05/12/2026
Paul Frankl moved to Los Angeles in 1934, escaping the cold of New York City and settling into what would become his final home. By this point, Frankl was already a vehement and vocal proponent of modern design, having published his definitive book, New Dimensions, which contextualized the modern movement in the 1920s. Frankl would also frequently lecture and published two additional works before his move out West.
His style had already come to embody the progressive language of his time, but it wasn’t until his move to California that his vision fully took shape in the distinctly elegant and freeform manner for which he practiced later in his career. In Space for Living, Frankl laid out a blueprint for what he believed was the ideal way to build interior space, design furnishings, and live in the early twentieth century.
This week, we will explore some of these ideas, consider how they still resonate nearly a century later, and take a deeper look at several pieces in our collection that were featured in his 1938 publication.
