Limited/Unlimited

One Hundred Years of Dutch Design

14 Jun 2008
12 Nov 2008

On 14 June, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen will officially open the exhibition Limited/Unlimited – One Hundred Years of Dutch Design, in which the museum will use a fixed timeline to mirror traditional craftsmanship and industrial design.
The exhibition was prompted by the publication of the book Dutch Design. A Cultural History, in which the museum curator discusses 20th-century Dutch design in a social and artistic context.

In recent years, Dutch design has grown into an international phenomenon. The exhibition Limited/Unlimited – One Hundred Years of Dutch Design displays everyday objects by Dutch designers, such as chairs, irons, radios, vases, textiles and packaging. From every decade of the 20th century, two design traditions are placed side by side, enabling visitors to view both traditional objects or those made in small numbers alongside industrially produced pieces at a single glance. The effect that different influences and trends had on both design traditions is explained, thus placing the attention that Dutch Design paid to unique objects in a wider historical context.

Thursday 9 October 2008, on the last day of the exhibition a programme of lectures will be organised.