50 Highlights.

Catalogue featuring 50 key pieces from the new collection presentation of the Design Museum Gent. One of two catalogues marking the reopening of the Design Museum Gent. You can’t design for the future without understanding the past. This idea underpins the new collection presentation at the Design Museum Gent. Founded in 1903, the museum has undergone a 4.5-year renovation and has now reopened, showcasing nearly 500 objects. To mark the occasion, two catalogues have been released: one extensive and in-depth, and a smaller volume highlighting 50 key pieces from the new collection presentation. Both are structured around five themes: imitation/copy, comfort, migration, folding/bending, and connections. In Models from the Past for the Future ISBN 9789059968158, these themes are explored through essays by experts such as British design historian and curator Cat Rossi and Vienna based art historian and curator Sebastian Hackenschmidt, alongside a range of shorter visual contributions. In 50 Highlights the same themes provide the framework for a curated selection of the most significant objects in the collection presentation. Both catalogues are available separately, but also as a beautifully designed combo ISBN 9789059969308.

Design Museum Gent was founded in 1903 as a 'museum of models', a place where craftspeople and artists could find inspiration and knowledge. How can a design collection still inspire today? The new collection presentation Models from the Past for the Future takes the museum's origins as its starting point. This book brings together fifty objects from the exhibition, arranged according to five themes that offer entry points to today's world of design: Copy, Comfort, Migration, Folding and Connections. Which models will we carry into the future?