The exhibition concept was developed by curator Mathias Schwartz-Clauss, who selected a series of objects from the collection of the Vitra Design Museum, from which an overall body of work of around 140 exhibits emerged. Half of these were works of art and half product designs, along with photographs, documents, texts and films.
Appearing in the exhibition are works such as an early screen by Warhol (1958, one of his first works), a target painting by Jasper Johns (1957), the Leonardo sofa, that has rarely appeared in an exhibition since its production, the Yellow Brushstroke by Roy Lichtenstein (1965), I Love You with My Ford by James Rosenquist (1961), the monumental Moloch lamp by Gaetano Pesce (1970-71) and the Chair by Allen Jones (1969).
![Top: Verner Panton, Swimming pool, Spiegel
publishing house (Hamburg), 1969.
© Panton Design, Basel. Above: Stardust Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), 1968.
© Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc., Philadelphia;
Courtesy Museum im Bellpark Kriens from
the "Las Vegas Studio" project Top: Verner Panton, Swimming pool, Spiegel
publishing house (Hamburg), 1969.
© Panton Design, Basel. Above: Stardust Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), 1968.
© Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc., Philadelphia;
Courtesy Museum im Bellpark Kriens from
the "Las Vegas Studio" project](/content/dam/domusweb/en/design/2012/12/06/pop-art-design/big_401994_4616__02_06_Stardust_Hotel_00015F49.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
![George Nelson, Marshmallow, Sofa, 1956.
Collection Vitra Design Museum
© Vitra Design Museum George Nelson, Marshmallow, Sofa, 1956.
Collection Vitra Design Museum
© Vitra Design Museum](/content/dam/domusweb/en/design/2012/12/06/pop-art-design/big_401994_2154__03_08_Nelson_Marshmallow_000161B7.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
Inside the museum spaces built by Frank O. Gehry, a dialogue is developed between the art and design of the time, demonstrating how the two worlds were not only closely connected, but provided inspiration for each other
![Studio 65, Leonardo, sofa, 1969.
Collection Vitra Design Museum
© Studio 65, photo: Andreas Sütterlin Studio 65, Leonardo, sofa, 1969.
Collection Vitra Design Museum
© Studio 65, photo: Andreas Sütterlin](/content/dam/domusweb/en/design/2012/12/06/pop-art-design/big_401994_7441__04_01_Studio65_Leonardo_00015F4A.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
![Superstudio, Passiflora, lamp, 1968.
Collection Vitra Design Museum
© Superstudio Superstudio, Passiflora, lamp, 1968.
Collection Vitra Design Museum
© Superstudio](/content/dam/domusweb/en/design/2012/12/06/pop-art-design/big_401994_3084__05_04_Superstudio_Passiflora_00015F4D.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
![Ettore Sottsass, Superboxes, Cupboards, 1966.
© Courtesy of Studio Ettore Sottsass.
Photo by Ettore Sottsass Ettore Sottsass, Superboxes, Cupboards, 1966.
© Courtesy of Studio Ettore Sottsass.
Photo by Ettore Sottsass](/content/dam/domusweb/en/design/2012/12/06/pop-art-design/big_401994_6327__06_12_Sottsass_Superboxes_000161BB.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
Pop Art Design
Vitra Design Museum
Charles-Eames-Straße 2, Weil am Rhein, Germany
![James Rosenquist, <em>I Love you with my Ford</em>, 1961.
Collection Moderna Museet
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012.
Photo by Moderna Museet / Stockholm James Rosenquist, <em>I Love you with my Ford</em>, 1961.
Collection Moderna Museet
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012.
Photo by Moderna Museet / Stockholm](/content/dam/domusweb/en/design/2012/12/06/pop-art-design/big_401994_6041__07_09_James_Rosenquist_000161B8.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
![Left, Martial Raysse, <em>Souviens-toi de Tahiti en
septembre 61</em>, 1963.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012. Right, Andy Warhol, <em>Close Cover Before Striking</em>, 1962.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
© 2012 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual
Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Left, Martial Raysse, <em>Souviens-toi de Tahiti en
septembre 61</em>, 1963.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012. Right, Andy Warhol, <em>Close Cover Before Striking</em>, 1962.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
© 2012 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual
Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York](/content/dam/domusweb/en/design/2012/12/06/pop-art-design/big_401994_3529__08_03_Raysse_Souviens-toi_00015F4C.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
![Studio 65, Capitello, Easy Chair, 1971.
Collection Vitra Design Museum
© Vitra Design Museum Studio 65, Capitello, Easy Chair, 1971.
Collection Vitra Design Museum
© Vitra Design Museum](/content/dam/domusweb/en/design/2012/12/06/pop-art-design/big_401994_7701__09_11_Studio_65_Capitello_000161BA.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)