Limited seating available, arrive early to ensure availability
One of the distinguishing characteristics of the 20th century has been the
steady rise and prominence of design, which now permeates every aspect of
society. But who are the men and women behind so prevalent within all aspects
of life? Who is the individual behind the appearance of a chair or the image of
a refrigerator? This series of lectures aims to seek out the unsung heroes of
the design world and reveal the processes involved in creating iconic design
classics. Throughout this series, journalist Artem Dezhurko will introduce the
creative personalities working in furniture manufacturing and the automobile
industry, giving the world of design a human face.
The first lecture will focus on the period that preceded the ‘birth of design’,
placing special emphasis on the decorative and applied arts in Great Britain in
the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It will introduce figures such as Owen
Jones and Henry Cole, William Morris, Charles Voysey, Charles Rennie Mackintosh
and Hermann Muthesius as well as the German association Deutscher
Werkbund.
Artem Dezhurko is a journalist for Interior+Design, ARX,
DOMUS (Russian edition), and INTERNI (Russian edition);
contributor to Classics Project, Made in Future and
SPeeCH magazines, archi.ru and the Great Russian
Encyclopedia; consultant for QualityLabel:Soviet
Design Achievements, Etazhi, Saint Petersburg, 2011, and the curator of
Soviet Apartment Morphology, Arch Moscow, 2011.
