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Typecasting

An Assembly of Iconic, Forgotten and New Vitra Characters
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Typecasting explores the intersection of design and social media, featuring 200 iconic, forgotten, and new Vitra characters showcased at Milan's Design Week 2018. Curated by Robert Stadler and richly documented with photography, it presents furniture not only as practical objects but as expressive props for self-staging in the digital age.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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An Assembly of Iconic, Forgotten and New Vitra Characters

During Milan's Design Week 2018, the Vitra exhibition Typecasting, curated by Robert Stadler, presented 200 objects in the former sports hall La Pelota in the city's Brera district.

In addition to generous photographic documentation of the event, this eponymous publication, designed by Zak Group, critically investigates how design evolves under the influence of social media. By presenting the objects as characters, Typecasting is as much about furniture as it is about ourselves.

Whereas furniture's practical function is a given, its representational role has dramatically evolved: furniture and objects become props for self-staging on social media and online.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783945852293

Publisher: Vitra Design Museum

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 February 2019

Country: Germany

Imprint: Vitra Design Museum

Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Contributors:

  • Edited by Robert Stadler

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 320.0mm

Weight: 830g

Pages: 136

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