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Refined Taste • The best in design-focused furniture.

Style Spotlight • Design-focused ceiling lighting to brighten any room.

Midwestern Mid Century • This Covid-era new build borrows from its lakefront landscape and evokes a classic MCM vibe with contemporary touches.

Mid Century in Motion • Spotlight on Saul Bass, the architect of mid mod cinema.

Eating the Future • How Armet Davis Newlove Architects popularized Googie on the street corner.

The Wassily Chair • Marcel Breuer’s pivotal design was a watershed moment for the birth of modernism.

The Architect’s KITCHEN • HOW TO BALANCE COMFORT AND EFFICIENCY IN A SMALL SPACE.

Blue Beauty • A PALM SPRINGS HOME GETS SPLASHES OF BLUE AND OTHER SEA-INSPIRED MOTIFS TO TRANSFORM IT INTO A WATERY OASIS IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT.

Playful Preservation • THIS 1960 HILLSIDE HOME COMBINES MID MOD CHARM AND BOLD MODERN UPDATES FOR A COLORFUL, FUN TAKE ON MCM STYLE.

Seeing the Light • COMPLETELY HIDDEN FROM THE STREET, THIS LAKESIDE HOME WAS RENOVATED TO TAKE IN THE VIEW.

Building a Haven • HOW THIS MID-CENTURY CALIFORNIA PROPERTY BECAME A BEAUTIFUL AND NECESSARY HOME AWAY FROM HOME.

Retail Revival • LOOK NO FURTHER FOR THE MID-CENTURY FURNITURE OF YOUR DREAMS WITH THESE THREE SOURCING AND RESTORATION EXPERTS.

The EMOTION of HOME • A look at warm modernism and how to design a modernist interior with soul.

JENS QUISTGAARD • The autodidactic Danish sculptor brought Scandinavian Modern design to America and the rest of the world by combining form with function to home goods.

Small Kitchens With BIG STYLE • HOW TO DESIGN AN MCM SPACE THAT DELIVERS MEMORABLE MOMENTS.

Living the Dream • Bringing your Mid Century Modern style ideas together doesn’t have to be a nightmare. Karen Nepacena proves that your passion can light the way.

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Double the Design • This fireplace/bookcase combines two beloved focal points of Mid Century Modern design.