Simply in time for the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games, the Luxembourg Museum (simply a few minutes away from our lodges) is opening a brand new exhibition Design & Sport – A Story Seeking to the Future, exhibiting how design has helped sportswomen and males to succeed in ever higher achievements, going sooner, additional, larger…
If the hyperlink between design and sports activities had by no means crossed your minds, this new exhibition on the Luxembourg Museum goes to be an eye-opener!
With over 150 objects on show in a presentation curated and designed by designer Konstantin Grcic, you’ll see legacy items and modern-day classics, prototypes, drawings, movies and even interactive apps showcasing how design has accompanied and aided sport over the many years.
The presentation, intentionally selective and non-exhaustive, goes past a easy presentation of the instruments, objects and outfits used within the sport to take a wider view, investigating the design of recent stadia, the evolution of society by way of sports activities design (through the JogBra®, for instance, or the rising significance of the Paralympic Video games and the prostheses used) in addition to the super-precise technique of recording all these sporting exploits.
Linked with the exhibition, you could be considering:
— guided visits, with particular ones for households
— three yoga visits on sixth Might at 7pm (professional), sixteenth Might at 10.30am (senior residents) and twenty second Hune at 10.30am (for everybody). You’ll go to the exhibition and proceed with a yoga session held by an skilled teacher!
— a spherical desk on thirteenth March at 6.30pm with curator and designer Konstantin Grcic
— free sports activities workshops to get know sure sports activities (boxing, breakdancing, wheelchair sports activities…)
— a particular night of sketching on twenty fifth April from 7-9pm (e book upfront – 11 €, free for under-26s)…
— there’s a particular household weekend on twenty seventh/twenty eighth April from 10.30am-7pm. Apprently you’ll be capable to draw and even play throughout your go to!
— for Museum Night time on Saturday 18th Might, admission is free from 7-11.30pm, and there’s a free stage present referred to as “The Three Ages of Sport” « Les trois âges du sport »”
— a particular combine – “Dopaphine – earlier than / after your effort” – by Nana and Yusuke Suzuki for the label Tsuku Boshi is on the market to take heed to now, showcasing how music can have a helpful impact on a sportsperson’s efficiency.
A list of the exhibition (80 pages, 29 illustrations, round 20€) can be accessible right here at your nearest Amazon.
The exhibition MATCH – Design & Sport – A Story Seeking to the Future is on the Luxembourg Museum (right here) from thirteenth March – eleventh August 2024
Open daily from 10.30am – 7pm (10pm Mondays, besides twenty ninth July and fifth August). Closed 1st Might
Admission: 14€ / 10€ (on-line tickets right here). 11€ for 2 individuals aged 16-25 on weekdays after 4pm. Free for under-16s
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