Where Would We Be Without Mies?

Apropos of nothing, really, here is the mythical Barcelona Chair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Mies van der Rohe was possibly the greatest designer of furniture ever to live, if that’s enough for you. Florence Knoll, having left the office of a somewhat dunder-headed executive, joked to her companion: “Where would they be without us?” “My dear,” he said, “Where would we be without Mies?”

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Pictured with the Barcelona Table, Couch, and Ottoman

Pictured with the Barcelona Table, Couch, and Ottoman

All Mies did was school sucka punks what thought they knew.

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