Instead of stuffing modern kitchens with bulky stand-alone appliances and cluttered countertops, designers could learn a lot ...

find the focal point— such as the TV or a great coffee table—and set your furniture around that. You could also center your mid-century modern living room around a statement rug, for example.

One of Los Angeles’s defining mid-century design companies began at the kitchen table of a young couple ... exhibitions at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in the early 1950s, alongside designs ...