Club culture at the Vitra Design Museum
‘Night Fever’, an exhibition at Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, explores the influence of nightclub design on the wider culture, covering interiors, furniture and graphics alongside experiments in sound, light and art. Examples range from Italian clubs of the 1960s created by the protagonists of Radical Design, and OMA’s proposals for London’s Ministry of Sound, to New York City’s Studio 54 and the Palladium, designed by Arata Isozaki and featuring a mural by Keith Haring (left).
A 420-page book, published by the museum, aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the design history of the nightclub. Edited by Mateo Kries, Jochen Eisenbrand, Catharine Rossi and Nina Serulus, ‘Night Fever: A Design History of Club Culture’ costs £50.
Top:Â Nightclub Les Bains Douches, Paris, 1990. Interior design by Philippe Starck. Photo: Foc Kan
Above: Isometric projection of the Ministry of Sound II, London, 2015, designed by OMA/Rem Koolhaas
‘Night Fever: Designing Club Culture 1960-Today’
Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein
17 March until 9 September 2018
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