smow Blog Design Calender: January 22nd 1898 – Happy Birthday Ferdinand Kramer!
The German architect and designer Ferdinand Kramer didn’t just translate the new principles of construction and design which arose in the inter-war years into his architecture, furniture and industrial designs, he was also a very eloquent writer on such matters, and thus helped, and continues to help, explain the motivations behind, and fascination with, functionalist ideals.
(smow) blog Design Calendar: April 28th 1925 – L’Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes opens in Paris
“What is the Paris Exposition?”, asked Roger Gilman in the September 1925 edition of The Art Bulletin, “It is a
(smow) blog Design Calendar: 31st January 1961 – Charles Eames Granted Patent for a Side Flexing Shock Mount
“In the development and designing of furniture one prevailing problem is the means for securing parts of the furniture together
(smow) blog Design Calendar: 18th January 1949 – Happy Birthday Philippe Starck!
A few years ago the (smow) blog telephone rang….. “Good morning is it possible to speak to Philippe Starck please?”
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There are those, charlatans one must say, who claim that design only exists in the here and now, that design