As major Belgain institutions the Design Museum Ghent, CID Grand-Horn and Z33 also exhibit, Collectible is a snapshot of Belgium’s design scene from the grassroots up. Photograph: Daniel MuellerWhen Lisa Offermann moved from Berlin to Tbilisi to open an art gallery in 2018, some of her friends and colleagues thought she was mad. Photograph: Andrew Bell/AlamyThe birthplace of dadaism and the Helvetica typeface, Zurich is no stranger to innovative art and design. A century later, the neighbourhood has rediscovered its creative mojo with a flurry of new gallery openings and an attention-grabbing new extension to the Kunsthaus art museum on Heimplatz. He called it his Gesamtkunstwerk – “total work of art” – designing everything from the angular free-floating roof to the door handles.

Source: The Guardian January 11, 2020 13:52 UTC