The 1950's
Towards the end, the majority of countries had largely recovered from World War II. Clashes of communism and capitalism dominated the decade, especially in the Northern Hemisphere of the world along with increased testing of nuclear weapons therefore creating a politically conservative climate.
The 1950s were the start of the age of the consumer. The post-war brought massive changes in the average home; it was out with the old and in with the new more modernised style of living. Open-plan living was introduced, and the fitted kitchen with brand new appliances, primary coloured decor with abstract and geometric shapes.
The 1960's
The 1960s were all free love, flower power and pop music and everything to do with the "Hippy" style. The previous decade's love of American design was replaced, as Swinging London became the centre of all the everyday homes of funky shapes, patterns
The style of the past decades had rejected historical influences in the spirit of rebellion. The result is a ragbag of styles recieved from all over, including Victorian and Edwardian, and the 1920s. But it was not just about replicating past styles; everything was given an irreverent twist to make it all its own.
Pop art and op art led the1960s. Artists such as Andy Warhol and David Hockney with their pop art references to the culture / generation of time (soup cans, comic strips, images of icons like Marilyn Monroe) crossed over into interiors, and on to murals, wallpaper and posters and just about everywhere. Similarly, op art with its use of pattern and colour to simulate movement found its way into everyday living from everything from furniture to wallpaper. Artists such as Bridget Riley, who works with black and white in the majority of pieces of art, became the vogue.
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