Ideal Homes: Domestic Design and Suburban Modernism
Ideal Homes: Domestic Design and Suburban Modernism
Inaugural lecture by Deborah Sugg Ryan, Professor of Design History and Theory, University of Portsmouth
Deborah Sugg Ryan’s research explores the history of the ‘ideal home’ from the twentieth century to the present. This lecture will investigate the ways in which new suburban class and gender identities were forged through the architecture, design and decoration of the home. It will argue that a specifically suburban Modernism emerged, w
Date: Wednesday 28 March 2018
Time: 6-7 pm, followed by reception and launch of Ideal Homes, 1918-30: Domestic Design and Suburban Modernism (Manchester University Press)
Venue: Portland Building, P
University of Portsmouth, Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3AH
Wed 28 Mar 2018