A brave new world on mid-century design
ACCORDING to American designer Charles Eames, whose furniture is amongst the most notable of the period we call Mid-Century Modern, the important questions of design are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it going to look in 10 years?
He, and his contemporaries, in addressing these questions produced a body of work across the genres of furniture, ceramics, glass, architecture, graphic and industrial design that continues to influence design today. This is now examined in Dominic Bradbury’s book Mid-Century Modern Complete (Thames & Hudson).
