Mid-century Modern Design Pillow

Mid-century modern, or MCM as devotees call it in shorthand, was spawned from the Modernist movement. Modernism defined a cultural movement that spanned the realms of architecture, literature, philosophy, and music in the late 19th century in Europe. The guiding principle of the movement was function over fussiness, and making conceptual artistry attainable through everyday objects. The Bauhaus School in Germany, which operated from until 1933, served as an early creative venue for these ideas to be explored with Ludwig Mies van de Rohe serving as a director. America would soon follow suit with World War II coming to an end and people feeling a shift towards experimentation with new technology and materials. The period between 1933-1965 would come to define a style that would become popularized and accessible to the masses, mid-century modern.