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GERMANY / München: X + 1 BOXES
by Modem
© Modem

until Sunday March 01 2015

Die Neue Sammlung - Pinakothek der Moderne
T : +49 (0)89 23805 360
Barer Strasse 40
80333 München
Germany



The ever-changing, age-old task of container design … A container to hold the seven possessions of homo mobilis. The nomad of the Stone Age carried a bundle, the sailor had his seaman’s chest; in the Middle Ages artful coffers revealed a traveller’s social status, while radicals of the 60s generation regularly used orange crates and moving boxes as bookcases.

In the age of the global flow of goods, the Auerberg label must contend with this issue anew, using different materials for different applications. The label’s designers include: Christoph Böninger, Emanuela Frattini, Fritz Frenkler, Tobias Grau, Alfredo Häberli, Marialaura Irvine, Gerhardt Kellerman, and Ana Relvão. Among them is also Herbert Schultes, who in addition to his ‘Auerberg box’ designed another container specifically for Die Neue Sammlung: a ‘museum box’ – a first for the museum and the artist alike.

For MCBW (Munich Creative Business Week) 2015

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