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Modernism is a quarterly magazine about 20th-century modernist design. We range from the Wiener Werkstätte to the Bauhaus to Memphis and beyond, covering Art Deco, midcentury, pop and postmodern design.
On the cover The Shell House in Karuizawa, Japan, designed by Kotaro Ide of Artechnic Architects. Photograph by Nacasa & Partners.
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The counterintuitive use of concrete enables a weekend home's occupants to feel close to nature.
Photo by Nacasa & Partners.
From the 1930s to the 1960s, this British textile company melded art and industry to produce some of the most spectacular fabrics of the era.
V&A Images.
The Cranbrook-trained architect maintained a life-long passion for chairs, beating out designers generations younger to win a chair competition at the age of 92.
Photo courtesy Rapson Architects.
This illustrator brought his pared-down style to depictions of the natural world; his images are finding new life today thanks to fan Todd Oldham.
Courtesy of Charley Harper Art Studio.
A developer and self-taught designer, May had an outsize influence on the look and feel of suburban America.
Cliff May Papers.
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