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, ...
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Repair Revolution!
Exhibition
Things break all the time in our everyday lives. Instead of repairing them, we often immediately buy a replacement. The consequences are growing mountains of waste and an increasing scarcity of resources with global consequences. How well an object can be repaired is already decided in the design process. In mechanical engineering, for example, maintenance and spare parts are an integral part of the design practice, but in product design and architecture they are the exception. There is another way! Repairing is no longer an emergency solution, but a cultural, social and economic practice that should be taken seriously and offers an alternative to the throwaway society.
Image information: Bridget Harvey, MEND MORE Jumper, 2015, Photo: David Stelfox
Opening hours:
31.3.2023 - 15.10.2023
Thu, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun from 10:00 - 17:00 respectively
Thursdays from 10:00 - 20:00
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Adults: CHF 12.00 / 8.00
Under 16s free
