A 1930 chair by <n>Alvar Aalto</n> and a bookcase by <n>Pierre Chapo</n>.

The living room bookshelf in the <n>Eames House</n>, designed by <n>Charles and Ray Eames</n>.

From <n>Inside Today's Home</n> (1975) by <n>Ray Faulkner</n> and <n>Sarah Faulkner</n>.

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From the <n>Ortho Plant Photo Library</n>.

The <n>PAYZ House</n> in Valencia, Spain, designed by <n>Alors Studio</n>. Photo by <n>David Zarzoso</n>.

<n>Shelves</n> by <n>Atelier Amont</n> in Basel, 2015, with <n>Haefeli Moser Steiger Chairs</n>.

Sunken conversation pit in <n>Casa Alférez</n> by <n>Ludwig Godefroy Architecture</n>. Photo by <n>Rory Gardiner</n>.

The <n>Maison Hermès</n> building in Tokyo, designed by <n>Renzo Piano Building Workshop</n> and completed in 2001.

A wall of green-tinted <n>Glass blocks</n> creates caustic light patterns.

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The <n>Martelaar House</n> in Belgium, designed by architect <n>Machteld D'Hollander</n>. Photo by <n>Stijn Bollaert</n>.

A <n>multipurpose table</n> made from a vintage door that converts into a desk with storage.

Kitchen in <n>Beata Heuman</n>'s Swedish home, designed by Heuman. Photo by <n>James Merrell</n>.

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A rare <n>mid-century modern</n> writing desk designed by <n>Franco Albini</n> in Italy, c. 1950s.

A portrait of Portuguese poet <n>Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen</n>. Photo by <n>Arnaldo Saraiva</n>.

<n>Yayoi Kusama</n>'s mirrored room installation, <n>Chandelier of Grief</n> (2016), exhibited at <n>Tate Modern</n>.

<n>Mikroskop</n> (2010), an installation by <n>Olafur Eliasson</n>. Photo by <n>Studio Olafur Eliasson</n>.

Interior of the <n>Villa et Atelier Zevaco</n> in Casablanca, designed by architect <n>Jean-François Zevaco</n>.

A reading nook designed and photographed by <n>Peg and Awl</n>.

The <n>Valentine typewriter</n>, designed by <n>Ettore Sottsass</n> and <n>Perry A. King</n> for <n>Olivetti</n> in 1969.

Interior of <n>Casa Orgánica</n> in Mexico, designed by architect <n>Javier Senosiain</n> in 1984.

The <n>Winter Garden</n> of a home in Devon, England, designed by <n>McLean Quinlan</n>. Photo by <n>Jim Stephenson</n>.