![]() And what you’ll see are many of the original spreads, if you will – not the centerfolds but the spreads from the magazines showing where the design came from and how it was prevalent in the magazines. Gibbs: The exhibit is focused on a few themes: transportation, the bachelor pad are the primary ones. We went issue by issue to look at the many ways in which architecture and design are presented in the magazine. There cannot be sex without modern architecture, and I think that’s really extraordinary.īrandis Friedman: The exhibition started with a research seminar at Princeton University.Ĭolomina: It came together because I realized there was a lot of modern architecture and design in the magazine. Modern architecture provides the environment and the tools that are necessary, according to Playboy, for seduction. ![]() And part of that, of course, was the design for the bachelor pad, which was all about using the furniture, and your electronics – your phonograph – to create this perfect environment for seduction.īeatriz Colomina, professor, Princeton University: You cannot seduce without modern architecture. ![]() Jenny Gibbs, director, Elmhurst Art Museum: Playboy magazine played a huge role in influencing a taste for midcentury – it wasn’t "midcentury" at the time, it was just "modern" – art and architecture. ![]()
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