I am not sure if the article says anything substantial about midcentury modern design.<p>The canonical International and Bauhaus movements---represented by iconic designers/architects like Gropius, Le Corbusier, and Eames---were (in some sense) a response to the ornamental style of the previous century. These privileged clean lines over ornament, modern materials over patina, and function over decoration. These principles produced beautiful objects that are modular, uncluttered, and easy to move and maintain. They endure because they still reflect the values of our time.<p>I say this owning nothing in that style, except perhaps a Vitsoe standing desk. Most of my interiors are industrial / rustic, which clashes with midcentury.
Article seems to be mostly an ad for interior design company/service Modsy.<p>Am I missing something? I didn't really find any real explanation as-to why "midcentury modern design" is so popular...
I've been seeing a lot of grumpy articles [1][2] by interior designers lamenting midcentury modern, recently.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/style/why-wont-midcentury-modern-design-die.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/style/why-wont-midcentury-...</a>
[2] <a href="http://fuckyournoguchicoffeetable.tumblr.com" rel="nofollow">http://fuckyournoguchicoffeetable.tumblr.com</a>
There was just an article about why everything is beige.<p>I was unaware that "midcentury modern" was a relatively new term. My neighborhood was built up between around 1955 - 1963, and there are a lot of "modern" houses, including a couple attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright.<p>My family's house is a plain rectangular box with practically no decorations. Of course we bought it because of location, condition, price, etc. Inside, it's mostly "Scandinavian." The walls are white.<p>One thing I like about this style is that it works in a relatively small house. Things are actually smaller.<p>The alternative when this house was built, was orange plush carpet, grotesque wallpaper, and huge stuffed sofas.
As the article suggests near the end, I think you could delete "midcentury modern" and still convey the same point. When form follows function, similar forms will emerge and endure for similar functions.