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In1900,SwedishdesignreformerandsocialtheoristEllenKeypublishedTheCenturyoftheChild,presagingthecomingcenturyasaperiodofintensifiedfocusandprogressivethinkingaroundtherights,development,andwellbeingofchildren.TakinginspirationfromKey–andlookingbackthroughthetwentiethcentury–thisvolume,publishedtoaccompanyanexhibitionatTheMuseumofModernArt,examinesindividualandcollectivevisionsforthematerialworldofchildren,fromutopiandreamsforthe‘citizensofthefuture’tothedarkrealitiesofpoliticalconflictandexploitation.Surveyingmorethanonehundredyearsofschoolarchitecture,clothing,toys,children’shospitals,nurseries,furniture,posters,animationandbooks,thisrichlyillustratedcatalogueilluminateshowprogressivedesignhasenhancedthephysical,intellectualandemotionaldevelopmentofchildrenand,conversely,howmodelsofchildren’splayhaveinformedexperimentalaestheticsandimaginativedesignthinking–engendering,intheprocess,reappraisalsofsomeoftheiconicnamesintwentieth-centurydesignandenrichingtheunfoldingnarrativeofmoderndesignwithother,lessfamiliarfigures.
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