Ted Muehling's fascination with a porcelain figurine in the window of a pastry shop in Munich in 1998 led him to the Porzellan-Manufaktur Nymphenburg, a small factory founded on the grounds of the Nymphenburg Palace in the 18th century.

Robert Venturi, the recognized patriarch of postmodernism who drew inspiration from diverse historical sources, created this innovative design for Swid Powell in 1986.

Postmodern design emerged primarily in architecture in the United States beginning in the early 1970s, largely instigated by the books of Robert Venturi.

Through their pioneering theory and provocative built work, husband and wife duo Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown were at the forefront of the postmodern movement, leading the charge in one of the most significant shifts in architecture of the 20th century by publishing seminal books such as Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (authored by Robert Venturi alone) and

Robert Venturi's designs for Knoll International are widely regarded as among the most important decorative arts commissions of the Venturi firm to date.

What is a chair? What does it look like? A seemingly simple and traditional object, the chair plays a particularly important role in not only the history of art and design, but also the history of people.

In the history of art, architecture, and design, Modernism typically refers to the period between the early 1920s and the outbreak of World War II, even though its influence is present both before and after this time, especially into the middle of the century.

Designed by the architect Richard Meier and evidencing a highly formal modernist aesthetic, the curved glass bowl of this centerpiece balances on a refined, rectilinear metal frame. It is a signature work of Swid Powell that is part of the Framed Vessel Collection by Richard Meir, created in 1994.

Born in Baltimore in 1919, Warren Platner studied architecture at Cornell University. Upon his graduation in 1941, Platner worked in the offices of legendary designers Eero Saarinen and I.M. Pei.