1950s Consumer Panacea
Posted in Discourse on Wed Sep 27, 06 by Kyle under Midcentury Modern and Film-Video.
A couple of posts back I looked at the concept of postalgia, a yearning for the future that never came to pass and presented a futuristic marketing film featuring an idealized panoply of mid-century modern goods and environs. In contemporary times midcentury modern design is often now considered as being emblematic of a clutter-free, pristine, meditative, and elegant era and existence. I have always thought that this was a curious characterization.
In my mind, albeit not having experienced it myself, the 50s was the decade when the tide towards the culture of consumerism and delight in acquisition of “stuff” was at its most eagerly accepted and heartfelt peak…
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