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Max Bill's View of Things. Die gute Form: An Exhibition 1949 | Claude Lichtenstein, Lars Müller, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich | 9783037783726

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Max Bill's View of Things

Die gute Form: An Exhibition 1949

Auteur:Claude Lichtenstein

Uitgever:Lars Müller, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich

ISBN: 978-3-30778-372-6

  • Hardcover
  • Engels
  • 160 pagina's
  • 17 nov. 2014

The international touring exhibition Die gute Form was conceived by Max Bill on behalf of the Swiss Werkbund and was shown for the first time in 1949 at the Basel Mustermesse trade fair.

The exhibition Die gute Form consisted of 80 display panels, designed by Bill, presenting a selection of consumer goods from all over the world, chosen by Bill as examples of good design. The show caused some upset in Switzerland and fuelled heated debates abroad. But it also exerted a wide-reaching influence – for example, upon the way in which consumer goods were perceived.

The publication 'Max Bill's View of Things. Die gute Form: An Exhibition 1949' documents Bill’s initiative in reproductions of the original display panels and layout plans for the venues visited by the exhibition

The international touring exhibition Die gute Form was conceived by Max Bill on behalf of the Swiss Werkbund and was shown for the first time in 1949 at the Basel Mustermesse trade fair.

The exhibition Die gute Form consisted of 80 display panels, designed by Bill, presenting a selection of consumer goods from all over the world, chosen by Bill as examples of good design. The show caused some upset in Switzerland and fuelled heated debates abroad. But it also exerted a wide-reaching influence – for example, upon the way in which consumer goods were perceived.

The publication 'Max Bill's View of Things. Die gute Form: An Exhibition 1949' documents Bill’s initiative in reproductions of the original display panels and layout plans for the venues visited by the exhibition, and places Die gute Form in a theoretical context that considers its reception and impact within the history of design.

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