For Immediate Release: June 1, 2011
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Modernism for the Masses
Lecture at the National Building Museum
WHAT
Lecture and discussion: Alexandra Lange and Russell A. Flinchum, Ph.D. present and discuss the ascension of industrial design during the 1930s and its relationship to the desirability and affordability of “good design” in consumer products. The World’s Fairs of the 1930s exhibited innovative design that became available to the masses, and the lecture explores mass-market stores like Target and IKEA’s contemporary interpretation of 1930s design and production.
WHO
Alexandra Lange, critic, architectural historian, and co-author of Design Research: The Store That Brought Modern Living to American Homes
Russell A. Flinchum, Ph.D., archivist of the Century Association Archives Foundation, professor, and author of American Design
WHERE
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001 (Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line)
WHEN
Tuesday, June 7 / 6:30 – 8:00 pm
$12 Museum and Art Deco Society of Washington Members; $12 Student; $20 Non-member. Prepaid registration required. Walk-in registration based on availability.
Continuing education credits available: 1.5 LU (AIA)
CONTACT
Stacy Adamson, sadamson@nbm.org, 202.272.2448, ext. 3458
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