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X-D-E-P-O-T

The X-D-E-P-O-T presents over 600 objects from various decades and countries and without a traditional canon to provide new perspectives: What is the same material that connects a bathtub with a chair and a bicycle? And what objects can be found under the themes of wickerwork or sustainability, gaming or protection?

Shelf1Wall design

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Schematic drawing of modular wall elements with circular patterns.

Modular wall elements
Panton, Verner (1926 - 1998)

Shelf2Illuminated signs

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Square shield with rounded corners shows the stylised symbol of a shell with radial lines.

Shell logo
Loewy, Raymond (C.E.I.–Compagnie de l'Esthétique Industrielle)
Square sign, turned on one end, shows the word ‘ARAL’ in large, bold letters.

Aral logo, so-called Aral diamond
Wolff, Michael
Bristow, David
Barney, Gerry
Wolff Olins

Shelf3Posters

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Black and white with bold, dynamic typography. The upper section contains the lettering ‘THE DESIGN MUSEUM’ and ‘DIE NEUE SAMMLUNG’ in an inverted arrangement. The lower section shows the name ‘KONSTANTIN’ as well as large, distorted letters ‘GRRRR’, ‘CIC!’ and the text ‘THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY’.

Konstantin Grcic: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Bureau Mirko Borsche
Black and white poster with a geometric pattern of three-dimensional triangles that form a repeating structure.

Diamonds and Bars. The art of the Amish. Quilts from the Schlumberger Collection
Mavignier, Almir (01.05.1925 - 03.09.2018)
Mavignier, Delmar
Black and white poster with geometric rectangular areas in different shades of grey. The title ‘FARBSTATIONEN’ is written in large white letters, with a description of the exhibition below.

Colour stations
Haeseler, Gottfried von
Black and white poster with concentric circles in the centre. At the bottom is the title ‘DIE BÜHNE VON WILFRIED MINKS’ in large letters, with exhibition details below.

The stage by Wilfried Minks
Minks, Wilfried
Black and white poster with a large, dynamic swirl pattern in the background. The text ‘PROCESS; A TOMATO PROJECT MUNICH 1997’ is bold and blocky above it, followed by exhibition details.

Process; A Tomato Project Munich 1997
Tomato

Horst Schäfer - Architecture-Photography
Mendell & Oberer (Mendell, Pierre; Oberer, Klaus)
Black and white poster with a rolled circle in the centre. At the top left is the title ‘Japanese posters 1960 to today’ in black boxes, below are the exhibition details.

Japanese posters
Mendell & Oberer (Mendell, Pierre; Oberer, Klaus)
Black and white poster with four car tyres in the corners. On the left is the title ‘Design Process Auto’ with the exhibition dates underneath.

Design Process Auto
Mendell & Oberer (Mendell, Pierre; Oberer, Klaus)
Black and white poster with a curved shape in the centre. The title ‘glas’ is written large above it, with an illustration of glasses below. The exhibition title and details are at the bottom.

Glass – Utility and Decorative Forms from Four Millennia
Roth, Richard
Black and white poster with an open book above a white cross. The title ‘The Swiss Book’ is written in large black letters, with the exhibition details at the top right.

The Swiss book
Caflisch, Max
Black and white poster with large, bold letters forming the word ‘DIE NEUE SAMMLUNG’. From line two onwards, the title is written from right to left. At the top right is small text with further details.

The New Collection
Bureau Mirko Borsche
Black and white poster with drawn crockery and a teapot in a dark circle. The title ‘MÜNCHNER ARBEIT FÜR HAUS UND WOHNUNG’ is written in large letters, with exhibition details below.

Munich Made Products for House and Home
Eberle, Ortwin
Black and white poster with illustrations of a house, a chair and a teapot with prices next to them. The title ‘Vom billigen Gegenstand’ is written in curved lettering, with the exhibition title and details below.

The Cheap Object. The Apartment for the Subsistence Level
Hauptmann, Helmut
Black and white poster with large ‘Wien’ written diagonally. At the top is ‘DIE NEUE SAMMLUNG’, on the right the words ‘KUNSTGEWERBE SCHULE’. At the bottom are the opening hours.

Vienna School of Arts and Crafts
Unbekannt
Black and white poster with large lettering ‘UNPLUGGED’ above a book illustration. On the left are the exhibition title and details.

Unplugged
Bureau Mirko Borsche
Black and white poster with large title ‘DIE NEUE SAMMLUNG’ and a sun with rays, which designate different areas of art. Below are the exhibition details.

Die Neue Sammlung - 1st exhibition of the Bayer. National Museum
Valentin, Ludwig

Shelf4Textiles

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Black and white drawing of the tapestry with geometric shapes. Some elements have fringes or dotted lines, the lower edge is frayed.

Installation How to entertain a vivid Dialogue with the Archive?, A Search Behind Appearances
Jongerius, Hella
Schouwenberg, Louise

Shelf5Folding boats

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Black and white drawing of a wooden kayak frame, from a bird's eye view. The lattice structure with seating area and struts is visible.

Folding boat Wandereiner
In-house design
Line drawing of a folding boat.

Folding boat nortik fold 4.2
Sator, Steffen
Kamm, Tobias

Shelf6Models, studies, prototypes

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Side view of the bath with frame. The bath is fitted with a white inner panelling and a tap protrudes over the edge.

XTEND portable bathtub (prototype)
Deuschl, Carina
Gray picture of the Hemp Chair. The chair is wave-shaped and made of one piece. The chair has grooves that move from the inside to the outside like a pattern. The walls of the chair are very thin.

Hemp Chair (prototype)
Aisslinger, Werner (* 1964)
Frontal view of chair with geometric, net-like seat and backrest made of white material.

Chair_ONE (Prototype #6)
Grcic, Konstantin (* 1965)
Black and white photograph of the net-like chair with metal frame.

Chair_ONE (Prototype #5)
Grcic, Konstantin (* 1965)
Black and white image of a metallic prototype with an angular structure.

Chair_ONE (Prototype #3)
Grcic, Konstantin (* 1965)
Black and white image of the side view of the chair, emphasising its curvature.

Chair (prototype)
Heiliger, Stefan
Black and white illustration of the bicycle design with curved frame and futuristic shapes.

Bicycle (study)
Rashid, Karim
Black and white illustration of an innovative blue and white bicycle design with a curved frame and futuristic shapes.

Bicycle (study)
Rashid, Karim

Table frame Breeding Table (prototype)
Kram, Reed
Weisshaar, Clemens

Shelf7Sports

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SkidLid bicycle helmet
In-house design
Black and white drawing of a special hammer.

Climbing System Device Combi Ice Hammer Telescope
In-house design
Black and white photograph of a folded trekking pole with ergonomic handle and connecting cord.

Foldable trekking poles Leki Micro Stick Carbon
In-house design
Black and white drawing of a curved bat with a wrapped handle.

Hockey stick Super Speed
Unbekannt
Black and white line drawing of a badminton shuttlecock with detailed grid structure.

Badminton Championship 77
In-house design
Black and white drawing of four stadium chairs with metal frames in a row.

Stadium folding seats FCB-M
Herzog, Jacques
Meuron, Pierre de
Black and white drawing of a rope lattice structure.

Snowshoe
In-house design
Black and white drawing of a hammer with a perforated handle.

Steel shank hammer
In-house design
Black and white drawing of a futuristic bicycle trainer with integrated seat, pedals and a large circular frame.

Ciclotte bike trainer
Schieppati, Luca
Black and white drawing of a modern bicycle trainer with a rectangular frame.

VELA Cycle Trainer (prototype)
Gebhard, Roman
Hamann, Matthis
Black and white drawing of a modern sports shoe with studded tread.

Shoe adiStar Long Jump
In-house design
Black and white drawing of a snowshoe with honeycomb frame and adjustable binding.

Snowshoe HIKR
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the snowbike with an oval frame, a seat and two skis for use on snow.

Skibob Gfäller Ei
Gfäller Senior, Georg
Black and white drawing of a fencing mask with fine mesh and padded rim.

Floret mask
In-house design
Black and white drawing of three balls.

Baseballs Haiti
Sklaroff, William B.
Black and white drawing of an aerodynamic time trial helmet with integrated visor and ventilation openings.

Bike helmet Rudy Project
In-house design
Black and white drawing of the ice skate blade with perforated frame.

Würthner T'Blade ice hockey skate blade
Frogdesign
Black and white drawing of an ice glider with curved frame and handle at the upper end.

Single-bladed ice glider Monomed No. 220
Eriksson, Lars
Petterson, Bengt
Black and white line drawing of a roller skate with four wheels, Velcro fasteners and a frame construction.

Roller skate
Design et Partners
Black and white line drawing of a slingshot ball with long holding strap and stitched leather design.

Slingshot ball
In-house design
Black and white drawing of a pair of roller skates.

Roller skate Indusco Froller
Esslinger, Hartmut (* 1944)
Black and white drawing, fitness machine with metal frame, spring mechanism, foot supports and an ornate seat.

Fitness device The Seat of Health
Hardy, Peter S.
Black and white drawing of a kendo mask with grid structure, leather padding and an adjustable strap.

Kendo mask
Unbekannt
Black and white drawing of a modern tubular metal sledge with seat and drawstring.

Sledge S 333
Lange, Holger
Black and white design, running shoe with thick, curved sole.

Marathon shoe Nike Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT%
In-house design
Kipchoge, Eliud

Shelf8Kid's World

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Inflatable giraffe
Niklová, Libuše
Black and white version of the furniture construction.

Play furniture system
Gugelot, Hans (1920 - 1965)
Rhinoceros made of fabric photographed in black and white, with horn attachment, saddlebags and small black beads as eyes.

Therapeutic toy large rhinoceros
Haeusler, Helene (1904 - 1987)
Müller, Renate
Metzel, Gudrun
Black and white photograph of Buba chair shown sideways in sitting position.

Kids’ chair Buba
Studio Dipol (Busse, Simon / Medugorac, Kostas)
Black and white image of the swing with symmetrical wave form.

Seesaw Vippig
Rosquist, Martin F.
Black and white picture of the wooden rocking trolley with curved seat and arched frame.

Rocking car
Brockhage, Hans
Andrä, Erwin (*1921)
Black and white picture of a wooden chair with a curved backrest and seat.

Anna high chair
Mobring, Karin
Black and white picture, organically shaped seating object with upholstered surface and round shapes.

Pony seat object
Aarnio, Eero
Black and white drawing of the rocking toy with curved seat and side handles.

Seesaw Schaukelplastik
Papst, Walter
Black and white picture of a pram with hood, chrome frame and large wheels.

