The Modern Interior

1850 and 1939 were further played out in the years between 1940 and the

present day. The conclusion offers a reflection on the ever-growing com-

plexity of the relationship between the private and the public spheres

in the contemporary context which could facilitate, among other strange

phenomena, the bewildering presence of a living room in a shopping

mall. However, with ‘virtual’ space becoming as influential in our daily

lives as ‘physical’ space, the conclusion suggests, the concept of industrial

modernity may have been stretched to its limits and the time may have

come for us to think again about the meaning of ‘the modern interior’.

18

006_018_Modern_Intro:Layout 1 30/5/08 15:31 Page 18