"Beauty," Olafur Eliasson, 1993. In this work, a spotlight shines through a layer of mist to create a rainbow that's only visible from certain angles.

1993, Pierluigi Cerri.

A photo of Verner Panton from 1993. © Panton Design, Basel

Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 1993

The Waterloo International Terminal, 1993, in London. Image courtesy Jo Reid/John Peck.

The children's play space has bold yellow Panton junior chairs.

Kellogg spent five years working on the house, and the structure was completed in 1993.

A ceiling fresco and mosaic floor steal the limelight in the Royal Junior suite.

The design couple: Mike Donahue is a junior architect pursuing licensure. Lauren Walker is a self-taught artist and designer.

Reminiscent of an art installation, the rain shower in the Royal Junior suite cascades from a nearly 20-foot-high ceiling into a basin designed by Italian artist Andrea Sala.

House ephemera features a1959 Gibson Les Paul Junior

Rineke Dijkstra, Long Island, N. Y., USA, July 1, 1993, 1993; chromogenic print; 66 1/8 in. x 55 11/16 in.; Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York & Paris; © Rineke Dijkstra

Beneath a work from Christopher’s “Something Modern” series sits a record player once owned by his grandfather, which Christopher retrofitted with a Bluetooth speaker. A vintage Robie Junior robot vacuum sits atop a modern-day automated floor cleaner.

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The dining chairs are a mix of vintage pieces sourced by the client that reflect their love of Mid-Century Modern design. The slatted chairs are Scandia Junior Dining Chairs designed by Hans Brattrud in 1957, and green upholstered chairs were designed by Yugoslavian designer Stol Kamnik in the 1960s.

Two kids’ bedrooms provide a comfortable space for the couple’s junior high school daughter and elementary school son.

Vitra Panton Junior

Alfa Romeo Giulia gt 1300 Junior

MIWAK JUNIOR CERAMIC CONNECTORS

MIWAK JUNIOR CERAMIC CONNECTORS

Miwak Junior's pipes resemble smooth stones in soothing tones.

A photo of Verner Panton from 1993

An aerial view of Washington, DC, circa 1993.

Products from Rudy’s Barbershop, which started in Seattle in 1993, are available in the shower.

When Rob and Mary Lubera started pulling threads to uncover the origins of their new home—the lone midcentury house amid rows of Tudor Revivals in suburban Detroit—not even architecture scholars could have anticipated what they would find. Theirs is the last surviving residence by Alexander Girard (1907–1993), a modernist visionary who made his name in textiles but tried his hand at virtually everything, architecture included. The shoji-like laminate screens, seen in the entryway, are characteristic of his Japanese-influenced work.

1993 Stefano Giovannoni designs Merdolino toilet brush for Alessi.

Barbados-born designer Junior Sealy is the founder of retail brand L A B & iD.

Rob Brill makes nice with this good buddy, Junior next to a curved and corrugated steel enclosure.

Orgone Stretch and Lounge, 1993. Photo by Fabrice Gousset/Courtesy of Galerie Kreo.

1993 Dolce & Gabbana create costumes for Madonna's "Girlie Show" tour.

The cutting-edge design of the building is also exemplified in its other amenities such as a junior-size Olympic pool.

Maison Latapie when first completed in 1993, looking much less lived in.

Bookworm 8008 (1993) Photo courtesy of Ron Arad Associates and the Museum of Modern Art

Large Bookworm (1993) Photo courtesy of Ron Arad Associates and the Museum of Modern Art

V. Sokhin, V. Sokolov, P. Kurochkin, Housing complex, 1993. Saint Petersburg, Russia

Rigamajig’s success has led to new iterations, including a Junior version that uses scaled-down parts.