Dezeen's guide to mid-century modern design from A to Z
To conclude our mid-century modern series, we've rounded up everything you need to know about the design and architecture movement from A to Z. More
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The Panton chair helped "provoke people into using their imagination"
Next up in our series about mid-century modern design is the Panton chair by Danish designer Verner Panton. Still produced today by Swiss furniture brand Vitra, the cantilevered plastic chair made design history. More
Original mid-century Chandigarh furniture exhibited in collector's London townhouse
Collector Rajan Bijlani has opened up his London residence for an exhibition featuring highlights from his 500-piece collection of furniture made for Le Corbusier's master plan of Chandigarh in the 1950s and 60s. More
Verner Panton preferred experimentation to "beautiful platitude"
Verner Panton caused a sensation with his pioneering approach to furniture and lighting design. For our mid-century modern series, we profile the Danish designer whose colourful pieces and interiors define an era. More
The Chandigarh chair "problematises standard notions of revival"
The popularity of the Chandigarh chair, created by a team led by Swiss architect Pierre Jeanneret, has shone a light on the erasure of local designers in the mid-century modern design narrative. More
Florence Knoll Bassett "led an office revolution"
As part of our mid-century modern series, we portray Florence Knoll Bassett, who transformed how we think of office design with her streamlined furniture and leadership of design brand Knoll. More
Charles and Ray Eames changed the landscape of design with "just a few chairs and a house"
We continue our series on mid-century modern design with a profile of Ray and Charles Eames, the duo that championed a functional and democratic approach to design. More
Charlotte Perriand's Bibliothèques countered the "quite elitist" furniture she created for Le Corbusier
The latest story in our mid-century modern series explores how designer Charlotte Perriand stepped out of the shadow of her mentor Le Corbusier in the 1950s and created a pioneering modular storage system. More
Arne Jacobsen "dared to work with modern materials" for Egg chair
Continuing our mid-century modernism series, we take a look at the iconic Egg chair, which was designed by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for the former SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. More
"Design was a new profession" in the UK says Paula Day
Designers Robin and Lucienne Day looked internationally to learn about modernism as contemporary design was unknown in the UK at the time, explains their daughter Paula Day in this interview for our mid-century modern series. More
Whether "teaspoons or a national bank", Arne Jacobsen designed things down to the last detail
We continue our series on mid-century modernism with a profile on Danish architect Arne Jacobson, whose ethos of total design saw him craft buildings down to the smallest details. More
Hans J Wegner's CH24 Wishbone Chair "captured the essence of modern Danish design"
Continuing our mid-century modern series, we spotlight the CH24 Wishbone Chair, which was created by Danish designer Hans J Wegner for furniture manufacturer Carl Hansen & Son in 1949. More
Isamu Noguchi's sculptural Akari lamps are "poetic, ephemeral, and tentative"
Continuing our mid-century modern design series, we explore Japanese-American designer Isamu Noguchi's Akari lamps made from Japanese washi paper, which remain a staple in stylish interiors to this day. More
Eames Shell chair aims to get "the best to the greatest number of people for the least"
Continuing our series on mid-century modern design, we spotlight the Eames Shell chair, which features a seat that was moulded to the contours of the human body. More
Eero Saarinen's Tulip table has "a kind of dishonesty to it"
Next in our mid-century modern series, we examine Eero Saarinen's seminal Tulip table, which embodied the Finnish-American designer and architect's hatred of table legs. More
"Mid-century modern is classic, it's never going away" says Cara Greenberg
Mid-century modern furniture design endures because it is the "peak" of American furniture design says author Cara Greenberg, whose book popularised the term, in this interview for our mid-century modern series. More
The organic designs of Eero Saarinen went "beyond the measly ABC" of modernism
We continue our series on mid-century modern design with a profile of Eero Saarinen, the Finnish-American architect and industrial designer whose creations were adopted as the optimistic symbols of a new post-war age. More
Harry Bertoia's Diamond Chair requires "primitive method" of construction
As part of our mid-century modern series, we spotlight the iconic Diamond Chair, which artist Harry Bertoia sculpted for Hans and Florence Knoll by experimenting with metal wire. More
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Mid-century modern design "embraced a more human aesthetic while remaining aggressively forward-looking"
More than 70 years after its birth, the popularity of mid-century modern design and architecture shows no signs of abating. This overview by Penny Sparke kicks off our series about the movement. More
Nicemakers renovates Swiss chalet interiors with mid-century modern furniture
In the village of Adelboden in Switzerland, Amsterdam-based Nicemakers has transformed the interiors of The Brecon, a hundred-year-old chalet, into a secluded retreat. More