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Anima
Davide Groppi
1984
Launch of the well-designed and highly anticipated Apple MacIntosh Personal Computer
1983
Design Since 1945 exhibition at Philadelphia Museum of Art
1981
Robot Amplified Rotating Antenna
Mario Bellini
1981
Works shown in Europe for the first time, blending everyday materials with elegant minimalism
Shiro Kuramata
1980
Crystal Cathedral
Philip Johnson
1979
The founding of Apple and launch of Apple 1, the first personal computer
1979
Pritzer Architecture Prize Established
1979
World turns to Japan for inspiration and fashion designers like Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto acquire exalted status
1978
Rio
Oscar and Anna Maria Niemeyer
1976
Dies in Helsinki, Finland
Alvar Aalto
1974
Chicago Federal Center
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1973
Samos Bowl
Enzo Mari
1972
The New Domestic Landscape Exhibition at MoMA
1971
Cactus
Guido Drocco and Franco Mello
1971
Box
Enzo Mari
1970
Post-modernism begins, revisiting historic and eclectic styles, with the best designers incorporating the minimalist tradition
1969
3-D Teppich, Welle
Verner Panton
1969
Tube Chair
Joe Colombo
1969
Up 1
Gaetano Pesce
1969
Donna
Gaetano Pesce
1968
GA 45 Pop Automatic Record Player
Mario Bellini
1968
Editor 2 Electric Typewriter
George Nelson
1968
Sferico
Joe Colombo
1967
Geodesic Dome for US Pavilion
Buckminster Fuller
1966
Chair Model 925
Afra and Tobia Scarpa
1964
Falkland
Bruno Munari
1963
Herman Miller and Knoll build an international reputation for manufacturing high-quality, inexpensive furniture of fiberglass and plastic
1963
Designers return to hand-working traditional materials
1963
Ball
Eero Aarnio
1962
Neo-Rationalism becomes a style that calls back to historical forms, intertwining them with Rationalism.
1962
TWA Flight Center, now JFK Terminal
Eero Saarinen
1961
Launch of Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy
1960
Lulu
Ilmari Tapiovaara
1960
Conoid
George Nakashima
1960
Brasilia
Oscar Niemeyer
1959
Orange Slice
Pierre Paulin
1959
Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright
1958
T3 Radio
Dieter Rams
1958
PK22
Poul Kjaerholm
1957
Kitchen Machine
Alfred Muller
1956
Spalter Electric Vacuum Cleaner
Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
1956
Phonosuper
Dieter Rams
1955
Low Caned Armless Easy Chair
Pierre Jeanneret
1955
Pedestal Table
Eero Saarinen
1955
Tulip Chair
Eero Saarinen
1955
Munkegard School Desk
Arne Jacobsen
1954
Floor Lamp Model 1063
Gino Sarfatti
1954
Creation of the Compasso d'Oro, Italy
1952
Bird Lounge
Harry Bertoia
1952
Ant
Arne Jacobsen
1950
Influenced by cubist Bauhaus, the De Stijl movement and traditional Japanese architecture, Minimalism comes to the forefront of good design
1950
Valet Chair
Hans J. Wegner
1949
Chieftain
Finn Juhl
1949
Glass House
Philip Johnson
1948
Italian Modern Design gains attention
1948
Freeform Sofa
Isamu Noguchi
1945
NV 45/FJ 45
Finn Juhl
1943
Grasshopper
Eero Saarinen
1941
654 W
Jens Risom
1940
Plywood becomes a more prevalent material in design
1940
Chair for Auldbrass Plantation
Frank Lloyd Wright
1939
S.A.M. TS 11 Table
Jean Prouve
Immigrates to United States, becomes Head of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1938
Wall Shelf
Marcel Breuer
1937
Aluminum, Iron and Magnesium introduced as tubular furniture
1937
39 Lounge Chair
Alvar Aalto
1937
Tea Trolley
Alvar Aalto
1936
Exhibition of Everyday Things
Royal Institute of British Architects
1935
Standard Chair
Jean Prouve
1935
Ashtray
Paolo Venini
1935
Falling Water
Frank Lloyd Wright
1934
Return to wood as dominant material
1934
Dressing Cabinet
Eileen Gray
1933
Bauhaus Disbands
1933
70 Stacking Table
Alvar Aalto
1933
Paiamo Sanatorium
Alvar Aalto
1932
Fontana Table
Pietro Chiesa
1932
Maison de Verre Paris
Pierre Chareau
1931
Truus Schroder Desk
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
1930
Fauteuil Cite
Jean Prouve
1929
Barcelona Chair
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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