Stunning graphic artwork by WeaversofSouthsea about of one master Larsen's iconic lounge chair.
New Sign Coming Soon
At Aymerick Modern, we chose the "Warehouse/By appointment only" set up to sell our furniture instead of having a cramped storefront with much more overheads in order to offer competitive prices to our customers.As it gets sometimes a little tricky to locate our unit, this sign shall help!
Got Sideboards? Yes we do, about 30 to choose from!!!
Once upon a time the sideboard was a storage place for the best service and was placed in the dining room. Nowadays it is a must-have piece of furniture in the sitting room in all retro homes.
There is something sophisticated about a sideboard. Something appealing that makes people neglect the Swedish Handicrafts Association’s warning words in the book Furniture Advice from 1961 “A long sideboard requiring a lot of space hardly ever has room for even one service”. And the whole point is that it should be long. Long, low and of some exotic wood. A glamorous piece of furniture for storage, related to the slightly more domestic and solid coffers and chests. The word sideboard has been around since the 18th century, as a table or cupboard that was placed next to the dining table.
The sideboards of the 50s and 60s held wedding presents: the best service, crystal glasses and, naturally, nickel silver that needed to be kept in boxes lined with green felt. A couple of candlesticks and a flower vase were placed on top of it. The vase caused water rings if the teak top had not been waxed adequately.
Sideboards disappeared from the furniture catalogues in the 70s when wedding presents and dining rooms were no longer fashionable, and when they turned up on the second-hand markets in the 90s, they appeared in sitting rooms, because the stereo and LPs needed some room. That is why some of them have holes for cables and ventilation at the back. Such vandalism is out of the question nowadays, when once again a stylish home isn't complete without a sideboard. What is kept in it is no longer so important. However, what is important is what flea market finds are displayed on it, for the sideboard has become something of a temple for retro lovers.
BY VIVECA CARLSSON
scandinavianretro.com
Summer is here!!!
Spent the last few days cleaning dirt, dust and spider webs off the backyard to get ready for the summer.
Nice to see even Mr. Lizard showed up for the picture...
PS: I know, I need help with my lawn...
Danish Modern: When Form Meets Function.
Clean lines and scaled-down designs make this furniture style from Scandinavia the perfect fit for contemporary homes.
The period between the first and second world wars was an era of prolific creativity in architecture and interior design throughout the Western world, from the clean lines of Bauhaus in the 1920s to the bold geometric shapes and decorative flourishes of Art Deco style that went through the 1930s. During the same period, a Danish artisan named Kaare Klint took furniture design in a new direction, using traditional craftsmanship to create innovative pieces that emphasized form and function over decorative embellishments. Thus, the Danish modern movement was born.
Klint and other designers of the era, like Finn Juhl, Arne Jacobsen and Hans Wegner, focused on the concept of anthropometrics and the scale of furniture in relation to the human body, she explains. “They also thought that the wood of a piece of furniture should be the part that you want to highlight and focus. Ornamentation went to the wayside,” Desiree says. Teak, European oak and rosewood were the key materials used in Danish modern design, and unlike the high-gloss veneers of Art Deco pieces, furniture was only lightly polished to accentuate the natural grain of the wood.
Practical Pieces for Post-War Homes
As war slowly crept across Europe, the idea of combining minimalist shapes with organic materials continued to gain traction with up-and-coming Danish designers. Børge Mogensen, a student of Kaare Klint, also experimented with new techniques, such as bending teak plywood into sculpted dining chairs. By the 1950s, the focus had turned to creating furniture and household objects that were as elegant as they were practical, to foster a comfortable domestic environment. Resulting Danish modern pieces were meant to be both multifunctional and lightweight enough to move around your house, so people could live with their furniture, versus living around it.
At the same time, designers looked to methods of mass production to reach a broader market across Europe and overseas. Danish modern style became especially popular in post-war America, where returning GIs and their wives were settling down in suburbia and looking for more sensible, affordable pieces to accommodate their growing families. The popularity of Danish modern style endured through the 1960s, when furniture made of less-expensive materials, like plastic and Formica, began to dominate the market.
Where to Find Modern Designs
For those looking to score Danish modern furniture today, bargains are few and far between, Julian of Mid Century Møbler notes. “You can’t really wander across an estate sale anymore and find a cache of pieces that someone purchased back in the day,” he says, “because everybody knows what everything is,” thanks to the Internet. Occasional scores can be found in Michigan, the home of a large community of Danish immigrants after the Second World War, as well as in port cities, like New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, which were home to importers who worked with Danish manufacturers.
Joe Schumacher, owner of Revolve Modern in Dallas, Texas, also recommends searching smaller antiques malls and junk shops that are on the edge of a big city, or between two bigger cities. “Ones that are far enough out that you don’t have people running around because they watched American Pickers,” he jokes.
Despite the resurgence in interest, high-quality Danish modern pieces are more affordable than they were a few years ago. The perfect balance of comfort and aesthetics works well with today’s eclectic interior designs, making Danish modern furniture a perfect choice for those wanting to add a touch of classicism to their living space.
Written by Leslie J. Thompson. June 20, 2017
Atomic Ranch Magazine Blog.
Pictures by Aymerick Modern.
D Day -1
Our container filled with Scandinavian goodies will be arriving in the harbor of San Pedro tomorrow aboard the "MOL EMPIRE" ship. US Customs already scheduled an X Ray exams of its content but it shall go pretty quick so we can receive our new inventory by the end of next week. STAY TUNED!!!
Did you say Mad Men???
Atomic Ranch Magazine being the "Bible" for every MCM junky out there, It seems natural we chose this famous publication to start our very first advertising campaign. Get your copy and check Aymerick Modern's ad in the the June issue.
Picking Trip #3 to Denmark+Sweden
I remember clearly April 2015 when I decided to fly to Copenhagen, with a very restraint budget in hands, to see if I could try the "Container" adventure and import vintage danish modern furniture from the motherland to San Diego.
I remember the plane landing in Copenhagen, the cold sweat dripping down my neck as I thought I was out of my mind to fly across the globe to meet with my long time danish friend & fellow skateboarder Frederick, who I met at the library of Saint Marteen in the Caribean Island in 2001, who once told me "There is a shop in my street, they sell the stuff you like, maybe you can come visit Denmark, check that place and see if you can bring some pieces with you back home..."
The rest is history but is as well an incredible story of fraternity, passion, honesty, hope, hard work and so much more as we embarked now on our 3rd trip to Scandinavia to prepare the import of our next container. Never give up!!!!
Here's a few pics of last week. Enjoy!
So long...
Sometimes our pieces don't have a chance to make it to the website before they find a new home...
Aymerick Modern goes Swedish...
We are glad to announce Aymerick Modern is now sourcing fine Scandinavian modern furniture in Sweden to fill up our next container. Next trip to Denmark/Sweden is scheduled for the end of April so we should have about 130 pieces hitting our showroom early July. Stay Tuned!!!
