Exhibition

In 2024 the exhibition Men, women and their appliances was on display at the Design Museum Den Bosch in the Netherlands.

A total 250 different products from the collection were shown together with their original packaging. From coffee makers to mixers, toasters and hair dryers and lots more. The household devices were shown in combination with more than 100 audio and video devices from 2 other collections.

"In the exhibition Men, women and their appliances, Design Museum Den Bosch uses more than 300 hair dryers, coffee makers, stereo towers and televisions to show how gender-specific role patterns were created, confirmed and sold from the 1960s onward. Not only the household appliances themselves, but also their packaging and advertisements tell you everything about the social relations of the time. The exhibition is a trip down memory lane, but also poses the current, fundamental question: do new products change people's lives, or do innovations perpetuate existing social patterns?"

It was the best option for sharing the best items in the collection so far. The extra large display with all the objects stacked in the shelves was very impressive annd effective. Luckily I had many opportunities to show guests around and share lots of stories from the 70s and 80s. I was at the location for the installation, which took 4 days and I'm still surprised and very happy how it turned out in the end. Another highlight was the day when we filmed the exhibition with indoor drones.

More info:
designmuseum.nl/men-women-and-their-appliances