Talk:Mid-century modern

message: Mid-century modern is an adjective, rather than a noun.  I don't know if there's a rule among encyclopedia editors that all entries must be nouns, but I can't think of an entry that isn't.  Flipping through the Britannica, I find nothing but nouns of one sort or another.  If adjectives aren't allowed, the problem can be solved by changing the entry to Mid-century modernism and making the appropriate changes in the text.    --Rensselaerswick1637 14:40, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In case anyone wondered (better late than never, eh?): Though mid-century modern does seem like an adjective (after all, "mid-century" and "modern" are), it is indeed a noun when used alone (Merriam-Webster entry here), similarly to terms such as "art nouveau" and "Gothic Revival". – AndyFielding (talk) 12:23, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Adjective, not a noun

message: At the bottom of the entry for the mid century modern designer Milo Baughman, there is a section called "external links" which displays some of his works. How does one add an external links section to an article?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.197.58.5 (talk) 18:52, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding External Links 

message: Which is right? This article is internally inconsistent.
: In my opinion, "Mid-Century" should be used on the masthead of a page. "Mid-century" should be used at the beginning of a sentence and "mid-century" within the chain of a sentence. Pounamuknight (talk) 01:34, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct (he said, nine years later). It's a noun, but not a proper noun. – AndyFielding (talk) 12:31, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalization? Mid-Century, Mid-century, or mid-century 

message: A very contemporary and very important architect-designer that is missing and should be included in the list is Frank Gehry  
At 85, he's two years younger than Kagan and designed his influential Easy Edges furniture line in the late 60s.
(Pounamuknight (talk) 01:21, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional addition to the Additional Mid-century modern architects, artists and designers section 

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thread_title:  External links modified (January 2018) 

message: The article states that Mid-century modern is an American movement but I'm not sure that's true. Is that sourced from an academic definition? Additionally, This article cites lots of designers that are not American and items that were not created in America or even especially for American audiences. MCM is a bit of it's a bit of a catchall because the term only existed after the initial wave of interest waned so MCM (as a term and as a distinctive movement) wasn't well defined in the 1950-1970s.
In this source (I wouldn't necessarily call it a definitive source), the author has Danish modern encapsulating MCM: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Danish_Modern/sgl3fgfQewUC. 
--Ew3234 (talk) 05:20, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  American? 

message: The lead says MCM encompasses graphic design, but there's no mention of this in the article, let alone a section devoted to it.  --  Pete Best Beatles (talk) 01:29, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: In what? Advertising, certainly, but what else? – AndyFielding (talk) 12:33, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency 

message: A link to the Springbar article might make a good addition to this page — either worked into the article content itself (other examples of mid-century style) or in "See also."  Xlea Nollmav (talk) 01:23, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really - the Springbar article was created for payment WP:COI, and Wikipedia is not in the business of free advertising. If there is consensus to include a mid-century tent/tent maker, Frei Otto's work is significantly more relevant.  Netherzone (talk) 01:56, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That's intense! Er, in tents. Okay, it worked better out loud. – AndyFielding (talk) 13:02, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  mid-century modern tents 

message: I am filling out the Mid-century_modern#Additional_notable_names section. I am working from the index of the book Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design . I am not adding citations to this book in the main space as there aren't citations for other names. I will only be adding names when there is a corresponding article. Please post here if there are questions or objections. Thanks. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:13, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crafting Modernism - mid century American art and design 

message: I was agog to realize this otherwise excellently written article didn't say a word about the major resurgence in MCM-inspired design that began around 30 years ago, leading to its status as one of today's prominent esthetics. Though I wouldn't normally be so audacious, the situation seemed so clear, I've gone ahead and appended this to the lede:
:MCM-style decor and architecture have seen a major resurgence that began in the late 1990s and continues today.
…with a ref to a 2023 Washington Post story on the phenomenon. Hope this meets with everyone's approval. Non-anarchistically, AndyFielding (talk) 13:05, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Return to dominance (significant, right?)