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Lee Miller – A Photographer Between War and Glamor
Elizabeth "Lee" Miller was an outstanding photographer and a strong, modern woman. Miller did not bother with conventions, neither privately nor professionally, and went her own way as an artist, portrait photographer, and war reporter. The first-ever exhibition in Switzerland of her life's work features some 200 originals.
28.8.2020 – 3.1.2021
Toni-Areal
Le Corbusier and Zurich
The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich is dedicating its second exhibition at the Pavillon Le Corbusier to the relationship between the Swiss architect of the century and the city of Zurich – the most important platform for his international reputation.
9.6. – 29.11.2020
Pavillon Le Corbusier
Collection Highlights
Featuring 2000 highlights from this internationally significant collection, the newly refurbished main building invites visitors to discover the world of beautiful, useful, and curious everyday objects.
Ausstellungsstrasse
Ideal Living
Seven sample rooms, furnished with highlights from the collection, present the most important trends in Swiss furniture design of the modern age and trace changing lifestyles.
Ausstellungsstrasse
Switzerland in World Format
One special feature of the Swiss poster is the "world format" (128 × 90.5 cm), which established itself as the standard format only in Switzerland. The 80 posters on display invite visitors to saunter through the history of Swiss posters.
Ausstellungsstrasse
Animal Energy
Tiger slippers or feather hats, the silhouette of an alpine procession or a porcelain cat: designers have always used animal materials and forms to create artistic worlds of images and objects.
12.5. – 25.10.2020
Ausstellungsstrasse
Norm – It's Not Complicated
The precise solutions developed by the Zurich design agency Norm are characterized by strict design rules like grids, proportions, and modularity. Their exhibition examines the most fundamental elements and laws of graphic design.
12.5. – 27.9.2020
Toni-Areal

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