45th ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE FURNITURE HISTORY SOCIETY  DESIGN 1900-NOW

The Furniture History Society (FHS) was founded to study furniture of all periods, places and kinds, to increase knowledge and appreciation of it, and to assist in the preservation of furniture and its records.

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THE 45th ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE FURNITURE HISTORY SOCIETY DESIGN 1900-NOWThe new gallery Design 1900-Now at the Victoria &amp; Albert museum looks at how designed objects reflect society. Rather than looking at the design canon, telling a chronological history of design through a series of stylistic movements, it looks at design from the last 120 years through the lens of six themes: automation and labour, housing and living, crisis and conflict, consumption and identity, sustainability and subversion and data and communication. To reflect on the new gallery and its content the 2021 FHS Symposium is looking at some of the furniture displayed in the gallery, delving deeper into their narratives of production and consumption. Corinna Gardner and Johanna Agerman Ross, the curators of the gallery will kick off the symposium by looking at the curatorial narrative and conception of the space. Following this a number of speakers are invited to talk around specific objects in the display and reflect on the themes in the gallery. PROGRAMME10.30-10.35 		Welcome - Christopher Rowell, Chairman of the FHS10.35-11.00 		Introduction - Johanna Agerman Ross &amp; Corinna Gardner, Lead curators of the Design 1900-Now Gallery at the V&amp;ASession 1.		Innovating for the home11.00-11.20		Konstantin Grcic on the Mayday Lamp and his broader practiceIndustrial designer, Berlin11.20-11.40	Dr Christine Checinska ALTHEA MCNISH: ‘Tropicalising’ British InteriorsSenior Curator, Africa and Diaspora, V&amp;A, London11.40-12.00		Sara Kristoffersson Ikea catalogues: A commercial and pedagogical tool Professor of Design History, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts abd Design, Stockholm12.00-12.20		Q&amp;A 				12.20-12.30		Break Session 2.		Making identities through design12.30-13.00	Christopher Wilk on the Mae West Lips Sofa and the creative partnership between Edward James and Salvador DalíKeeper of Performance, Furniture, Textile and Fashion, V&amp;A, London13.00-13.15		Q&amp;A 13.15-13.45		Lunch BreakSession 3.		In conversation 13.45-14.30	London-based designer and educator Huren Marsh speaks to Dr Emily Candela, Senior Tutor, Communication Design, RCA, London14.30-14.45	BreakSession 4.		Resourceful design14.45-15.05		Christien Meindertsma on the Flax Chair and her wider practiceFurniture and product designer, Utrecht15.05-15.25		Antoinette LaFarge on sustainable furniture pioneer Louise BrighamProfessor of Digital Media, University of California, Irvine15.25-15.45		Divia Patel Recyclewallah: Reuse and repurposing in India Senior Curator, South Asia, V&amp;A, London15.45-16.05	Q&amp;A 16.05-16.15		Close - Johanna Agerman Ross &amp; Corinna Gardner16.30			EndMost of the Symposium will be recorded and the link to the recording will be sent to ticketholders after the event. Please note that Christien Meindertsma will not be recorded.

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