Currently showing
From October 19, 2011
to February 12, 2012
Swiss Federal Design Awards 2011
The Swiss Confederation's Design Awards 2011 exhibition associates the works by the laureates of the Swiss design awards and the Grand Prix Design. It represents a unique occasion for the visitor to get to know contemporary creation in design.
From young students just coming out of a high school of design to experienced designers, the exhibition shows items coming from the worlds of fashion and textiles, graphic design, photography, product design and scenography. These works, either made for commercial purposes or for a personal preoccupation, are an unvaluable approach to Swiss design nowadays.
Carton d'invitation de l'exposition Playmobil Fab.
Credit: © PLAYMOBIL
crédit : PLAYMOBIL © Geobra Brandstätter
crédit : PLAYMOBIL © Geobra Brandstätter
Premières figurines, 1974 © PLAYMOBIL
Chevalier, 1974 © PLAYMOBIL
Chevalier, 1993 © Photo : atelier numérique de la Ville de Lausanne
Credit: © Photo : atelier numérique de la Ville de Lausanne
Indien, 1975 © PLAYMOBIL
Packaging, 1974 © PLAYMOBIL
Packaging, 1976 © PLAYMOBIL
Site de production Playmobil, Dietenhofen, Allemagne
Credit: © Photo : Mattieu Gafsou
Site de production Playmobil, Dietenhofen, Allemagne
Credit: © Photo : Mattieu Gafsou
Figurine féminine, 1979
Credit: © Photo : Olivier Pasqual
Figurine masculine, 1990
Credit: © Photo : Olivier Pasqual
Figurine masculine, 2000
Credit: © Photo : Olivier Pasqual
From October 19, 2011
to February 12, 2012
PLAYMOBIL Fab.
PLAYMOBIL Fab. Is the first exhibition in Switzerland devoted to this famous German line of toys. The abbreviation "Fab" underscores the fabrication aspect that the museum has chosen to highlight in this show.
Transformed into a factory, the mudac galleries reveal how this 3-inch figurine conquered the world, colonizing several generations of children's rooms. Featuring over 5000 figurines, the show draws a detailed timeline from the initial concept for the toy and its manufacture since its introduction in 1974.
In doing so, it showcases the spontaneously submitted children's drawings received by the firm, as well as the various phases launched by the engineering and design departments, up until the final product's actual creation and packaging.
The presentation underscores the toys' highly inventive and clever design lines, and the graphic impact of both the object and its wrapping.
A greenhouse lined with myriads of Playmobil figurines will afford younger visitors a playroom in which to let loose their imagination.
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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