THE CARTIER COLLECTION

2002 - 2005, BERLIN, MILAN, KYOTO, HOUSTON

CARTIER DESIGN VIEWED BY ETTORE SOTTSASS


Vitra Design Museum, Berlin, 2002
Palazzo Reale Museum, Milan, 2002-03
Daigoji Temple, Kyoto, 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2004-05


This exhibition of 209 pieces, which travelled from Berlin to Milan in 2002/03 and from Kyoto to Houston in 2004/05, presented for the first time an artist's vision on the work of a jeweller. It's a new look at the design of an object, without any clear historical point of reference. Ettore Sottsass, an architect and internationally renowned Italian designer, took an original angle on the Cartier Collection
The display cases of the 'Cartier Design viewed by Ettore Sottsass' exhibition, were based on stage designs by Ettore Sottsass. The exhibition showed preliminary sketches for shots of jewellery in the Cartier Collection taken by Ettore Sottsass for the event.