Festival of Britain Style

フェスティバル様式 / 1951–1950s / Style / Public Design

Postwar Britain's bright modernism spreading from the 1951 festival site: thin legs, molecular patterns and light script faces turning post-austerity optimism into a national visual language.

Thin legs, light structures / Molecule and crystal patterns / Light script lettering / Festive color

Festival of Britain Style — スカイロン 1951（CC BY-SA 4.0） — スカイロン 1951（CC BY-SA 4.0）／サウスバンク会場 1951（CC BY-SA 2.0）

Festival of Britain Style — サウスバンク会場 1951（CC BY-SA 2.0） — スカイロン 1951（CC BY-SA 4.0）／サウスバンク会場 1951（CC BY-SA 2.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for: Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type: Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition: Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material: Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution: Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study: Abram Games's festival emblem / the Festival Pattern Group / Contemporary-style furniture

Related entries

Mid-Century Modern (ミッドセンチュリー・モダン)
Brussels Style (ブリュッセル様式)

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