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July 9th - November 30th 2008

This exhibition 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) and a system of buses will be organised between St-Etienne and Retournac ...

> Download the french press file (PDF 2.17Mo)
> See the catalogue
> The link between Retournac and the "Biennale" : view the update of November 2008

Photography of Ivy Panels by Tord Boontje.

 

 

Photos : Big Apple by Henriette W. Leth (left) ; Miss Lacy by Philippe Starck