Beginning in Palm Springs, Tim "Rosso" Ross reveals the origins of modernism, a philosophy of design that emerged in the early 20th century, embracing the idea of newness.

In episode two, Rosso discovers a turning point house in Perth. Modernist on the outside, with a moneyed makeover indoors, this home took to 80s chic like oversized perms took to fashion (as funny woman Kathy Lette tells us). Replete with wall to wall (and up the walls) shag pile carpeting and a ...