The design archive writes design history like you've never seen it written before! In the exhibition Around here, the Design Archive steps aside and makes room for the Småland stories about design and craftsmanship that are not in the archive's collection.
Glow-in-the-dark wood paintings and fantastic art glass, a journey of fine service from Poland to a display cabinet in Högsby, a Småland-Iraqi story about a spectacular hotel, personal idioms in wire-tack, industry norm-breaking furniture in damaged wood, Småland stories about a Romani people, furniture ornaments for everyone, patched everyday textiles , mapping of children's places, glass workers who write their own history and the content and creativity of the weaving shed - everything tells about design and it's all around here, in Småland.
This is about the many different craft and design stories that can be found in Småland. The exhibition tells about design and craft in a broad sense – about design and craft that is about shaping everyday life, design and craft that is not tied to purchasing power, products and abstract perceptions of beauty and ugliness. The exhibition shows a selection of the Design Archive's extensive collection of artistic processes, but above all the Design Archive steps aside to make room for a diversity of stories that were previously not visible in design historiography.
Read more about the exhibition and the participants at designarkivet.se
OPENING MAY 13 AT 1 PM
OPENING HOURS
13/5–18/6: Saturday-Sunday, at 12–16
21/6–27/8: Wednesday-Sunday, noon–4pm
Entrance: SEK 30