Queens of their Discipline – Posters by Women Designers

This exhibition tells the story of the poster, using exclusively reprints of works by international women designers, for once.

The poster is the supreme discipline in graphic design: its large size together with its presence in public space guarantee it a wide public. This exhibition tells the story of the poster, using exclusively reprints of works by international women designers, for once. These include well-known figures like Irma Boom, Ursula Hiestand, or Lora Lamm, as well as un-known ones who are still waiting to be discovered.

Keywords: Communication media

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Collection Highlights

Permanent exhibition

When Max Bill’s Ulm Stool meets Albrecht Dürer’s Apocalypse (1498) and Adrian Frutiger’s Univers font encounters a Balenciaga cocktail dress, when Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s puppets dance around a SBB...

Poster Stories

Permanent exhibition

Large-scale design history: from its beginnings over 100 years ago to the present day, the pictorial poster has achieved impressive stylistic diversity. Icons line up alongside rediscoveries, from...

Swiss Design Lounge

Permanent exhibition

How about biding your time while discovering and trying out outstanding Swiss design at the same time? The Swiss Design Lounge at our newly refurbished main building on Ausstellungsstrasse now...

Collection Insights – 7 Perspectives

Temporary exhibition at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse until 01.12.2024

«Collection Insights» examines selected objects in the collection from different angles and explore how the museum’s collecting, exhibiting, and educational activities are interconnected. Which new...

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