Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things

20 Aug - 19 Sept '10

Buckminster Fuller Dome, Vitra Campus
Weil am Rhein, Germany

Vitra design museum will open a new exhibition this week titled, Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things. The exhibition will showcase everyday items such as the zipper with drawings and videos chronicling their inception and movement to mass production.

Many of the items on display for the exhibition are items we use on an every day basis like the paper clip and Post-its.  The museum and Hi-Cone present 35 of these everyday classic designs with their history and a demonstration of their significance on our lives.

Each invention bears witness to the changes going on in society at the time they were invented.  As the pencil's invention coincided with the democratization of education and writing.

The exhibition presents a stage for these often overlooked items to be elevated to the attention they deserve.

For more information please visit www.hidden-heroes.net or www.design-museum.de.