Mid Century Modern

  • Rachele Dini

    Press/Media: Press / Media

    Description

    I was invited along with Dr Sophie Scott-Brown (lecturer in history of ideas at UEA) and Sonia Solicari (Director, Museum of the Home) to participate in a panel on mid-century modern design, nostalgia for the 1950s, and the newly relaunched Museum of the Home, having been shortlisted for the 2021 New Generation Thinkers AHRC/BBC3 Award.

    Period23 Jun 2021

    Media contributions

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    Media contributions

    • TitleMid Century Modern
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletBBC Radio 3
      Media typeRadio
      Duration/Length/Size45 minutes
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date23/06/21
      DescriptionA panel discussion about contemporary understandings of the 1950s home with Sonia Solicari (director of the Museum of the Home), Dr Rachele Dini, and Dr Sophie Scott Brown, UEA.
      Producer/AuthorLuke Mulihall
      URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09mbdr7
      PersonsRachele Dini

    Keywords

    • mid-century modern
    • interior design
    • museum studies
    • American history
    • 1950s
    • 1960s
    • period drama
    • appliances
    • vintage object collecting
    • popular culture
    • television studies
    • film