Exhibitions
Designers on Jewelry: Twelve Years of Jewelry Production by Chi ha paura...?
From January 15th to March 16th, 2010
San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design
550 Sutter Street
San Francisco CA 94102
USA
Chi ha paura…? Translation: Who’s afraid of…contemporary jewelry? 12 years ago, Dutch jewelry and product designer, Gijs Bakker, began a dialogue with designers about jewelry and its place in the modern world. Moving past the conventional concept of simple decoration and an investment in gold or stones, the goal was to redefine the value of jewelry by the fineness of the idea, not the materials. This exhibit presents the conversation that has followed with over 50 artists from New Zealand, Asia and across Europe. They have translated concepts, such as “Sense of Wonder” in a golden computer key, “What’s Luxury?” in a chain of gold nuggets and “Rituals” in a porcelain wishbone necklace, to name a few. With over 80 thought-provoking pieces on display, each designed to ask what jewelry is in the new millennium, the resulting thought waves will ripple through the design world and add valuable ideas to our everyday lives.
Fashion accessories between two wars
From May 20th, 2009 to November 15th, 2009
Mémorial du Maréchal Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris
Musée Jean Moulin
Jardin Atlantique
23, allée de la 2ème DB
75015 Paris
France
www.ml-leclerc-moulin.paris.fr
Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones
From February 24th, 2009 to May 15th, 2009
The Victoria & Albert Museum
South Kensington
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL
UK
The exhibition will be accompanied by a book: Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones by Stephen Jones and Oriole Cullen with a foreword by John Galliano.
www.vam.ac.uk
