Ideal homes, 1918–39
Domestic design and suburban Modernism
by Deborah Sugg Ryan, Christopher Breward, Bill Sherman
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This book explores the aspirations and tastes of new suburban communities in interwar England for domestic architecture and design that was both modern and nostalgic in a period where homeownership became the norm. It stresses suburbanites' own agency as consumers, especially where they resisted and contested official notions of good taste and design. Thus it challenges the dominance of Modernist aesthetics and values on writing on design, architecture and consumption by exploring popular conceptions of the 'modern' within their social and historical contexts. Drawing on exhibitions, novels, memoirs, advertisements, magazines and films as well as actual examples of suburban architecture and interiors, this book investigates the ways in which new suburban class and gender identities were forged through the architecture, design and decoration of the home. It explores the material forms that embodied longings for 'Old England' and the British Empire. It also reveals how modernity crept into the home through the back door, via the kitchen where women embraced new technologies as well as ways of saving labour. It argues that a specifically suburban modernism emerged, which looked backwards to the past whilst looking forward to the future, embodied by the Tudorbethan semi. Thus the book shows that the inter-war 'ideal' home was both a retreat from the outside world and a site of change and experimentation and also considers how such houses are lived in today. This book will appeal to academics and students in design, social and cultural history as well as a wider readership curious about interwar homes.
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This book explores the aspirations and tastes of new suburban communities in interwar England for domestic architecture and design that was both modern and nostalgic in a period where homeownership became the norm. It stresses suburbanites' own agency as consumers, especially where they resisted and contested official notions of good taste and design. Thus it challenges the dominance of Modernist aesthetics and values on writing on design, architecture and consumption by exploring popular conceptions of the 'modern' within their social and historical contexts. Drawing on exhibitions, novels, memoirs, advertisements, magazines and films as well as actual examples of suburban architecture and interiors, this book investigates the ways in which new suburban class and gender identities were forged through the architecture, design and decoration of the home. It explores the material forms that embodied longings for 'Old England' and the British Empire. It also reveals how modernity crept into the home through the back door, via the kitchen where women embraced new technologies as well as ways of saving labour. It argues that a specifically suburban modernism emerged, which looked backwards to the past whilst looking forward to the future, embodied by the Tudorbethan semi. Thus the book shows that the inter-war 'ideal' home was both a retreat from the outside world and a site of change and experimentation and also considers how such houses are lived in today. This book will appeal to academics and students in design, social and cultural history as well as a wider readership curious about interwar homes.
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date February 2018
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780719068850 / 0719068851
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- ReadershipGeneral/trade
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions240 X 170 mm
- SeriesStudies in Design and Material Culture
- Reference Code5888
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