architecture

I’ve always wondered about the homes/buildings used in the Poirot series. I ran across this article and literally went “Yes”. While Poirot was set in the 1930s, the designers for the long-running ITV series tried to avoid delivering a kitsche Art-Deco celebration. The producers, led by Brian Eastman were true to spirit of the more important International Moderne. In a recent Guardian article, Eastman said “..the TV set was 30s ‘moderne’, not actually Art Deco, because Agatha Christie had explained in a profile of Poirot that Art Deco was too flamboyant for him”.[1]. That is not to say that the Poirot TV episodes weren’t aRead More →