50 highlights + Models from the Past for Future (package)

Beautifully designed combo of 'Models from the Past for the Future' and '50 Highlights'. Two volume set of the collection presentation of 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 ISBN 9789059968189 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 in this beautifully designed combo.

Design Museum Gent was founded in 1903 as a 'museum of models', a place where craftspeople and artists could gain 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. The book of the same name explores how design objects can function as 'models'. Sometimes they inspire us, and sometimes we want to rethink them. In twelve richly illustrated essays by experts from Belgium and abroad, the book delves into the themes of copy, comfort, migration, folding and connections. These five themes also run through 50 Highlights – The Collection Presentation of Design Museum Gent. This booklet brings together fifty objects from the display. Which models will we carry with us into the future? Both books are available together in an attractive bundle, held with an elastic band, at a special price.