Commercial “Danseresje” 1963

Gispen Commercial “Danseresje” 1963

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Harry Bertoia 'Diamond Chair' construction for Knoll

Harry Bertoia ‘Diamond Chair’ construction for Knoll

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Bruno Munari - Colonna 9 sfere - 1962

Bruno Munari – Colonna 9 sfere – 1962

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Tapio-Wirkkala-docu

Tapio Wirkkala Documentary

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dr-no-1962-james-bond-title-sequence

Dr No (1962) James Bond title sequence

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carla-scarpa

Carlo Scarpa – A Profile

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Art Rotterdam 2016

Giovanni Pintori – Animated

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PH: Philosophy of light (1/3)

Poul Henningsen – Philosophy of Light (1/3)

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American Vintage Design 1958

American Design 1958

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inflatable design furniture 1968

Inflatable design furniture – 1968

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Pierre Chareau - La Maison de Verre

Pierre Chareau – La Maison de Verre

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Le Corbusier in his Paris home and studio

Le Corbusier in his Paris home and studio

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carlo molino casa

Carlo Mollino – Sèance

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George Nakashima - Woodworking

George Nakashima – Woodworking

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Professor Friedrich Becker – Kinetic Jewelry

Professor Friedrich Becker – Kinetic Jewelry

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100 years Gispen in Boijmans van Beuningen

100 years Gispen in Boijmans van Beuningen

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Works of Alexander Calder

Works of Alexander Calder

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Comfort-Furniture-and-Fittings-1967

Comfort Furniture and Fittings (1967)

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Joris Ivens - De Brug (The Bridge, 1928)

Joris Ivens – De Brug (The Bridge, 1928)

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Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

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Gerrit-Rietveld-Architecture

Gerrit Rietveld – Architecture & Furniture

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Gerrit Rietveld in the Gemeente Museum Den Haag

De Stijl in the Gemeente Museum Den Haag

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Laszlo Moholy Nagy Ein Lichtspiel Schwarz Weiss Grau

Laszlo Moholy Nagy Ein Lichtspiel Schwarz Weiss Grau

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Tomitaro-Nachi-exhibition-(1974)

Tomitaro Nachi exhibition (1974)

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New "E" Type Jaguar (1961)

New “E” Type Jaguar (1961)

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Charles and Ray Eames, Film, Video, Vintage, Retro

America Meets Charles and Ray Eames (1956)

 

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Asko - Finland 1968

Asko – Finland 1968

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Carlo Scarpa - Olivetti Interior

Carlo Scarpa – Olivetti Interior

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film of alvar aalto furniture being made in the artek factory

How Alvar Aalto’s furniture is made

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Rotterdam 1962, Breuer, Naum Gabo

Rotterdam – 1962

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How the Hans Wegner Peacock chair is made

How the Hans Wegner Peacock chair is made

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