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    Making Midcentury Modern
    Making Midcentury Modern
    Making Midcentury Modern
    Ebook215 pages30 minutes

    Making Midcentury Modern

    By Christopher Kennedy and Barclay Butera

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    The acclaimed interior designer shares one hundred tips for bringing the principles of midcentury modern style to any home in this beautifully photographed volume.

    With its minimalist elegance and nostalgic warmth, Midcentury modern style continues to capture the American consciousness. We see it everywhere from television shows to fashion runways. Yet, not all of us can live in a pedigreed midcentury home. Now, Springs interior designer Christopher Kennedy demonstrates how the principles of midcentury design can be applied to the most unassuming spaces.

    Making Midcentury Modern offers one hundred foolproof tips for introducing modernist design into a contemporary home. In line with forward-thinking designers of the midcentury, the simple yet inspiring ideas in this book are presented alongside stunning color photography.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateFeb 7, 2017
    ISBN9781423646501
    Making Midcentury Modern
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    Christopher Kennedy

    Christopher Kennedy is the author of Clues from the Animal Kingdom (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2018) Ennui Prophet (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2011), Encouragement for a Man Falling to His Death (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2007), which received the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award, Trouble with the Machine (Low Fidelity Press, 2003), and Nietzsche’s Horse (Mitki/Mitki Press, 2001). He is one of the translators of Light and Heavy Things: Selected Poems of Zeeshan Sahil, (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2013), published as part of the Lannan Translation Series. His work has appeared in Ploughshares, Plume, New York Tyrant, Ninth Letter, Wigleaf, The Threepenny Review, Mississippi Review, and McSweeney’s. In 2011, he was awarded an NEA Fellowship for Poetry. He is a professor of English at Syracuse University where he directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing.

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      Making Midcentury Modern - Christopher Kennedy

      Foreword

      Working from his base in Palm Springs, Christopher Kennedy’s name has become synonymous with midcentury California glamour. His work with modernism has catapulted the design medium to the forefront of our community’s consciousness. He’s taken a venue that is often misinterpreted and simplified the process of creating midcentury design in the home with his clear vision.

      Having had the opportunity to work with Christopher, he has become a great friend and colleague of mine. He and I share a deep-seated passion for couture and the great fashion houses of Europe, and it’s through our love of this medium that we both find incredible joy and the heart of our creativity within our design work.

      It’s a tremendous thrill and an honor to have been asked to write this foreword. Christopher is a man with incredible vision who is extremely confident and accomplished. I predict that you’ll find some inspiration here to spark your own creativity.

      Barclay Butera

      Photo of interior of home.Photo of fireplace.

      Introduction

      Ibelieve in traditions. I believe in rituals of hearth and home. I believe in chopping vegetables, wrapping presents, and setting the table.

      Call me sentimental.

      I miss the days when people got dressed to go on airplanes—or even just for dinner. I miss the time when families sat down to dine together; when people would talk and not just text; when kids would stay outside and ride their bikes until sundown; when our country was less fractured; when common courtesy was, well, common.

      My mother, Marilyn, was a social worker. She taught me to send handwritten thank you notes and to make my bed each day. She taught me how to dress and to make a good first impression. She taught me that kindness is free and that a smile is always in style.

      My father, Robert, was an entrepreneur; a semi-pro boxer, and a soldier in World War II. He taught me to take the road less traveled. He taught me to take care of my possessions. He taught me to live each day to the fullest, to always keep my car clean, and to approach life as a grand adventure.

      I do my best to honor their legacy, and as I look at the work on these pages—my unfolding life’s work—it becomes evident that I am decidedly nostalgic. But I don’t feel that I am nostalgic for a certain architect, a certain form, or a certain chair. Rather, I am nostalgic for that simpler, more gracious time. I think that we as a society have a similar collective yearning.

      Perhaps that is why midcentury modern design has had, and continues to have, a hold on the American consciousness. From television shows, to car commercials, to the fashion runway, what many critics have called a trend seems to have no indication of slowing down any time soon.

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