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Category Archives: Museums

Julia Born: Title of the Show
GfZK, Leipzig

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Julia Born: Title of the Show Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Lepzig, DE [INFORM Award for Conceptual Design] October 8 – November 29, 2009 Statement: «Together with the designer Laurenz Brunner, Julia Born has devised a large-scale installation for the Museum for Contemporary Art which explores the theme of graphic design as seen in the context […]

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GfZK, Leipzig

Credit on Color

Friday, June 26, 2009

Credit on Color Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL Summer 2009 Statement: «… [T]he Graphic Design Museum is presenting thousands of credit cards, free cards, discount cards, gift cards and credit card look-alikes on one wall, arranged by colour. A rainbow of cards. Everywhere Credit cards and personal debit cards were invented by banks. Nowadays, it […]

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Dutch Design Database on show

Friday, June 26, 2009

Dutch Design Database Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL June 2009 – January 2010 «Around 1950, there were just over 100 graphic designers in the Netherlands. Sixty years later, there are more than 5000 people active in the graphic design sector. The exhibition Dutch Design Database shows how the profession has developed from a few individuals […]

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Wim Crouwel 80
Van Abbemuseum (library), Eindhoven

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Wim Crouwel 80 Van Abbemuseum (Library), Eindhoven, NL November 18, 2008 – January 9, 2009 Statement: «To celebrate Wim Crouwel’s 80th birthday (November 21, 2008), the Van Abbemuseum and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam are looking back on the period during which, in his capacity as graphic designer, he designed catalogues, posters, invitations and the letterhead […]

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Van Abbemuseum (library), Eindhoven

European Championship of Graphic Design

Thursday, June 26, 2008

European Championship of Graphic Design Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL June 11 – September 2008 «The opening of the new Graphic Design Museum in Breda (the Netherlands) coincides with the European Championship Football in Austria and Switzerland. So the idea of letting 11 European graphic designers ‘play’ at this time sounds logical. Their ‘game’ will […]

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Marc Mulders: Liturgie en Typografie
Van Abbemuseum (Library), Eindhoven

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Marc Mulders: Liturgie en Typografie Van Abbemuseum (Library), Eindhoven, NL May 1 – July 31, 2007 Statement: «Visual artist Marc Mulders and designer Maarten Meevis (Bureau Kinkorn) present the exhibition Liturgy and Typography in the library of the Van Abbemuseum. It is an exhibition of printed matter, posters, postcards, catalogues and other products of their […]

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Van Abbemuseum (Library), Eindhoven

Graphic Design in a White Cube
Moravian Gallery, Brno

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Graphic Design in a White Cube Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZ June 13 – October 15, 2006 Curator: Peter Bil’ak Statements: «The exhibition critically questions possibilities of organising graphic design exhibitions. Nineteen designers and collectives were commissioned to design a poster for the design exhibition in which they participate. Instead of bringing work from the outside […]

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Moravian Gallery, Brno

Design Series 3: 2×4

Friday, May 13, 2005

Design Series 3: 2×4 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art May 13 – November 27, 2005 Statement: «New York-based design firm 2×4 is credited with helping to redefine graphic design as one of the most inclusive and visible design categories. 2×4’s sophisticated approach emphasizes critical thinking and research, and its projects encompass virtually all graphic […]

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Recent Graphic Design
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Friday, February 11, 2005

Recent Graphic Design Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL February 11 – March 29, 2005 Statement: «This presentation shows recent graphic work by relatively young designers and design studios. It includes posters by the already somewhat better-known designers M/M (Paris) and the New Yorker James Victore. In addition there are animations by the Dutch designers Luna Maurer, […]

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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Designer as Author: Voices and Visions

Thursday, February 8, 1996

Designer as Author: Voices (juried show) Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky, 1996 February 8 – March 8, 1996 Curators: Steven McCarthy, Cristina de Almeida Statements: «It is a nationally curated exhibition of exemplary self-authored graphic design […]» «[…] Our goal was to find out existent avenues for self-authorship in graphic design and to assess […]

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