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20th Century Furniture History

20th Century Furniture Designers and Architects

Throughout history there has been great change in furniture design, but by far the most rapid and revolutionary period of furniture history was the 20th Century.

20th Century Furniture applied new innovative methods of technology and manufacture as well as the introduction of new materials for construction. Furniture generally was no longer a handcraft, it had become a commercial industry.

Designs were created then passed on to the factories to manufacture and distribute to the retailer then the end user the customer. The choice of styles and designs were extensive and global.

On this website we provide information on 20th Century Furniture Designers. This knowledge highlights the popular styles of furniture that they created and the materials that they experimented with to create innovative design solutions to the new age of technology.

Read on and get your teeth into 20th Century furniture history and find out how it laid the grounding for how we see, use and manufacture furniture today.

This period is also often known as classic furniture, modern furniture and even contemporary furniture.

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Below are a selection of famous 20th century furniture designers and architects who shaped the world of furniture to how we know it today.

zig zag chair - gerrit rietveld Gerrit Rietveld Famous for his Red/Blue Chair.
  Bauhaus The Bauhaus influence is still present today. It is the most well know design school of modern times.
Barcelona Chair - Mies van der rohe Mies van der Rohe was one of the most influential architects to design furniture.
Wassily Armchair - Marcel Breuer Marcel Breuer produced tubular steel chairs that we in keeping with the new architecture.
Chaise Longe - Le Corbusier Le Corbusier designed furniture to fit the new style of architecture, famous for the chaise longue.
  Eileen Gray an inspirational irish Architect.
Paimio Chair - Alvar Aalto Alvar Aalto Concepted his designs to follow the human form.
Tulip Chair - Eero Saarinen Eero Saarinen believed that the design is one body.
LCM Chair - Charles eames Charles Eames revolutionized how we see furniture today.
Egg chair - Arne Jacobsen Arne Jacobsen His furniture is mainly made from molded plywood bent into organic shapes.

 

  Mario Bellini
  Phillipe Starck Phillipe Starck, has prolific designs.
  Richard Sapper
  Ettore Sotsass
  Memphis Group was a manufacturing group which produced designs from many designers.
  Vico Magistretti
  Shiro Kuramata
  Ted Boerner
  Pablo Pardo
  Michelle De Lucchi
  1960's The 1960's period was a lively decade in the arts and technology, many forces emerged influencing the change of design.
  1970's The Hi Tech (Industrial Style) emerged with many industrial products being used.
  1980's During the 1980's period the best designs continued to be in the industrial sector.

20th Century Furniture - Barcelona Foot Stool

20th Century Furniture - Barcelona Foot Stool

20th Century Furniture - Barcelona Chair

20th Century Furniture - Barcelona Chair

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