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BACK IN STOCK! ⁣ Graphic Design, Exhibiting, Curating⁣ Available at www.draw-down.com⁣ ⁣ In recent years, graphic designers have become increasingly interested and engaged in the exhibition context as a space of production, mediation and dissemination. The international conference “Graphic Design, Exhibiting, Curating” brought together a number of graphic designers, curators and critics engaged in exhibition-making and curating. The proceedings feature contributions by Brave New Alps, Charlotte Cheetham (Manystuff.org), Mieke Gerritzen (Museum of the Image, Breda), Lungomare/Lupo&Burtscher, Prem Krishnamurthy (Project Projects), and Jon Sueda, as well as extracts from the discussions that followed each panel.⁣ ⁣ #DesignExhibition #DesignCurating #Design #PremKrishnamurthy #CharlotteCheetham https://www.instagram.com/p/B42PQoTnL9O/?igshid=2q856moli1h3

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The Politics of Display: Review of Vitra Design Museum’s Papanek Exhibition

German and English, and published on the website of depatriarchise design, 23 Feb 2019.

Design is political. This realisation began to gain currency among many young designers around 50 years ago. In his work, too, Victor Papanek (1923–1998) focused on the political levels of what designers do. He himself was an industrial designer – and at the same time a harsh critic of his own discipline. This theme is just as topical today and is currently being explored in an exhibition focusing on Papanek at the Vitra Design Museum.

In 1970, protesting students and activists disrupted the International Design Conference in Aspen, forcing the participants to vote on new resolutions that stood for more social and ecopolitical commitment. Victor Papanek, like many of his contemporaries, was convinced that not only functional and formal features and questions on the usability or saleability of a design had to be taken into account, but also its effects on society and the environment – as well as the interaction between the two.

… — Read the complete article on depatriarchise design

Und hier geht es zur deutschen Version: https://bit.ly/2KPtpxp

Cover image: Exhibition view, photo by Anja Neidhardt.