Author: Clarke, Alison

Source: Home Cultures, Volume 3, Number 2, July 2006 , pp. 191-193(3)

Publisher: Berg Publishers

Abstract:

Inspired by the banal contraptions of domestic security so commonplace in the British urban street, designer Matthias Megyeri, creates bespoke designs for the paranoid home. His repertoire includes the affectionately titled "Mr Smish and Madame Buttly" razor wire, intricately patterned but deceptively vicious barbed wire, that can be commissioned separately or together "as the dream team of security." Similarly, the benign, animal figure finials "R. Bunnit, Peter Pin & Didoo," with smiley faces and floppy ears, transform iron security railings into an endearing set of cartoon-like characters. Other products include "BillyB," a bear-shaped padlock, "Heart to Heart," a heart-linked heavy-duty chain, and "CityCat TV," a friendly cat-shaped CCTV camera.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/174063106778053192

Publication date: 2006-07-01

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• Home Cultures is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the critical understanding of the domestic sphere, its artifacts, spaces and relations, across timeframes and cultures. 'Home' is a highly fluid and contested site of human existence that reflects and reifies identities and values.
  
  In this context Home Cultures explores the relationship between body and building, consumption, material culture, the meaning of home, moving cultures and social consequences of planning and architecture.
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