Furniture and designers with the coming of the 21st century there has been a renewed interest in furniture designs from a bygone era specifically those from the mid 40s to the early 70s collectively known as mid century modern.
Australian mid century furniture designers.
Mid century modern style furniture is a popular aesthetic that champions clean lines geometric shapes and natural materials.
Australian furniture design is an exhibition dedicated to australian furniture of the 1940s to the 1970s at the at the ngv ian potter centre 30 may to 19 october.
Mid century modern also charts the dramatic changes that took place within australian furniture design and manufacture across four decades from a very modest industry in the post war years which did its utmost to produce well designed and affordable furniture and which by the 1960s was able to manufacture designs that catered to the local.
An introduction to australian mid century modern design.
Australian furniture design is an exhibition of innovative pieces of original mid century modern retro furniture and homewares produced by australian designers and craftspeople.
The mid century furniture we all know and love today was drawn from innovative designers that made their mark on the furniture world in the middle of the 20th century between 1933 and 1965.