WALKING CHAIR GALLERY — since 2006

We love design: ours and that of others Next door to the Walking Chair Design Studio and the Walking Chair Shop you’ll find the Walking Chair Gallery. Since 2006 we have presented in our gallery trendsetting design or new aspects of designs of international designers and other people from different disciplines with a compassion for design. All exhibitions have been selected and curated by us personally and are posted via our newsletter on a regularly basis. For further information of current and upcoming exhibitions please see NEWS

NUN BIST DU EIN ALTER SACK — DRAWINGS • PORTRAITS • PAPERS by QUENTIN MAGNUS RIEDL   – : – : – : – 16.12.–17.12.2014 The exhibition shows a part of Quentin's drawings, which he has created in recent years, partly in order. Since his very first portrait "FIDEL PEUGEOT", which I have used on my business card, and has since been replaced by a more recent drawing for 6 years have passed. Meanwhile his drawings are i.a. been used for an exhibition poster at the MAK (Austrian Museum of Applied Arts) and are considered by many as the card used. The list of works is very significant for the young man and we're all mighty proud of Quentin. Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
THE FUNNY THING ABOUT DESIGN by COSIMA REIF   – : – : – : – 27.09.–31.10.2014 (prolonged to 15.11.2014) From ironic to alienating, but always a blast: in her monumental manga Cosima Reif, illustrator, author and Viennese by choice, turns her attention to design and designers, design anecdotes and design analysis. Star architects, fashion designers, even nail designers – for her simply stuff she can have a whale of a time making fun of. THE FUNNY THING ABOUT DESIGN by COSIMA REIF    Thanks to [In Order of Appearance]: Philippe Starck, Dieter Rams, Max Bill, Frog Design, Nagelstudio Monique, Zaha Hadid, Wolfgang Joop, Stiletto, Raffael, Neville Brody, Edith Head, Ann de Meulemeester, Yoshi Yamamoto, Vivienne Westwood, Christian Louboutin, Meta-Design, Frank Lloyd Wright, Eileen Grey, Michael Thonet, Ray & Charles Eames, Verner Panton, Walking Chair, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Hummingbird Bakery, Ernst Dryden, Pythagoras, Bertone, Colani, Karl Lagerfeld etc.pp. For the exhibition appears a publication/catalogue. Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview gallery Block These are example images. Double-click here to replace these images with your own content. Learn more.
HOCH : HÖHER : HOCHULI – 80 YEARS – JOST HOCHULI   TYPOGRAPHY EXHIBITION / TALK  – : – : – : – 14.03.–18.04.2014 Jost Hochuli is a well known Swiss graphic designer, book designer and typographist. The exhibition is a surprise by the Austrian Typographic Society (Erich Monitzer, Martin Tiefenthaler, Gerhard Pany & Clemens Schedler) on the occasion of honor of Jost Hochuli's 80th birthday. Exhibition Duration: 09.05.—23.05.2014 Artist's Talk/Vernissage:  Friday, 09 March 2014, 6 pm Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
TOBIAS MADÖRIN — TOPOS — CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL PROSPECTS  PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION / BOOK LAUNCH – : – : – : – 14.03.–18.04.2014 For more than twenty years, Swiss photographer Tobias Madörin has been working on his photo series Topos. Creating staged tableaux in the manner of nineteenth-century painters, Madörin investigates the interaction between the inhabitants and their surrounding environments in countries as diverse as Spain, Uganda, Indonesia, and Japan. His large-scale images examine communal spaces, the outskirts of metropolises, waste disposal sites, and landscapes marked by agriculture and mining. Madörin’s work reveals that these locations are the products of human visions and ideals, yet they are also places of environmental exploitation. This tension, as well as Madörin’s intelligent and empathetic approach to his subjects, makes his photographs evocative and complex. The book includes lavish, full-page photographs, many of which have never been published previously, and an introductory essay by Nadine Olonetzky that explains and contextualizes the photographer’s oeuvre.  Exhibition Duration:  14.03.—25.04.2014 Artist's Talk/Finissage: Friday, 25 April 2014, 6 pm Link to the Publisher:   Scheidegger & Spiess Link to the artist's homepage: Tobias Madörin TOPOS — CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL PROSPECTS:  Cities and landscapes as places of human existence: Tobias Madörin's work from two decades. Edited and with an essay by Nadine Olonetzky.  Publisher: Scheidegger & Spiess (CH), ISBN 978-3-85881-372-5 Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
