MidCentury American Design Contest

MidCentury American Design Contest
Test Your MidCentury American Modern Design Knowledge!
Answer the Carefully Architectured Questions Below for Stardollars!

Be sure to check out the Article in Stardoll Magazine for more fun answers!

Mid-Century Modern
is a art movement that generally describes mid-20th century innovations in modern design, architecture, and urban development from roughly 1933 to 1965.


During this period, American Artists were very inspired by the clean, simplicity of Scandinavian Design and how their work integrated with Nature.



[Lamp Left-Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright]

Architecture You Can Sit On!

The MidCentury Modernists believed that houses should harmonize with the landscape, and that furniture should coordinate with the houses.





Frank L
loyd Wright: "Every chair must be designed for the building it will be in."



Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)

Recognized as "The greatest American Architect of all Time".

Fallingwater
One of Wright's most famous private residences was built from 1934 to 1937 Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.

[FallingWater, above-by Frank Lloyd Wright]

Henry Dreyfuss (1904 - 1972)

Dreyfuss dramatically improved the look, feel, and usability of dozens of consumer products like: Instant Photography!

In 1960, Edwin Land (inventor & physicist) approached Henry Dreyfuss to collaborate on a camera design and they came up with the Polaroid Camera in 1965.
[Polaroid Camera, left-by Dreyfuss & Land]

The black and white Polaroid camera was a big hit!



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