Interface: People, Machines, Design

The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences will showcase its design and technology collection through a fascinating new exhibition Interface: People, Machines, Design at the Powerhouse Museum from 15 August 2014 – 11 October 2015.

Featuring iconic products from the world’s most famous brands including Olivetti, Braun and Apple, Interface explores how a handful of companies, designers and industrial visionaries transformed clunky machines of a century ago and created the must-have items that we can’t live without today.
“Each of us has memories of the technologies that have changed our lives. The mobile phone highlights the way technology and design has rapidly evolved, from the heavy object of a few decades ago to the sleek multifunctional device of today. This exhibition is a fine example of the way the Museum’s collection can communicate the history of technological innovation,” says Minister for the Arts, Troy Grant.
Interface plays homage to designers past and present and explores their philosophies and inspirations. The exhibition also reveals the design methods from 50 years ago that have stood the test of time and remain influential today.
Design visionaries whose work is explored in the exhibition include: Dieter Rams, the German industrial designer who was Braun’s design visionary; Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, co-founders of Apple; Doug Engelbart, an influential figure of computer interface design; Olivetti designers Marcello Nizzoli, Ettore Sottsass and Mario Bellini; Hartmut Esslinger, whose early Apple designs helped shape Apple’s transformation into a global brand; and current designer Sir Jonathan Ive.
For more information visit powerhousemuseum.com/interface/

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