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Watching the early rays of sun dilute the darkness of night, it occurs to me how difficult it is to discuss light. My reaction is primal, and to summarise and share the feelings \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI have, as I witness daybreak, seems almost facetious.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd yet, this is what we have asked this issue’s contributors to do; to engage with the theme of light, with all its interpretations, and make sense of this most fundamental of energies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen I am out at dawn, and I see the initial tear in the night sky, through which the dull blue of first light becomes visible, my senses sharpen, and for the next forty-five minutes I am fully alive.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach of our contributors have similarly been stimulated by sources of light, whether that be natural or created by humans.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn discussing the theme of light, we cannot ignore the darkness; of shadows, of sheltered corners, of the night. We live in light and shade, and our urban spaces are constructed by architects and designers to capture the wonder of light and shade, and we are then guided through a range of emotions as we contemplate the streets, buildings and rooms in which we spend our time on earth. (Simon Buckley)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSIMON BUCKLEY is the creator and director of the Manchester-based Not Quite Light project. 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Modernisation was consensual and seen as a civic enterprise as well as an economic imperative. ‘M’ for Municipal, here, could easily be (small) ‘p’ for political.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis issue is a love letter and a lament for the architecture and design of the state and its structures. At a time when the UK government is ideologically orientated towards a ‘lean state’, it seems relevant to ask, ‘what did the state ever do for us?’I hope that this edition of The Modernist gently provokes the reader to consider who and what we design for, and why it might be important to us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Brook  (guest editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 4\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRichard Brook is the Director of Research at Lancaster University’s School of Architecture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e60 pages b\u0026amp;w and colour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e200mm x 200mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect bound\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ethe modernist magazine\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 5\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe modernist offers unique perspectives on 20th-century architecture and design. With its pages full of bus stops, B-roads and concrete — you won’t find any swaying fields of wheat here. But don’t be fooled by all the municipal mundanity; warm and endearingly nerdy, this is an unconventional but nonetheless idyllic picture of Britain. In these strange times, there is solace to be found in the quiet fanaticism of this magazine.\" (Stack Magazines)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Centrala Cafe \u0026 Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43549528883456,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/7904\/1197\/products\/IMG_7314.jpg?v=1674067030"},{"product_id":"the-modernist-magazine-issue-41-landscape","title":"the modernist magazine issue #41 LANDSCAPE","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLANDSCAPE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn issue number 41 (themed LANDSCAPE), acclaimed Manchester designer Trevor Johnson joins the modernist magazine, alongside Craig Johnson and Lily Platt and they remind us that it can be cool to be square.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eTrevor \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eforged his reputation in the days of the 80s \u0026amp; 90s Madchester rave scene with designs for the legendary Hacienda nightclub and its owners Factory Records, also creating branding for some of the region’s leading organisations including Manchester United FC, Manchester International Airport, and Granada Television, and in a close association with many of the region’s main architects and developers was at the start of Manchester’s urban renaissance.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Enlighten Manchester)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 5\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuest Edited by Corinna Dean\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe can read landscapes as dynamic relations between the human, the non- human and the worlds they inhabit, always incomplete and in a state of transmission, undergoing processes of decay and growth, enhanced by ecological systems or degraded by misuse. These changes are crucial in terms of how we look back at history and forwards in terms of responsible programming, custodianship and care. This Landscape issue attempts to reveal these changes whether it is through an artificial incision, as was the case of the reconfiguration of the Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Herzog \u0026amp; de Meuron with Ai Weiwei, into a Sussex landscape or the design of an ecological park in the shadow of the Bridgewater nuclear park at a time when white energy was celebrated as a solution to cheap universal energy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCorinna Dean is a lecturer at the School of Architecture + Cities, University of Westminster, a member of the research group Expanded Territories and runs the Archive for Contemporary Rural Architecture, ARCA, which explores sites through interventions, art projects and text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e72 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eb\u0026amp;w and colour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e200mm x 200mm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerfect bound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ethe modernist magazine\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 5\" class=\"page\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 2\" class=\"page\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe modernist offers unique perspectives on 20th-century architecture and design. 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The truth is that the modernist magazine has always had a great amount of support and, fundamentally, we would not be reaching issue number 40 without the loyalty and support of all our contributors and readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReaching 40 issues for most magazines is an achievement, but for a magazine that carries no advertising and is run on a shoestring it is most certainly something to celebrate. One of the main reasons we feel that the magazine has prospered\u003cbr\u003eis that it is essentially written by its readers. We aim to include contributions from a variety of people and backgrounds and, as such, we like to think we have a broad appeal in a very narrow subject.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe are eternally grateful to the writers, photographers, designers, artists, architects, poets and others who seek no categorisation for making the magazine what is has been and what it has become. We are especially grateful to all our editors and guest editors, and to our designers to date – Des Lloyd Behari, Thomas Ulrik Madsen, Jonathan Hitchen and Daniel James – for making the magazine look consistently, constituently beautiful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this spirit of collaboration, we present to you issue 40 KUDOS, in which we have invited some of the many friends that we have made over the last 10 years to give kudos to one of their favourite subjects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt only goes for us to say that the biggest thank you should go to you, our readers, who continue to support our humble little magazine. As long as you continue\u003cbr\u003eto buy and enjoy it, we will continue to make it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*just like the Beano Summer Special this is a whopping bumper edition..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e125 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerfect bound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ethe modernist magazine\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 5\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe modernist offers unique perspectives on 20th-century architecture and design. 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In these strange times, there is solace to be found in the quiet fanaticism of this magazine.\" (Stack Magazines)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Centrala Cafe \u0026 Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43549549953280,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/7904\/1197\/products\/IMG_7341.jpg?v=1674067634"},{"product_id":"romanian-socialist-modernist-black-sea-littoral-horia-brebeneanu","title":"Romanian Socialist Modernist : Black Sea Littoral - Horia Brebeneanu","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe photobook brings the stories about the development of state built resorts by the Black Sea and their demise after the fall of Communism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHoria Brebeneanu has been making Polaroid pictures of sea side resorts back in his native Romania. 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It's out there . For all to see. Whether we like it or not.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd i am glad it is.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe have all been living in lockdown for what seems like about 300 years and these little snatches of joy have been a tonic whilst galleries and spaces have been closed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSo here is a selection of some of the ones i've been fortunate to see. 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