This lecture will consider the role of the T. Eaton Company in promoting and fostering radio culture in Canada. It will look especially at radio catalogues produced by the retailer as visual evidence of how the new medium was imagined and sold to Canadian publics.
Biography:
Michael Windover is Associate Professor and Head of Art & Architectural History at Carleton University and Adjunct Curator of design at Ingenium: Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation. He is a historian of modern architecture, design, and material culture, with particular interests in the intersections of architecture with other media and intimate spaces of public culture.
Note:
Sponsored in part by Dalhousie Architechural Press
Image: Ingenium, Radio E1466 0318 1935-1936.
Ornamentum is the only magazine that explores the large spectrum of decorative arts in Canada. From furniture, ceramics, glass, metal work, graphics and textiles through to aspects of architecture, industrial, interior and landscape design. Written for a broad readership and generously illustrated with beautiful photography, Ornamentum celebrates material culture in all its forms and expression. Find out more HERE.
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