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From March 7, 2012
to June 10, 2012
Flavia Cocchi
After attending Geneva's School of Applied Arts in the mid-eighties and working in Werner Jeker's studio in Lausanne, the graphic designer Flavia Cocchi opened her own studio in 1997, upon completion of a stint with Massimo Vignelli at Benetton in Italy.
It is to Flavia Cocchi, commissioned by the mudac on a regular basis since its opening in 2000, that the museum owes its graphic identity.
Cocchi designed the invitation cards and posters for over forty exhibitions, together with a good number of monographic or thematic catalogues. The exhibition presenting this designer-initiated by the Galerie Anatome in Paris in 2010, and now completed, updated and adjusted to our museum-features over fifty of Cocchi's creations for various clients, in a decor that she herself contrived and carried out.
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From March 7, 2012
to June 10, 2012
Couleur 3 - 30 years
Lausanne, 1982: In the heart of winter, the RSR (French-speaking Switzerland Radio) network launched a new public radio station, "Couleur 3." In no time at all, the station made a name for itself, thanks to its offbeat tone and somewhat biting humor, together with broadcasts dedicated to not only music, but also comic strips, film and video games.
Lausanne, 2012: Thirty years later, the mudac welcomes the station to its two ground floor galleries, retracing the career made by French-speaking Switzerland's by now nigh-to-legendary third channel.
Obviously, a major share of the show will feature sound, based on a selection of broadcasts, jingles, theme music, etc. The comic strip artist Tom Tirabosco will be doing the setting in which viewer/listeners will be able to listen to their heart's content.
Further still, the show will also present many of the different communication supports to which Couleur 3 resorted right from the start: posters, flyers, programmes, as well as T-shirts, stickers, caps and a variety of gadgets.
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Pierre Charpin, Collection Torno subito, Séries écran et lisse, 1998-2001
Credit: © Jean-Louis Elzéard, CIRVA
Pierre Charpin, Collection Torno subito, série écran, 2000-2001
Credit: © Jean-Luc Maby, CIRVA
Ettore Sottsass, Lingam (1999-2000)
Réalisation Centre international de recherche sur le verre et les arts plastiques (CIRVA), Marseille, édition Galerie Mourmans, Maastricht (Pays-Bas).
Credit: © Jean-Luc Maby / CIRVA
Ettore Sottsass, Kachina 16 (2009-2011)
Réalisation Centre international de recherche sur le verre et les arts plastiques (CIRVA), Marseille, édition Galerie Mourmans, Maastricht (Pays-Bas).
Credit: © Erik & Petra Hesmerg, Amsterdam - The Netherlands, The Gallery Mourmans, Lanaken – Belgium
Pierre Charpin, collection Torno Subito, série écran (2000-2001)
Production et réalisation : Centre international de recherche sur le verre et les arts plastiques (CIRVA), Marseille
Credit: © Jean-Luc Maby / CIRVA
Pierre Charpin, collection Torno Subito, série gravée (1998-2000)
Production et réalisation : Centre international de recherche sur le verre et les arts plastiques (CIRVA), Marseille
Credit: © Jean-Luc Maby / CIRVA
From November 23, 2011
to September 2, 2012
Ettore Sottsass and Pierre Charpin. Challenge Defying Glass Design
In the wake of its Post Mortem show featuring funerary urns by ten creators, and the succeeding In vino veritas presentation by Matali Crasset, mudac pursues its fascination with designer glass editions by showcasing the work of Ettore Sottsass and Pierre Charpin.
A major figure on the design scene, Ettore Sottsass, who passed away in 2007, founded the Memphis Group in 1981, earning international acclaim for his innovative take on linking architecture with design. Seeking to redefine shapes and spaces, he granted pride of place to light and color.
Holding a degree in the visual arts, Pierre Charpin was initially drawn to conceptual and minimal art. However, in the early 1990s he began undertaking more concrete design projects. His discovery of Memphis inspired him to work in more of a sensual than structural vein.
The body of works in this show stems from the Marseilles CIRVA (International Center for Glass and Visual Arts Research) Collection - an institution that encouraged both designers to develop a more experimental approach to their creative production.
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