
The exhibition explores the history and future of the private interior through images, documents and artefacts related to 20 groundbreaking spaces that have changed the way we live. Since Vitra Design Museum exhibitions travel for several years, our goal was to develop a modular, durable and easily transportable display system that makes efficient use of materials and can adapt to any space while escaping the stern orthogonality that characterises many modular systems. Given the waste footprint often generated by traveling exhibitions, we eliminated single-use and non-recyclable materials, and all offcuts form part of the display system. Visually, the hard reflectivity of the stainless steel sheets is contrasted by the warm materiality of the cork bricks that support them, and the mirrored surface offers unexpected angles of view onto the objects on display, as well as projecting a play of light and shadows onto the ceilings of the museum spaces designed by Frank Gehry.
The exhibition explores the history and future of the private interior through images, documents and artefacts related to 20 groundbreaking spaces that have changed the way we live. Since Vitra Design Museum exhibitions travel for several years, our goal was to develop a modular, durable and easily transportable display system that makes efficient use of materials and can adapt to any space while escaping the stern orthogonality that characterises many modular systems. Given the waste footprint often generated by traveling exhibitions, we eliminated single-use and non-recyclable materials, and all offcuts form part of the display system. Visually, the hard reflectivity of the stainless steel sheets is contrasted by the warm materiality of the cork bricks that support them, and the mirrored surface offers unexpected angles of view onto the objects on display, as well as projecting a play of light and shadows onto the ceilings of the museum spaces designed by Frank Gehry.
Design Team:
Space Caviar (Joseph Grima, Camilo Oliveira, Sofia Pia Belenky, Francesco Lupia)
Exhibition Curators:
Jochen Eisenbrand
Anna-Mea Hoffman
Special Thanks:
Mateo Kries and Marc Zehntner, directors, Vitra Design Museum
Technical Partner:
Amorim Cork Composites
Exhibition:
08/02/2020 – 23/03/2020
Vitra Design Museum
Press:
Dezeen
Metropolis
Wallpaper