MARIA VOLOKHOVA — YOU HIT TWO RABBITS WITH ONE SHOT. CHINAWARE VERSUS NEW PORCELAIN  – : – : – : – 27.11.–20.12.2013 We met the russian born designer/artist Maria Volokhova in Germany 2012, when we both were selected at the exhibition 11 years of Young Design in Progress at Talents Messe Frankfurt. We fall immediately in love with her superb ceramic work and now present a selection of her art pieces for the first time in Vienna. Link to Maria Volokhova Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
MAPPING TOOLBOX — MAX BORKA’S NEW TOOL TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEXT GENERATION SOCIAL DESIGN – : – : – : – 29.09.–31.10.2013 The Belgian design critic and curator living in Berlin has made it his aim to scan and promote the social forms and contents of the design world across the globe. In the Walking Chair Gallery he is showing his new instrument for the first time, the “Mapping Toolbox”, which in future will be the key working tool for his curatorial activities. It can be compared to a case, in which a constantly changing selection of tools, patterns and theories are stored. A cahier Form Follows Foco — 100 Snapshots of Guerilla Survival Props is published for the exhibition with a topical text on his theories. Link to Mapping the Design World Mapping the design world – Cahier 2 — FORM FOLLOWS FOCO — 100 SNAPSHOTS OF GUERILLA SURVIVAL PROPS by Max Borka, 108 pages, published by Walking Chair, € 12,—  order here Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
BRATISLAVA NOW! — THE YOUNG SLOVAK DESIGN SCENE SAYS SERVUS FROM BRATISLAVA – : – : – : – 29.09.–31.12.2012 Vienna and Bratislava are the two closest capitals in the world, together with the Vatican and Rome and the capitals of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo. From the windows of Bratislava one can watch planes landing at the Vienna airport, but from a social and cultural perspective the distance may seem much bigger. The exhibition "Servus from Bratislava" in Walking Chair Gallery brings to Vienna a rare overview of the young design scene in Bratislava. Concept and curators: Barbara Zavarská // Aleš Šedivec // Marcel Benčík Contributing Slovak Designers/Artists: ALLT/Peter Simoník & Elena Bolceková // Martin Bu // Lucia Gašparovičová // Patrik Illo // Peter Jakubík // Simona Janišová // Sylvia Jokelová // Marián Laššák // Silva Lovasová // Bety K. Majerníková // MEJD/Katarína Beličková & Štefan Nosko // Lubica Segečová Link to Punkt.sk Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
WALTER THALER — [PFLOCK] WALL HOOKS IN DIFFERENT LENGTH AND ANGLES 10°/20°/30° – : – : – : – 01.06.–28.06.2012 Link to Walter Thaler Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
STRANGE MOOSIC INN WIEN — THE ART OF HERMAN DUNE BY YAYA HERMAN DUNE AND YAYA&MAYON HANANIA – : – : – : – 03.10.–31.12.2011 Yaya Herman Dune is actually known as an Anti-Folk singer/songwriter of the band "Herman Dune". With the exhibition "Strange Moosic Inn, Wien", Dune presented an overview of his illustrations, storyboards, objects and graphics. A selection of images created in cooperation with his partner, the artist Mayon Hanania, was on display. The exhibition was part of the Vienna Design Week 2011.  Link to Herman Dune STRANGE MOOSIC — original CD cover   See the movies of BABY BLUE Herman Dune live performance at the WALKING CHAIR GALLERY opening  Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
