If you grew up coming home from school and making a B line for the tv to watch the Brady Brunch and you loved watching Marcia, Greg and co fly down the big stair case into the sunken den or family room, then this exhibit will feel very familiar.
Qld Art Gallery has the California Design exhibition running for a few more weeks and it's full of things that will trigger your nostalgia of a West Coast American influenced childhood.
Whilst I don't recall the Brady's ever heading off in an Airstream the exhibition show cases all the iconic inventions and design styles that came out of California in the 35 year period from 1930.
It shows how fashion evolved through the wars and out the other side when women were demanding more modern clothing, but designers were conscious of wastage and came up with some very clever ways to minimize quantity of fabric used.
Furniture features strongly and the influence from the Europeans is also explained. Can't you see the Brady's sitting beside Max and 99 on this lounge above?
I loved the architectural aspect. I remember in grade 6 deciding I wanted to be an architect like Mr Brady.
Thanks for the memories Jan, Greg, Marcia, Peter, Cindy and Bobby.
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