In English, the word “spirits” means “souls”, “moods” and “alcoholic drinks”. These three aspects come together in Spirits. Excellent for the head, an exhibition that joyfully celebrates the art of designing a glass and creating a cocktail, whilst honouring women in design. The exhibition has been created by the students of the Space & Communication Design MA program at HEAD — Genève. A set of seven blown glasses containing a unique cocktail is displayed inside a scenography that plays with a political interpretation of women’s illicit alcohol consumption, evoking the era of prohibition. In a dialogue between the living and the ghosts, each glass is a tribute to the talent of one of seven female designers from past or present day: Ray Eames, Daisy Ginsberg, Eileen Gray, Anab Jain, Sophie Taueber-Arp, Magdalene Odundo and Valentine Schlegel.
HEAD — Genève
Director
Space & Communication MA program: Lada
Umstätter
Head of Department: Javier F.
Contreras
Concept: Alexandra Midal with
Antoine Foegle, Emma Pflieger, Mathias Zieba and
Jonathan Bornand
Students: Joseph Curle,
Luna Deleani, Emile Demerliac, Adèle Guilbault,
Camilla Hoffmeister, Victoria Jospin, Chiara
Kocis, Hannah Mackaness, Zorana Mitrovic,
Chirine Samii, Carla-Marie Savaris, Constance
Thiessoz, Lovena Vedrine, Noee Zahavy assisted
by Margaux Janin
Design direction: Anette
Lenz, with Damian Conrad and Xavier Erni
Graphic
design: Loan Bontron, Léa Delescluse, Eva Meylan
(students of the Visual Communication BA
program) assisted by Sam Fagnart
