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Jan Boelen in dialog with Indy Johar / 150 Years of the MAK

Stefan Sagmeister in dialog with Elfie Semotan / 150 Years of the MAK

Sabine Seymour in dialog with Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi / 150 Years of the MAK

Hans Ulrich Obrist in dialog with Alice Rawsthorn / 150 Years of the MAK

Tony Dunne & Fiona Raby in dialog with Alex McDowell / 150 Years of the MAK

Lidewij Edelkoort in dialog with Jeroen Lutters / 150 Years of the MAK

Konstantin Grcic in dialog with Hubert Filser / 150 Years of the MAK

Gesche Joost in dialog with Harald Welzer / 150 Years of the MAK

Hilary Cottam in dialog with Jennie Winhall / 150 Years of the MAK

Jac Jacobsen Luxo L-1, 1937, Michael Thonet Stuhl No. 14, 1859, Philippe Starck , 1990

Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014

Section Konstantin Grcic

Jon Stam

Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014

Tom Bieling

Jaguar

E-Type Roadster, 1961

Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014

In the front: Walter Pichler, Chairs Galaxy, 1966

Tejo Remy for Droog

Chest of Drawers, 1991

Maarten van Severen for Lensvelt

LC95 Chair, 1993–1995

Ying Gao

Massoud Hassani

Irma Boom

Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014

Section Lidewij Edelkoort

Maarten Baas

Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014

EXEMPLARY

150 Years of the MAK: from Arts and Crafts to Design

Wed, 11.6.2014—Sun, 5.10.2014

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

150 Years of the MAK
Exhibition

EXEMPLARY

150 Years of the MAK: from Arts and Crafts to Design

Wed, 11.6.2014—Sun, 5.10.2014
MAK Exhibition Hall

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

On the occasion of the MAK’s anniversary year, the exhibition EXEMPLARY: 150 Years of the MAK – From Arts and Crafts to Design invites you to an inspiring encounter with protagonists and exhibits from the long-standing history of the MAK, as well as with contemporary design pioneers. Who or what was exemplary in the past, and where can we find (role) models today?

Historical figures associated with the MAK and their effect on the development of its collection provide the introduction to this examination of the original idea for an exemplary sample collection for innovative arts and crafts. By exhibiting and providing so-called models as well as in the resulting interplay between tradition and the present, the founders of the k. k. Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie (now the MAK) saw an opportunity to raise the standards of taste and quality in objects. As times have changed, they have been affected by industrialization and mass production, new technologies and materials, changing markets, digitalization, and not least by the emergence of a comprehensive understanding of design. This has led to a vast social change, which
has even been calling into question the selfconception of museums in general and of the MAK in particular. Despite this, guidance is nevertheless necessary in our increasingly complex everyday lives. Hence, design takes on a significant role as a driving force for change in the 21st century.

As places where design is debated now and will be debated in the future, what is the duty and purpose of museums of applied arts? Which themes are relevant to everyday life? Which objects should be collected? And in what way and for what purpose? The MAK poses these questions to preeminent contemporaries and renowned pioneers from the fields of creativity and research; among them are Jan Boelen, Hilary Cottam, Lidewij Edelkoort, Konstantin Grcic, Gesche Joost, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Fiona Raby and Tony Dunne, as well as Stefan Sagmeister and Sabine Seymour. They have been invited to create a modern exemplary collection and to discuss it with a “muse” of their own choosing. These exemplary viewpoints enter into a dialog with forebears in the MAK’s history and with exhibits from the museum’s collection, which comprises over 600,000 objects in addition to the library and archive. A stimulating dialog, which not only looks to the past but also to the future.
 
History of the MAK >>

Guest Curator Tulga Beyerle
MAK Curator Thomas Geisler, Design Curator, MAK Design Collection
Exhibition design, graphic design Lichtwitz Leinfellner visuelle Kultur KG


Curatorial Guided Tours

Thu, 10.7.2014, 5 p.m.
Sat, 27.9.2014, 11 a.m.

with Tulga Beyerle, Director of the Kunstgewerbemuseum [Museum of Decorative Arts] in Dresden

Wed, 25.6.2014, 5 p.m.
Wed, 17.9.2014, 5 p.m.

with Thomas Geisler, Curator, MAK Design Collection
 

Guided Tours

Sat, Sun, 2 p.m.
 

Video-Interviews

At the MAK's invitation, nine globally renowned design pioneers have agreed to participate in an experiment to investigate the significance of a model exemplary collection as a source of inspiration, which was the original motivation for founding the museum. In the process, each pioneer will have discussions with a person of their choice—so-called "muses"—in which they will shed light on the future of the applied arts as well as on the perspectives of museums dedicated to the subject. >>
 

Trend Seminar

Tue, 10.6.2014, held in English
MAK-Lecture Hall, Weiskirchnerstrasse 3, 1010 Vienna

Lidewij Edelkoort presents

embryonic. the dawning of a new age. autumn/winter 15-16

 

Program

12.30–1.00 p.m., registration
1.00–2.30 p.m., embryonic. the dawning of a new age
2.30–3.00 p.m., break with snacks
3.00–4.00 p.m., architecture & sesign.  2016 & beyond

Find more information here

Registration:  chloe@trendunion.com
(please register in advance; registration is possible at the door)

attendance fee € 290

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Research Project

Exemplary Sample Collection

Works on Paper Room

From Dürer to Sagmeister


Media

Jac Jacobsen <i>Luxo L-1</i>, 1937, Michael Thonet <i>Stuhl No. 14</i>, 1859, Philippe Starck <Juicy Satif</i>, 1990
Jac Jacobsen Luxo L-1, 1937, Michael Thonet Stuhl No. 14, 1859, Philippe Starck , 1990
Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014
Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014
Section Konstantin Grcic
Jon Stam
Jon Stam
Curiosity Cabinet #1, 2008
Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014
Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014
Section Hans Ulrich Obrist. In the front: Peter Noever, Sepp Müller, Michael Embacher, Model (1:140), Projekt CAT – Contemporary Art Tower, Austria, Vienna, 2009
Tom Bieling
Tom Bieling
Mobile Lorm Glove, translation device for deaf-blind persons, 2011–2014
Jaguar
Jaguar
E-Type Roadster, 1961
Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014
Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014
In the front: Walter Pichler, Chairs Galaxy, 1966
Tejo Remy for Droog
Tejo Remy for Droog
Chest of Drawers, 1991
Maarten van Severen for Lensvelt
Maarten van Severen for Lensvelt
LC95 Chair, 1993–1995
Ying Gao
Ying Gao
Incertitudes, interactive garment, 2013
Massoud Hassani
Massoud Hassani
Mine Kafon, wind-powered land mine trigger, 2011
Irma Boom
Irma Boom
SHV Think Book, 1996
Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014
Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014
Section Lidewij Edelkoort
Maarten Baas
Maarten Baas
Clay Fan, fan, 2006
Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014
Exhibition View, MAK Vienna, 2014
Section Sabine Seymour, from left to right: Albert Kriemler, Ladies’ outfit with luminous embroidery, Akris (Fall/Winter 2014/15); Hussein Chalayan/Swarovski, Bubble Dress – One Hundred and Eleven, Spring/Summer Collection GB, 2007; Hussein Chalayan/Swarovski, Morphing Hood Dress, Airborne Collection, (Fall/Winter 2007)

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