“The Value of Good Design” at MoMA, New York
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The Museum of Modern Art in New York will be presenting “The Value of Good Design” from February 10 through May 27.The show will explore the “democratizing potential of design” beginning with MoMA’s Good Design initiatives from the late 1930s throug“The Value of Good Design” at MoMA, New York
The Museum of Modern Art in New York will be presenting “The Value of Good Design” from February 10 through May 27.The show will explore the “democratizing potential of design” beginning with MoMA’s Good Design initiatives from the late 1930s through the 1950s, which aimed at “well-designed, affordable contemporary products.” The exhibition will feature objects starting from domestic furnishings and appliances to ceramics, glass, electronics, transport design, sporting goods, toys, and graphics.“The Value of Good Design” also sheds light on what good design means to people of today. It also highlights whether values from our past might be “translated and redefined for a 21st-century audience.” According to the museum, “Visitors are invited to judge for themselves by trying out a few ‘good design’ classics still in production, and exploring how, through its design stores, MoMA continues to incubate new products and ideas in an international marketplace.”Historically speaking, the concept of Good Design took hold in the wake of the Cold War, when both governments from across the divide took to it as a vital tool for social and economic reconstruction, as well as technological advancement in the years following World War II. Many of the objects on display reflect this view including “a mass-market Italian Fiat Cinquecento automobile and a Soviet-era East German Werra camera to a Japanese Sony television and a Brazilian bowl chair.”These items are on view together with other iconic and surprising objects made in the US, such as the Eames La Chaise, a Chemex Coffee Maker, and Irwin Gershen’s Shrimp Cleaner.“The Value of Good Design” runs from February 10 through May 27, 2019, at the Museum of Modern Art, 11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, USA.For details, visit: https://www.blouinartinfo.com/galleryguide/museum-of-modern-art-(moma)/overviewClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more