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<em>Design Review</em> cover

From 1948 Design Review was an influential New Zealand architecture and interior design magazine, which also contained articles about music and films. It was one of a number of new magazines and books that aimed to educate New Zealanders about modernist principles.

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Reference: Design Review 3, no. 1 (July-August 1950)

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Nancy Swarbrick, Home décor and furnishings – Modernism, 1940s to 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/40719/design-review-cover (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 15 January 2013.