Friday, January 10, 2014

Alison and Peter Smithson: House for the Future, 1956


British architects Alison and Peter Smithsons’ moulded plastic House of the Future prototype for the 1956 Daily Mail Ideal Home Show embodied  pop principles for a technologically driven age.  Throughout its exhibition (sponsored by the Daily Mail in the Kensington Hall, London) models dressed in sportswear by designer Teddy Tinling cordially explained the operation of various electronic devices and technological advances in the house.


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