Modern Retro: Living With Mid-Century Modern Style (Compact Paperbacks)
"Modern Retro" will inspire you to combine modern classics by names such as Eames, Jacobson, and Aalto, with flea-market finds and contemporary designs. The book begins with an introduction to key design innovations of the mid-twentietn century. Ingredients of the Retro Look explores the elements of the style: furniture, lighting, textiles and rugs, ceramics, and glass. Creating the Retro Look, the third part of the book, shows how to combine these elements to create a stylish home. -This bestselling title sold over 65,000 copies in hardcover. -By mid-century experts Neil Bingham and Andrew Weaving.
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Modern Retro: Living With Mid-Century Modern Style (Compact Paperbacks) Reviews
Maybe OK for those who view it as a fad and have lots of money to spend on repros and authentic pieces at high end antique shops. I found it pitifully inadequate. If you want to intersperse one or two 50s pieces in an otherwise contempory decor, this book might be helpful. This book is not helpful for people serious about getting into the Fifties' look. It gives very little sense of real Fifties decorating and "look"; replaces stylistic information with a lot of weird photography angles; and is depressingly short of useful ideas. For serious Fifties afficinados or those who want genuine inspiration, I suggest instead 'Atomic Ranch: Design Ideas for Stylish Ranch Homes', by Michelle Gringeri-Brown, Gibbs Smith, Publisher, Layton, Utah, 2006. Or 'Eichler: Modernism Rebuids the American Dream'.
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