Book

Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body

Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design

Kristina Wilson

2021

Princeton University Press

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Q&A

Instagram’s Favorite Furniture Style Has an Uncomfortable History

How we sit isn’t the only thing midcentury modernism sought to control.

by Rebecca Onion, Kristina Wilson via Slate on April 30, 2021
Explainer

Mid-Century Modernism’s Racial History

What do we know about the history of these designs? Who was buying this furniture when modernism was new, and why?

by Kristina Wilson via Hyperallergic on April 26, 2021

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