Furniture Today
Based on his unique lectures, Jeremy Broun has produced an in-depth and comprehensive multi media presentation of the furniture of today set against a historical backcloth dating back to the Magna Carta and covering milestones of 20th century design and the Seventies British Furniture Craft Revival. Over 800 topic references, 400 + images, 14 vido clips. Furniture Today Part One and Part two. Special Price : £25 for two DVDs.
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A multi media presentation by furniture designer and writer Jeremy Broun of interest to cultural societies, students, designers, architects, colleges, libraries, galleries, etc.
A unique lecture and DVD that depicts the British 70’s Craft Furniture Revival to the present day at close hand against the historical backcloth of furniture with topics such as "From Magna Carta to Victoriana" and "Milestones of 20th Century Design".
The public perception that old and new cannot mix, that solid wood is superior to veneer, or that Chippendale was the finest craftsman of his age are more to do with myth than fact. The biggest myth ’they don’t make it like they used to’ will be rocketed into outer space by anyone attending this unique lecture. At last a serious appraisal of what good design and craftsmanship is by one of its practitioners.
Furniture (like architecture) is a barometer to social, economic and spiritual change. The furniture of today is a continuum of tradition and the best examples equal if not surpass the work of any previous era – yet is largely unseen.
Contemporary furniture is only just beginning to become appreciated (thanks largely to IKEA) and yet the past hundred years or so boasts some of the most exciting furniture ever created.
Jeremy Broun, a member of a small group of independent makers who pioneered the Seventies British Furniture Craft Revival unravels the present New Golden Age of British Furniture against the backcloth of Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, Bauhaus, Italian and Scandinavian design adding personal anecdotes which bring this lecture alive.
The first lecture was a one day multi media presentation at Bath University in March 2004 and has laid the basis for tailor-made shorter lectures (eg one hour) for other organizations.
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