The Lasting Mark of Modernism

By Nick de la Mare - September 2, 2009

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In a series of recent articles in the Guardian and the NY Times, British design critics have been examining the current U.K. design scene. The heart of the argument in both articles is that Britain has, especially in public sector design projects, lost its way. In the NY Times, Alice Rawthorn cites British design icons such as postboxes, phone kiosks, the double-decker bus and the London underground, then investigates the environment in which they were created:

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