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Artists saw Cubism or Futurism or Vorticism, a British avant-garde movement.

And corporate spiel as manifesto: Blanchett’s sleek blond CEO, all air kisses and coos of “darling,” reads reassuringly from index cards, her words drawing on statements from the Blue Rider movement as well as the schools of vorticism and abstract expressionism.

Italy’s Futurism and Britain’s Vorticism celebrated movement and even violence, enthusiasms that lost some appeal because of two world wars.

A round 1940s mahogany table, supporting a classical-style bronze nude, centers the lofty space, while the floor is softened by a chain-stitch carpet—a Hicks design for the Rug Company—bearing radiant motifs inspired by Britain's Vorticism movement of the early 20th century.

It was an eccentric idea inspired by the most cutting edge contemporary art of the time; namely Cubism, Futurism and Vorticism.