Events / Design / July 2009
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NOUVEAUX LOGEMENTS SOCIAUX
until thursday july 01 2010
com@citechaillot.fr
L’exposition explorera les nouvelles typologies en phase avec les modes de vie et l’évolution de la société aux prises avec les questions essentielles de la ville contemporaine ; et si l’on ajoute le paramètre du développement durable en termes de qualité de vie et de justice sociale, le logement est plus que jamais un sujet d’actualité. |
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WHAT WAS GOOD DESIGN ? MoMA'S MESSAGE 1944-56
until thursday september 30 2010
+1 212 708-9431
At mid-century MoMA played a leading role in the definition and dissemination of so-called Good Design, a concept that took shape in the 1930s and emerged with new relevance in the decades following World War II. This installation presents selections from MoMA's design collection that illuminate the primary values of Good Design as promoted (and disputed) by museums, design councils, and department stores. |
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Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from the Collection
until friday december 31 2010
Exhibitions Coordinator
Visitor services
This first-ever retrospective exhibition of the National Building Museum’s unique collection explores quintessentially American, 20th-century buildings from center-city mansions to main street storefronts and sleek downtown skyscrapers. |
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JOSEPH HOFFMANN: INSPIRATIONS
until friday december 31 2010
Head of the MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection
In collaboration with the Moravian Gallery in Brno, the MAK is developing a concept for a permanent exhibition on the life and work of Josef Hoffmann in Austria and the Czech Republic, to be shown in Hoffmann’s birthplace in Brtnice beginning in June 2009. The project encompasses the redesign of the six exhibition rooms in the house. |
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Washington: Symbol and City
until saturday december 31 2011
Exhibitions Coordinator
Visitor services
This exhibition explores how residents experience the city and how Washington itself expresses the tension between the demands of a working siege of government and the desire for a national symbol, and the hopes and needs of an evolving city. |
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STUDIO MUSEO ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI
until monday december 31 2012
info@achillecastiglioni.it
Free entrance: at 10.00, 11.00, 12.00 with free 60-minute guided tour.School and group bookings. |
