The Return of Design
The change at the helm of the museum offered an ideal opportunity to rethink
the exhibition policy to date and revise it in light of the experiences gained
since we first opened to the public.
It thus seemed desirable to link the fields of Art and Design more closely
in order to highlight the similarities and differences more clearly for our
visitors. This was something that was previously not so easy given the prior
strict distinction across separate floors.
Visitors will now pass through rooms that alternate between art and design
on both storeys of the building, whereby each room is dedicated to a particular
theme in art or design. The plan is that as of Spring 2008 design will gradually
return to the museum one room after the next.
The opportunity to now present design across both storeys means we can opt
for a thematic structure rather than the past approach, which was chronological.
Thus the ground floor will focus on contemporary issues, and is reserved
for new ideas and young designers, who via installations will have the opportunity
to take the public stage.
Given the specific lighting levels there, the two rooms in the depths of
the building will be reserved for Graphic Design and Photography, or for
smaller cameo shows.
On the first floor, the displays will feature classical product design. And
here again the reinterpretation of our exhibition rooms means there will
be an occasion to devote each room to a specific theme.
In addition to the vibrancy and multiplicity the different rooms offer thanks
to the new approach, there is a practical advantage: The museum is more flexible
and as a consequence at a later date individual room shows can be changed
and a new theme introduced. Moreover, we seek to create a joint room dedicated
to both art and design.
This new spatial structure also quite naturally spawns a new substantive
thrust that finds a new conceptual answer to the mission of a museum for
art and design: Instead of layering, visitors will experience interweaving.
actual site
Further informations:
Die Neue Sammlung – Staatliches Museum für angewandte Kunst
Direktion: Türkenstraße 15, 80333 München
info@die-neue-sammlung.de
Tel. +49-(0)89-27.27.25-0, Fax +49-(0)89-27.27.25-561
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