Collection

Modernist

Mid-century lines, still working. Arcs, tapers and cantilevers from the era that got the desk right the first time.

31 products
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Nordic Bauhaus Table Lamp in a workspacePick a color

Lighting

Bauhaus

$30.95
3 finishes
Bentwood in a workspacePick a leather

Chairs

Bentwood

From $849.95
5 finishes
Tall Cordless Touch-Dim Lamp in a workspacePick a color

Lighting

Sentinel

$25.95
5 finishes
Vitrine - Rechargeable Desk Lamp, chrome in a workspacePick a color

Lighting

Vitrine

$59.95
3 finishes
Alloy in a workspacePick a color

Lighting

Alloy

$67.95
4 finishes
Balloon, Ceramic Balloon Dog Sculpture, Hand-Finished Designer Accent, in a workspacePick a color

Decor

Balloon

$38.95
5 finishes
Bauhaus Glass Floor Lamp, gold in a workspaceAdd to cart

Lighting

Globe

$164.95
Arco - Cantilever Guest Chair, band mesh black in a workspacePick a style

Chair

Arco

$349.95
Cuprum - Copper Table Lamp, one size in a workspaceAdd to cart

Lighting

Cuprum

$369.95
Heron - Clip Desk Lamp, all colorways in a workspacePick a color

Lighting

Heron

$129.95
2 finishes
Funkis - Bauhaus Table Lamp, one size in a workspaceAdd to cart

Lighting

Funkis

$99.95
Strata - Danish Layered Table Lamp, chrome in a workspacePick a color

Lighting

Strata

From $148.95
4 finishes
Orbis - Mid-Century Table Lamp, orange in a workspaceAdd to cart

Lighting

Orbis

$129.95
Tactus - Rechargeable Touch Lamp, gold in a workspacePick a color

Lighting

Tactus

$44.95
2 finishes
Stelo - Mirror Glass Floor Lamp, black in a workspacePick a color

Lighting

Stelo

$379.95
2 finishes
Marmo - Marble and Brass Wall Sconce in a workspaceAdd to cart

Lighting

Marmo

$149.95
Trave - Nordic Wood Grain Table Lamp in a workspacePick a light color

Lighting

Trave

$79.95
Triad in a workspacePick a color

Lighting

Triad

$124.95
2 finishes
Arc in a workspacePick a color

Lighting

Arc

$279.95
2 finishes
Faceted Porcelain Apple Sculpture in a workspacePick a color

Decor

Pomum

$27.95
4 finishes
Patinated Bronze Sailing Yacht Sculpture in a workspaceAdd to cart

Decor

Regatta

$89.95
Touch-Dim LED Tableside Lamp, red in a workspaceAdd to cart

Lighting

Oxblood

$44.95
Memphis in a workspacePick a color

Lighting

Memphis

$169.95
4 finishes
Abstract Geometric Alloy Sculpture, gold in a workspaceAdd to cart

Decor

Facet

$169.95
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About this collection

Mid-century lines, still doing the job

Modernist covers the mid-century vocabulary and what came out of it: arcs, tapers, cantilevers, circles set against straight edges, and materials left legible rather than disguised. It is the period that settled most of what a working desk still looks like. The forms held up because they were solved rather than styled. An arc floor lamp puts light over a surface without a table under it; a tapered stem gets a shade where it is needed without visual weight. Those are working answers, which is why they read as current rather than nostalgic.

Common questions

What is the difference between modernist and mid-century modern?

Mid-century modern is the postwar period, roughly the 1940s to the 1960s. Modernist is the broader movement it belongs to, running earlier and later and including Bauhaus and postmodern work. This collection groups them because they share a vocabulary of geometry, honest materials and solved forms.

Are these reproductions of famous designs?

No. These are Ergovanta pieces working in that vocabulary, not licensed reissues or copies of specific named designs. Where a form is a recognizable archetype, like an arc floor lamp, it is because the archetype solves a real problem.

Will mid-century pieces look dated in a modern office?

The strong forms have stayed in production for seventy years, which is the best evidence available. They read as deliberate rather than nostalgic when kept to one or two pieces per sight line and paired with plain surroundings.

What is the easiest modernist piece to start with?

Lighting. A single arc or tapered-stem fixture changes how a room reads without touching the furniture, and it is reversible in a way a chair or desk is not.