For its\u00a0annual exhibition at the Herzog & de Meuron-designed Schaudepot, Vitra Design Museum invited designer Sabine Marcelis to explore its archives and create a visually arresting, rainbow-inspired furniture arrangement. Titled \u2018Colour Rush!\u2019, the exhibition\u00a0(on view until May 2023) is a fitting project for Marcelis, whose use of colour is...
to explore its archives and create a visually arresting, rainbow-inspired furniture arrangement. Titled ‘Colour Rush!’, the exhibition is a fitting project for Marcelis, whose use of colour is one of the defining elements of her design practice.
Working with the collection’s curator and almost 400 exhibits, Marcelis focused on colour to present the collection in a new light, eschewing traditional museum display styles to focus on a chromatic narrative. Historical objects and documents from the archives dotted around the exhibition complement the presentation, illustrating how creatives from different eras have approached the theme of colour.
‘Our world is full of colour. Its various shades unleash emotions, assist orientation, indicate functions or perils, and mark cultural, political, professional, or religious identities,’ reads a statement from the museum introducing the project. ‘Although each of us perceives colours in their own way, all times and cultures have symbols and traditions distinguished by specific hues.’
Dubbed ‘an homage to the role of colour in design across all periods and styles’, the presentation transforms Vitra Schaudepot from a functional archive-style space into a chromatic folly, where colour and material take centre stage to form a deeper analysis of our chromatic preference when creating the spaces we live in.
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