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| Interior of The QE2, the height of sixties glamour |
Sixties glamour will come to The Glasgow School of Art next spring
in an exhibition featuring the stylish interiors of the last great Clyde-built
passenger liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, it was announced today, 24 November 2017.
in an exhibition featuring the stylish interiors of the last great Clyde-built
passenger liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, it was announced today, 24 November 2017.
Fifty years ago this luxury liner, which marked a high point in British post-war design, left its cradle
in Glasgow at the start of an illustrious and lengthy career on the blue riband
route across the Atlantic.
in Glasgow at the start of an illustrious and lengthy career on the blue riband
route across the Atlantic.
In this special exhibition curated by Bruce
Peter, Professor of Design History at the GSA, the ship, which involved a
number of very significant British architects, industrial, interior and graphic
designers will be presented through imagery and ephemera including beautiful
full colour photographs of the glamorous interiors.
Peter, Professor of Design History at the GSA, the ship, which involved a
number of very significant British architects, industrial, interior and graphic
designers will be presented through imagery and ephemera including beautiful
full colour photographs of the glamorous interiors.
QE2
50 YEARS LATER runs in Reid Building from 10 February – 8 March 2018. Open daily 10am –
4.30pm. Entry free.
50 YEARS LATER runs in Reid Building from 10 February – 8 March 2018. Open daily 10am –
4.30pm. Entry free.
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For further information, images and
interviews contact:
interviews contact:
Lesley Booth
07799414474
press@gsa.ac.uk
@GSofAMedia
Note
for Editors
for Editors
Bruce
Peter
Peter
While an undergraduate student at the GSA in
the 1990s, Bruce Peter researched
and wrote his first book – about Glasgow’s historic cinema buildings and
cinema-going culture. Following his PhD, he has combined his interests in
leisure design with ships to write a number of books about cruise ship design.
the 1990s, Bruce Peter researched
and wrote his first book – about Glasgow’s historic cinema buildings and
cinema-going culture. Following his PhD, he has combined his interests in
leisure design with ships to write a number of books about cruise ship design.
Professor Bruce Peter’s research relates mainly to architecture and
design for transport and leisure and entertainment. His PhD investigated
relationships between architecture of pleasure and the modern movement in the
inter-war era. Subsequent research has examined the design and material culture
of cruise ships, ro-ro ferries and container shipping and logistics.
design for transport and leisure and entertainment. His PhD investigated
relationships between architecture of pleasure and the modern movement in the
inter-war era. Subsequent research has examined the design and material culture
of cruise ships, ro-ro ferries and container shipping and logistics.
Professor Peter has recently published ‘The Modern Hotel in
Britain’, a comprehensive history of British hotel architecture, interior
design and material culture, spanning from the 1920s until the 1970s. He has
also assisted the Victoria & Albert Museum with the curation of a major
international touring exhibition on the design of ocean liners and has
contributed two chapters to the accompanying catalogue.
Britain’, a comprehensive history of British hotel architecture, interior
design and material culture, spanning from the 1920s until the 1970s. He has
also assisted the Victoria & Albert Museum with the curation of a major
international touring exhibition on the design of ocean liners and has
contributed two chapters to the accompanying catalogue.