HERE WE ARE! Women in Design 1900 – Today

Presenting women designers from the past 120 years, the exhibition tells a new, multi-voiced story of design against the background of the struggle for equal rights. It showcases works by some 80 women designers, including modernist icons such as Eileen Gray, Charlotte Perriand, Lilly Reich and Clara Porset, plus entrepreneurs such as Florence Knoll and Armi Ratia, as well as lesser-known figures such as the social reformer Jane Addams. Contemporary positions are represented by designers such as Matali Crasset, Patricia Urquiola, Julia Lohmann and the Matri-Archi(tecture) and Futuress collectives, taking visitors into the present and future.

The "Here We Are! Frauen im Design 1900 – Today" exhibition is as diverse as the discussions of feminism in our society today. Offering a fresh timely look at the history of modern design and current debates, it provides food for thought about what design should be in the twenty-first century, who defines it and who it is for.

The temporary exhibition is accompanied by a varied fringe programme.
 

Photo: Charlotte Perriand on the Chaise longue basculante, 1929, Perriand and Jeanneret © VG Bild-Kunst. Bonn 2021, Le Corbusier: F.L.C./VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021