Dresden Kunstgewerbemuseum and Design Campus
August-Böckstiegel-Straße 2 • 01326 Dresden • Germany
+49 351 49142000
kunstgewerbemuseum@skd.museum
kunstgewerbemuseum.skd.museum/
KUNSTGEWERBEMUSEUM DER STAATLICHEN KUNSTSAMMLUNGEN DRESDEN
The Dresden Kunstgewerbemuseum as part of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD) initially served the very practical purpose of training the eye: Founded in 1876, and affiliated with Dresden's decorative arts college, the museum was to both help foster an awareness of material and design quality and to teach students, visitors as well as industrial producers and tradesmen about form and taste. The breaking up of the guilds and increasing industrialization had led to a progressive deterioration of product quality, and so the museum was founded first and foremost as a state initiative aimed at fostering and developing the Saxon economy.
The Kunstgewerbemuseum is a place that inspires contemporary designers and facilitates a dialogue between the core areas of traditional design represented in the collection and new, international approaches to design. Informing the collection's systematic expansion of the recent years, this direction has above all allowed contemporary pieces from the neighbouring countries of Poland and the Czech Republic to be acquired.
DESIGN CAMPUS
Located in the Dresden Kunstgewerbemuseum, is the Design Campus. The Design Campus is the Think Tank and R+D platform of the Kunstgewerbemuseum. Through its four pillars: the Museum, the School, the Lab, and the Network, the Design Campus is a space for recalibration and empowerment of creative practitioners to take action on the many changes, challenges and uncertainties of the 21st century. The Design Campus is a curatorial-driven, interdisciplinary and future-oriented platform for rethinking the world’s biggest questions through design practices and culture.
Further information: www.designcampus.org
The Dresden Kunstgewerbemuseum as part of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD) initially served the very practical purpose of training the eye: Founded in 1876, and affiliated with Dresden's decorative arts college, the museum was to both help foster an awareness of material and design quality and to teach students, visitors as well as industrial producers and tradesmen about form and taste. The breaking up of the guilds and increasing industrialization had led to a progressive deterioration of product quality, and so the museum was founded first and foremost as a state initiative aimed at fostering and developing the Saxon economy.
The Kunstgewerbemuseum is a place that inspires contemporary designers and facilitates a dialogue between the core areas of traditional design represented in the collection and new, international approaches to design. Informing the collection's systematic expansion of the recent years, this direction has above all allowed contemporary pieces from the neighbouring countries of Poland and the Czech Republic to be acquired.
DESIGN CAMPUS
Located in the Dresden Kunstgewerbemuseum, is the Design Campus. The Design Campus is the Think Tank and R+D platform of the Kunstgewerbemuseum. Through its four pillars: the Museum, the School, the Lab, and the Network, the Design Campus is a space for recalibration and empowerment of creative practitioners to take action on the many changes, challenges and uncertainties of the 21st century. The Design Campus is a curatorial-driven, interdisciplinary and future-oriented platform for rethinking the world’s biggest questions through design practices and culture.
Further information: www.designcampus.org
