alison and peter smithsons' 1956 house of the future
"This was the Smithsons' Pop phase. As participants in the famous "This is Tomorrow" exhibition of Pop Art, they adopted the pose of their friend, the artist Richard Hamilton, who urged them to be "Popular, transient, expendable, low cost, mass produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, big business". Alison rose to the challenge with her all-plastic house for the Ideal Home Exhibition. She correctly predicted electronic remote controls for television and lighting. And some budget hotels do indeed now have self-cleaning bathrooms as she suggested. But why don't women wear nylon pixie dresses, and why don't men sport combined leggings and shoes?"
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alison and peter smithsons' 1956 house of the future
"This was the Smithsons' Pop phase. As participants in the famous "This is Tomorrow" exhibition of Pop Art, they adopted the pose of their friend, the artist Richard Hamilton, who urged them to be "Popular, transient, expendable, low cost, mass produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, big business". Alison rose to the challenge with her all-plastic house for the Ideal Home Exhibition. She correctly predicted electronic remote controls for television and lighting. And some budget hotels do indeed now have self-cleaning bathrooms as she suggested. But why don't women wear nylon pixie dresses, and why don't men sport combined leggings and shoes?"
- bill 12-01-2003 8:49 pm