Norm, MyCollection: Stefan Sagmeister, 2017, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Walter Gropius (design)/Herbert Bayer (decoration), TAC 1, Rosenthal AG, design: 1969, decoration: 1979, Museum für Gestaltung, Design Collection, donation Rosenthal AG, © ProLitteris
Stefan Sagmeister with a hand-painted football made from a pig’s bladder, Guatemala, 2016, © Stefan Sagmeister
Werner Max Moser, Verstellbarer Gartenstuhl, Embru-Werke AG, 1931, Museum für Gestaltung, Design Collection, donation Arthur Rüegg, © Embru-Werke AG
Bibendum, 1960, Design for an advertising figure: 1898, O'Galop/Édouard and André Michelin, Museum für Gestaltung, Design Collection, © ZHdK
Cornel Windlin (design)/Isabel Truniger (photo), "die Klasse" – Fotos – Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, 1996, Museum für Gestaltung, Poster Collection, © ZHdK
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MyCollection: Stefan Sagmeister
The Museum für Gestaltung has amassed over 500,000 objects in its collections. This immense repertoire serves as a basis for the project series MyCollection, a new version of which is now presented by Stefan Sagmeister. The Austrian graphic designer is currently examining the theme of “Beauty”. Having taken a thorough look in the archive, he presents his personal selection of objects from the collection and comments on them. They include pieces that are generally regarded as well-designed and beautiful. Sagmeister is especially fascinated by things that, independent of their function or use, are highly aesthetic. The actual meaning of a collection is first revealed by selecting, comparing, and commenting. “MyCollection” illustrates the design preferences of Stefan Sagmeister — but without a single object designed by him.
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