Title & Author:

Making Africa : a continent of contemporary design / [editors, Mateo Kries, Amelie Klein ; contributors, Amelie Klein [and thirteen others] ; exhibition curator, Amelie Klein].

Edition:

English edition.

Publication:

[Weil am Rhein, Germany] : Vitra Design Museum, [2015]
©2015

Description:

345 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at Vitra Design Museum, March 14-September 13, 2015 ; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, October 30, 2015-February 21, 2016 ; Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, March 22-July 31, 2016.
Includes bibliographical references.
Essays and interviews. A reinvented vocabulary: decoding the many dimensions of African design / interview with Okwui Enwezor -- What design can and should be doing in the 21st century: ten proposals / Amelie Klein -- A maker and hacker mentality / interview with Mugendi M'Rithaa -- Never despair, your miracle is around the corner: the multiple forms of designing the social / Koyo Kouch -- Profile picture: digital design from Africa / Avinash Rajagopal and Vera Sacchetti -- Informality as a starting point / interview with Edgar Pieterse -- Visual Africa: a complete picture / Azu Nwagbogu -- Fashioning the future / Odessa Legemah -- Prologue -- What do you think of the title of the exhibition Making Africa? What does 'making' mean to you? -- I and we -- What role does Africa play in your identity? Why is it difficult to speak about identity in Africa? -- Space and object -- Let's talk about the city -- What does it mean to work in the creative field in Africa? Does Africa inform your work? In what way? What do you consider important for your work? -- Origin and future -- Is Africa changing? -- What does Africa need for the future?
Text in English translated from German, French and Spanish.

Summary:

"With Making Africa - A Continent of Contemporary Design, the Vitra Design Museum sheds new light on contemporary African design. Showcasing the work of over 120 artists and designers, the exhibition illustrates how design accompanies and fuels economic and political change on the continent. Africa is presented as a hub of experimentation generating new approaches and solutions of worldwide relevance - and as a driving force for a new discussion of the potential of design in the twenty-first century."--Publisher description.

ISBN:

9783931936525 (English edition)
393193652X (English edition)
9783945852002 (German edition)
3945852005 (German edition)

Subject:

Design Africa 21st century Exhibitions.
Art, Modern 21st century Exhibitions.
Aesthetics, African Exhibitions.
Design Afrique 21e siècle Expositions.
Art 21e siècle Expositions.
Esthétique africaine Expositions.
Design Africa Exhibitions. 21st century.
Art, Modern Exhibitions. 21st century.
Aesthetics, African.
Art, Modern.
Design.
Africa.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Kries, Mateo, 1974- editor.
Klein, Amelie, editor, writer of supplementary textual content, curator.
Vitra Design Museum, sponsoring body.
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, sponsoring body.
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, sponsoring body.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292375
Call No.: BIB 236649
Copy: 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 316408
Call No.: 316408
Copy: 2
Status: Available