Design to win the Cold War

It seems incredible that the battle to win people's hearts and minds during the cold war that divided Europe and much of the rest of the world during the years following the Second World War could be symbolised by an American kitchen! The National Art Gallery of the Lithuanian Art Museum autumn exhibition Cold War Modern: Design 1945-70 explains how this was made possible as it examines contemporary design, architecture, film and popular culture on both sides of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War era. You can visit it in Vilnius from October 2 to December 7, 2009.
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