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Idealistic visions of the Soviet capital that were never realised.
Published at the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Imagine
Moscow: Architecture, Propaganda, Revolution portrays Moscow as it
was envisioned by a bold generation of architects in the 1920s and
early 1930s. Through evocative imagery and a wealth of rarely seen
material, this book provides a window into an idealistic fantasy of
the Soviet capital that was never realised and has since been
largely forgotten. Focusing on six unbuilt architectural landmarks,
Imagine Moscow explores how these projects reflected changes in
everyday life and society following the revolution, during one of
the most fascinating periods of the twentieth century. Large-scale
architectural plans, models and drawings are placed alongside
propaganda posters, textiles and porcelain, contextualising the
transformation of a city reborn as the new capital of the USSR and
the international centre of socialism.
The twentieth century offered up countless visions of domestic
life, from the aspirational to the radical. Whether it was the
dream of the fully mechanised home or the notion that technology
might free us from home altogether, the domestic realm was a site
of endless invention and speculation. But what happened to those
visions? Are the smart homes of today the future that architects
and designers once predicted, or has 'home' proved resistant to
radical change? Home Futures: Living in Yesterday's Tomorrow
-accompanying a major Design Museum exhibition of the same
title-explores a number of different attitudes toward domestic
life, tracing the social and technological developments that have
driven change in the home. It proposes that we are already living
in yesterday's tomorrow, just not in the way anyone predicted. This
book begins with a lavishly illustrated catalogue portraying the
'home futures' of the twentieth century and beyond, from the work
of Ettore Sottsass and Joe Colombo to Google's recent forays into
the smart home. The catalogue is followed by a reader consisting of
newly commissioned essays by writers such as Dan Hill and Justin
McGuirk, which explore the changes in the domestic realm in
relation to space, technology, society, economy and psychology.
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