Matthew
Your post is timely as I have been wondering about plants in design
interiors. I am working on Grant Featherston, the most significant
Australian furniture designer and in his archives are collections of
plant/interior images which he used when constructing promotional
material.
Two references I have found that might assist;
H. F. Clark, "Planting" in Exhibition Design, ed Mischa Black, The
Architectural Press: London. 2nd ed. 1951. Pp.154-168. is directly
pertinent to British exhibitions.
Also
Pat Kirkham, Charles and Ray Eames. pp.275 makes interesting
observations about the Eames' innovative use of plants and weeds.
Regards
Denise Whitehouse
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Hi John,
Many thanks for the information. I've found the Brighton images of the
Festival invaluable but am still struggling to find written comment to
back up some of things I would like to say!
Best wishes,
Matthew
Matthew Partington
V&A Museum Senior Research Fellow, Applied Arts
Director, NEVAC
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Subject: Re: indoor plants
You're probably already aware of this, but just in case... Both the
Design Council Slide Collection at MMU and the Design Council Archive at
Brighton contain hundreds of images of room sets created by or for the
Council of Industrial Design and (later) the Design Council. Often these
room sets contain house plants, particularly those from the 1950s,
including those at the various Festival of Britain sites and, later in
the decade, at the Design Centre. The DCSC also has images of Design
Centre room sets from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Many of these images are
available on the AHDS Visual Arts website
(http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/index.html). I'm not aware of any articles
referring to this, but hope this helps nevertheless.
John Davis
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Has anyone on the Design History list ever come across any articles
which
refer to the use of indoor/house plants in interior design. I am
particularly interested in 1950s interiors and the use of indoor plants
at
the Festival of Britain but any and all references from any period or
place
will be gratefully received.
Many thanks for your time.
Best wishes,
Matthew Partington
V&A Museum Senior Research Fellow, Applied Arts
UWE, Bristol
Tel 0117 3284746
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