Vitra Design Museum
Until September 28, 2025

How did an 18th-century American free church inspire generations of artists, architects, and designers around the world? The Shakers were a religious group for whom design and architecture were an expression of beliefs surrounding community, labor, and social equality. The new exhibition “The Shakers: A World in the Making” examines how this resulted in meticulously crafted furniture and vernacular architecture that continue to resonate centuries later. Bringing together a wide range of Shaker furniture, architectural elements, tools, and commercial goods, paired with newly commissioned works by contemporary artists and designers, the exhibition reveals the complex social, material, and spiritual context that created the “Shaker style,” and what possibilities its values offer today.

https://www.design-museum.de/en/exhibitions/detailpages/shaker.html

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