Lucky that the blog is called “Retro Renovation” rather than “Mid Century Modern Whatever,” because, according to the academe, the 1970s love train jumped the “Mid Century Modern” rails and sped down the “Postmodern” track. Now I need to understand the difference between the two, and lucky for me, the Victoria & Albert — fantastic museum! — has launched a new exhibit, Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970 – 1990, that enables us to begin to differentiate. Interestingly, the V&A’s materials immediately point out: “This era defies definition….” Their online and press writeups offer some basic starting points, though, for understanding some of the key tenets of Postmodernism, and the context they provided for 1970s and 1980s interior design and architecture
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