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Designing the Decades

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Designing the Decades: Episode 3: Designing the 80s

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Episode 3: Designing the 80s

Designing the 80s

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The 1980s were characterised by yuppies, shoulder pads and excess cash.

Series on modern design. A look at the 1980s, the decade of the designer-suited yuppie, the filofax, the Sinclair C5 and Richard Rogers's Lloyd's building.

The series charting modern design in Britain through the latter half of the 20th century looks at the 1980s, a time characterised by yuppies, shoulder pads and excess cash. 

Stories include designer Paul Smith, a look at the ultimate 80s status symbols - the filofax, Porsche 911, Sony Walkman, Amstrad computers - and the most expensive building Britain had ever seen, Lloyds of London. 

With contributions from Paul Smith, Janet Street-Porter, Richard Rogers, James Dyson, Alan Sugar and Christopher Frayling.

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