As a huge fan of the mid century modern style i was really excited to head down to melbourne to see the exhibition for myself.
Australian mid century furniture designers.
Australian furniture design is an exhibition dedicated to australian furniture of the 1940s to the 1970s at the at the ngv ian potter centre 30 may to 19 october.
Furniture and designers with the coming of the 21st century there has been a renewed interest in furniture designs from a bygone era specifically those from the mid 40s to the early 70s collectively known as mid century modern.
This period was a high water mark of social change and design as australians embraced modern ideals to encapsulate a new cosmopolitan mode of living characterised by innovative and flexible furniture design.
An introduction to australian mid century modern design.
The mid century furniture we all know and love today was drawn from innovative designers that made their mark on the furniture world in the middle of the 20th century between 1933 and 1965.
Mid century modern also charts the dramatic changes that took place within australian furniture design and manufacture across four decades from a very modest industry in the post war years which did its utmost to produce well designed and affordable furniture and which by the 1960s was able to manufacture designs that catered to the local.