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  • Until Jan 11 2009
    • Critics' Choice
  • V&A, Cromwell Rd, London, SW7 2RL
  • V&A

  • Posted: Wed Oct 1

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    It was not just the political map that was transformed by the Cold War, but the visual world changed irrevocably too. From the brutalist architecture of the Eastern bloc to the futuristic domestic designs of Dieter Rams at Braun, culture shouldered some of the burden of postwar growing pains between 1945 and 1970, while also experimenting with the latest technologies and materials. The V&A continues its brilliant series of annual design blockbusters by gathering over 300 objects that reflect both the fears of nuclear devastation (in Stanley Kubrick's satirical 'Dr Strangelove') and the fantasies of space flight (with an original Sputnik and an Apollo Mission suit) that characterised this anxious era
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  1. Posted by ollyd on 03 Oct 2008 13:04

    a mix of screen printing and wallpapers mm nice with a N

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  • V&A, Cromwell Rd, London, SW7 2RL
    , UK
    Geo: 51.496820, -0.172507
  • 020 7942 2000, booking on 0870 906 3883 or
  • www.vam.ac.uk
  • Category: Art museums & institutions
  • Times: Daily10am-5.45pm, every Fri until 10pm. For 2 for 1 offer until Oct 31 see www.timeout.com/2for1
  • Price: £9, seniors £7, students, 12-17 years £5
  • Tube: South Kensington

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