Thursday 30 June 2011

Ebay Find

LOVE this chair, especially the back. Originally bought in Belgium, my guess is it's early '80s -Memphis era.

Check out the listing here: Ebay listing: Post-Modern Chair 

Wednesday 29 June 2011

Panton, '85 style


'Pantheon' Designed in 1985 by Erik Jorgensen it was made in Black & White, Black &Grey and my personal fave, this multi-pastel number. Everyone concentrates on the 'classic era' of Panton, but for me this design from the 'wilderness years' is much more thrilling!

Check out the official page here: Verner Panton Pantheon

Friday 24 June 2011

Intro...

This blog is about modernist styles & sounds, largely centered on a 1980s that rarely gets acknowledged. It’s a personal vision or interpretation, and to set the tone here is the video for ‘All Saint's Day by Australian electronic act Severed Heads. Released in 1989, it evokes images of a post-modern Noir-styled underworld, making it as good a place to start as any…