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Category Archives: Museums

The Popup Generation: Design between Dimensions

The Pop Up Generation: Design Between Dimensions Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL December 13, 2011 – April 12, 2012 Curator: Lidewij Edelkoort Statement: «In 2010, the Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake first presented a ground-breaking collection called 132 5. Working closely with a computer scientist, mathematical algorithms were designed into 3D shapes that are then […]

Zak Kyes Working With…
Leipzig

Zak Kyes Working With… Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig Museum for Contemporary Art, Leipzig, December 10, 2011 – March 18, 2012 Architectural Association, London, April 28 – May 26, 2012 Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, June 14 – September 23, 2012 Statement: «Zak Kyes is the recipient of the 2010 […]

Everyday Graphics

Everydaygraphics MOTI Breda at OBA Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, NL September 3 – December 17, 2011 Statement: «The satellite exhibition in the central Amsterdam public library is a cross-section of historic designs from the collection of the museum in relation to new and recently acquired work created in the 21st century. Everydaygraphics shows the diversity of […]

Graphic Detour: Crossing Borders in European Design

Graphic Detour: Crossing Borders in European Design Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL, June 11 – November 27, 2011 Direktorenhaus, Berlin, DE, December 16, 2011 – February 3, 2012 Curator: Erik Kessels (KesselsKramer) Statement: «Graphic Design isn’t what it used to be. Whereas traditional graphic design was a clearly defined craft, now technology allows anyone to […]

Connecting the Past and the Future
Graphic Design Museum, Breda

Connecting the Past and the Future Graphic Design Museum / Museum of the Image, Breda, NL January 15 – May 29, 2011 Statement: «The past and the present are always connected. And this has persuaded the Graphic Design Museum to make connections between the history and the future of graphic image culture. The exhibition Connecting […]

Graphic Design Worlds

Graphic Design Worlds Triennale Design Museum, Milan, IT January 6 – March 27, 2011 Curator: Giorgio Camuffo Assistant curator: Maddalena Dalla Mura Statement: «The Triennale Design Museum presents Graphic Design Worlds, the first major exhibition totally devoted to graphic design, that will be curated by Giorgio Camuffo. The Triennale Design Museum carries out this way […]

UnCOVERing Women

Uncovering Women Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL September 25, 2010 – May 29, 2011 Curator: Margriet van der Linden Statement: «In the 19th century wealthy women browsed through women’s magazines mainly out of boredom. In the 20th century, women became more aware of their role within the family and at work. Where women’s magazines were […]

Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design
Moravian Gallery, Brno

Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZ 24th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno June 23 – October 24, 2010 Curator: Rick Poynor Statement: «The Surrealist movement of the 1920s and 1930s focused on literature, painting, photography and the object, and the Surrealists’ publishing activities provided only hints of what a fully conceived […]

Shaping Time, by Lev Manovich

Shaping Time Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL May 11 [?] – June 2010 Curator: Lev Manovich Statement: «Lev Manovich is one of the most influential thinkers in the field of new media and digital culture. He is professor of visual arts at the University of California, San Diego and director of the Lab for Cultural […]

Take On Me (Take Me On)
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

Take On Me (Take Me On). An alternative production factory Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL Dutch Design Week 2009 October 17 – November 8, 2009 Curators: Freek Lomme and Hadas Zemer Statement: «During the Dutch Design Week 2009, from 17 to 25 October, the Van Abbemuseum presents Take on me (take me on), a live-exhibition project […]