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Article: Lots of energy: with Christie's auction house set to host a 1960s Pop Art sale: associate director of modern design Simon Andrews tells Hannah Booth about his mission to source the pieces and why he thinks an auction is such a buzz.(Pop Furniture)
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- Design Week
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- June 24, 2004
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FOR most people, the 1960s are synonymous with music, fashion, photography, sex, society, film and art. But not design. Names such as Twiggy, The Beatles, David Hockney, Peter Blake, Julie Christie, David Bailey and Terence Donovan trip lightly off the tongue. The likes of Max Clendinning, Bernard Holdaway, David Bartlett and Ian Ballantine, less so.
These are just a few of the many product designers featured in a 1960s Pop Art sale at London auction house Christie's next week--the first of its kind. The sale comes as London, in particular, is celebrating the swinging decade like never before. Leading the way is Tate Britain's Art and the 60s: This Was Tomorrow, ...
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