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Capturing a Region Before It Disappears: Tom Hicks' Black Country Type II

Capturing a Region Before It Disappears: Tom Hicks' Black Country Type II

There are places that exist more powerfully in collective memory than on any official map, and the Black Country is one of them. Straddling the fou...

Righting a Wrong: Why We've Reprinted Modernist Graphic Design in Britain 1945–1980 in Paperback

Some books deserve to reach more people. When we first published Modernist Graphic Design in Britain 1945–1980 by Ian McLaren and Tony Pritchard, w...

twenty twenty five

we've exhibited stockport pigeons and concrete sound mirrors, and delivered activities from bristol to glasgow. We've mooched from Marylebone to Pe...

Capturing the Everyday: Commonplace Magazine Launches This Autumn

There's something quietly radical about pausing to notice the world around us. In an age of endless digital scroll, a new publication is asking us ...

New Board Member/s Required (Voluntary)

Do you have experience of Financial Management or Accounting, as well as a fascination with modernist architecture and design? The Modernist Societ...

twenty twenty four

from telephone exchanges to classic cars, and from bury to milan - its been a busy year As we reflect on the past year, it's clear that it has been...

Got an idea for an exhibition?

We run a programme of rolling exhibitions at our small city centre gallery and we'd like to hear from you if you have an idea for / or existing w...

Discover the Modernist City

For over fifteen years, the Modernist Society has been championing and exploring the often the under-appreciated architecture and design of the 20t...

A Time ⋅ A Place

the modernist launch crowdfunder to publish new book - A Time ⋅ A Place Enthusiasts of mid-century architecture and admirers of classic cars ar...

twenty twenty three

from swansea, to marylebone via the black country and back It feels like just a few weeks since we were writing the review of twenty twenty two, an...

Call for Creative Contributions : Locus Lancaster: Campus, Place and Experience

2024 is the 60th anniversary of the granting of the Royal Charter that set out the powers and purpose of Lancaster University. On Saturday March 2...

ILLUMINATE: Architecture & Light : Competition

Get your cameras at the ready! Leeds Modernist Society is launching a photography competition and exhibition which celebrates the interplay between...

A call for artists - In Case You Missed It

Be part of our celebration of UMIST. We are pleased to announce an open call for our winter exhibition 'In Case You Missed it' With the forthcomin...