European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century June 20, 2010

This exhibition is the first critical survey of contemporary Western European decorative arts and product design from the turn of the 21st century. Organized along the counterbalanced themes of modernism and postmodernism, the seminal works on display reveal the various stylistic movements that changed the face of design worldwide in the two decades after 1985. The furniture, lighting, glass, ceramics, and metalwork range from familiar mass-produced objects to limited-edition luxury goods by such celebrity designers as Philippe Starck and Marc Newson, and rising younger talents such as Marcel Wanders and Tord Boontje.