20 Designers at Biologiska
February 9 - 12 '11
Stockholm
INTERNATIONAL DESIGN IN THE SWEDISH NATURE
The exhibition, set in a natural history museum, includes 20 national and international designers from more than 15 countries; from the Netherlands to Italy, Sweden and Canada. Designers like Duilio Forte, Valantin Loellman, Cate & Nelson, Cooper & Gorfer as well as the curators themselves will have their contemporary design represented in the dioramas of Biologiska. Biologiska, which in principle is a daylight museum will be shown in new and exciting ways made possible by the main partners, lighting companies Cardi and Elektroskandia Belysning.
The “Biologiska museet” is situated at Djurgården and was built in 1893. The architecture is inspired by the medieval Norwegian stave churches.
The pioneering educational aspect of the museum was the use of the diorama for the first time on a grand scale in order to present the natural habitat. The perspective of the diorama unites foreground and background. The large, painted backgrounds are the work of Bruno Liljefors who is famous for his dramatic painting of birds and animals.
The vast diorama, which can be viewed from two levels, presents the different types of landscape from inland Sweden as well as from the coast.
20 Designers at Biologiska
20 Designers at Biologiska
20 Designers at Biologiska