Cocon pushchair
Colani, Luigi (1928 - 2019)

Highchair
Rietveld, Gerrit Thomas (24.06.1888 - 25.06.1964)

Shelf9Bentwood

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Black and white picture of a bentwood chair with curved armrests, wooden seat and brass-coloured foot caps.

Armchair Mod. 715
Siegel, Gustav
Bentwood chair with curved backrest and woven seat, shown in black and white, with a slightly lateral perspective.

Chair for the Café Museum
Loos, Adolf
Black and white drawing of a chair with a high, ornate backrest and rivets along the seat.

Chair Siebenkugelstuhl Nr. 371
Hoffmann, Josef (15.12.1870 - 07.05.1956)
Chair with wide, oval backrest and curved seat in black and white.

Bucket chair FH1936
Wegner, Hans J.
Black and white image of the wooden chair with curved armrests and woven seat, adorned with decorative elements.

Armchair
Chapuis, Jean-Joseph (1765 - 1864)
Black and white picture, chair made of bent wood with curved armrests and an elegant, organic shape.

Plywood armchair
Summers, Gerald (1899 - 1967)
Black and white wooden chair with curved backrest and slightly inclined seat, photographed from the front.

LCW armchair (Lounge Chair Wood)
Eames, Charles (1907 - 1978)
Eames, Ray (1912 - 1988)
Black and white photograph of the deckchair with curved design, side view.

Recliner from the Isokon series
Breuer, Marcel (1902 - 1981)
Black and white wooden armchair with curved seat and black armrests, three-quarter view.

Armchair Model No. 41 Paimio
Aalto, Alvar
Wooden chair with sculptural form and curved backrest, photographed from the front.

Armchair GJ
Jalk, Grete
Moulded wooden chair with organically curved seat and legs, shown in black and white.

Bambi chair
Pieck, Han (23.08.1923 - 28.08.2010)
Black and white wooden chair with curved backrest, rounded armrests and tapered legs, photographed in three-quarter view.

Chair Cherner
Cherner, Norman

Shelf10Carbon

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Black and white photograph of the modern racing bike with white frame and black add-on parts.

Bike Canyon Ultimate CF SLX 8 Disc LTD Artist Edition
Grcic, Konstantin (* 1965)

Biolove Carbon bicycle (prototype)
Lovegrove, Ross
Perspective view of black chair with mesh seat.

Carbon Balloon Chair
Wanders, Marcel (1963)
Black and white photograph of the black chaise longue with curved reclining surface and angled backrest, on four slender legs.

Chaise longue carbon (prototype)
Grcic, Konstantin (* 1965)
Futuristic, sculptural piece of furniture with a curved, symmetrical shape and two oval openings.

Lounger Oh Void 1
Arad, Ron (1951)
Sculptural chair made of shiny carbon fibre with a curved, organic shape.

Moot chair
Lovegrove, Ross
Chair photographed in black and white, with a net-like structure, high backrest and filigree legs.

Knotted chair
Wanders, Marcel (1963)

Shelf11Ceramics

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Black and white photograph toilet from the V&B collection by Colani standing on its side.

Toilet
Colani, Luigi (1928 - 2019)
Black and white photograph of the three side tables.

Mila side tables
Herkner, Sebastian

Totem Agra
Sottsass, Ettore (14.09.1917 - 31.12.2007)

Totem Menta
Sottsass, Ettore (14.09.1917 - 31.12.2007)
Black and white photo front view of square frame with ceramic plates on rods, which are twisted differently like slats.

Relief (model)
Ris, Günter Ferdinand
Black and white photograph of the sculptural stool with a structured, geometric surface, against a dark background.

Ceramic stool (model)
Urquiola, Patricia
Sculptural, glossy white chair with organic shapes.

Flower Offering Chair
Pakhalé, Satyendra

Shelf12Metal

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Front view, chair with symmetrical design and curved metal legs.

Aluminium chair
Roth, Alfred (21.05.1903 - 20.10.1998)
Side view, couch with sharp-edged, zigzag structure.

Vesuvio lounger
Granese, Diego
Black and white line drawing, modular shelf with offset, wave-shaped design.

Nan-15 shelving system
Cohen, Nitzan
Flat moulded metal form of a chair with a T-shaped backrest and outstretched leg segments.

Pressed Chair
Thaler, Harry
Technical drawing of a spherical floor-standing loudspeaker with slim stand base and mains cable.

Loudspeaker Audiorama 2000
In-house design
Side table with round glass top and three-legged metal frame with spherical feet.

Anonimus side table
Arad, Ron (1951)
Line drawing 5-minute chair.

Chair 5-Minuten-Stuhl
Berger, Ueli
Berger, Susi
Metal outboard motor with shiny fuel tank, cooling fins, copper pipes and a propeller drive shaft, mounted on a black metal stand.

Waterwitch outboard motor
Morgan, John R. (1903 - 1986)
Modern chair made of polished metal with a shiny surface, a rectangular backrest and four straight legs.

Déjà-vu chair
Fukasawa, Naoto

Shelf13Light and transparency

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Black and white line drawing, cylindrical pendant light with transparent glass housing.

Guise 2277 pendant light
Diez, Stefan
Black and white design, spherical lamp with transparent housing.

VP Globe pendant light
Panton, Verner (1926 - 1998)
Black and white line drawing, pendant light with numerous protruding light bulbs.

Sputnik pendant light
Becker, Friedrich (1922 Ende b. Herdecke -1997 Düsseldorf, Deutschland)
Black and white line drawing, spherical pendant light with interlaced, geometric elements.

Pendant lamp IKEA PS 2014
Wahl, David
Black and white line drawing, transparent chair with round backrest.

Louis Ghost chair
Starck, Philippe (* 1949)
Drawing of a pendant lamp with several bottle-shaped lampshades in a group.

Pendant lamp dmd-04 milk bottle lamp
Remy, Tejo (* 1960)
Black and white line drawing, transparent chair with angular shape and armrests.

Kiss me Goodbye armchair
Yoshioka, Tokujin

Light object Fiche Mâle
Lebovici, Yonel (1937 - 1998)
Black and white photograph, pendant light with stacked, circular metal shades.

Contrast pendant light
Henningsen, Poul (09.09.1894 - 31.01.1967)
Black and white photograph of the spherical pendant light with a honeycomb-like surface.

Styrene pendant light
Cocksedge, Paul
Black and white drawing of a spherical pendant light with many round light bulbs.

Taraxacum 88 S pendant light
Castiglioni, Achille (1918 - 2002)
Black and white photograph of the pendant light in a cloud-shaped design.

Pendant lamp Wolkenlampe
Berger, Ueli
Berger, Susi
Black and white photograph of the pendant light with wave pattern.

Flower Pot pendant light
Panton, Verner (1926 - 1998)
Lamp in the shape of an oversized light bulb with a chrome-plated base and a small light bulb inside.

Giant Bulb Clear luminaire
Maurer, Ingo (12.05.1932 - 21.10.2019)
Black and white photograph of the geometric luminaire made of white tubes.

Light Structure pendant light
Hamburger, Peter
Maurer, Ingo
Transparent, pink-coloured chair with an angular design, frontal.

Poly chair
Rashid, Karim

Shelf14Green

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Billy bookcase
Lundgren, Gillis

Armchair Djinn
Mourgue, Olivier
Black and white photograph, transparent sofa with metal legs and upholstery.

Phantom sofa
Emrys-Roberts, Peter
Black and white photograph, metal cabinet with two doors and lockable handle.

Office cabinet for the Centre Georges Pompidou
Cadestin, Michel
Laurent, Georges
Black and white photograph, plastic armchair with curved design and armrests.

Armchair no. 4794
Aulenti, Gae
Black and white photograph, coat rack with metal rod and several hooks, upright.

Coat rack VIP
Orlandini, Paolo
Lucci, Roberto
L/O Design
Black and white photograph, chair with curved, sculptural shape and round metal base.

Chair S-Chair
Dixon, Tom

Shelf15Wickerwork

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Black and white photograph, taken from the front, of a wooden chair with armrests and a high, woven backrest in a geometric pattern. The seat is also woven.

Armchair
Moser, Koloman
Black on white line drawing of a structure consisting of several hexagonal elements.

Room divider
Nickel-Stein, Monika
Black and white photograph, handmade basket made from natural twigs, with a lid.

Laundry basket 30 Grad
Nickel-Stein, Monika
Black and white line drawing of a woven basket with lid.

Laundry basket 60 Grad
Nickel-Stein, Monika
Black and white photograph front view of Ames Caribe bench. The surfaces are partly woven, partly only the vertical strands can be seen.

2-seater Caribe bench from the Sala Collection
Herkner, Sebastian
Black and white photograph, woven wicker armchair with curved armrests and high backrest.

Wicker chair no. 9578
Riemerschmid, Richard (1868 - 1957)
Black and white photograph, armchair with round backrest, open weave and white seat cushion.

Margherita wicker chair
Colombini, Gino
Albini, Franco
Black and white photograph, woven armchair with wide seat shell and conical base.

Children's armchair E 10
Eiermann, Egon

Vostra armchair no. 650
Risom, Jens
Black and white photograph of the chair with round backrest and symmetrical weave pattern.

Armchair made from car tyres
Unbekannt

High Sticking Chair
Gehry, Frank O.

Shelf16Sustainability strategies

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Chair Nobody
Christiansen, Poul
Berlin, Boris
Komplot Design
Three empty, rectangular frames with small angles in the corners, arranged next to each other.

BIPV modules SUNOVATION eFORM unichrome (Building Integrated PhotoVoltaics)
In-house design
Black and white line drawing of a cylindrical wastepaper basket with a perforated pattern.

Wastebasket Munich Airport
Busse, Hans-Busso von
Blees, Heinz
Büch, Roland
Kampmann, Niels
Black designer chair with sculptural X-shaped base.

X-Chair
Weizenegger, Hermann August
Black and white photograph, the open structure, with a rough surface.

Maiz One module
Fischbacher, Kerstin
Black and white photograph, three stacked plastic chairs on a pallet.

12 Bell Chair chairs
Grcic, Konstantin (* 1965)
Futuristic, three-wheeled vehicle with open cockpit.

Sinclair C5 electric vehicle
Sinclair, Clive
A hinged solar panel set photographed in black and white, connected to a portable case.

Solar case Solar Power Pack M1
AEG Industrie-Produktgestaltung (Röhrer, Gerhard)
Black and white photograph of the chair with an angular design, made from recycled plastic.

Chair RCP2
Atfield, Jane
Black and white photograph of a spherical hanging lamp made of colourful plastic and bottles.

Bottleformball pendant light
Nash, Heath
Chair made of dark, recycled material with a curved backrest and structured slats.

