Exhibition

5th  May – 27th May 2012

“Bring a ding” educates young people by having them explore the use, meaning, and emotions of and connected with the objects in their everyday life. Teenagers bring an object that is broken, damaged, no longer cool, or simply “doesn’t shine” any more. Anything can be brought, from mobile phones to torn pillows. First, teenagers will be guided to tell the stories of their object’s life cycle (Where was it born? How did it come to your home? How is going to die?) and its personal meaning (Where did it sit in your house and why? What’s a funny memory involving your object? Or a sad memory?). Then, participants will work closely with designers to bring their object ‘back to life’ by giving it a new look, new features or a different purpose.
The teenagers’ revitalized objects will be housed and exhibited at DEPOT BASEL.

Team

Orientierungsschule Drei Linden Class 3c (Camilla Schuler, Teacher)
Tina Schnörringer (Designer) www.tinatina.ch
Katharina Altemeier (Journalist) www.katharinaaltemeier.com
Julia Landsiedl (Designer) www.jeplus.at

Bring a Ding is an education project in the context of DEPOT BASEL, supported by “education projekte region basel”

EXTENDED UNTIL SUNDAY 27.5.!

Saturday 24.3. – Sunday 6.5.
Preview : Fr 23.3., 17 pm–20 pm

On the 23rd March, we at Basel Depot will opened our doors at our residence in Basel once again.

Depot Basel takes on the topic of SEATS for the prelude of the 2012 season. A regular chair consists of four legs and a backrest, however, according to demand a chair can also have three legs, diverse dimensions, shapes and outlines. We will take a close look at the past, present and future – of how chairs take shape and how they have changed with time.

Sibylle Stoeckli and Christian Horisberger will re-interpret Enzo Mari’s DO IT YOURSELF chairs from 1974. The workshop will be put into practice at Depot Basel together with the School of Design Basel – Renata Borer and Kuno Nüssli.

The project TAKE A SEAT initiated by AEKAE for “Café Z am Park” shows “Horgen Glarus’ chair Classic 1-380” re-designed by various designers.
Additionally, we show the favourite chairs of people from Basel.

In co-operation with the Czech design collective OKOLO we will present an illustrated selection of unusual seating in the history of Modern Design in the form of a limited edition publication.

Last but not least, the initiators of “Leuchtturm Kreative Wirtschaft” will round off our programme with the first talk of their new lecture series titled “MILK – Design dialogue #1” starting at 8 pm.

Thank you for the support:
Roser AG, Vitra Design Museum & Magazin!

Opening times
Thu/Fri 4—7 pm
Sat/Sun 2—6 pm
or by appointment