James Wines: Breaking the Box with De‑Architecture
Matt Graham
Design Disruptors | June 18, 2025
Modernism gave us pristine glass rectangles; James Wines gave them potholes, cracks, and vines.
Fro...
Matt Graham
Matt Graham
Louis Kahn: Architect of Light and Silence
Matt Graham
Design Legends | June 17, 2025
Neither a modern purist nor a postmodern provocateur, Kahn found clarity—and spiritual resonance—in mass...
Continuity & Reinvention: American Interior Decorators in the Post‑War Era
Matt Graham
Design History | June 15, 2025
Modernism didn’t end the decorator’s reign—it forced a creative pivot. Here’s how American interior deco...
Volume: The Third Dimension Designers Sculpt
Matt Graham
Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins | June 14, 2025
Floor plans are flat promises. Real design happens when those lines rise to enclose volu...
Warm Craft Modernism: How Post‑War Scandinavia Re‑Shaped Design
Matt Graham
Design History | June 13, 2025
Scandinavia didn’t just adopt modernism—they gave it soul. Here’s why their “warm modernism” became a glo...
Futurism & Rationalism: Italy’s Interrupted Run-Up to Modernism
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 7 mins | June 11, 2025
How Italy’s early avant-garde chased the machine age—until politics hit pause.
Futurism: ...
Post-War American Modernism: European Influence, Domestic Innovation, and the Rise of Midcentury Design
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 10 mins | June 11, 2025
How America blended European ideals and homegrown innovation to shape the global language ...
Britain and the Arrival of Early Modernism: Gropius, Fry, Mendelsohn, and Chermayeff
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 7 mins | June 10, 2025
International visionaries brought the modernist revolution to Britain, overcoming conserva...
French Art Nouveau: Paris and Nancy at the Heart of Innovation
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 7 mins | June 10, 2025
From Guimard’s Parisian flair to the ornate School of Nancy, French Art Nouveau redefined de...