Chair 10-unit system
Ban, Shigeru
Black and white line drawing, television frontal with antennas folded out.

Jim Nature television
Starck, Philippe (* 1949)

Shelf17Red

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Black and white photograph, modular mobile pedestal with several storage compartments and drawers, standing o

Boby mobile pedestal
Colombo, Joe
Black and white photograph, narrow table with drawer.

Table with drawer from the Clay Furniture range
Baas, Maarten (* 1978)
Black and white line drawing, television with telescopic aerial extended.

Happy S portable television (Combi-Vision 310)
Ebermann, Klaus
Ziska, Jochen
Black and white photograph of the armchair with cylindrical, red upholstery and a metal frame.

Armchair Roll
Colombo, Joe
Black and white line drawing, television with a curved screen and an extended telescopic aerial.

Portable television set Linea 1
Bonetto, Rodolfo
Black and white line drawing of a spherical television with knobs and chains visible on the top.

TV Nivico, Mod. 3240 GM
In-house design
Black and white line drawing of the television with curved display, buttons and open top.

Television Philips Discoverer, Mod. 14GR1220/22B
In-house design
Black and white photograph of three stacked side tables.

Stackable side tables 4 Gatti
Bellini, Mario
Black and white line drawing, record player photographed from the front with round loudspeaker grille.

Portable record player GA 45 phono boy
Bellini, Mario
Bellini, Dario
Black and white line drawing, record player from above with round loudspeaker grille.

Portable record player Se 210
Monnet (Monnei), Pierre
Bureau d'Etudes Esthétiques
Black and white line drawing, rectangular radio with round loudspeaker slots and a retractable aerial.

Portable radio RR 127
Sapper, Richard (30.05.1932 - 31.12.2015)
Zanuso, Marco (14.05.1916 - 11.07.2001)
Black and white line drawing, radio with opened housing. The left side shows a loudspeaker with a grille and a central rotary knob, while the right side contains two analogue meters and other controls.

Portable radio TS502
Sapper, Richard (30.05.1932 - 31.12.2015)
Zanuso, Marco (14.05.1916 - 11.07.2001)
Black-and-white line drawing of the television set taken from the front, with frequency scale, rotary knob and ventilation slots.

TV set TV tele Star 4004
In-house design
Black and white line drawing, television with small screen, side control dials and stand.

Television Sharp Mod. 5P-12G
In-house design
Black and white drawing of a sideboard with four doors, handles and slender legs.

DF 2000 sideboard
Loewy, Raymond (C.E.I.–Compagnie de l'Esthétique Industrielle)
Black-and-White-Photo front view of Vermelha chair. The chair has three metal legs, a round seat and a semi-circular, high backrest. The seat and backrest are covered by cords in loops.

Vermelha armchair
Campana, Fernando
Campana, Humberto

Shelf18Stack

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Black and white line drawing, modular furniture with arched openings stacked to form a shelf.

Eur shelving system from the Me Too collection
Iacchetti, Giulio
Schwarz-weiße Fotografie, mehrerer gestapelter Hocker.

Add Stool
Atelier Steffen Kehrle (ASK)
Black and white photograph of the chair with filigree frame.

Stacking chairs LessThanFive, < 5_MY
Young, Michael
Coalesse Design Group
Black and white photograph of stacked metal containers with geometric design and smooth surfaces.

Book Box
Relvão, Ana
Kellermann, Gerhardt
Black and white photograph of a free-standing plastic chair and two stacked chairs.

Selene stacking chairs
Magistretti, Vico (1920 - 2006)
Black and white photograph of three stacked plastic stools.

Stacking stool model no. 2012 (Casalino)
Begge, Alexander
Black and white photograph, variously stacked, triangular side tables made of plastic with rounded edges.

Table modules model 700 Quattro quarti
Bonetto, Rodolfo
Black and white photograph of the multi-tiered and pyramid-shaped chest of drawers made of stacked rectangular modules.

Chest of drawers Nigritella Nigra
Mendini, Alessandro (1931 - 2019)
Black and white line drawing of the wooden chest of drawers with offset stacked drawers.

Chest of drawers Schubladenstapel
Berger, Ueli
Berger, Susi

Marema side tables from the YoungPlay series
Frattini, Gianfranco
Black and white photograph of three plastic chairs stacked on top of each other.

Stacking chairs Bofinger chair BA 1171
Bätzner, Helmut
Bätzner, Alfred
Bös, Friedhelm

Shelf19Basic shapes

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Black, round high table with slim, foldable frame and integrated castors for mobility.

Temp bar table
Relvão, Ana
Kellermann, Gerhardt
Black and white line drawing with an undulating, curved base consisting of five symmetrical elements.

Curved bench
Dam, Kristina
Black and white photograph, modular shelving unit with four open compartments of different sizes and visible plywood edges.

Universal furniture Basic
Sanktjohanser, Hubert
Sanktjohanser, Matthias
Black and white photograph, chair with triangular wooden backrest and metal frame with ribbed structure.

Schorge Chair
Kéré, Francis
Black and white photograph of two round container shelves. The one on the left has small castors.

Container Componibili
Castelli Ferrieri, Anna (1920 - 2006)
Black and white photograph, wooden chair with high backrest, three curved cross struts and woven seat.

Rung chair
Shaker
Black and white photograph, chair with round wooden seat and curved metal frame in shiny chrome.

Three-legged chair A
Kuramata, Shiro
Black and white illustration, cylindrical stool made of pressed cork with a grainy, textured surface.

Stool Cork High
Morrison, Jasper
Black and white line drawing, minimalist stool with a round cross strut.

Stool Ulmer Hocker (HfG-Hocker)
Bill, Max (22.12.1908 - 09.12.1994)
Gugelot, Hans (1920 - 1965)
Hildinger, Paul

Stool 95/6
Judd, Donald
Black and white illustration, minimalist shelf with four wooden shelves and metal struts on the sides.

Shelf Mod. 2722
Kienzle, Wilhelm
Black and white illustration of the front view of the wooden chair with woven seat.

Superleggera chair (former no. 699)
Ponti, Gio (1891 - 1979)

Shelf20Wood

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Black and white line drawing, chair with straight legs, flat seat and slightly curved backrest.

Chair workshop
Manz, Cecilie
Black and white image, rustic wooden chair with organic shapes and tree-trunk legs.

Chair Bauernstuhl
Hullmann, Harald
Kunstflug
Black and white illustration, wooden cabinet with two wooden doors and side panels extended upwards.

Chest of drawers from the series Junior
Mangiarotti, Angelo (1921 - 2012)
Black and white line drawing, wooden table with three curved drawer fronts.

Table Typensatz 602/C
Ehrlich, Franz
Schwarz-weiße Abbildung, Stuhl mit Sitzfläche und Rückenlehne sowie konischen Holzbeinen.

Stoeck chair
Kufus, Axel
Schwarz-weißes Bild, Sofa mit gebogener Rückenlehne, mit gepolsterten Elementen und gestreiftem Stoffbezug.

Bench from the studio space Haus Moller, Vienna
Singer, Franz
Dicker, Friedl
Atelier Singer - Dicker
Black and white illustration, tea trolley with curved frame, two shelves and large side wheels.

Tea trolley Mod. 98
Aalto, Alvar (1898 - 1976)
Black and white picture, elegant wooden secretary with folding mechanism, narrow legs and two white drawer handles.

Secretary desk Tibattant
Ruhlmann, Jacques-Émile (1879 - 1933)
Black and white view of the wooden chair.

Plastic chair in wood
Baas, Maarten (* 1978)

Plinth21Medicine

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Robot in a light colour, with two movable, more articulated arms, a digital face with two round eyes on a screen.

Care robot Garmi (prototype)
Haddadin, Sami (* 26.06.1980)

Wheelchair Wheeliy
Monden, Shintaro
Quantum Inc.
Black and white drawing of an MRI scanner from the side. The tube of the device is shown on the right, while the patient couch protrudes to the left.

Computed tomography Somatom Smile
designaffairs GmbH, Studio Erlangen (Thormann, Klaus)

Plinth22Floor lamps

Shelf overview with marked compartment

Ten floor lamp
Sottsass, Ettore (14.09.1917 - 31.12.2007)
Black floor lamp with a narrow, straight stand and a curved upper section to which a conical lampshade is attached.

Rope Trick floor lamp
Diez, Stefan
Black and white line drawing of a piece of furniture with an integrated lamp. The design has an organic look.

Table with lamp from the Plain Clay Furniture series
Baas, Maarten (* 1978)
Black and white sketch of a modern floor lamp with rectangular base, adjustable arm and flat, round lampshade. A cable with integrated switch hangs down from the stand.

Floor lamp Berliner Bratpfanne
Schliephacke, Fridtjof (23.08.1930 - 02.03.1991)
Black and white sketch, floor lamp with a thin stand, round base and a rectangular lamp head. A cable leads upwards from the lamp and runs along the stand.

Spider floor lamp
Colombo, Joe (1930 - 1971)
Floor lamp with slim metal stand, round base and spherical white glass lampshade. A cable with foot switch leads away from the base.

Polluce floor lamp
Mari, Enzo
Fasolis, Anna
Black and white sketch of a minimalist floor lamp with two parallel struts, a rectangular base and a triangular lamp head at the top. A cable leads away from the base.

Floor lamp Basis
Costa, Jean-Marc da
Black and white photograph, floor lamp with slim, silver stand and round base.

Floor lamp Light column
Zapf Design (Zapf, Otto)
Black and white line drawing, floor lamp with slim metal frame and spherical, adjustable lampshade.

Floor lamp S3
Tilche, Paolo (17.04.1925 - 12.05.2002)
Black and white photograph, floor lamp with perforated, cylindrical lampshade on a sculptural base.

Chicago Tribune floor lamp from the Stillight series
Thun, Matteo (geb. 1952)
Lera, Andrea
White table lamp with several curved, adjustable slats that open like a fan.

Gherpe floor light
Superstudio

Callimaco floor lamp
Sottsass, Ettore (14.09.1917 - 31.12.2007)
Sketch of a floor lamp with leg-shaped stands, shoe-like feet and a hanging light bulb.

Floor lamp Giacomo
Pesce, Gaetano (08.11.1939 - 03.04.2024)
Black and white sketch of a slim floor lamp with a spiral on the stand and a rounded shade.

Luxmaster F floor lamp
Morrison, Jasper

Otello floor lamp, no. 640
Gecchelin, Bruno
Black and white design, slim floor lamp with round, upward-facing shade, curved metal arm.

Toio floor lamp
Gecchelin, Bruno
Black and white photograph of the slim, black floor lamp with slanted, white shade and small sphere as a detail.

