Mies van Der Rohe likes Barcelona
Famous architect Mies van Der Rohe was not only a architect - but also a designer. He designed among others the Barcelona and Brno series furniture. Today we are looking at some of his designs from the wonderful Barcelona series. Designed in 1929 for the German pavilion at the Barcelona exposition in Barcelona, Spain. I was fortunate to visit it when I was in Barcelona in December 2007 and I must say that it is quite the thing - a timepiece that always will remain modern.
The Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain, 2007
Mies van Der Rohe Barcelona Chair (1929) from hivemodern.com
The Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain, 2007Labels: design, interior design, photos
Posted at 7:01 PM | Permalink | 3 comments 
My name is Chris and I live in Sweden. I love the 50s and 60s lifestyle and design. I am very fascinated by the architecture of the period too, for instance googie, modernism, the work of Joseph Eichler, John Lautner and Arne Jacobsen's international style. I have a large archive with space-age, library, bossa, cocktail, retro soundtracks and exotica music. I also believe that things were better in the old days.
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Why is it that some things are so inherently perfect in their simplicity? Why is it that people whose taste in solely within their mouths "win" with garish and unattractive monstrosities? I shall continue pondering this.
June 6, 2008 2:14 PM
Beats me Charles :)
June 6, 2008 4:17 PM
....& i like mies ;)
June 10, 2008 7:37 AM
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