Barcelona Cultura

Presentation of the new Museu del Disseny

Today was the press conference for the opening of the Museu del Disseny at the Auditori del Disseny Hub Barcelona. Barcelona's mayor, Xavier Trias; the deputy mayor for Cultura, Knowledge and Innovation, Jaume Ciurana; and the Museum's director, Pilar Vélez, presented the new team in anticipation of the museum's opening on Saturday, December 13th.l 
 
It's a museum proposal that «gives a new meaning to the original collections of decorative arts, ceramics, textiles and graphic arts», according to the director, and that will now be presented under the umbrella of four grand production exhibitions: From the World to the Museum: Product Design, Cultural HeritageExtraordinary! Decorative Arts and Author Art Collections (3rd -20th centuries)Dressing the body: Silhouettes and Fashion (1550-2015); i Graphic design: from Trade to Profession (1940-1980). In addition, this February you can visit the first temporary exhibit, Design for Life.
 
From December 14th until January 31st 2015, entry to the museum will be free of charge to help promote the new Museu del Disseny in Barcelona.

Ajuntament de Barcelona