Montjuic floor lamp
Calatrava, Santiago

Tenaglia floor lamp
Buzzi Ceriani, Francesco

Indi floor lamp
Bredendieck, Hin (1904 - 1995)
Giedion, Sigfried (1888 - 1968)

Quirino floor lamp
Branzi, Andrea (1938 - 2023)
Black and white drawing, sculptural table lamp with curved plastic slats.

Medusa floor light
Bohr, Olaf von
Table lamp with a curved, white plastic structure that spirals upwards.

Mezzachimera luminaire
Magistretti, Vico (1920 - 2006)
Black and white drawing of a floor lamp in the shape of a safety pin with a round base and cable.

Floor lamp Épingle de nourrice
Lebovici, Yonel (1937 - 1998)
Black and white line drawing of two stylised tree-trunk floor lamps, one with a ring, the other with crossbars, on triangular bases.

Floor lamps Baumleuchte I and II
Hullmann, Harald
Bartels, Heiko
Kunstflug
Black and white photograph of the slim floor lamp with two vertical, white light panels and a black round base.

Megaron floor lamp
Frattini, Gianfranco
Black and white line drawing, floor lamp with swivelling, slender metal tube and round base.

Floor lamp Baukasten M60 Fahr
Fahr, Rouge Ekkehard
Black and white photograph, floor lamp with thin metal stand, octagonal base and curved paper lampshade with wooden detail.

Akari BB3/33S floor lamp
Noguchi, Isamu
Black and white line drawing of the floor lamp with curved frame, large lamp head and castor three-legged base.

Floor lamp MN 04 Super Guppy Lamp
Newson, Marc (1963)
Black and white photograph of the minimalist floor lamp with an L-shaped metal frame and a vase as a lampshade.

Cicatrices de Luxe F floor lamp
Starck, Philippe (* 1949)

Plinth23Postmodern

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Brown leather armchair with modern design elements and metallic accents.

Armchair
Hollein, Hans

Regal Chambre A Air
Pentagon (Müller, Reinhard)
Black and white photograph of the designer couch, with asymmetrical substructure.

Sofa Kandissi
Mendini, Alessandro (1931 - 2019)
Black and white drawing of an armchair consisting of a remodelled shopping trolley. The seat and armrests are moulded from lattice metal, while the base and castors retain the typical shopping trolley structure.

Consumer's Rest armchair
Stiletto Studios

Flamingo side table
De Lucchi, Michele

Tahiti luminaire
Sottsass, Ettore (14.09.1917 - 31.12.2007)
Black and white photograph of the table lamp with wheels, six lamp sockets and small light bulbs.

Super luminaire
Bedin, Martine
Black and white line drawing, round table with cylindrical center column and circular base.

Kyoto side table
Kuramata, Shiro
Black and white photograph of the perspective view of the armchair, which is reminiscent of monumental architecture.

Armchair Roma
Zanini, Marco

Shelf Carlton
Sottsass, Ettore (14.09.1917 - 31.12.2007)

Plinth24Heat

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white line drawing, rectangular heating stove with symmetrically arranged round openings.

Electric heater
Sottsass, Ettore (14.09.1917 - 31.12.2007)
Black and white photograph of three white wave-shaped radiators. A small metal tube protrudes from the top of each one.

Radiators Milano
Astori, Antonia
Ponti, Nicola De

Convection stove Germane No. 7110
Wagenfeld, Wilhelm (15.04.1900 - 28.05.1990)
Black and white front view of the appliance with rectangular housing and four cylindrical heating elements.

Electric heating stove P.L. No. 12
Behrens, Peter (1868 - 1940)
Black and white line drawing of an old stove with ventilation grilles on the front and a ribbed heating element on the top.

Stove for anthracite coal Oranier
Gropius, Walter (18.05.1883 - 05.07.1969)
Black and white line drawing of a historical stove with a conical base, several chambers and round shelves.

Pyro-Rex workshop oven
In-house design
Black and white line drawing of a large cast iron stove with elaborate decorations and patterns.

Church oven (regulating and filling oven No. 73)
Unbekannt
Black and white line drawing of a simple, rectangular oven with three closable chambers and ventilation slits on the top.

Irish continuous firing stove, original Kramer stove
Kramer, Ferdinand
Black and white line drawing of a tall, tiered stove with several rectangular sections and decorative legs.

Cast iron stove
Unbekannt
Cylindrical cast iron stove, standing on an octagonal base with cross-shaped recesses.

Cast iron stove
Unbekannt
Black and white illustration of the small, cylindrical white heater and several round ventilation holes.

Palux electric heater
In-house design
Black and white line drawing of a small, dome-shaped heater with several round ventilation holes at the top.

Electric heater Epiag
In-house design
Fan heater in white with oval, open air duct. The appliance stands on a round base.

Fan heater Dyson Hot (AM04)
Dyson, James (* 02.05.1947)

shelf25ceramics

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white vase with a modern design.

Coloured Vase, Series 3, 148/300
Jongerius, Hella
Black and white vase with a modern design.

Coloured Vase, Series 3, 211/300
Jongerius, Hella
Black and white photograph of the vase with light and shiny areas.

Coloured Vase, Series 3, 236/300
Jongerius, Hella
Black and white photograph of the cylindrical vase.

Vase
Link, Katharina
Cylindrical vase with an artistically designed surface in earthy tones. The vase is decorated with abstract drawings, lines and structures, including floral motifs and geometric elements.

Vase
Link, Katharina
Black and white photograph of two slim, modern vases made of white ceramic with a minimalist design.

Vase
Bablok, Karin
Black and white photograph of two slim, modern vases made of white ceramic with a minimalist design.

Vase
Bablok, Karin
Black and white photograph of the vase with an irregular shape and an artistic surface.

Vase
Möhwald, Martin
Black and white photograph of two narrow, goblet-shaped vases.

Goblet-shaped vases
Weigel, Gotlind (25.04.1932 - 21.06.2024)

shelf26ceramics

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of the ceramic vessel with geometric pattern.

Vessel Schiffsform auf Sockel
Brüggemann-Breckwoldt, Antje
Black and white view of a vase in ‘Y’ shape.

Vessel Großes Ypsilon
Scheid, Karl (17.01.1929 - 03.09.2019)
Black and white image of the tall, sculptural ceramic vase with a textured, light grey surface, angular shape and geometric elevations in the lower section.

Vase
Kuch, Elly (Geb.: 1929 Gest.: 2008)
Kuch, Wilhelm (Geb.: 1925)
Sculptural ceramic vase with a light-coloured, slightly textured surface, angular shape and symmetrical geometric elevations in the centre.

Vase
Kuch, Elly (Geb.: 1929 Gest.: 2008)
Kuch, Wilhelm (Geb.: 1925)
Black and white photograph of the square ceramic jar with lid decorated with a geometric pattern of interlocking angular shapes.

Vessel with lid
Scheid, Ursula (29.10.1932 - 04.07.2008)
Black and white photograph of the ceramic vase with a slightly slanted shape.

Vase
Yoshikawa, Masamichi

shelf27ceramics

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of the ceramic sculpture with a rough, rustic surface.

Object Torso
Sturm, Robert
Black and white photograph of the ceramic sculpture with geometric shapes and textured surface.

Object Doppelplatte
Weigel, Gerald (25.11.1925 - 24.02.2020)

Object 11er-Gruppe
Asshoff, Ingeborg
Asshoff, Bruno
Black and white photograph of sculptural ceramics with a symmetrical and abstract form.

Object
Crumbiegel, Dieter
Black and white photograph of a curved ceramic sculpture with an organic, twisted shape and glossy surface.

Object
Fulle, Karl

shelf28ceramics

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of sculptural ceramics with organic, wave-like structures and spherical elements.

Object Kleine Familie im Halbkreis
Kuhn, Beate (1927 - 2015)
Black and white photograph of the sculptural ceramic vessel with rounded, merging structures.

Object
Kuhn, Beate (1927 - 2015)
Black and white photograph of the smooth glazed ceramic sculpture with symmetrically arranged, drop-shaped elevations.

Object Weiße Kranzform
Kuhn, Beate (1927 - 2015)
Black and white drawing of the complex sculpture consisting of cylindrical and knob-like shapes stacked on top of each other.

Object Gruppe
Kuhn, Beate (1927 - 2015)

shelf29ceramics

Shelf overview with marked compartment

Vessel (copy)
Kuhn, Beate (1927 - 2015)
Black and white photograph of the slender vase with light-coloured, organically curved patterns.

Vessel "Saiten"
Debus, Monika

Vase
Summer, Roland
Black and white photo of a round ceramic sculpture with a geometric cube pattern that creates an optical illusion. The shape is reminiscent of an apple with a hollow in the centre.

Vessel shape
Lerch-Brodersen, Inke (* 1946)
Black and white photograph of painted ceramics with abstract shapes.

Object Le chant du coq
Portanier, Gilbert

Shelf30Ceramics

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black, ceramic vase with an organic, sculptural shape. The vase has a bulbous centre that tapers upwards and downwards into slender, cylindrical necks.

Black vase
Gorry, Colin
Black and white photograph of the ceramic vase with geometric pattern.

Large beaker vase
Welch, Robin
Black and white photograph of the rustic ceramic vase with mosaic fragments, earthy textures and two handles.

Vase with mosaic
Brown, David
Black and white photograph of the artistically moulded vase.

Large funnel vase
Roberts, David
Black and white photograph of the ceramic vase with an eroded surface reminiscent of a map.

Vessel object
Beavan, Jenny

Shelf31Ceramics

Shelf overview with marked compartment

Vessel Vulkan
Champy, Claude
Black and white photograph of the handmade ceramic vase with a rough, eroded surface.

Large vessel
Wood, Rachel
Black and white photograph of the cylindrical ceramic with textured surface and perforated area.

Vase
Astoul, Eric
Black and white photograph of the ceramic sculpture with rough, textured surface and curved handle.

Handled pot blanc
David, Bernard
Black and white photograph of the rustic ceramic vase with a rough, irregular surface.

Vase
Rousseau, Hervé

Center32Gas Station

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Minimalist line drawing of a petrol station with petrol pump, advertising sign and watering can.

Light sign from Agip, Antenna, Germania type
Broggini, Luigi (Signet) (1908 - 1983)
(Guzzi, Giuseppe)

Center33Sports

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Fitness machine with black base and white metal structure, padded holders and handles.

Icaros Pro Virtual Reality fitness machine
Hyve (Scholl, Johannes / Schmidt, Michael)

Center34Drone

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Technical drawing of an unmanned helicopter with rotor, landing gear and various technical details.

Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Air System UAS
Heufler, Gerhard

Center35Bookshelf

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Technical drawing of a spherical book tower with open panels and several shelves inside.

