The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich is the leading museum for design and visual communication in Switzerland. The exhibition programme covers a broad spectrum of themes and monographic positions from the fields of industrial and product design, graphics, typography, photography, posters, film, furniture, fashion, jewellery, arts and crafts, architecture and scenography. With its educational programme, the museum offers visitors the opportunity to delve deeper into design. The collections on design, graphics, applied arts and posters comprise over 500,000 objects and are among the most important of their kind internationally.
Christoph Hefti—The Missing Cat and Other Textile Stories
Eyes, moons, and cats: The world of Swiss textile designer Christoph Hefti is surreal, colorful, and wild. The exhibition Christoph Hefti—The Missing Cat ...
until 03.01.2027
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Avant-Garde—Graphic Design on the Rise
Graphic design experienced a radical renewal between the World Wars, when Constructivism, the New Typography, and photography dominated the visual language ...
until 21.02.2027
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Sabine Marcelis—Light and Color
Designer Sabine Marcelis creates sensual experiences out of light, color, and materiality. Her first museum exhibition Sabine Marcelis—Light and Color ...
until 04.04.2027
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
From the classroom to the collection – Focus: Design education
This time, the newly curated forum presents two exciting projects straight from design education: ‘Healing Light’ (BA Art Education, ZHdK) and the book ...
12.11.2026
18:30
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Poster Hand-made
In this workshop, posters are created entirely by hand. Images are cut using scissors or a knife and arranged into collages. Colours are applied using a ...
14.11.2026
14:00
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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Sabine Marcelis – Light and Color
Explore the exhibition on a guided tour with curator Damian Fopp and and learn more about the objects on display.
Designer Sabine Marcelis creates sensual ...
15.11.2026
11:00
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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
eMuseum
eMuseum.ch is the largest Swiss online database for design and art. Browse through the nearly 110,000 objects from the collections of the Museum für ...
Permanent exhibition
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Swiss Design Lounge
Why not bide your time and discover and test outstanding Swiss design at the same time? The Swiss Design Lounge enables visitors to experience Swiss ...
Permanent exhibition
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Swiss Design Collection
The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich holds the largest international design collection in Switzerland. The permanent exhibition presents highlights from it and ...
