EXCELLENT SWISS DESIGN exhibition at MassArt's Bakalar & Paine Galleries

EXCELLENT SWISS DESIGN

September 10 - November 22, 2014

Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 02115

Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), the nation’s first and only public college of art in the country, presents EXCELLENT SWISS DESIGN in the Bakalar & Paine Galleries from September 10-November 22, 2014. EXCELLENT SWISS DESIGN is a celebration of ingenuity and sustainability featuring contemporary design in the areas of communication, fashion, furniture, interior, product and textile design. This exhibition is free and open to the public. For more information on these and other events at MassArt please seewww.massart.edu/galleries, email galleryinfo@massart.edu, or call617-879-7337.

Featuring: Thilo Alex Brunner, industrial designer; Ludovic Balland, graphic designer; Sam Aquillano, Executive Director, Design Museum Boston; Moderated by Elizabeth Resnick, MassArt Professor, Graphic Design.

Excellent Swiss Design features selections from the Design Prize Switzerland, a biennial award that for twelve years has recognized advancements in the areas of communication, fashion, furniture, interior, product, and textile design. This exhibition showcases innovative projects, from laser-engraved textiles to a faucet that reduces water consumption by 90% to a running shoe that re-imagines impact through a hollow-core sole. Celebrating ingenuity and sustainability, this exhibition pioneers a new vision for contemporary design.

This exhibition is held in collaboration with swissnex Boston and is traveling from Dwell on Design LA, America’s largest design event organized by Dwell Magazine.

Hours: The Bakalar & Paine galleries are open Monday through Saturday 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Wednesdays 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. (closed on Sundays). The galleries are located at 621 Huntington Avenue, in the South building near the corner of Longwood Avenue and Huntington Avenue, and are accessible on the green line E train at the Longwood/Medical Area stop or by the 39 bus. For more information on these and other exhibitions at MassArt please emailgalleryinfo@massart.edu or call 617-879-7337.