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The Outlines of Emptiness

The exhibition Outlines of Emptiness presents works by major personalities of the Design world: Marcel Wanders, Philippe Starck, Tord Boontje, Konstantin Grcic, Louise Campbell, Patricia Urquiola… Since the 1980s, under the leadership of Ettore Stottsass and the Memphis group, the so-called Post-modern design has become ornamental. Lace, interlace, plays on transparency are now part of the designer’s decorative vocabulary.

This original exhibition gathers contemporary objects and pieces of furniture which play with lace. Designers use cuts, empty spaces and downstrokes, shadow and light, and interlace. They use all sorts of materials: metal, wood, resin, textile...

Within the context of this exhibition, the Musée des Manufactures de Dentelles set a partnership with the Cité du Design in Saint-Etienne: the exhibition will be integrated to the program of the International Design Biennial event (November 15th – 30th 2008).

In view of the international design exhibition in Saint Etienne, the museum in Retournac presents the catalogue for the exhibition The Outlines of Emptiness, lace and interlace in design. Very beautifull bi-lingual book of 96 pages, 24cm square, and centre stage there will be at least two pages per item of the exhibition. Coloured pictures, taken by Philippe Hervouet. Pierre Tillet, design historian, puts his name to an in-depth article called Vaporous  Design. Texts in English and French. Order on line.

Source: Ponoko Blog

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