Signs of the Times : A Portrait of the Nation’s Tastes

Edition : First / Manchester / Cornerhouse / 1992 / Softcover. / VG+ / VG+
4to, Unpaginated (ca 68pp). Printed wraps as issued. Numerous Colour plates. Text in English.

In 1990, an advertisment was placed in the local press up and down Britain seeking volunteers for a survey of all aspects of their personal taste. From the 2000 respondents, 50 households were chosen featuring a range of age, gender, racial background, social class, region and type of personality. The resulting documentary survey reveals the dreams of ordinary British people: of country houses and Tuscan villas, Scandanavian cabins and high-tec Chicago offices filtered through the discount furniture warehouses and off-the-peg designer shops. This project is a serious exploration of British taste. With poignant, comic and controversial results, it uniquely reveals the ‘good taste’ of the British heartland.

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