"The Venture Brothers" Love Mid-Century Modern Chairs

We enjoy Adult Swim's hilarious cartoon The Venture Brothers, so we were thrilled when reader Dave sent in visual proof of the show's coolness:

In addition to being incredibly funny, Cartoon Network's show "The Venture Brothers" features many great nods to mid-century design. The show recently began it's third season and already there have been cameo appearances by some well-known chairs. Clearly the guys running the show have a thing for chair design. Here's some screen grabs from the show's four latest episodes:...

Starting in the upper left and moving clockwise...

This first one is the only one we couldn't name precisely. Maybe it's an amalgamation? After some research we've closed in on a hybrid of Jeffrey Bernett's Metropolitan Armchair and Jean Marie Massaud's Auckland Armchair....

Eames Aluminum Group chairs...

Corbusier's LC4 Lounge...

Bertoia stools...

Thanks Dave!

Comments (11)

Doc Hammer and Jackson Publik's design sense so great. I love the show! Everytime I see a Le Corbusier chair or a Mondrian-eque window I realize how much detail they put into everything and how cool it all is.

posted by Dia De Los DIY on June 27th 2008 at 7:08am
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The Incredibles also had nice MCM-inspired furniture :)

posted by katalyst on June 27th 2008 at 7:19am
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This show is super funny by the way.

Great send-up for 60's action/sci-fi/fantasy cartoons.

posted by DahliaCactus on June 27th 2008 at 8:11am
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I looove this show!

posted by bkrafi on June 27th 2008 at 9:04am
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That first chair is heavily inspired by a Hans Wegner Ox chair, too. Check out Modernica's site to see what I mean.

posted by DarrenB on June 27th 2008 at 10:08am
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This show is FANTASTIC! It's the only show on TV that can make me pee in my pants and somehow convince me that's a good thing.

posted by Comicgeek on June 27th 2008 at 1:17pm
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I was wondering when Apartment Therapy would get around to doing an article on this show. These guys know style as well as they know funny!

posted by btoddster on June 27th 2008 at 9:08pm
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This is the first time I have actually gotten my daughter interested in home style with me, finding this gem of a blog! I love style, she loves that cartoon. She walked by as I was reading this and saw the VB cels on the screen. We actually had a multi-sentence conversation about both subjects! Woot! I love this website!

posted by decobooth http://apartmental.blogspot.com/ on June 28th 2008 at 10:00am
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First one looks like the oxchair lounge chair with a different type of base... http://www.architonic.com/1003161

posted by kebae on June 28th 2008 at 8:29pm
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Yeah, first one is clearly pulling from the Ox.

I'm so glad this was posted. I was thrilled when I saw "the Nozzle" scene (with the LC4) in it last week.

posted by Modfan on June 29th 2008 at 12:12pm
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hard to say which I love more: their attention to visual details, or the attention paid to cultural details (Klaus Nomi?! Stiv Bators and Lydia Lunch at Danceteria?!).
It's like little treats thrown to those of us paying extra attention to "cartoons."

posted by thenicole on July 2nd 2008 at 1:34pm
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