Vitra Design Museum: Rudolf Steiner – Alchemy of the Everyday Exhibition

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The exhibition “Rudolf Steiner – Alchemy of the Everyday” demonstrates that design is linked with many other topics of great relevance to society: from art and architecture, natural sciences and technology up to questions of ethics and spirituality. To this day, the practical implications of this broadly conceived understanding of design have an especially strong presence in the Basel region, which served as the centre of Steiner’s life and work over many years. The Vitra Design Museum embraced this local connection as an opportunity to develop an extensive supporting programme for the “Rudolf Steiner – Alchemy of the Everyday” exhibition. It offers a chance to retrace Steiner’s footsteps in the region, take a good look at his contributions, voice criticism and seek connections to the design and architecture of the present. More information on the event after the break.

Rudolf Steiner (1861 – 1925) was one of the most influential – and also one of the most controversial – reformers of the twentieth century. He founded the Waldorf schools, inspired artists such as Piet Mondrian, Wassily Kandinsky and Joseph Beuys and is regarded as one of the key initiators of organic architecture. In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Steiner’s birth, the Vitra Design Museum is now presenting the first major retrospective on his oeuvre. The exhibition is accompanied by a supporting program of activities and events unparalleled in the history of the museum. It explores Steiner’s influence in design, art and society, but also traces the impact of Steiner’s work in the Basel region, which remains home to the leading international centre of the anthroposophical movement founded by Steiner.

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Cite: Alison Furuto. "Vitra Design Museum: Rudolf Steiner – Alchemy of the Everyday Exhibition" 01 Nov 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/180497/vitra-design-museum-rudolf-steiner-%25e2%2580%2593-alchemy-of-the-everyday-exhibition> ISSN 0719-8884

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