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Vitra Design Museum Gallery Showcase

Vitra Design Museum Gallery Showcase

June-October 2015 | Weil am Rhein, Germany

 ©VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM | PHOTOGRAPHER: BETTINA MATTHIESSE

©VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM | PHOTOGRAPHER: BETTINA MATTHIESSE

 ©VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM | PHOTOGRAPHER: BETTINA MATTHIESSE

©VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM | PHOTOGRAPHER: BETTINA MATTHIESSE

 ©VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM | PHOTOGRAPHER: BETTINA MATTHIESSE

©VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM | PHOTOGRAPHER: BETTINA MATTHIESSE

Vitra Design Museum invited the Maker Library Network to takeover the Gallery space adjacent to the Museum, and produce a show to coincide with Okwui Enwezor and Amelie Klein’s exhibition Making Africa: Continent of Contemporary Design.

The Maker Library Network showcase celebrated the achievements of the programme a year after its launch and at a turning point in its international development. Curated by Daniel Charny, the exhibition explained the underlying concept of the global network, and was itself a  functioning Maker Library. Projects and objects created across the network were presented together for the first time, inviting visitors to read, observe and participate in the process of making. Objects on display include a robotic starling made from cell phones, a 3D printed breathing head and a flat-pack home-farming hydroponics kit. The growth and expansion of the Maker Library Network was also examined in the context of the wider Maker Movement, exploring the increasing popularity of open source design and sharing culture in relation to the process of making.

Coinciding with Art Basel week, a lively programme of drop-in workshops and skill demonstrations was led by members of the Network including mask making, geodesic structures, himmeli mobile making and African loom work. Maker Librarians including Heath Nash from Cape Town, MAKlab from Glasgow, GRAS studio from Edinburgh and Machines Room from London travelled to Vitra to host the activities and share their skills with visitors.

Blog posts for Vitra Design Museum Gallery Showcase

16 August 2015

Maker Library Network exhibition at Vitra Design Museum Gallery extended until 4 October 2015

Maker Library Network exhibition at Vitra Design Museum Gallery extended until  4 October 2015 Image: ©Vitra Design Museum | Photographer: Bettina Matthiessen

Image: ©Vitra Design Museum | Photographer: Bettina Matthiessen

26 July 2015

Maker Library Network Drop-in Self-folding Structures Workshop | Saturday 1 August 2015, 12:00-17:00

Maker Library Network Drop-in Self-folding Structures Workshop | Saturday 1 August 2015, 12:00-17:00 Image: http://spie.org/x90867.xml

Image: http://spie.org/x90867.xml

7 June 2015

Maker Library Network Workshop Programme at Vitra Design Museum Gallery

Maker Library Network Workshop Programme at Vitra Design Museum Gallery  Photographer: Keziah Suskin

Photographer: Keziah Suskin

29 May 2015

Maker Library Network at Vitra Design Museum Gallery

Maker Library Network at Vitra Design Museum Gallery  Photo Credit:  ©Vitra Design Museum | Photographer: Bettina Matthiessen

Photo Credit: ©Vitra Design Museum | Photographer: Bettina Matthiessen