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A Design Dynasty: Camper Then and Now
Join Design Museum Director Deyan Sudjic as he reflects on forty years of a design dynasty with Camper’s Miguel Fluxa and longtime collaborator Martí Guixé. In today’s fast moving globalised world, Camper has retained an original and highly imaginative approach making its brand and its shoes. This talk will unpack archives, memories, and ideas with the man who made it happen.
Tickets include entry to the Life on Foot exhibition before the talk begins. Doors will open at 18:30. The Life on Foot exhibition will be open for ticket holders to view between 18.30 and 19:00, and will then close. The talk will start at 19:00 and last for 1 hour.
Life on Foot marks the 40 year anniversary of the creative Spanish footwear brand Camper, with an exhibition that gives an unprecedented picture of how a shoe collection is researched, created and presented - from the carving of the last to the graphics on the box.
To mark this important moment for design, this talk will bring together the protagonist of the story, Miguel Fluxa in conversation with Museum Life on Foot Director Deyan Sudjic. Whilst the exhibition showcases Camper’s traditional shoemaking skills and contemporary design ethos, this talk will reflect on forty years of the brand documenting the story of this family business from humble its beginnings to today’s global brand.
more about the speakers
Miguel Fluxá is a member of the fourth generation of the Camper and Head of the Company. His great grandfather founded the business 136 years ago in Mallorca, where both the family and the business are from.
Deyan Sudjic is Director of the Design Museum in London. His career has spanned journalism, teaching and writing. Deyan was director of Glasgow UK City of Architecture 1999 and in 2002 he was Director of the Venice Architecture Biennale. He was Editor of Domus Magazine from 2000 to 2004, and was Founding Editor of Blueprint Magazine from 1983 to 1996.
Dubbing himself an “ex-designer", Martí Guixé has a long-standing association with Camper and is dedicated to inventing “brilliantly simple ideas of a curious seriousness.” He divides his time between his native Barcelona and Berlin he designs products for an extensive client list as well as devising numerous conceptual projects. His designs, installations and performances have been shown in many international group shows as well as solo projects, Among them MOMA, Centre Georges Pompidou, Design Museum London, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, National Art Center Tokyo, Museum für Angewandte Kunst.
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