I think the popularity of mid-century modern owes some to the bauhaus movement. Utilitarian, streamlined, functional with an aesthetic eye in mind.
Dieter Rams and company. It borrows from architecture, aerospace and futurism. Some of the aesthetic is captured in Winogrand's great photographic opus, "1964".
The Palm Springs of the world when people were moving from the city core to new cites which excited with future vision. JFK airport, the Streamliners and the Airstreams.
But eventually there was a backlash as interpreted by "The New Topographics" --all too clean and alienating, the exuberance of the midcentury was hiding a secret of failure to deliver on the dreams to the masses.
But now it's back with a vengeance and the height of good taste as pronounced by the tastemakers like the MoMA.
Dieter Rams and company. It borrows from architecture, aerospace and futurism. Some of the aesthetic is captured in Winogrand's great photographic opus, "1964".
The Palm Springs of the world when people were moving from the city core to new cites which excited with future vision. JFK airport, the Streamliners and the Airstreams.
But eventually there was a backlash as interpreted by "The New Topographics" --all too clean and alienating, the exuberance of the midcentury was hiding a secret of failure to deliver on the dreams to the masses.
But now it's back with a vengeance and the height of good taste as pronounced by the tastemakers like the MoMA.