MAK DESIGN LAB

Technical coordination of the ongoing permanent exhibition at the MAK

A project of the MAK in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research.

Design is much more than creating "things": Design is an attitude, a way to initiate change, to make new approaches to solutions thinkable and tangible. Design contributes to shaping the world and our coexistence and to expanding human possibilities for action and decision-making. The objects we surround ourselves with - analog and digital - that we produce, buy, use and discard, influence us and our environment. In the process, our social concerns and attitudes determine how they are used.

On around 2,000 square meters, the MAK DESIGN LAB makes it possible to experience the many ways in which design can contribute to positive change. Contemporary projects by designers, artists, architects, programmers, activists and idealists who respond to the challenges of the 21st century and point out problems, suggest alternatives or offer solutions are placed in the context of multi-layered contexts with historical positions from the MAK collection.

Over 500 objects, as well as tools, scientific research and technologies, present alternative ways of our current lifestyles and show approaches to action for a sustainable transformation of our modes of production, lifestyles, habits and systems.

With imagination, creativity, playful experimentation, and a holistic perspective, the MAK DESIGN LAB draws attention to the consequences of our current lifestyles, but also to what innovative solutions to problems mean for each of us.

CURATOR mischer’traxler studio (Katharina Mischer, Thomas Traxler), Janina Falkner (Neue Lernkonzepte) und Marlies Wirth (Kuratorin Digitale Kultur, Kustodin MAK-Sammlung Design) Viktoria Heinrich (Assistenz MAK-Sammlung Design)
Communication and interaction design LWZ
Exhibition design mischer’traxler studio
Technical coordination Margula Architects
TEAM Itai Margula and Alex Schertler
LOCATION MAK
DURATION of the Exhibition permanent exhibition
FOTO Margula Architects