thenextENTERprise — DIE FIKTION DES REALEN — MARIE-THERÈSE HARNONCOURT & ERNST J. FUCHS – : – : – : – 11.03.–24.06.2011 Since the year 2000 Marie-Therese Harnoncourt and Ernst J. Fuchs work under the name the next ENTERprise-architects . Their futuristic projects play with the coincidental and the unpredictable; break up the rules of sheer functionality to generate additional value for the future occupants and to cater to the needs of them. Concepts, which spatially anchor future elements, are the main topic in the work of tnE. The wide spectrum of architectural projects ranges from experimental installations and urban planning to socio-spatial housing concepts. The next ENTERprise-architects joined numerous international exhibitions such as the Architectural Biennale in Venice, Archilab Orleans and the Bienal de Sao Paulo. Various executed projects, for example "Seebad Kaltern", "Wolkenturm" or "Haus Zirl" were awarded with various prizes and nominated for the "Mies van der Rohe Award". Walking Chair is proud to present a sample from the studio's conceptual and atmospheric world to the public. Visitors will be able to explore various working models which play a major role in the work of the studio from different perspectives. Playing with different scales, the gallery space will be interpreted as a working model per se and will turn into a space where fiction and reality seamlessly merge. Link to thenextENTERprise–architects Architecture models on the wall – a collection presented in a new perspective Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
WE LOVE YOU ALL — FRIEDERIKE HOFMANN RUE CASANOVA — A NEW SETTING FOR IRMA LA DOUCE – : – : – : – 01.10.–31.12.2010 The Berlin based graphic and illustration designer Friederike Hofmann has worked for several international projects. Inspired by Berlin's street art and books she used to read as a child, the artist became known in Vienna through co-operations with Bernhard Winkler for the ZOOM Children's Museum and the "Wiener Festwochen". Since 2008 Friederike Hofmann has been working on an illustration series WE LOVE YOU ALL, which focuses on new interpretations of well-known quotes from various fields of cultural history.  Link to Rike Hofmann   Link to WE LOVE YOU ALL Friederike Hofmann presents a 3D installation based on Billy Wilder's  legendary movie  Irma la Douce . Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
ELMAR ZEILHOFER — I TRIED TO PLAY THE GUITAR. I FAILED. THEN I BUILT MY OWN STRING THINGS. – : – : – : – 02.07.–25.09.2010 Constantly on the look for new challenges, Elmar Zeilhofer did loads of different jobs, visited many countries around the world and faced countless curious situations. Finally, his wish to play the guitar gave his career another unexpected turn: Instead of wading through exhausting music lessons, the artist crafted a simple instrument for himself. The very first Sound Box  which was timbered of ordinary materials from the DYI store sounded so fascinating, that Zeilhofer immediately made a follow-up model: the very first cigar box ukulele was born.  Each of these unique string instruments has its own character and is regarded by the artist as a coherent part of an evolution chain. Perfection is not important for Elmar Zeilhofer; his main goal is the joy of experimenting and exploring the musical and engineering possibilities. New experiences which were gained during the crafting process flow into follow-up models made in various workshops. See Link to Elmar Zeilhofer Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
SHAPE MY LANGUAGE — MY TASK: TO VISUALIZE THE SPOKEN > AN EXHIBITION BY BRUNO MAAG (UK) – : – : – : – 04.03.–12.06.2010 There are dozens of different script systems in use in the world today, giving shape to thousands of spoken languages. A typeface designer’s task is not only to visualize the emotion with which a message is spoken but also to ensure that the reader can absorb the message with a minimum of distraction. Walking Chair Gallery presents one of the most outstanding professionals in font design and programming – Bruno Maag from the Dalton Maag Studio, UK. Founded in 1991 by Liz Dalton and Bruno Maag, Dalton Maag’s team has worked with some of the world’s most recognized brands: BMW, TUI, McDonald’s, Toyota, British Telecom, UBS, Winterthur Insurance, Coop Switzerland and many others. The unique combination of technical and creative competence allows Dalton Maag to create fonts for a global audience without compromising the client's corporate identity. The exhibition "Shape my language" by Bruno Maag was taken over by the London Design Museum after it‘s show in Vienna.  Link to Dalton Maag The exhibition "Shape my language" at  London Design Museum Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
