Konstantin Grcic
dal 21/3/2014 al 13/9/2014
Segnalato da
21/3/2014
Konstantin Grcic
Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein
Panorama. A comprehensive overview and a new design project; with many of his finished objects, but also prototypes, and drawings
Konstantin Grcic is one of the leading designers of the present day. Some of Grcic's designs - such as "Chair_One" (2004) or the "Mayday" lamp (1999) - have already attained the status of design classics. With "Konstantin Grcic - Panorama", the Vitra Design Museum shows his largest solo exhibition to date. It provides a comprehensive overview of Grcic's oeuvre and is at the same time a new design project in its own right. Especially for this show, Grcic is developing spatial installations that set in scene his personal visions for life in the world of tomorrow - both pensively radical and powerfully profound. These spaces stage fictional scenarios confronting the viewer with the designer's inspirations, challenges and questions, as well as placing Grcic's works in a greater social context. The highlight of these presentations is a 30-metre long panorama that depicts an architectural landscape of the future. This section presents many of his finished objects, but also prototypes, drawings and background information along with artefacts that have inspired Grcic - from an old teapot and an early Apple computer to works by Marcel Duchamp, Gerrit Rietveld and Enzo Mari.