Library book tower
Frank, Beat

Corridor36Wall Lamps

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Minimalist drawing of two round wall lights with light source on the side.

Eclipse Ellipse wall lights
Maurer, Ingo

Corridor37Wood

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white drawing of the floor lamp with rectangular base, slim stand and lampshade. A cable runs along the stand and is attached to the base.

James Light floor lamp
Franck, Thorsten
Black and white drawing of the lamp with a rectangular base, a long rod and a rectangular lampshade at the top.

James Look standing mirror
Franck, Thorsten
Line drawing of a clock on a long rod, which is attached to a rectangular base at the lower end. The clock shows the time at approximately 12:50.

Grandfather clock James Clock
Franck, Thorsten

Display Case50Photo & Film

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Black and white photograph of the camera with extended bellows and a rectangular viewfinder at the top.

Instant bellows camera Polaroid Land Camera 104
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the film camera. On the front is a black control panel as well as two lens elements and a control dial. Next to it are two black lens caps.

Standard 8 camera Bauer 88 E
In-house design
White instant camera with a round, black lens in the centre. On the left a ribbed grip with a round shutter release, on the top right a rectangular flash.

Instax SQ1 analogue instant camera
In-house design
Black Rollei action camera with a compact design. The front features a round lens, an on/off button labelled ‘Mode’ and the ‘Rollei’ logo.

Action camcorder Rollei Actioncam 4s Plus
In-house design
Silver Sony digital camera with retractable lens. The camera has a carrying strap and various controls on the top.

Sony DSC-F505 digital camera
Sony Design Center
Black slide projector with ribbed housing and cylindrical lens exit.

Slide projector Pouva Magica
In-house design
Black and white line drawing of the SLR camera with lens, ribbed focus ring and distinctive handle on the left-hand side. A shutter button and various details such as the viewfinder and controls are indicated at the top.

SLR camera Canon T90
Colani, Luigi (1928 - 2019)
Front view of a black vintage camera with the inscription ‘BOY’ above the round lens.

Roll film box camera Bilora Boy
In-house design
Small, rectangular device. There is a row of four black lenses in the centre, which are slightly highlighted. A black crank handle is attached to one side and there is a small eyelet on the opposite side.

4-lens miniature camera AS 3.0 Supersampler
Unbekannt
Black and white photograph of the transparent camera with four-colour lens, viewfinder and shutter release.

4-lens compact camera ActionSampler Clear
Unbekannt
Camera with front flap folded upwards. Two lenses and a carrying strap hanging down at the side.

Roll film camera Anscoflex
Loewy, Raymond (05.11.1893 - 14.07.1986)
Black camera with a structured front and a round, covered lens in the centre.

Roll film camera Purma Special
Loewy, Raymond (05.11.1893 - 14.07.1986)
Black and white photograph of the camera with fluted lever.

35mm camera Zeiss ikonette
Löffelhardt, Heinrich (24.12.1901 - 22.05.1979)
Slany, Hans Erich
Black and white photograph of the camera with silver housing and black elements.

Miniature cassette camera Kodak Disc 4000
In-house design
Black Leica M4-P camera with textured body, ‘Leitz’ logo and lens labelled ‘Lens Made in Canada Summicron 1:2/50’.

Leica M4-P 35mm camera
Janke, Heinrich
Uellenberg, Hans Kurt
Camera with structured housing and round, central lens.

Roll film camera V.P. Twin
Unbekannt
Camera with large, round metal reflector for the flash and a black carrying strap.

Roll film box camera Brownie Starflash
In-house design
Camera with round lens area and several lens openings. On the right is a large, round flash with transparent front glass.

35mm viewfinder camera Olympus O-Product
Sakai, Naoki

Cine film projector Weimar 3
In-house design
Camera with black, ribbed housing and silver elements. The round lens is surrounded by a silver ring with slits. Above the lens is a transparent strip with symbols and the letters ‘PRAKTI’.

35mm camera Prakti
Claus, Manfred
Two cameras with ribbed plastic housing. Both cameras have a large, round black lens with cover and a small viewfinder at the top right.

35mm camera Beirette SL 100 N
In-house design
Spiegelreflexkamera mit silbernem Gehäuse und schwarzer Lederstruktur. Vorne ein großes Objektiv. Oben befinden sich mehrere silberne Einstellräder und ein Sucherprisma mit dem Buchstaben „F“.

SLR camera Nikon F
In-house design

Tondo film projector for 8 mm and Super 8 films, Mod. CTO
Lurani Cernuschi, Giovanni (19.12.1905 - 17.01.1995)
Small camera photographed from above with two round dials and a small button.

Miniature camera Minox B (model)
Zapp, Walter (1905 - 2003)
Black and white photograph of the vintage film camera. A large lens with a wide metal frame at the front, a square viewfinder and two rotary knobs at the top.

8 mm system film camera Movikon 8
In-house design
Black camera with horizontal lines adorning the housing. A large, round lens with cover in the centre. A silver rotary knob and a small lever at the top right.

Roll film camera Bantam Special
Teague, Walter Dorwin (1883 - 1960)
Black and white photograph of the back of the camera, with viewfinder, window for viewing the film cassette information and the shutter button on the top.

35mm camera Agfamatic 4008 pocket
Schlagheck, Norbert
Schultes, Herbert H.
Black and white photograph of the camera, flat and rectangular. There is a small, square window with milky glass in the centre of the front, with the white ‘MINOX EC’ logo next to it.

Miniature camera Minox EC, type no. 10500
Fischer, Richard (1935 - 2010)
Black and white photograph of the three vintage ‘Coronet Midget’ cameras in a row, all facing frontally with visible lens, viewfinder and label.

Micro cameras Coronet Midget
Unbekannt
Side view vintage film camera with silver housing, black leather structure and black handle.

8 mm film camera Autocarena II
In-house design
Front view of the vintage Leica camera with silver body, black leather structure and silver lens cap with ‘Leica’ engraving.

35mm camera Leica If
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the film camera with white body, large wide-angle lens and black handle.

Nizo professional super yacht film camera and Nizo III wide-angle lens
Oberheim, Robert (1938 - 2014)
Dark grey Apple QuickTake 100 camera with lens, flash and Apple logo, photographed from a slightly oblique top view on a grey background.

QuickTake 100 digital camera
Van De Loo, Marc
Parsey, Tim
Shen, David
Silver Logitech Pocket Digital Camera with a sliding mechanism that exposes the lens and flash.

Digital Camera Pocket Digital Camera
Ideo

Display Case51Gaming

Shelf overview with marked compartment

Atari CX40 Joystick
McKinsey, Kevin P.
Asher, James C.
Black and white photograph of the game cartridge ‘MISSILE COMMAND’ with label.

Game Missile Command
Theurer, Dave
Black and white photograph of the game cartridge ‘SPACE INVADERS’ with label.

Game Space Invaders
Nishikado, Tomohiro
Black and white image of the Pac-Man game cassette.

Pac-Man game
Iwatani, Toru
Black and white photograph of the Nintendo Switch console.

Nintendo Switch games console
In-house design
Grey Game Boy cassette of the game ‘TETRIS’ in black and white.

Tetris game
Paschitnow, Alexei Leonidowitsch
Game Boy Advance SP, a foldable handheld gaming controller with screen, directional pad, action buttons and loudspeaker.

Handheld console Game Boy Advance SP Mod. AGS-001
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the toy rocket with the inscription ‘KXB 70’ and ‘PLANET’. There are small grey figures at the base for size orientation.

Planet Orbital 1 rocket
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the ‘SUPER CODE’ game box with plug-in game motif.

Plug-in game Super Code
Meirovitz, Mordechai (Telekommunikationsexperte)
Black and white photograph of the opened game box with a pack of cards, a game book with a grid pattern and a game board. The packaging shows a stylised computer display and the inscription ‘Basic - learning by playing, even without a computer’.

Card game Joker-Play
In-house design
White Nintendo DS Lite in unfolded state with two screens, control pad, action buttons and start/select buttons.

Nintendo DS handheld console
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the solved Rubik's Cube

Rubik's Cube
Rubik, Ernö

Braun Book Lab Was ist Elektronik?
Rams, Dieter (* 20.05.1932)
Braun-Design
Greger, Georg Franz
Stauber, Jules (03.04.1920 - 19.05.2008)

Joystick Highscreen
Colani, Luigi (1928 - 2019)
Black and white photograph of the Pokémon Pikachu device from Nintendo with a small screen, control pad and several buttons.

Tamagotchi Pokémon Pikachu
In-house design
Black and white photo of an upright Gameboy with framed display, cross and buttons.

Handheld console Game Boy Mod. DMG-01
Yokoi, Gunpei
Black and white photograph of the console with six rotary knobs and ventilation slots.

Atari Video Computer System 2600
Thompson, Fredrick
Hardy, Douglas
Black and white drawing of a PlayStation 2 console in vertical position with ventilation slots, memory card and connected cable.

PlayStation 2 games console
Sony Design Center
Black and white drawing of a rectangular device with rounded corners.

Defender game
DeMar, Larry
Jarvis, Eugene
Black and white drawing of a rectangular games console with a large round ventilation grille on the front and a controller placed next to it.

Xbox Series S games console
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the PS4 cover of Grand Theft Auto V (Premium Edition) with collage of game motifs.

Game Grand Theft Auto V
Benzies, Leslie
Sarwar, Imran

Display Case52Protection

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white image of the packaging of a face mask.

Packaging for Livinguard protective mask with contents
Linke, Birger
Front view of the black protective mask with the eye area cut out.

Face protection mask Raptor
Grygar, Ales
Chapcak, Petr
Black and white photo of two Playmobil figures, a policeman with a mask and a blonde woman with a spray bottle.

Play figures from the Heroines of Everyday Life series
Beck, Hans
Black and white photograph of a group of Playmobil figures with face masks in various professions and outfits.

Igráček game pieces from the special edition Pomáhej s Igráčkem (help with Igráček)
Kalina, Jiří
Krejchová, Marie
Black and white sketch of a round surveillance camera with a lens in the centre and a small slit at the top, mounted on a rounded base.

Circle View surveillance camera
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the hearing protection with black padding and adjustable metal bracket.

Hearing protection for children Auris Plus
In-house design
Black and white side view of the bicycle helmet.

BH51T bicycle helmet
Werksentwurf (Li, Ding / Song, Xiao / Liao, Chun Yang / Xiao, Pei Feng)
Black and white photo of silicone oven glove shown sideways and upright.

Silicone oven gloves
Costa, Xavier
Black and white photograph of five evenly arranged thimbles.

Thimbles prym.ergonomics
Papenfuss Atelier für Gestaltung
Black and white photograph of a metal box in the shape of a cross, photographed from the front.

