The History of Modern Furniture
Modern design in furniture was made possible through the Industrial Revolution when new technology became available. Built primarily for function, modern furniture is comprised of plastic (pvc), glass, stainless steel, metal, and chrome. Some of the natural materials are wood, leather, teak, and linen.
The colors used in modern design are neutrals, black, white, accentuated by bold statement colors such as blue, red, and yellows. The walls are often white. Embedded within the design is the use of geometric shapes, circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, smooth even curves.
“The modern art movement preceded the trends of modern design. In painting, modernism began with the impressionists and others who used abstraction in their work. Modern interior design grew out of the decorative arts, notably Art Deco, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It reached its peak in the 1950’s and 60’s.”(1)
Here at EZMODFURNITURE.COM, we carry many representations of the original designs produced during the 50’s and 60’s. We have the Tribeca table initially designed by Isamu Noguchi, Eileen Gray’s side table, the Tulip chair and Tulip table and womb chair originally designed by Eero Saarinen, Bertoia chair originally designed by Harry Bertoia, our Eaze Lounge Chair & Ottoman originally designed by Charles and Ray Eames, Nelson style furniture, Le Corbusier Chaise Lounge, etc. We carry so many reproductions from these talented and innovative designers.
In addition, we are currently adding more product to our stock. Look for these new items coming soon.
Written by Janette A.
(1) Hartman, Dennis. “About Modern Interior Design.” SFGate Online. April 9, 2013. Hearst Communications Inc. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/modern-interior-design-8659.html.

Interior Design Graduates If you haven’t found a job as an Interior Designer yet, don’t fret. There are many jobs available within the industry. Think about a job that caters to Interior Designers. To land an Interior Design job requires a portfolio. What do you do if you don’t feel your portfolio is ready? Don’t worry you have other skills that you have acquired that you may overlook. In school you no doubt learned color theory. You learned about complementary, tertiary, and monochromatic color. How about landing a job at a paint store? In addition, you learned the History of Architectural Interiors; why not work in a showroom? There are so many jobs and they are not necessarily in the design quarters of many cities. There are flooring, furniture, cabinetry, paint, stores everywhere. You can work at one of these stores and if in your heart of heart you want to be designing the interiors of homes you can always work on your portfolio on the side while you earn income. Work experience within the field is always useful. You will build customer service skills and fine tune your sales skills so that when you do work as a designer you will already be accustomed to getting what the client wants for them. All your work experience will count to your credit.

How One’s Environment Affects Mood and Outlook Is your environment neat and tidy with everything in it’s place? Or is there a little clutter here, a little there. In my opinion, our minds need organization and neatness in order for us to function at full capacity. Just like our thoughts need to be purged and categorized into their proper place so do our things. If you are a collector of things or if you haven’t moved in a while you may have items you haven’t used in years and may never use. Why do we hang onto things? We think oh, I will save that because if xyz happens then I will have what I need. What do we do if xyz does not happen? We are left with items that we do not need. That is why people use storage facilities. But sometimes those storage facilities become a land of no return. And so we spend more and more money storing our stuff when we can use that money to better our environment. As a matter of opinion, organization is key to self-fulfillment. Whether the clutter is in our minds, or in our environment, or both, we humans need to minimize to be free and unencumbered so that we reach our potential. How do we let go of unnecessary things and free ourselves? Why not start to sort through your things and eliminate the excess? We can list our items on Craigslist or on Ebay and make extra money to reinvest in our environment. We can get more useful furniture to organize or redecorate. So much of our lives are spent indoors, we need to invest in ourselves and our environments like we invest in our own self image. Sometimes reassessment is a good thing. So how about thinking “reduce, reduce, reduce and beautify, beautify, beautify what you see day in and day out?” Till next time, Janette

Isamu Noguchi (1904 – 1988) was a Japanese American that has produced many works of art across multiple mediums. His love was sculpture and design. His designs were sculptural forms of furniture, lighting, ceramics, furniture, gardens, and set design. His sculptures were made of stainless steel, marble, cast iron, balsawood, bronze, sheet aluminum, basalt, granite, mulberry bark paper, bamboo, and water. Isamu Noguchi was extremely talented across the Arts. He initially studied premed, however after being enrolled in sculpture classes; he decided to drop out of medical school and study sculpture full time. At the urging of his mother, he enrolled at the Leonardo da Vinci School of Art in New York City. He was first recognized in the U.S. after being commissioned for the Associated Press Building. His cast stainless steel Art Deco plaque depicted journalists at work. His sculpture was installed in 1940 above the entrance to the Associated Press Building at 50 Rockefeller Center. Noguchi had his hand in designing playgrounds, plazas, fountains, and gardens, sculptures, furniture, and lighting designs. He loved the idea of creating sculpture that the public can enjoy. His creations are influenced by Surrealism, Biomorphism, and Abstract Expressionism. He was very well traveled and was also influenced by Eastern cultures. Nocuchi’s furniture and lighting designs are now available to everyone in like form, some of which are carried by EZMODFURNITURE.COM. For more information on Isamu Noguchi visit the museum he founded himself online or in person. The Noguchi Museum is in Long Island, New York. Written by Janette Alvarez

The last weekend in March has arrived, it’s time to open those curtains, clean the windows and let the sun pour in. Of course, if you really want to bring your indoor living space to life, you’ll hang a crystal in those windows that welcome the sun.

Why Hang Crystals?

It doesn’t matter if you hang one or a dozen crystals, they are going to bring an array of intoxicating color into your home. Beams of light that dance around your room not only make the space appear larger, they breath new energy into the environment.

Placement

When you hang crystals in your window, they need to be close enough to the glass to capture the sun’s rays yet not so close that they can’t twirl around. It’s easiest if you hang a tension rod for this purpose, then you can hang one in the middle, scatter several across the width of the window at various heights or create a cluster.

For an even more dramatic look, position them so their light beams will reflect off a mirror or stainless steel object so your entire room will fill with a rainbow of color. You may want to experiment with several different sizes and shapes because every crystal will create its own unique pattern. Be warned though, staring at dancing rainbows can be additive!