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PAGE 14-PLAINDEALEK-FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1971 International Modern Boundaries Disappear in New Era of Exploration and Social Revolution range itself in squashy forms that Treshape themselves with each new indention (case in point,--some of the new form seating). On the other hand, it may be otherworldly in clear, translucent acrylics or be roCk x hard with wet oranges, yellows and reds. Some are playful, humorous. Others suggest gadgetry. The majority are functional and ex­ citing. Whatever may be lost in familiarity and regional charm is more than made up for in FIRE DAMAGES JEEP -- Firemen of Company I hurried to the intersection of Green and Elm streets about 9 o'clock Wednesday after a 1960 jeep driven by Drexel Miller of Woodstock, caught afire. Miller told firemen that he stopped after smelling gas, then turned on the dome light to investigate. Immediately, the car was afire, resulting in inextensive damage to wiring in the engine compartment. PLAINDEALER PHOTO By GLORIA WALDEN (A former design editor for a national home furnishings publication, Gloria Walden is a North Carolina writer who specializes m furniture reporting.) International modern design has grown up and is showing it­ self to be a child of the times- revolutionary, inventive, univer­ sal in its viewpoint. Born of the marriage of tech­ nology and communications, the new modern survived its infancy during the industrial revolution ancT an awkward adolescencc of experimentation. Now its time has come, and the world of furniture may never be the same. Furnishings have characteristic­ ally mirrored the culture that produced it. The French may have borrowed a bit from the Italians, or the English from the French (and the Americans from everybody), but there has been, nonetheless, a definite look that said, 'this is Chinese, Danish or whatever.' dynamic and adventurous design. In time international modern Not so with international the problem of compactness being restrictions of the past. The new modern. An American manufac- faced by people around the world; plastics have few of the limita- turer may commission a Danish the disappearance of domestics; tions of conventional materials, will radically auer me way we designer to create a new chair interchange of art and ex- The result is freeform shapes, live. In the meantime, there is a that will be produced bv an Ita perience through travel; and the many bearing no resemblance to growing number of international lian firm uTing a plasfic^evelopwd soc'a' 'evolu,! of'.he young, his.o^s ,d=as about wha.a table njodm, tag. mjUH.:fartta in r.erm^nv final H«ion iTii or chair should look like. The person wno identities wun in uermany. i ne nnai oesign win International modern has plastic is being bent, molded, modern inventiveness and wants grown in two distinct directions, sculptured. It may have the visual to express that attitude in his One is toward a sparse, linear impression of flowing; it may ar- Jiome»__ architectural right angle crispness. -- not look Danish, American, Ita­ lian or German. Instead, it will have a definite personality of its own. International modern was in­ evitable. Rapid communications relay every new material spawned in iabs around the world. No matter where in the world a new material, method or machine is conceived it is instantly the pro­ perty of designers throughout the world. Communications relate us ar­ tistically. The specific environ­ ment one grows up in is becom­ ing less and less a dictator of taste or imagination for either designer or consumer. Undoubtedly the breakthrough in synthetics jias been the major force behind the development of an international modern. But there have also been powerful Generally mobil it rarely strays from its first purpose, function. Storage is built in to serve every item a person could'possess. More than not it is made of plastic, often in brilliant paintbox pure colors. Exquisitely Spartan, decoration is non-existent; hardware that is necessary for its function is the only adornment. It tends to be intellectual, but in the hands of a good designer, with good proportions, strong color (which may be pristine white) and the ingenious use of space, it is not sterile. The other direction interna­ tional modern has pursued has only one definitive characteristic --change. Here is where the bold new world is explored. Because other influences: the world wHr~of lhe cxp|osion 0Hf the new |as. move into apartments creating tics (andK ,h are d £ f whole new ideas about furniture; them) designers are free from ,hc ENERAL CONSTRUCTS • Additions • Roofing • Concrete Work • Remodeling Gets FREE Estimate/ Call 312-497-4104J\nytime AND ASK FOR CHRIS SET RECORD - First community to complete its fund drive in the current Cancer Crusade was Whispering Hills subdivision. 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