Medicine cabinet PO/9208b (Cross)
Eriksson, Thomas (* 1959 Schweden)
Round door lock with integrated rotary handle. The handle has a keyhole opening at the top and a logo with the letters ‘K’ at the bottom. The lock is set into a circular frame.

Recessed safety locker lock with cylinder lock
Herold, Willy
Two-piece silver bicycle lock with wire rope loop, shown pulled apart.

Bikey bicycle lock (prototype)
Gruber, Lothar
Black and white photograph of a black padlock.

Padlocks Assa Ruko
Brahe-Pedersen, Jakob (*1950, Washington, D.C., USA)
Black and white photograph of the black and silver welding helmet.

Speedglas 9000X automatic welding helmet
Ergonomi Design Gruppen AB
Crafoord, Carl-Göran
Bergkvist, Håkan
Black and white photograph of the wooden snow goggles.

Snow goggles
Inuit-Kultur
Black and white photograph of the futuristically shaped sunglasses.

Sunglasses Over the Top
In-house design

Display Case53Medicine

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of robot skin. The shape of the part of the robot skin is reminiscent of a flat P and consists of many small hexagonal elements with a black square in the middle. Black cables protrude to the left of the surface.

Sensitive artificial skin for robots (prototype)
Cheng, Gordon (1968)
Mittendorfer, Philipp
Dean-Leon, Emmanuel
Bergner, Florian
Guadarrama Olvera, Julio Rogelio
Leboutet, Quentin
Black and white photograph of the ball head.

Ball head for an artificial hip joint
Cheng, Gordon (1968)
Mittendorfer, Philipp
Dean-Leon, Emmanuel
Bergner, Florian
Guadarrama Olvera, Julio Rogelio
Leboutet, Quentin
Black and white photograph of the dental laboratory appliance with black base and protective disc.

Visio Alfa dental laboratory unit
Neumeister Design
Closed, curved metal surgical scissors with two finger grips.

Medical scissors
In-house design
Opened metal pliers with polished handles.

Hoof inspection forceps
In-house design
Closed metal birthing forceps with grooved spoons and curved handle ends.

Birth forceps for pigs
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the 3R60 inclined knee joint prosthesis in silver.

Knee joint prosthesis 3R60
Mühlenberend, Andreas
Three different plastic inlays placed next to each other.

Plastic inlay, artificial knee joint
Unbekannt
Two screw rings with sloping outer grooves, top view.

Screw ring SC for artificial hip joint
Unbekannt
The left one shows the handwritten mark ‘44’, the others are smooth and shiny.

Acetabular cups for an artificial hip joint
In-house design

Phoropter (spectacle analyser)
Herold, Willy
Front view of the RotoMix mixer with open lid, control panel and inserted mixing containers.

Mixing device RotoMix
Neumeister Design
Black and white line drawing of a pair of medical scissors with an angled, long shaft and two round finger grips.

Surgical hand instrument
In-house design
Front view of the Erbotom F 2 medical device with two large rotary knobs, several plug connections and minimalist labelling.

Medical device Erbotom F 2
Bonsiepe, Gui
Maldonado, Tomás
Scharfenberg, Rudolf
View of the device with visible tip and transparent end piece.

Medical measuring device for blood coagulation Coa Time
Heger, Anders
Herzwall, Herold
Poulsen, Jens Ulrik
McGugan, Steve
Møller-Jensen, Jens
Black and white photograph of the Transferpette-8 standing vertically in a holder.

Multichannel pipette Transferpette-8
Werksentwurf / FTI-Design
Closed metal sterilising tongs with angled, wavy shape and two round handles, photographed from the front.

Cheattle IG 820 sterilising tongs
In-house design
White insulin pen syringe with cap removed.

Insulin syringe OptiPen 1E Starlet
Esslinger, Hartmut (* 1944)
Frogdesign
Black and white illustration of the D 2000 heart sound detector with loudspeaker, scale, slider and connected transducer.

Heart sound detector D 2000
Esslinger Design
Black and white photograph of the earthenware jug with black imprint ‘Virol - A Preparation of Bone-Marrow’, cylindrical shape with small neck and wide foot.

Jug for bone marrow
Unbekannt
Black and white line drawing of a blood pressure monitor with upper arm cuff, hose connection and analogue manometer; another separate manometer is shown next to it.

Blood pressure monitor with integrated stopwatch
Clivio, Franco
Bonsiepe, Gui

Display Case54Packaging

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of the biscuit packaging with an abstract pattern.

Bahlsen biscuit box Eye Candy
Stiller, Carolin
Black and white photograph of the biscuit packaging with an abstract space pattern.

Bahlsen biscuit box Eye Candy
We Are Büro Büro
Black and white illustration of the biscuit packaging with illustrated eyes and biscuits as a pattern.

Bahlsen biscuit box Eye Candy
Müller, Timo
Black and white photograph of the glass bottle with fluted lower part and label with Fanta logo.

Fanta drinks bottle
Loewy, Raymond (05.11.1893 - 14.07.1986)
Black-and-white-photography of three different bottles from the same product line by Jil Sander next to each other. Two square bottles with spray heads in different sizes and a square tin with a round lid. All bottles are white with three grooves in the middle.

3 containers for Jil Sander cosmetic products
Peter Schmidt Studios (10.12.1937 - 24.7.2025)
Black and white line drawing, the mineral water bottle screw cap and organically curved shape.

2 bottles of Tŷ Nant mineral water
Lovegrove, Ross
Black and white photograph of the closed, flat biscuit tin with white lid and banderole with the lettering ‘KEKS TO TYPE’.

Bahlsen Grotesk biscuit tin
MUTABOR
Black and white photograph of the round biscuit tin.

Tin can for Bahlsen biscuits, so-called sun tin
Grossberg, Eva
Black and white photograph of the rectangular tin box with floral pattern and several stylised black starlings in gold-coloured medallions

Tin for Bahlsen biscuits, so-called star tin
Margold, Emanuel Josef (1888 - 1962)

Atomisers, spray and screw-on tins for hair care product range Design
Windi Winderlich Design
Black and white photograph of the tapered packaging with the inscription ‘Fiorucci’ and the number ‘22’.

Bags for sweets Fiorucci Candies
Testa, Armando
Black and white photograph of the classic bottle of the perfume ‘Chanel N°5’ in transparent glass with octagonal cap and white label with black inscription ‘PARFUM N°5 CHANEL PARIS’.

Perfume bottle for Chanel No 5 series
Dorfsman
Chanel
Black and white photograph of the classic bottle of the perfume ‘Chanel N°5’ in transparent glass with octagonal cap and white label with black inscription ‘PARFUM N°5 CHANEL PARIS’.

Perfume bottle for Chanel No 5 series
Dorfsman
Chanel
Black and white photograph of the classic bottle of the perfume ‘Chanel N°5’ in transparent glass with octagonal cap and white label with black inscription ‘PARFUM N°5 CHANEL PARIS’.

Perfume bottle for Chanel No 5 series
Dorfsman
Chanel
Black and white photograph of the classic bottle of the perfume ‘Chanel N°5’ in transparent glass with octagonal cap and white label with black inscription ‘PARFUM N°5 CHANEL PARIS’.

Perfume bottle for Chanel No 5 series
Dorfsman
Chanel
Black and white photograph of the classic bottle of the perfume ‘Chanel N°5’ in transparent glass with octagonal cap and white label with black inscription ‘PARFUM N°5 CHANEL PARIS’.

Perfume bottle for Chanel No 5 series
Dorfsman
Chanel
Black and white photograph of the classic bottle of the perfume ‘Chanel N°5’ in transparent glass with octagonal cap and white label with black inscription ‘PARFUM N°5 CHANEL PARIS’.

Perfume bottle for Chanel No 5 series
Dorfsman
Chanel
Black and white photograph of round biscuit tin with star-shaped geometric pattern.

Tin can for Bahlsen biscuits
Grossberg, Eva
Black and white photograph of the beer bottle with label and minimalist motif of a beer glass.

Beer bottle
Mayfried, Thomas
Rectangular tin box with handle and black floral pattern on a creamy white background, decorated with stylised leaves, fruit and flowers.

Tin for Bahlsen cookies
Margold, Ella (18.12.1886 - 14.09.1961)
Black and white illustration of a rectangular biscuit box with an image of a butter biscuit.

Cardboard box for Bahlsen Leibniz biscuit
Borg, Nikolai
Two clear glass bottles of ‘TAU’ brand water, left with black label and black cap, right with white label and white cap

2 mineral water bottles TAU
Borg, Nikolai
Two slim cans of the afri brand: on the left ‘afri cola’ in a black can with a white palm tree silhouette, on the right ‘afri white’ in a white can with a black palm tree.

2 cans of Afri Cola
Becker, Rafael (1895 - 1979)

3 bottles for Rosso Antico Aperitivo
Dalí, Salvador

Display Case55Toasters

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of a front view of an open metal toaster with visible heating wires.

Toaster Inventum
Dalí, Salvador
Silver-coloured, triangular toaster of the BR 480 type.

Toaster type BR 480
Werksentwurf (Pruss, Wilhelm ?)
Metal toaster with side flaps and open design.

Toaster The Premier Electric Toaster Mod. 905
In-house design
Front view of the toaster with metal housing and handles.

Toaster Universal Mod. E9410 (Sweetheart Toaster)
Curtiss, George E.
Black and white line drawing of the toaster with curved wire handle construction.

Toaster Universal Mod. E945
In-house design
Front view, toaster with symmetrical housing and grids for inserting the bread slices.

Toaster Universal Mod. E947
In-house design
Front view of a round toaster from 1937 with shiny metal surface and stylistic engraving.

Toaster Sunbeam Mod. T-9
Scharfenberg, George T.
Round metal toaster with central heating spiral and open grid design.

Toaster Saluta Type 585c
In-house design
Cylindrical toaster from the 1930s with spiral-shaped heating element.

Toaster Saluta Type 584
In-house design
Metal toaster with side levers and central heating grid.

Toaster WMF Mod. 2055
In-house design
Front view of the toaster with black base and round, small viewing window in the centre.

Toaster Toast-O-Lator Mod. H
Matteis, Alfredo de
Goddard, Alvin C.
Pentecost, William A.
Front view of an early nickel-plated toaster from ca. 1913 in rectangular form.

Toaster Therma Mod. 34029
Kuhn, Frank
Front view of an ornate toaster with decorative openwork metal housing and wide base.

Toaster Star Electric Mod. 75000
In-house design
Black and white photograph of a front view of an open metal toaster with visible heating wires.

Toaster Inventum No. 286
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the chrome-plated four-slot toaster.

Toaster WRS 4
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the toaster with a simple, functional design.

