I was so looking forward to the design exhibition up at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais. All I can say is, if you haven't been yet, save your 10e. The show had so many gaping holes in it, it looked like the Grand Canyon - so very disappointing. It's as if the curators said to themselves, ok, let's make some categories, furniture that has figurative elements, furniture that has animal elements (you get the idea), and now, let's go find some furniture to fit in these categories. A design show without Noguchi, Hoffman, Mackintosh (if there was Eames I can't recall), Jacobsen, Breuer - ugh - the list goes on and on. How can you have a design show, and NOT include some of the most influential designers? How can you include Zaha Hadid and Frank Gehry, but overlook Mies van der Rohe or Corbusier? An exhibition at its worst.
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