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Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things Design Museum, London January 30, 2013 – January 4, 2014 Statement: «The Design Museum has the UK’s only collection devoted exclusively to contemporary design and architecture. This new permanent collection display reveals intriguing insights in the most exceptional of everyday objects. The opening of the museum’s permanent collection marks an […]

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Metahaven: Islands in the Cloud

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Metahaven: Islands in the Cloud MoMA PS1, New York January 20 – April 1, 2013 Statement: «Founded by Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden in 2007 as a design and research studio, Metahaven has come to define a new methodology in graphic design. The studio’s speculative practice privileges the vocabulary of graphic design as […]

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Project Projects: Test Fit

Saturday, November 17, 2012

(via manystuff) Project Projects: Test Fit November 17, 2012 – April 28, 2013 Art Institute, Chicago (Gallery 286) Statement: «Project Projects, a New York–based graphic design firm led by Prem Krishnamurthy, Adam Michaels, and Rob Giampietro, has become known for developing publications, exhibitions, and identities for a range of cultural institutions and educational organizations, as […]

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Small Stories Bigger Picture (Visual Storytelling)

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Small Stories Bigger Picture MOTI Museum of the Image, Breda, NL September 13 – December 16, 2012 Curators: Sven Ehmann (Gestalten) and Dennis Elbers (MOTI) Statement: «Who doesn’t want to fly like a bird? And who doesn’t want to witness that? Human Bird wings, a portrait of the fictitious character Jarno Smeets and his attempts […]

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The Magic of Things: Product Posters
Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The Magic of Things: Product Posters Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, CH August 29, 2012 – January 6, 2013 Statement: «“The Magic of Things” explores a by-and-large obsolete advertising strategy in the area of the product poster: banal, everyday objects – butter, a sewing machine or shoes – are presented as desirable objects that entice us […]

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Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich

We Demand Happiness!

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

We Demand Happiness! Protest posters 1975-1985 MOTI Museum of the Image, Breda, NL August 28, 2012 – February 1, 2013 Curator: Geert Lovink Statement: «During the governement formation, MOTI will be presenting a new exhibition called We Demand Happiness! In our present era of crisis and revolution, the museum will be looking back on protest […]

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Zak Kyes Working With…
Chicago

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Zak Kyes Working With… from Graham Foundation on Vimeo. Zak Kyes Working With… Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, June 14 – September 23, 2012 See the older post about Zak Kyes Working With… in Leipzig and in London.

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Chicago

100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design
Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich

Friday, February 10, 2012

100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, CH February 10 – June 03, 2012 Statement: «Swiss graphic design – one of the country’s leading products – is encountered everywhere. While a single individual style cannot be identified, a certain common approach is evident. This is revealed in the striking awareness of quality […]

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Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich

Unplugged. Mirko Borsche. Design Works!
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

Friday, January 13, 2012

Unplugged. Mirko Borsche. Design Works! Pinakothek der Moderne, Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum, Munich, DE January 13 – March 18, 2012 Statement: «Graphic design for the Bayerische Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra and Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich – but also for Munich’s subcultures. For the Bavarian State Opera – […]

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Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

Supermart

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Supermart Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL December 13, 2011 – April 1, 2012 Curator: Toon Lauwe; with Hendrik-Jan Grievink and Niels Engel Statement: «MOTI presents ‘SUPERMART’, a narrative exhibition on packaging design. Placing the seemingly everyday on a pedestal, SUPERMART is an exhibition in which packaging plays the lead. By presenting icons such as Coca […]

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