Elecarti toaster
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the chrome-plated toaster with narrow slots and side handles.

Toaster ABC
In-house design
Metal toaster with an open, geometric design.

Toaster ELIC
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the chrome-plated toaster with black base.

Toaster type 581
Maybaum, Ludwig (1898 - 1988)

Display Case56African ceramics

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of the ceramic object with dark colour tones in a cylindrical shape.

Object Kigango cha Baba
Odundo, Magdalene (* 1950)
Black and white photograph of a ceramic object with a small elevation on the front.

Object Kigango cha Mama
Odundo, Magdalene (* 1950)
Black and white photograph of the ceramic vessel in human form with a round base and detailed modelled head.

Anthropomorphic vessel
Muba, Voania von († 1928)
Black and white photograph of the spherical ceramic.

Water or palm wine transport container
Unbekannt
Black and white photograph of the ceramic with two vertically decorated, wide pattern elements.

Stylised beer vessel
Nala, Jabulile (* 1969)

Display Case57Spheres

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of the dark blue glass jar with stars and spherical stopper.

Perfume bottle Dans la nuit
Lalique, René
Black and white photograph of the round glass object with mesh structure.

Glass object
Pawlak, Kazimierz
Schwarz-weiße Fotografie der Kugelkanne mit seitlichem Griff und schrägem Deckel.

Cocktail shaker
Stave, Sylvia (25.05.1908 - 28.10.1994)
Black and white line drawing of the samovar with teapot on top.

Samovar Sputnik
Sobakin, Konstantin Milewitsch
Black and white photograph of the marbled boccia ball.

Boccia ball
Unbekannt
Black and white line drawing of the spherical hoover with handle and flexible suction hose.

Vacuum cleaner Constellation Mod. 864
Dreyfuss, Henry
Miniature model of the spherical Café Kugelhaus with circular rows of windows and roof terrace.

Miniature model of Café Kugelhaus
Birkenholz, Peter (1876 - 1961)
Black and white photograph of the omnidirectional radio with round dial window.

Radio National Panasonic Panapet 70, Mod. R-70
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the crockery stacked into a ball.

19-piece La Boule crockery system
Fabbrini, Federigo (1928 - 2007)
Boch, Helen von (1938 - 2007)

Display Case58Pots

Shelf overview with marked compartment
White porcelain jug with lid, high spout and elegantly curved handle.

Coffee pot from the Form 2000 coffee and tea service
Loewy, Raymond (05.11.1893 - 14.07.1986)
Latham, Richard S. -
Mirrored coffee pot with round lid and black, oval handle.

Coffee pot
Becker, Friedrich (1922 Ende b. Herdecke -1997 Düsseldorf, Deutschland)
Black and white photograph of the kettle on a matching frame.

Electric hot water boiler no. 60h
In-house design
Minimalist, modern bonsai watering can in a geometric shape with diagonal alignment on a white background.

Bonsai water jug
Hansen, Flemming Bo
Black and white photograph of the spherical teapot with round handle, lid knob and short spout.

Le petit café jug from the Fantasia series
Thun, Matteo (geb. 1952)
Black and white photograph of the playful jug with black base.

Jug object on pedestal Faltung
Marcks, Sonngard
Black and white photograph of the tall blue glass jug with curved spout and handle.

Jug Jagdhaus
Braun-Feldweg, Wilhelm (1908 - 1998)
Black and white line drawing of the glass carafe with a bulbous base and cylindrical neck.

Carafe
Dresser, Christopher (1834 - 1904)
Black and white line drawing of the glass teapot.

Teapot from the 5000 tea service
Decho, Ilse (09.12.1915 - 16.01.1978)
Silver, angular cocktail jug with geometric shape and rectangular, black handle.

Cocktail jug
Hansen, Knud
Cylindrical silver coffee pot with hammered surface, long spout, black handle and lid knob.

Mocha set pot
Rosenbusch, Else (1889 - 1958)
Black and white photograph of the sculptural jug with a spiraling body and long, tapered spout.

Jug no. 3
Kim, Dong-Hyun (* 1978)
Black and white photograph of the flat, conically shaped brass teapot.

Tea kettle with stand and rechaud
Eisenloeffel, Jan (10.01.1876 - 17.09.1957)
Black and white photograph of the round, flat-bellied metal teapot with hammered surface, short spout and white curved handle.

Teapot
Wersin, Wolfgang von (03.12.1882 - 13.06.1976)
Black and white photograph of a jug with abstract painting.

Large jug
Maltby, John
Black and white photograph of the silver jug with rounded, modern shape and curved dark wooden handle.

Silver cafetière Ref. 4854
Tétard, Jean
Simple thermos jug made of silver-colored metal with a cylindrical body, round lid and metal handle on the side.

Vacuum jug type 750
Jahny, Margarete (25.05.1923 - 31.07.2016)
Black and white photograph of the thin jug with curved handle, tapered spout and graphic patterns.

Large jug
Chipperfield, John
Black and white photograph of the cylindrical silver jug with curved, open handle and U-shaped opening.

Silver jug
Scarpa, Carlo
Black and white photograph of the slender cylindrical glass jug made of slightly dark tinted glass with a small spout.

Carafe
Schäfer, Manfred (24.03.1937 - 19.07.2017)
Black and white photograph of the side view of the conical metal wine jug with pointed spout.

Wine jug
Olbrich, Joseph Maria (22.12.1867 - 08.08.1908)
A matt, black teapot with a cylindrical body and a short, curved spout on the left-hand side.

Coffee pot from the Black Gold series
Hans, Ineke

Display Case59Tools

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of the side view of the block plane.

Block plane (21-111A)
In-house design
Thin traditional chisel with wide metal blade and cylindrical wooden handle.

Chisel
Traditionelle Form
Wide traditional chisel with wide metal blade and cylindrical wooden handle.

Chisel
Traditionelle Form
Metal wrench with textured handle and wide jaws photographed from above on a white background.

Wrench, so called French key
Unbekannt
Black and white photograph of the silver-coloured lawn edging shears with rectangular housing.

Lawn edging shears Gardena Akku (study)
Clivio, Franco
Raffler, Dieter
Black and white photograph of two edging tongs lying next to each other.

Asymmetrical edging pliers
Klose, Odo
Black and white line drawing of the closed thread scissors from above.

Thread scissors
Traditionelle Form
Rubber mallet with silver head and black, grooved handle, frontal on white background.

Recoilless face hammer
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the markings from the surveyor's staff.

Surveyors staff
In-house design
Garden shears with engraving ‘J.A. Henckels Solingen’ on the blade.

Wotan secateurs
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the hand drill with crank housing, centred.

Hand drill no. 5803
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the folded set of spanners.

TORX BO Multicolour 1 offset spanner set
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the Bosch cordless screwdriver lying down. The photo shows the cordless screwdriver from the back. The screwdriver attachments are in the bottom left corner of the picture.

Cordless screwdriver IXO 6
In-house design
NVGTR (Jurke, Christian / Licht, Dirk / Meier, Dominik) (gegr. 2014)
Black and white photograph of the cordless impact drill with a view of the right-hand side of the device.

Cordless impact drill
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the hard hat.

Safety helmet
Studentenkollektiv Hochschule für industrielle Formgestaltung Halle, Burg Giebichenstein
Black and white photograph of the cable reel with two sockets and a black plug on the side.

Stromfix Junior III cable reel
In-house design
Silver adjustable spanner, lying on its side.

Spanner Bahco No. 0673-300
Johansson, Johan Petter (Geb.: 12.12.1853 Gest.: 25.08.1943)
Black and white photograph of the multimeter from the front.

Multiple measuring device PKD 4
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the silver spirit level in side view.

Spirit level type: 80 E
Butter, Reinhart
Black and white photograph of the mini hacksaw, from the right-hand side.

Metal mini-hacksaw, No. 15-210C
West, Robert F.
Black and white photograph of the yellow cutter knife.

Universal carving knife Slimknife No. 5900C
Robertson, John Charles
Gilbert, Richard
Black and white photograph of the bolt setting tool with black handle.

Stud setter DX 36 M
Federl, Ulrich
Black and white photograph of the calculating disc with several concentric scales.

Circular slide rule disc 8/10
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the rangefinder with the sensor window closed, taken at an angle from the front.

Sonin 250 rangefinder
Robinson, David W.
Black and white photograph of the bolt pusher shown from the right, with ‘BETTERMANN’ imprint.

Pin driver OBOmatic SG 850
In-house design
Black and white line drawing of the measuring tape with tape reel.

Steel tape measure 31 P
Moeckl, Ernst (1931 - 2013)
Black flat nose pliers with long handles, closed, shown from the right side.

Flat-nose pliers (jin-tsukuri)
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the hammer with wooden handle and flat, forged head.

Hammer
Traditionelle Form
Black and white photograph of the small wooden plane in the shape of a boat with diagonally inserted iron.

Compass plane
Traditionelle Form
Black and white photography saw with double-sided saw blade and wooden handle.

Saw (nokogiri)
Traditionelle Form

Display Case60Models, studies, prototypes

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black designer table with three tapered legs and an organically shaped, leaf-like table top.

Gingko table (design process)
Lovegrove, Ross
Table model consisting of a three-winged, symmetrical structure in light-coloured material.

Gingko table (design process)
Lovegrove, Ross
Black and white photograph of the four bicycle frame studies, arranged one below the other.

Bicycle Biolove Carbon Monocoque (4 frame studies)
Lovegrove, Ross
Black and white photograph of the opened prototype of the Nokia 8110 mobile phone with visible keypad.

Mobile phone Nokia 8110 (design process)
Finke-Anlauff, Andrea
Black and white photograph of the Nokia 8110 prototype mobile phone, with antenna, matt housing and display window.

Mobile phone Nokia 8110 (design process)
Finke-Anlauff, Andrea
Black and white photograph of a hard foam model of a teapot with geometric body, emphasised and ring-shaped handle.

Cupola teapot service (foam model)
Bellini, Mario
Black and white photograph of the white porcelain teapot with cylindrical body, curved handle and dynamically shaped lid.

Coffee pot (porcelain model)
Boeri, Cini (1924 - 2020)
Black and white photograph of the dismantled plaster model of a coffee pot with a cylindrical body and separate adjacent elements.

Coffee pot (plaster model)
Boeri, Cini (1924 - 2020)
Black and white photograph of the model of the camera ‘Agfa Optima AF 1’ in a black housing.

Optima AF 1 camera (model)
Schlagheck Schultes Design (Schlagheck, Norbert / Schultes, Herbert)
Black and white photograph of the fully finished, black model of the ‘Agfa Optima AF 1’.