URBAN GARDENING — AN EXHIBITION BY THE FREITAG BROTHER‘S > feat. MASKOT FREDDIE – : – : – : – 01.10. –31.12.2009 The Freitag Brothers (Markus & Daniel Freitag) developed a mobile kitchen with an indoor composting facility. The installation was specially conceived for the Walking Chair Gallery, using their signature and favorite material: truck canvas cover. A special bag in a limited edition of 100 pieces was developed to collect the organic waste and given to the visitors asking to bring their organic home waste to the indoor composting facility, all bags were signed and numbered by the Freitag Brothers. Urban gardening was the very first gallery show for the swiss bag makers.  Today the kitchen is part of the equipment of the Freitag factory in Zürich. Link to Freitag Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
JOHN BRISCELLA — THE MODERN CITY IS CONTROLLED BY THE GRID > THE NOTEBOOK EXHIBITION – : – : – : – 18.06.–20.09.2009 John Briscella Designer / Architect / Urban Strategist most possibly born in 1984 John Briscella's projects communicate new spacial concepts for cities by introducing simple ideas into everyday life and surroundings. From the smallest iterations, to large-scale urban compositions, the works respond to experiencing environments in their contextual relationship to the observer(s). John is originally from Philadelphia but living in Europe and Japan. His intentions are to develop principles about 21st century life. More about John Briscella: Link to John Briscella   Link to studioAMINIMAL Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
SMIK: INVADED SPACES — LINDA DALSTRÖM & ELISABETH AUER PRESENT NEXT GENERATION OF WALLPRINTS AND TEXTILES – : – : – : – 13.03.–12.06.2009 The Austrian - Swedish duo Linda Dahlström & Eliasbeth Auer, founders of SMIK, are showing their current collection's bold geometrical elements and vibrant colors in wall prints and textiles. Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
FLAG : : ANTI : : STYLE — BASTIEN AUBRY & DIMITRI BROQUARD ARE FLAG.CC – : – : – : – 10.10.2008–31.01.2009 FLAG is a graphic design studio established in 2002 by Bastien Aubry (*1974) and Dimitri Broquard (*1969) in Zurich, Switzerland. Since then FLAG is working essentially for art and cultural projects such as catalogues, artists books, magazines and posters. FLAG also does drawings, illustrations for editorials and private projects. Both of them are teaching in different art schools in Switzerland. Link to Flag Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
BREADED ESCALOPE — HEISS & FETTIG: BE STUDIO > EINE JUNGE GRUPPE FÜR DESIGN STELLT SICH VOR – : – : – : – 24.07.–30.09.2008 A unique process uses landscape as a crucial part of the formative process; Selected locations are used as production tracks. A robust, hollow orb is housing a suspended flexible mould of the stools. After filling the mould with a specific mix of resin the orb is allowed to interact with the terrain - surrendered to the formative surrounding. The rotation is always unique and the variations, subtle or manifest, are recorded by the flexing walls of the silicon mould. Thus, unique pieces are formed via serial production. The Original Stools are the consequence of the omnipresent process, and will always stay in close connection to their place of accruement; A manifestation of place & time.  Link to Breaded Escalope Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
HRH DANIEL KROH — CUT OUTS > FIGURES & PATTERNS FOR MY HARD WORKING LANDLORDS/LADIES – : – : – : – 11.04.–21.06.2008 Hi-Tech Recycling Hobo Daniel Kroh is tailer, designer and artist. He presents in the exhibition cut-outs, figures and patterns from his recent collection My hard working landlords. Link to Daniel Kroh Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
DESIGN PALAVER — DESIGN RECORDINGS BY DAVID PASEK & BERNHARD FRODL – : – : – : – 17.10.2007–15.02.2008 A palaver präsentiert Statements zum Thema Design. Verschiedenste Menschen, ob Entwerfer, Benützer, Produzenten, Bewerber, Kritiker, Künstler oder … vermitteln ihre Erfahrung mit gutem (Wir sind Optimisten!) Design. A palaver ist eine Radiosendung mit Schwerpunkt Architektur auf Orange 94.0 – das freie Radio in Wien. David Pasek und Bernhard Frodl sind akustisch der Gestaltung von Objekten, Gegenständen, Gebäuden und der Umgebung auf der Spur. Was passiert, wenn wir Gegenstände sehen, angreifen und benützen? Wie werden diese Ereignisse von Menschen mit verschiedenstem Hintergrund wahrgenommen? Ohne Bilder hilft da nur noch das Erzählen der Wahrnehmung, also die Reflexion der Rezeption. Es zählen Form, Haptik, Theorie, gauklerische Effekte, Ereignisse die rundherum passieren, pures Funktionieren, Erlebnisse begleiten und ermöglichen die Situation. Wir präsentieren deshalb Bruchstücke aus unserer und aus fremden Welten in vielen kurzen Geschichten.  Link to Apalaver Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
