Robert Stadler Books

Robert Stadler, der an der Schnittstelle zwischen Design, bildender Kunst und kritischer Praxis arbeitet, nutzt Design um soziale Probleme zu hinterfragen und neue Wege zur Entwicklung von Objekten zu erproben. Der Katalog zeigt Arbeiten aus den Jahren zwischen 1995 und 2016, erweitert um historische und zeitgenössische Objekte, die thematisch mit Stadlers Designobjekten kombiniert werden. Diese Kombination von Objekten aus verschiedenen Epochen schafft eine transhistorische „Gemeinschaft der Objekte“, und generiert ein Netzwerk von Bedeutungen, dem Stadlers Arbeitsweise zugrunde liegt. So bietet der Katalog nicht nur eine Struktur für eine erweiterte Präsentation von Stadlers Werken, sondern auch kreative und neuartige Perspektiven auf Stadlers Erkundung unserer utopischen, durchgestalteten Umwelt.

This collection of more than thirty texts, which were originally published between 1790 and the present day, explores man?s rich relationship with material things. Devised largely in response to the gradual breakdown of the divide between art and design that began over a century ago, this book sheds light on the ways that the concept of the thing as idea has been considered over time. Writers from different fields explore how things interact with materials, structures, and production processes while defining and registering the intangible qualities of the material world. Each author considers the different relationships between the context of a thing and its thingness, describing the ways in which things and ideas intersect. Published on occasion of the exhibition 'Quiz 2 - Based on an idea by Robert Stadler'at MUDAM Luxemburg, 2016.

During Milan’s Design Week 2018, the Vitra exhibition “Typecasting,” curated by Robert Stadler, presented 200 objects in the former sports hall La Pelota in the city’s Brera district. In addition to generous photographic documentation, this eponymous publication to the exhibition critically investigates how design evolves under the influence of social media. By presenting objects as characters, “Typecasting” is as much about furniture as it is about us. Whereas furniture’s practical function is a given, its representational role has dramatically changed over the years with furniture and objects having become props for self-staging online.