Max Bill's view of things : Die gute Form : an exhibition 1949 / edited by Claude Lichtenstein and Museum für Gestaltung.
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TextPublisher: Baden : Lars Müller Publishers, 2014Description: 160 pages : illustrations ; 30 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783037783726 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Bill, Max, 1908-1994 | Industrial design -- Switzerland -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | Art and Design | Art and DesignDDC classification: 745.2'074'49432 Summary: The special exhibition Die gute Form, put on by the Swiss Werkbund (SWB) at the Basel trade fair in 1949, was an event that caused a furor far beyond Switzerland's borders. The renowned architect, designer, and graphic artist Max Bill was the mastermind behind the idea and personally selected the exhibits and designed their setting. 80 exhibition panels showed consumer objects of exemplary design, from a teacup to the jet plane.
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The special exhibition Die gute Form, put on by the Swiss Werkbund (SWB) at the Basel trade fair in 1949, was an event that caused a furor far beyond Switzerland's borders. The renowned architect, designer, and graphic artist Max Bill was the mastermind behind the idea and personally selected the exhibits and designed their setting. 80 exhibition panels showed consumer objects of exemplary design, from a teacup to the jet plane.
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