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STICHTING KUNSTBOEK
Beauty Singular Plural
Text by Francis Smets, Evelyn Aelbrecht, Lise Coirier, Eva Coudyzer, Gino De Vooght.
In early 2008, Brussels' Royal Museums of Art and History hosted Beauty: Singular-Plural, Belgium's fifth Design Triennial. The exhibition put contemporary Flemish design in the international spotlight through a series of investigations on the theme of Beauty. This sumptuous volume captures the spirit of the triennial through essays, overviews and, in particular, an exquisitely illustrated investigation of Beauty through a selection of chairs and dishes respectively, each of which begins with an archetype of the object and ends with a lavishly elaborated or atypical example. These telling juxtapositions are rounded out with a limited selection of complementary historical and contemporary objects which convey a certain unity or heterogeneity inherent to the concept of Beauty. All of the historical works were carefully chosen by a roster of Belgium's top designers.
Published by Stichting Kunstboek. Text by Francis Smets, Evelyn Aelbrecht, Lise Coirier, Eva Coudyzer, Gino De Vooght.
In early 2008, Brussels' Royal Museums of Art and History hosted Beauty: Singular-Plural, Belgium's fifth Design Triennial. The exhibition put contemporary Flemish design in the international spotlight through a series of investigations on the theme of Beauty. This sumptuous volume captures the spirit of the triennial through essays, overviews and, in particular, an exquisitely illustrated investigation of Beauty through a selection of chairs and dishes respectively, each of which begins with an archetype of the object and ends with a lavishly elaborated or atypical example. These telling juxtapositions are rounded out with a limited selection of complementary historical and contemporary objects which convey a certain unity or heterogeneity inherent to the concept of Beauty. All of the historical works were carefully chosen by a roster of Belgium's top designers.
