Wikipedia: Ladderax is a modular shelving and storage system created by Robert Heal in 1964 for Staples of Cricklewood, London. It is an example of Mid-Century modern design.[1] A Ladderax set up Heal was influenced by the work of the “Danish school“. This mid-century Scandinavian design movement was largely about reinterpreting simple, linear shapes from Georgian and Shaker pieces, and making them…
What exactly is Mid-Century? Wikipedia starts by saying: “Mid-century modern (MCM) is the design movement in interior, product, graphic design, architecture, and urban development that became popular after WWII in 1945 and continued until the late 1970s.” That’s quite a loose definition, nothing more than a period of time, and doesn’t…
Our house is in Marlow, England. We moved-in towards the end of 2019, the house having previously been occupied by an elderly couple who had lived here for 20+ years. The house was built in the late 1950’s in an area of Marlow that expanded rapidly in the 1960’s and…
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