Optima AF 1 camera (model)
Schlagheck Schultes Design (Schlagheck, Norbert / Schultes, Herbert)
Black and white photograph of the camera model of the ‘Optima AF 1’ in light grey material with indicated lens, viewfinder and controls.

Optima AF 1 camera (model)
Schlagheck Schultes Design (Schlagheck, Norbert / Schultes, Herbert)
Black and white photograph of the early camera model of the ‘Optima AF 1’ made of light-coloured wood, with roughly indicated functions.

Optima AF 1 camera (model)
Schlagheck Schultes Design (Schlagheck, Norbert / Schultes, Herbert)
Black and white photograph of the Nokia 8110 mobile phone, with display switched on, black casing with antenna and keypad cover.

Mobile phone Nokia 8110 (design process)
Finke-Anlauff, Andrea
Black and white photograph of the early prototype of the Nokia 8110 made of brown plastic material.

Mobile phone Nokia 8110 (design process)
Finke-Anlauff, Andrea
Black and white photograph of a smooth prototype of the Nokia 8110 without display and buttons, with banana-shaped curvature.

Mobile phone Nokia 8110 (design process)
Finke-Anlauff, Andrea
Black and white line drawing of a model of the ‘Line 4’ router with distinctive handle arch and central milling motor.

Router Linie 4 (model)
Festo Corporate Design
Black and white photograph of the Nokia 8110 when closed, black casing with display and antenna, without visible buttons.

Mobile phone Nokia 8110
Nokia Design Center (Nuovo, Frank)
Finke-Anlauff, Andrea
Black and white photograph of a mould study of a mocha pot with two cylindrical containers, mounted on a base plate.

Mocha pot (form study)
Müller, Paul

Display Case61Plastic

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of a set of five kitchen utensils attached to a rectangular frame.

Cutlery Special Spoons Kit
Hans, Ineke
Black and white line drawing of the kitchen scales with measuring jug and elongated white scale.

Solidus WT/05L kitchen scales
Roeder, Rolf
Black and white photograph of the tilting ashtray.

Tilting ashtray
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the cube-shaped ashtray.

Cubo ashtray
Munari, Bruno (24.10.1907 - 30.09.1998)
Round, black plastic bowl with glossy surface and two small round openings on the rim.

Bowl Mod. 3089
Mari, Enzo
Black and white photograph of a spice shaker with a patterned surface.

Spice shaker
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the cylindrical ‘Cilindrico’ thermos flask with round lid.

Thermos flask Cilindrico
Andersson, Karl-Axel
Black and white photograph of the speckled tin with round lid.

Lidded box
Unbekannt
Black and white photograph, the bowl with wide rim and small foot, slightly shiny.

Bowl
Unbekannt
Black and white photograph of a lemon squeezer with removed, perforated cover, both parts placed next to each other.

Lemon squeezer
Holden-Stone, James de
Five stacked plastic ashtrays with a wavy design photographed in black and white. The curved shape of the individual ashtrays allows them to be stacked inside each other.

Stackable ashtray Sinusascher, Mod. 84005
Zeischegg, Walter
Black and white photograph of the plastic spice set with two shakers and a black bowl.

Seasoning set
Woodfull, Albert Henry "Woody"
Vale, John
Black and white photograph of the red, organically shaped pen holder made of twisted plastic, consisting of many tubular elements.

Aquarium writing utensil holder or thousand and one purpose holder
Hübscher, Michael
Black and white photograph of the spice shaker.

Spice shaker
In-house design
Black and white photograph of the garden set with watering can and tools.

Garden set Hyvälysti
Igarashi, Takenobu (1944 - 2025)
Black and white photograph of the cylindrical vessel with lid.

Jug Cono
Maier-Aichen, Hansjerg
Black and white photograph of the cylindrical food processor.

Food processor (model)
In-house design
Black and white hoto of a watering can. The shape of the watering can is reminiscent of a boat with a long beak for pouring.

Flower watering can
Kunis, Klaus
Black and white photographic tray with mug, spoons in two sizes, yellow fork and knife as well as a plate. All the items are arranged on the tray in the indentations provided.

Children's Place Setting Dinner Tray
Boudewijns, Wendy
Ransmeier, Leon
Two colourful children's mugs with oversized, round handles on both sides - one mug in blue, the other in magenta, side by side on a grey background.

Children's mug Dombo alias Domoor
Hutten, Richard (30.03.1967)

Display Case62Glass

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white drawing of a glass object with a textured surface and thickened stem.

Object Aspen Green Persian
Chihuly, Dale (* 20.09.1941)
Black and white drawing of a round glass object with a small opening and a short, curved opening lip. The surface is decorated with irregularly distributed dots and circles.

Object from the "Basket" series
Chihuly, Dale (* 20.09.1941)
Black and white drawing of a glass object with a wavy edge and textured surface. The outside shows curved line patterns, while the inside is characterised by circular and irregular structures.

Bowl from the "Macchia" series
Chihuly, Dale (* 20.09.1941)
Black and white drawing of a round glass object with an open top. The surface is decorated with horizontal lines and textured dot patterns.

Pilchuk Bowl
Chihuly, Dale (* 20.09.1941)
Black and white drawing of a glass object with a wavy surface and fine line patterns. The object sits on a flat, irregularly shaped base.

Object consisting of four bowls "Seaform Set"
Chihuly, Dale (* 20.09.1941)
Black and white drawing of a glass object with a wavy edge, textured surface and curved line patterns on the side.

Bowl from the "Macchia" series
Chihuly, Dale (* 20.09.1941)
Black and white drawing of a glass object with an irregular round shape, wavy outer structure and structured lines on the inside.

Object from the "Basket" series
Chihuly, Dale (* 20.09.1941)
Black and white drawing of a spherical glass object with a small opening at the top and vertical rows of circular decorations along the surface.

Vessel from the "Seaform" series
Chihuly, Dale (* 20.09.1941)
Black and white drawing of a glass object with a wavy edge, textured surface and curved line patterns on the outside.

Bowl from the "Macchia" series
Chihuly, Dale (* 20.09.1941)
Black and white drawing of an irregularly shaped bowl with a wavy rim. The outside shows detailed patterns.

Bowl from the "Seaform" series
Chihuly, Dale (* 20.09.1941)
Black and white drawing of a glass object with a rounded, slightly irregular shape. The surface shows horizontal lines and two striking patterns of dots and dashes.

Vase from the "Basket" series
Chihuly, Dale (* 20.09.1941)

Shelf70Lamps

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of the lamp with large lampshade.

Table lamp No. 114
Teague, Walter Dorwin (1883 - 1960)
Del Giudice, Frank (1917 - 1993)
Black and white photograph of the massive lamp with the lampshade projecting forwards.

Table lamp No. 112
Alcott, John E.
Black and white photograph of the front view of the luminaire with large, round, milky glass-like illuminated surface.

Duka 10 Studio laboratory light
Geißler, Udo M.

Shelf71Lamps

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Schwarz-weiße Fotografie zwei schlanke, vertikal stehende LED-Leuchten in Schwarz mit weißer Lichtfläche.

LED light Philips Hue Play Lightbar
In-house design

Shelf72Lamps

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of the industrial luminaire with cylindrical, ribbed glass top.

Explosion-proof luminaire, type NHLK 86
Boothby, Alfons

Shelf73Lamps

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of the heat lamp with round infrared glass globe in a bracket.

Infraphil heat lamp Mod. 7529
In-house design
Black and white photographic quartz lamp with black glass dome, standing on slanted metal legs.

Quartz lamp Solimed
In-house design

Sun Lamp table lamp
Bill, Max (22.12.1908 - 09.12.1994)

Shelf74Lamps

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Product packaging with graphic drawing of the ‘Zuuk’ luminaire.

Packaging for Zuuk luminaire
In-house design

Shelf75Lamps

Shelf overview with marked compartment

Kyklop Vako 38 table lamp
Kocura, Václav
Silberne Tischleuchte in gestufter, ringförmiger Form.

Saturno S-008 table lamp
Motozawa, Kazuo (1945 - 1972)

Shelf76Lamps

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Black and white photograph of the filigree table lamp made of twisted wire mesh.

Sisi Eko table lamp (mini)
Studio Lani (Adeoye, Lani) (*1989)
Black and white photograph of the table lamp with light bulb in a solid brick block.

Brick O table lamp
Dokter and Misses (Hugo, Adriaan / Taplin, Katy)
Black and white photograph of the lamp with cylindrical ceramic body and angled light bulb.

Blowtorch table lamp
Dokter and Misses (Hugo, Adriaan / Taplin, Katy)

Shelf77Lamps

Shelf overview with marked compartment
Table lamp with clear glass globe shade and chrome-plated base, light source visible.

Table lamp
In-house design
Table lamp with spherical, clear glass body and chrome-plated stand - light source visible.

Miconos table lamp
Gismondi, Ernesto (1931 - 2020)
Table lamp with shiny, goblet-shaped metal base and clear glass globe as light source; internal light bulb visible, set against a neutral dark background.

Table lamp T46
Werksentwurf (Lüttichau, Hannibal von) (02.02.1915 - 29.01.2002)

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Black and white photograph of the front of the black, square LED spotlight with central light source.

Scangrip Nova 50 construction spotlight
Werksentwurf (Poffler, Nikolaj Kjær) (Nikolaj Kjær Poffler ist Product Design Manager von Scangrip A/S.)
Black and white photograph of the cone-shaped lamp with orange hook attachment and coiled cable.

Mayday luminaire
Grcic, Konstantin (* 1965)
Black and white photograph of the round light with integrated cable holder on a white tubular frame.

Cordula luminaire
Jasny, Stephanie

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Black and white photograph of the inside of the operating theatre light.

Operating theatre light Mach 380
conceptform (Enslin, Andreas)

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Black and white line drawing of the LED table lamp with ring-shaped light head, round joint and round base.

Amuleto table lamp
Mendini, Alessandro (1931 - 2019)
Black and white photograph of the table lamp with an organically wavy shade, silver-coloured metal base with visible cable.

Cespuglio di Gino table lamp
Lucini, Ennio

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Black glass lamp with spherical cover and white light ball inside.

Table lamp L 423
Vistosi, Luciano

  • Concept

    Klangerfinder GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart:
    Prof. Florian Käppler, Johanna Attar, Pascal Escher and Carl Postelmann

  • Design & Realisation

    Henne Ordnung GmbH

  • Object graphics/drawings

    Carla Nagel and Kathrin Ammermüller

  • Journalistic-editorial content

    Dr. Caroline Fuchs, Dr. Petra Hölscher, Rosa Rodeck, Dr. Josef Strasser and Prof. Dr. Angelika Nollert

  • Image Editing

    Knut Spangenberg