WE GO SONIC CHAIR — HOLGER FRITZLAR, FRANK HUSSONG, MICHAEL KIENTZLER, DANIELA REUTER – : – : – : – 29.06.—10.10.2007 Have you ever sat between a pair of earphones? The Sonic Chair provides a unique audio experience, allowing you to sit at the very centre of a sound system. Whether you enjoy listening to symphony orchestras, rock concerts, or audio books – the precise arrangement of the integrated satellite speakers will provide maximum listening pleasure. The speakers are encased in a carefully crafted body that creates sufficient volume for powerful bass tones, while two body-focused sound generators, in the seat and the backrest, further augment the lower frequencies – recreating the feeling of a live performance. Despite the open design, the sonic chair’s two-way acoustic insulation serves as a barrier between listeners and the world around them. Background noises will not disrupt the enjoyment of music or an audio book in the sonic chair, and what the listener chooses to hear is hardly audible beyond the chair. Regardless of whether you are sitting in a hotel lobby, an airport lounge, a bookshop, or a music store, the Sonic Chair will provide both exceptional listening pleasure and unique ambience. You can even connect your iPod or laptop and work without distraction, or listen to the newest CDs or audio books. The Sonic Chair is also ideal for waiting areas and as a means of presenting music, audio books, and verbal information at trade fairs. At home, it will finally enable you to listen to your favourite concert at full volume without disturbing your family, your roommates, or your neighbours. Link to Sonic Chair Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
BERNHARD WINKLER — JOCKEY CLUB #2 – : – : – : – 13.04.–28.06.2007 The artist has no web presence, for further information please contact him via email. Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
BERNHARD WINKLER — JOCKEY CLUB #1 – : – : – : – 08.02.–13.04.2007 Between 1992 and 2004, Winkler developed the entire graphical identity and part of the life philosophy of Lomography. In doing so he set the tone for a whole generation in terms of this photographic genre’s mode of presentation, its entire art direction, and the artwork for the Lomography products themselves. Winkler, who repeatedly returns to the concept of “sampling”— in the sense of a collage-like compilation of the most varied influences — when talking about his creative phases prior to doing photography, applied this technique to his portraits right from the beginning. David Hockney, who already applied this form of photography to humans and their environment back in the 1980s, saw in sampling a far greater kinship to true perception, because it is not static and momentary, but wandering and chronologically progressive. For this reason, viewing these is something completely different from viewing conventional photography. Through their re-composition, Winkler has lent each of these countless individuals (Jockey=friend) a presence that gives one the feeling of being in good company. The artist has no web presence, for further information please contact him via  email. Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview
MARTINO GAMPER — CHAIRS FÜR WALKING CHAIR: AUS DEM ZYKLUS >>A 100 CHAIRS IN 100 DAYS<< – : – : – : – 28.9.–24.12.2006 Funktionalität der Möbel ist nicht vorderes Interesse von Martino Gamper, Vielmehr beschäftigt ihn die in den Möbeln eingeschrieben Wertesysteme. Bereits als unbrauchbar deklarierte Fundstücke, Teilstücke von Möbeln und anderen Gegenständen sind für Martino Ausgangspunkt einer Fruchtbaren Auseinandersetzung mit Funktionen und dem Ursprung emotionaler Bindung zu Objekten. Im Rahmen einer größeren Werkgruppe überschreitet er bewusst den kontrollierten Prozess des Entwurfs, statt Skizzen werde Ideen direkt in Sitzobjekte umgesetzt, a 100 chairs in a 100 days.   Link to Martino Gamper Back to Walking Chair Gallery — Overview

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