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Head to https://modernshows.com homepage for our latest NEWSLETTER telling you of our services PROPERTY STAGERS MIXING MIDCENTURY, ANTIQUES and MODERN STAGING CONSULTANCY PR FOR VINTAGE DEALERS and MODERN DESIGN BRANDS SHOWS MIXING MIDCENTURY and MODERN SOURCING BUYING AND SELLING TV and follow @midcentury_modern and @midmodmadam - our instagram of 51.2K followers STAGING high-end properties in a mix of antique, midcentury and modern for developers working with estate agencies like The Modern House, new site Inigo and Mr and Mrs Clarke. 'Modern Shows arrived with great style and charm to create a wonderful and authentic space within our modern development in Barnsbury.' Robin and Susan Hodges architects 'Modern Shows are a rare breed, very personable, very pragmatic with a great eye for design and detail. Their thoughtful, considered approach has really embellished our properties. It has been a joy working with them.’ Nick Glendinning, Nest Development 'Their dressing of our show house really helped to sell the property. The mid-century modern furniture and contemporary design created an aspirational setting that allowed potential buyers to envisage themselves in the space and aspire to purchase.’ Jonathan Rose, developer SHOWSOrganisers for Midcentury Modern® Dulwich College and Midcentury Modern® at Goldfinger's Haggerston school (as well as pop ups at museums and galleries including The Hepworth Gallery and De la Warr Pavilion) Collectors' paradise that attracts top financiers, famous designers, celebrity artists and anyone who loves interiors. "Midcentury Modern® is design heaven to me" Orla Kiely “Love Scandinavian and American Modernism, European Bauhaus, British, French and German Industrial? Looking for a huge range of prices and styles from the best in 20C design classics and modern collectables? Find it here at the celebrated show backed by Elle Decoration that has been lauded as a top shopping experience by Time Out, Monocle, Rough Guide to Vintage London, Grand Designs and the London Design Guide.” Design Addict "It's like visiting a design museum where you can sit on the classics, talk to knowledgable people and then take the exhibits home with you. I enjoy every show immensely and would recommend them to any lover of design" Matthew Hilton www.matthewhilton.com
Next Fair: Midcentury Modern® at Dulwich College. Sunday 23 March 2025. Spotted shopping at Midcentury Modern® and Midcentury East: Actors Olivia Colman, Andrew Garfield, Jason Statham, fashion designers Jonathan Saunders and Mary Karantzou, Tyler Brule, Katy Grand, Susie Bubble, Christina Schmidt, Tom Dixon, Orla Kiely, Patrick Kielty, Ben de Lisi, Stephen Merchant, Matthew Bannister, Jenny Eclair, Jimmy Carr, Artists Dinos Chapman and Mike Nelson, SCP’s Sheridan Coakley, Russell Pinch and Matthew Hilton, Mary Portas Queen of Shops, South Bank buyers, Tate Shop buyers, The Crafts Council, James Bond set designers, The Conran Design team, Case furniture team, Heals furniture department, Camilla Nicholls, Dominic Palfreyman, Bruce Haines, Ian Rudge, top property developers, interior designers, stylists, lawyers, accountants, consultants, hedge-funders. interiors lovers
MIDCENTURY MODERN® fair takes place every March and November Dulwich College Go to WWW.MODERNSHOWS.COM for information on all our events and join the mailing list for fair prompts. Visit our behind the scenes blogs insidemodernism.co.uk and modernshowspropertystaging.com
'Modern Shows® are a rare breed, very personable, very pragmatic and a great eye for design and detail. Their thoughtful, considered approach has really embellished our properties. It has been a joy working with them.’ Nick Glendinning, Nest Development Speed up the process of selling with a carefully curated mix of midcentury & modern. A leap away from the showhome look, we mix patinated heritage pieces with cool contemporary to make your home stand out. With our archive of museum standard furniture and collectables, more than a thousand dealers at our fingertips and a reputation built up over 15 years we have access to everything from Eames, Cherner, Bertoia and Nelson to top contemporary pieces for a discount. Jobs include dining and snug for Danish company Adform and Saatchi and Sattchi and dining and deli decor for Brindisa restaurants as well as regular work on projects for The Modern House and Inigo estate agencies including The Invisible House, Chadwell Mews in islington and Black House Farm. Modern Shows® dressing of our show house really helped to sell the property. The mid-century modern furniture and contemporary design created an aspirational setting that allowed potential buyers to envisage themselves in the space and aspire to purchase. ’ Jonathan Rose, Delbanco, Meyer and Co Ltd
Lucy Ryder Richardson and Petra Curtis curate, market and produce highly regarded fairs and pop ups that reflect the current trend for midcentury design classics mixed with modern design. Often interviewed by journalists including those at the Financial Times, Monocle, BBC Homes and Antiques, Grazia this top 50 UK 'interiors shop' according to The Telegraph's Stylist magazines garnered praise from Time Out, Elle Decoration, Camper and Grand Designs www.modernshows.com. Lucy and Petra also source for people from private collectors looking for investment pieces to interior projects for CURRENT CLIENT The Modern House estate agency. We decorate new developments for sale and they often appear on their website (check out Barnsbury Square, Linen Mews, Falkland Road, Yoxford, Kentish Town). PAST CLIENTS include Saatchi & Saatchi, Danish company Adform and Brindisa restaurants. MIDCENTURY EAST Haggerston school, was every October, postponed until further notice due to logistics. MIDCENTURY MODERN® at the HEPWORTH June Hepworth Gallery Yorkshire (currently awaiting building work to finish) In 2018 we were offered a large space to pop up at the David Chipperfield designed Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield where we held another fair in 2019. In 2014 Modern shows® was given a window and party by Skandium/Republic of Fritz Hansen. Also in 2014 Modern Shows® was given a large residential space gratis, Loud & Western, in an old laundry in Fulham by Verve properties to show in for three days with 20 dealers specialising in C20 Icons and industrial In 2012 and 2013 Modern Shows were invited to create a Midcentury Modern® pop up at Design Junction taking over a quarter of the ground floor of this show during London Design Festival LDF with a mix of dealers and designers that got rave reviews. In 2011 Modern Shows® was asked by the Southbank and The Hemingways to be official furniture curators at Vintage Festival Southbank.