Vitra Design Museum presents After the Wall: Design since 1989 at the Vitra Schaudepot, an exhibition organized to celebrate the 30 years of the museum and on show 30 years after the fall of the Berlin wall. The pieces from the last three decades examine technological, cultural and socio-political changhes over the years. Among the products, the iconic lemon squeezer by Philippe Starck, or graphic works such as the representation of the euro logo, representing how design has changed along with historic events. The exhibition opens to the public on October 26.
How design has changed after the fall of the Wall
After the Wall: Design since 1989 opens to the public thirty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, showing how design has changed along with historic events.
Photo Florian Kleinefenn
Photo Bart Van Leuven
Photo Jürgen HANS, objektfotograf.ch
Photo Jürgen HANS, objektfotograf.ch
Photo Andreas Sütterlin
Photo Andreas Sütterlin
Photo Jürgen HANS, objektfotograf.ch
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- La redazione di Domus
- 17 October 2019
- After the Wall: Design since 1989
- Vitra Schaudepot
- Erika Pinner
- 26 October 2019-23 February 2020
Marc Newson, Bucky installation at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris, 1995
© Marc Newson Ltd.
Philippe Starck, Juicy Salif, lemon squeezer, 1990
© Alessi
Tejo Remy, You Can’t Lay Down Your Memory, 1991
© Vitra Design Museum, photo: Jürgen HANS, objektfotograf.ch
Maarten Van Severen, CN°II, 1992 © The Maarten Van Severen Foundation
Fabien Baron and Malin Ericsson for Calvin Klein, ck one, 1994
© Calvin Klein Fragrances
Sergio Lozano for Nike, Air Max 95, original sketch, 1995
© Nike
Knut and Marianne Hagberg for IKEA, Frakta bag, 1996 (sales launch)
© Inter IKEA Systems B.V. 2019
European Commission, graphic construction of the euro logo, 1996 Courtesy European Commission
Ron Arad, Tom Vac, 1997
© Vitra Design Museum
Jurgen Bey, Tree-trunk Bench, 1998 © Droog
Shigetaka Kurita et al. for NTT DOCOMO INC., Emoji, 19989-99 © NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Konstantin Grcic, Mayday, 1999 © Konstantin Grcic Design
Tokujin Yoshioka, Honey-Pop Chair, © Tokujin Yoshioka Design
Michael Young, Magis Dog House, 2001
Courtesy Magis
Smart, Torino (special model), 2000 © Daimler AG
Patrick Jouin iD, sketch for Solid C2, felt-tip pen on paper, 2004
© Patrick Jouin iD
Patrick Jouin iD, Solid C2, 2004 © Vitra Design Museum
Chris Martin for IKEA, PS Ellan, 2005 © Vitra Design Museum
Apple Inc., iPhone, 2007 © Vitra Design Museum
Emeco, 111 Navy Chair, 2010 © Emeco
mischer’traxler, Emil & Clara (Relumine series), 2010
© mischer’traxler
Marjan van Aubel and James Shaw, Well Proven Chair, 2012 © Vitra Design Museum
Hauke Odendahl, UNION Chair, 2019
© Hauke Odendahl