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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs & Antiques magazine will tomorrow unveil a 1950s living room at London's Royal Festival Hall, as part of the Southbank Centre's 60th anniversary celebrations of the Festival of Britain. The room will be on display in the Museum of 51 at the Royal Festival Hall for four months over the summer (April 22-September 4) and will be seen by some 200,000 visitors.

With its bright colours and abstract, atomic-inspired patterns by designers who made their name at the original festival, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs & Antiques Living Room will whisk visitors back to the 1950s as well as reflecting the ongoing vogue for many of these designs today.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs & Antiques' resident stylist Kiera Buckley-Jones has scoured the country for suitable vintage items and the room will feature an Ercol sofa, an original GW Evans sideboard, G-Plan dining table and chairs, and vivid 1950s fabrics and wallpapers re-issued by Sanderson. The public will be encouraged to record their memories of the 1951 event and impressions of the current celebrations on an interactive telephone placed in the room.

The magazine team was invited to create the room by designers Wayne and Gerardine Hemmingway, following the success of a smaller Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs & Antiques 1950s living room at the Hemmingways' Vintage at Goodwood festival last August.

Angela Linforth, Editor of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs & Antiques, commented: "The Festival of Britain was a landmark event for design in Britain and we're sure these 60th anniversary celebrations will attract huge interest, among both the design world and the general public. We're delighted to have such a strong presence at the Royal Festival Hall and we hope it will introduce many new readers to our brand and everything it has to offer."

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About Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs & Antiques
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs & Antiques is the must-read glossy for people who love great design and beautiful objects from every era. The official magazine of the long-running Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV series Antiques Roadshow, readers enjoy advice from their favourite experts along with inspiring, achievable interiors, sizzling style and decorating ideas and up-to-the-minute shopping guides to help make their design dreams a reality.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs & Antiques has a monthly circulation of 60,959 (ABC Jul-Dec 2010) and is published by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Magazines Bristol, a trading name of Bristol Magazines Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide Ltd, the main commercial consumer arm of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.

Carolyn Wray