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Good Design

November 21, 1950 – January 28, 1951 68 days 14 installation images
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215 Artists

A/B Gense Acme-National Refrigerator Co., Inc. Alban Conway Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Co. Alvar Aalto Alvin Lustig Anni Albers Arabia, Wärtsilä Ab, Helsinki, Finland Archibald Holmes & Son Artek, Finland Arthur Krupp Arundell Clarke Axel Larsson Baldwin Kingrey, Inc. Barnes and Reinecke Benjamin Baldwin Bernard Rudofsky Blenko Glass Co., Inc., Milton, WV Brown-Saltman Furniture Co. C. Samson C.E. Waltman & Associates Calfab Furniture Co. Carl Brorup Carl Molin Charles Eames Charles H. McCrea Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat, Paris, France Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY Corvilla Furniture, Inc. Cory Corporation David Wurster Design Unit New York, New York, NY Dickman Walker Dirilyte Co. of America Inc. Don Wallance Donald R. Knorr Dorothy Liebes Dunbar Furniture Manufacturing Corp., Berne, IN E. G. Ostrom Earline Brice Ed E. Langbein Edger Products Co. Edgewood Furniture Co. Edith Heath Edward Durell Stone Edward J. Towns Edward Wormley Eero Saarinen Ekco Products Co., Chicago, IL Emily Belding Exhibit Supply Co. Ficks Reed Co., Cincinnati, OH Finn Juhl Floralarts Products Folke Arstrom Fostoria Glass Co. Frances Higgins Fred Storm Fred Tydor Freda Diamond Georg Jensen Inc., New York George Meek George Nelson George S. Thompson Corp. Gerald E. Thurston Geraldine Funk Gio Ponti Glidden Parker Glidden Pottery Golding Decorative Fabrics Greta Magnusson Grossman Greta Von Nessen Gunnel Nyman Gustavsberg-Diskant György Kepes H. Angus Conners Hammond Research Corp., Gloucester, MA Harold E. Wadely Harold Sitterle Harry Gitlin Harry Mohr Weese Hendrik Van Keppel Henry Wright Herman Miller Furniture Co., Zeeland, MI Hermann Gretsch Higgins Handcrafted Glass Howard Dustless-Duster Company Howard Miller Clock Co., Zeeland, MI Hudson Studios, Madison, NJ Ilanda Products, Inc. Ilmari Tapiovaara Imperial Glass Corp., Bellaire, OH International Molded Plastics, Inc. J.G. Furniture Co., Brooklyn, NY Johan Rohde John Hays Hammond John Van Acker Joseph Barkdoll Joseph McCobb Joseph Salerno Juliet Kepes Jørn Utzon Kerel Products Company Kewaskum Utensil Co. Knoll Associates, New York, NY L. Anton Maix, Inc. L.C. Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc. Lam Workshop Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, CT Langbein, Giftwares Div., Brooklyn, NY Laverne Originals, New York, NY Ledlin Lighting, Inc. Leo J. Mahsoud Leona Whiteman Libbey Glass Company Division, Owens-Illinois Co., Toledo, OH Lightolier Inc., Jersey City, NJ Lincoln Metal Products Corporation Lou-Bar Products Luntz Joan Marguerite Wildenhain Marianne Strengell Marie Nichols Mark Maynard Marli Ehrman Martin Freedgood Maynard Manufacturing Company Menlo Textiles, Menlo Park, CA Metal Sponge Sales Corp. Michael Higgins Michael L. Belangie Middletown Mfg. Co., Middletown, NY Mil-Art Co., Inc. Minnie Negoro Monica Bratt Morris Zerner Moss Rose Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, PA Muench-Kreuzer Candle Co., Inc. Mylius Nessen Studio, Inc. (now Nessen Lamps, Inc.), New York Noel S. Florence O-Cedar Corporation Old Hickery Furniture Co. Original Textile Co. Paavo Tynell Paramount Furniture Mfg. Co. Paul McCobb Paul Rand Peter Müller-Munk Phelon Magnagrip Co., Inc. Pipsan Saarinen Swanson Plas-tex Corporation, Los Angeles, CA Plastic Production Co., Redwood City, CA Pond Farm Workshops Porzellanfabrik, Arzberg, Germany Puerto Rican Industrial Development Co. Quaker Stretcher Co. Quality Maple Block Co. Queen Mfg. Co., Inc. R.A. Frederick Co., United States Ralph O. Smith Co., Los Angeles, CA Ray Eames Ray Komai Raymor Mfg. Inc. Reijmyre Reinecke Revere Copper and Brass, Inc., Rome, NY Richard Hudson Robert W. Smith, Jr. Robeson Cutlery Co., Inc., Perry, NY Ronald Hayes Pearson Rowantrees Looms Russel Wright Russell Phelon Salisbury Artisans Samson United Corp. Seth E. Wibling Sidney J. Weg Sidney Spielman Simtex Mills Sitterle Ceramics, Croton Falls, NY Steuben Glass Works, Corning, NY Stig Lindberg Strong Appliance Industries, Inc. Styna Svend Middelboe Swift & Anderson, Inc., Boston, MA Sy Miller Taito Corporation, Japan Tammis Keefe Taylor Green The Firth Carpet Co. The SK Company The Silex Company Boston, MA (now Silex & Equipment Div., Bloomfield Industries, New York, NY) The Voos Company Thonet Brothers Thru-Vu Vertical Blind Co. Towns Quality Products, Inc. Trudi Sitterle United States Stamping Co. Universal Converting Corp. Van Keppel-Green, USA Venini & Co., Murano, Italy Vollrath Co., Sheboygan, WI W.F. Ortwig Mfg. Co. Wadsworth Watch Case Co. Walter T. Heintze Walter Taylor West Virginia Glass Specialty Company William Armbruster William J. Russell William M.C. Lam William Machado Winchendon Furniture Co. Windy Hill Crafts Wärtsilä-Koncernen AB, Notsjö Glasbruk, Finland

Resonant Works

Artworks semantically connected to this exhibition's themes and artists

16 works
Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Ho...

Charles Eames

1940

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Ho...

Charles Eames

1940

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Ho...

Charles Eames

1940

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Ho...

Charles Eames

1940

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Ho...

Charles Eames

1940

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Ho...

Charles Eames

1940

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Ho...

Charles Eames

1940

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings

Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Ho...

Charles Eames

1940

Entry Panel for MoMA International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design (7990a)

Entry Panel for MoMA International Competition for Low-Co...

Charles Eames

1949

Entry Panel for MoMA International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design (7990g)

Entry Panel for MoMA International Competition for Low-Co...

Charles Eames

1949

Coffee Table (Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings)

Coffee Table (Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organi...

Charles Eames

1940

Entry Panel for MoMA International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design (7990b)

Entry Panel for MoMA International Competition for Low-Co...

Charles Eames

1949

Cabinet Units (Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings)

Cabinet Units (Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organ...

Charles Eames

1940

Cabinets (Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings)

Cabinets (Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic De...

Charles Eames

1940

Cabinets (Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings)

Cabinets (Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic De...

Charles Eames

1940

High-Back Armchair (Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for Organic Design in Home Furnishings)

High-Back Armchair (Entry Panel for MoMA Competition for ...

Charles Eames

1940

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