Furniture designer Florence Marguerite Schust, aka Florence Knoll, was born on May 24, 1917, in Saginaw, Michigan. By the time she was twelve, she was orphaned. Her father died when Florence was five, and her mother died when she was twelve. She was raised by a legal...
Female architect Eileen Gray was born on August 9, 1878, in Enniscorthy, Ireland. She was born into a privileged noble Irish family, and her birth name was Kathleen Eileen Moray. An uncle of Gray’s mother anointed her a title, so she became 19th Baroness Gray, giving...
Whether you’re going out to meet a few close friends to celebrate your 25th wedding anniversary at your favorite restaurant or have a romantic evening on the menu, did you once think about the restaurant lighting company that designed that beautiful...
This week, we honor Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi was primarily a landscape architect, but we all have realized that architects of yesteryear, at one time or another, dabbled or found success in furniture design. Isamu Noguchi was born in Los Angeles to a Japanese poet...
Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen contributed significantly to the Functionalist movement. His designs were known for their simplicity and perfection in their functionality. Born Arne Emil Jacobsen on February 11, 1902, Jacobsen found...