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ISSUE 51 April/May 2020 ve Contents Cover: Mid 20th century chair with interesting woven leather upholstery, inspired by the 19th century Roorkhee campaign chair. Courtesy campaignfurniture.com FEATURES 6 War & Pieces Specifically made to disassemble for ease of travel, campaign furniture is ingenious – and very stylish. By Sean Clarke 10 “A Tonic for the Nation” The 1951 Festival of Britain gave Britons a much needed boost after the deprivations suffered during the Second World War. Perhaps we’ll be celebrating another in 2021? By Karyn Sparks 14 Modernism in Devon This spectacular Grade-II Listed house in Brixham is a prime example of the Modern Movement in Britain 19 Milanese Women Series three: Cini Boeri designed showrooms for Knoll, furniture for Arflex, lighting for Artemide and homewares for Rosenthal to name a few – not bad going for a woman who trained as an architect! By Alessandro Morelli 25 My Moonbase Alpha Live your dreams, they say, and Catherine Bujold is certainly living hers. Welcome to the future! 30 Space Silver Björn Weckström’s 1960s space-age silversmithing has won him fans all round the world... and in a galaxy far, far away 32 Celluloid Dreams Lots of of little boys love James Bond. But for Jez Speed, it was the incredible set designs by Ken Adam that turned a passing fancy into a lifelong obsession I STARTED OUT this issue with VE Day in mind, as it would be 75 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the war in Europe, back on 8th May 1945. It was an opportunity to reflect on the enormous sacrifice, courage and determination of people from all walks of life who saw us through that dark and terrifying period. Little did I, or any one of us know that we ourselves would be beginning a war with an invisible enemy in 2020, and once again be in a situation where we are relying on the sacrifice, courage and care of others – in particular our doctors and nurses. I know that the large majority of those reading this issue will be like ourselves, a small businesses and self employed, which brings with it enormous uncertainty. Our trade is fragile at the best of times, and many will struggle to make ends meet. So, with the likelihood of people spending a bit more time in front of their computers over the next few months, I’ll be encouraging a lot more online interaction through the trade. We’ll be keeping you up-to-date online as events unfold, and be re-running some of your favourite articles – including our very popular and now sold out, ‘Bowie’ issue – to help keep you busy. I hope you’ll enjoy this Flip-book issue which includes a great selection of interesting articles relating to the wartime years, plus a couple of re-runs from one of my personal favourites: VE no.3 The Space Age Issue. You can also click through to our fantastic advertisers, who despite the current circumstance, have still run their adverts in support of VE – I can’t thank you enough for your generosity! In the meantime, if we can help your business in any way, perhaps by letting buyers know you’re still ‘virtually’ open for business, then please do get in touch. Hopefully as you’re reading this we’ll all be a little clearer as to what help we’ll be receiving to get through this, so that we can come out the other side with our health and businesses still intact. In the meantime, the message has never been clearer – be kind and be safe. Until next time... www.vintagexplorer.co.uk ve / April-May 2020 / 3 Karyn x