Jun 08

Design Quiz Time: Help Identify These Mid-Century Modern Pieces

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Remember “American Look,” the short film we blogged about a couple of years ago (see Part 1 after the jump, the others at the link above) showing the best of American design circa 1958? Alexis Madrigal over at The Atlantic has been watching it and is attempting to identify 49 of the objects shown in the film. He’s screen-shotted the ones in question—some examples are above, and at the very least you should recognize the Noguchi if you were paying attention in ID History class—and as of press time, 18 of the 49 had been identified by sharp-eyed readers.

Ready to get in there and flex your knowledge? Peep Madrigal’s slideshow here and fill in the blanks.

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