Description: This gorgeously illustrated book is the only major work to document the hip and inventive design of the mid-twentieth century, a period that today reigns unchallenged among style setters as well as a new generation of home owners and collectors.

There is no hotter style today than the cooler-than-cool work of modern designers and architects from the 1940s and 50s. Endlessly inventive and immanently livable, mid-century modernism has an optimism and confidence born of postwar abundance -- and a spirited elegance that appeals powerfully fifty years later.

In Classic Modern, design expert Deborah Dietsch introduces readers to the basic tenets of modern design and explains how the simple yet inspired forms typical of this style were so readily disseminated into mainstream American culture. Filled throughout with enticing examples of mid-century pieces from such timeless designers as Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, Arne Jacobsen, and George Nelson, this beautiful book recaptures the excitement of the period's brilliant designs. Classic Modern also takes readers on a contemporary tour of two dozen notable houses and outstanding collections, showing how these important and livable modern pieces look in today's homes. For the collector, Dietsch also offers a catalog of mid-century furnishings that are still manufactured and available at retail.

This innovative and visually sumptuous book will demonstrate why homeowners and style critics today have come to embrace the elegance, wit, and clarity of modernism at its most delightful.

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