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Vase, Max Laeuger, arround 1896 and Baukasten, Kurt Naef, 1956, Museum für Ge- staltung Zürich, photo: Umberto Romito & Ivan Šuta, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / ZHdK

DESIGN: Swiss Design Collection, Part II

The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, home to Switzerland’s largest international design collection, is celebrating its 150th anniversary with the opening of the …

Photo left: Klaus Knézy, Magazine zum Globus, shopping bag, 1973, Museum für Gestaltung Zü- rich, photo: Umberto Romito & Ivan Šuta, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / ZHdK. Photo right: Atelier Ernst + Ursula Hiestand, Auto-Polish, 1969, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, photo: Umberto Romito & Ivan Šuta, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / ZHdK

DESIGN: Swiss Design Collection

The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, home to Switzerland’s largest international design collection, is celebrating its 150th anniversary with the opening of the …

On Kawara, from the series “I Got Up”, 1968-79

MIRAGES LXIII

Have a great summer – See you in September.   Photo: On Kawara, from the series “I Got Up”, 1968-79 Efi Michalarou …

Tokujin YOSHIOKA, Crystalized Chair _ Venus, 2008, Mineral crystals, plexiglass, steel, 179 x 110 x 110 cm, Paris, Center Pompidou, National Museum of Modern Art, © Tokujin Yoshioika

DESIGN: Mimesis A living Design

The group show, “Mimesis. A living Design” brings together 400 works by 90 creators on the subject of the evolution of nature …

nstallation view: Anette Lenz – à propos, Photo: Wolfgang Günzel, © Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am

DESIGN:Anette Lenz,Part II

Born in Germany, Anette Lenz began her career in France working the design group Grapus, was later co-founder of the design collective …

Installation view: Anette Lenz - à propos, Photo: Wolfgang Günzel, © Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am

DESIGN:Anette Lenz

Born in Germany, Anette Lenz began her career in France working the design group Grapus, was later co-founder of the design collective …

From left to right: Michael Thonet, couch Nr. 4 (variation on Café Daum-furniture), 1849-1850, prod. Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna; Marcel Wanders, Sparkling, 2010, prod. Magis, Torre di Mosto (IT); Richard Hutten, Stedelijk-chair (prototype), 2008, prod. Lensvelt, Breda (NL); Vally Wieselthier, vase, 1927, ex. Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna; Ettore Sottsass, table Park Lane, 1983, produced under the supervision of Memphis. Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Photo: Peggy Janssen, styling: Heidi Willems - PURE styling

DESIGN:From Thonet to Dutch Design

The exhibition “From Thonet to Dutch Design” features over 300 objects that over the past 125 years were landmarks of design innovation …

Equation of Time Cam from The Long Now Foundation’s 10,000 Year Clock. Image courtesy The Long Now Foundation

DESIGN:Dead Nuts

“Dead nuts” is a machinist’s term for absolute precision, the highest compliment for something that is being inspected for accuracy. Through the …