It’s true we’ve been on quite the Mid-Century Modern, Brazilian designer kick lately, featuring two weeks in a row of fabulous Brazilian modern furniture design (Click the images below for bigger versions:

From one talented Brazilian furniture designer to the next…today’s designer influence has a portfolio full of furniture designs so beautiful, we’re nearly speechless.Click the images below for bigger versions:

We have the pleasure of experiencing and writing about so many important Mid-Century Modern designers who made impacts on the world of design here on the Swank Lighting blog.Click the images below for bigger versions:

We remember the first time we ever came across a Donald Judd art piece. It was in Introduction to Contemporary Art in college, and we were blown away.Click the images below for bigger versions:

There have been a number of designers who made impacts on the world of design in America, who were actually from another country. Too many to list, really.Click the images below for bigger versions:

It’s sad, but true: many of the designers we write about being amazing influences on the world of design are male.Click the images below for bigger versions:

This is not the first time the name William “Billy” Haines has graced the Swank Lighting blog.Click the images below for bigger versions:

Many times when we present a designer influence to the readers of the Swank Lighting blog, it is an individual designer whose work was so influential that it inspired other designs for generations to Click the images below for bigger versions:

When we choose the subject matter for our Monday Designer Influence post, we always try to choose those designers who have made a big impact on the world of design.Click the images below for bigger versions:

Sometimes we come across a piece of furniture that knocks us off our feet, and it’s from there that we begin the research it takes to put together an educational post for our loyal blog readers to eClick the images below for bigger versions: