In this course, participants will learn about modernism's roots in the Bauhaus; the relationships of major midcentury designers, including Marcel Breuer, Harry Bertoia, Mies van der Rohe, Gilbert Rohde, Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Florence Knoll, Ray and Charles, Eames, George Nelson, Alexander Girard; the influence these designers had on two companies at the center of modernism; and the role the companies and designers played in shaping America's tastes in design.