Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Angeli Sachs (eds.)

Global Design

International Perspectives and Individual Concepts

This volume surveys the ways in which our globalized world has manifested itself in design since ca 1970, and the ways in which design has evolved to serve a globalized world. The point of departure is a conception of design which encompasses -architecture, graphics, the media, fashion, product and industrial design, as well as the shaping of the manmade environment and of production processes. The focus is on the formation of global networks in the areas of communication, production, commerce, finance, and mobility. The diverse phenomena of globalization are visualized through film, products, clothing, images, and models by well-known artists such as Armin Linke, Fischli Weiss, Didier Faustino, and Thomas Demand. Alongside the shipping container, an indispensable element of globalization, the presentation provides insights into cultural transfer both in the present day and historically, and presents -globalization in relationship to regionalism as well as to worldwide trends.

This volume surveys the ways in which our globalized world has manifested itself in design since ca 1970, and the ways in which design has evolved to serve a globalized world. The point of departure is a conception of design which encompasses -architecture, graphics, the media, fashion, product and industrial design, as well as the shaping of the manmade environment and of production processes. The focus is on the formation of global networks in the areas of communication, production, commerce, finance, and mobility. The diverse phenomena of globalization are visualized through film, products, clothing, images, and models by well-known artists such as Armin Linke, Fischli Weiss, Didier Faustino, and Thomas Demand. Alongside the shipping container, an indispensable element of globalization, the presentation provides insights into cultural transfer both in the present day and historically, and presents -globalization in relationship to regionalism as well as to worldwide trends.

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Edited by Museum of Design, Zurich, Angeli Sachs

With contributions by Beatriz Colomina, Angeli Sachs, Philip Ursprung, Jeroen van Rooijen, a.o.

Design: Integral Lars Müller

16,5 x 24,0 cm, 6 ½ x 9 ½ in

320 pages, 350 illustrations

paperback

2010, 978-3-03778-210-1, English
CHF 25.00

Angeli Sachs

Angeli Sachs (*1956) is an art historian, curator and museologist. Until 2019, she was curator at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich and until 2012 she was head of exhibitions at the same institution. From 2009 until 2022, she was head of the Master's Programme in Art Education / Curatorial Studies at the Zurich University of the Arts. Angeli has published widely on architecture, design, art, culture and curatorial studies of the 20th and 21st century and she has curated numerous exhibitions in Switzerland and abroad, including “Social Design” at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg and Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum from 2018–2021.

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Angeli Sachs (eds.)

Global Design

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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Angeli Sachs (eds.)

Social Design

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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Angeli Sachs (eds.)

Nature Design

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