Palm Springs Calif. – The war was over, the economy was picking up and people were optimistic. A fearless sense of “Why not?” sparked creativity in the design world in the 1950s and ’60s. Why not build a house of steel? Why not make the walls curved?

The new ideas influenced everything from airport terminals to living-room lamps. And the desert town of Palm Springs became a magnet for Modernist architecture and design. Big stars like Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope embraced the new look in their desert getaways.

Half a century later, design-lovers are still flocking to Palm Springs to take in all the Modernism.

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