Modernism Magazine: A quarterly magazine about 20th-century modernist design

Modernism is a quarterly magazine about 20th-century modernist design. We range from the Wiener Werkstätte to the Bauhaus to Memphis and beyond, covering Art Deco, midcentury, pop and postmodern design.

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Volume 12, No. 4 | Winter 2009-10

On the cover The dining room of architect Augusto Romano’s family home in Turin, Italy, completed in 1949. Photograph by Daniele Regis.

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Augusto Romano built this house for his family in the hills outside Turin, Italy, in 1949. This 1960s view of the south façade (with Romano’s daughter, Chiara) shows how the structure follows the shape of the hilly site. Below the second floor balcony, the living room opens onto a raised grass lawn contained by a stone wall.

Augusto Romano
Italian Modernist

A zest for experimentation led this architect to devise elegant and flexible solutions for the home he built for his family in 1949.

Photo by Daniele Regis.

The bay side of the Hatch House can be opened to the elements by flipping a series of seven-foot-square panels up to shade the deck. The narrow, widely spaced slats of the deck pull the breeze underfoot.

Bauhaus in the Breeze
Modernist Architecture on Outer Cape Cod

A forgotten trove of midcentury beach cottages, some by the greatest talents of the time like Marcel Breuer and Serge Chermayeff, comes to light.

Photo by Bill Lyons.

Rohde’s most significant innovations in furniture design fall into three categories: his use of industrial materials; his development of furniture systems; and his biomorphic designs.

Gilbert Rohde
Innovations for Modern Living

From biomorphism to modular furniture systems to industrial materials, this designer presaged the defining elements of American midcentury modernism.

Courtesy High Museum of Art, Atlanta.

Dismantled signs from long-shuttered casinos housed at the Neon Museum’s “boneyard.”

The Neon Museum
A Midcentury Vernacular Gets its Due

As Las Vegas moves into the 21st century, efforts are underway to save the flamboyant signs of its neon heyday.

Photo by Steve Lewis.