CLASSIC DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
CELEBRATED IN UH ARCHITECTURE EXHIBIT
Once they were taken for granted as “everyday objects,”
but now the home appliances of the mid-20th century are revered
as classics of industrial design. The University of Houston’s
Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture celebrates the golden age
of industrial design in the home with its new exhibition, “Designing
Domesticity: Industrial Design for Modern Living, 1930 – 1960.”
There will be an opening reception at 6 p.m., Thursday, August
31 in the college’s first-floor galleries. The exhibition
will be on view through Oct. 28.
The event is free and open to the public.
UH Architecture Curator Stephen James, together with collector
Donald Emmite, has featured everything from the streamlined appliances
of the 1930s to the Space-Age devices and modern furniture of the
1950s. Emmite, a Houston interior designer, is a noted collector
and authority on 20th century industrial design in the home. His
area of study and collecting focuses on the furniture, home appliances
and decorative arts of the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s. Much
of the exhibit is drawn from his personal collection, with most
of the objects on public display in Houston for the first time.
He will discuss the show at the opening reception and will be available
for questions afterward.
For more information, call 713-743-2400 or visit www.arch.uh.edu.
WHAT: |
Exhibition “Designing Domesticity:
Industrial Design for Modern Living, 1930–1960” |
WHEN: |
6 p.m., Thursday, August 31, Opening reception
Exhibit on view through October 28,
Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
WHERE: |
The University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College
of Architecture, Entrance 18
For directions and parking information, please visit www.uh.edu/campus_map/buildings/ARC.html |
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