Vitra Design Museum showcases five decades of clubbing culture in Night Fever exhibition
The interiors and graphics of some of the world's most famous nightclubs are profiled in a major new exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum.
Night Fever officially opened today at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
The gallery has been filled with photographs, flyers, artworks and records relating to some of the world's most iconic nightclubs, dating from the 1960s to present day. Among them are Manchester's Hacienda and the iconic Studio 54 in New York.
The exhibition aims to explore the "relationship between club culture and design", looking to the nightclub as a point of inspiration for architects and designers alike.
Organised in a chronological order, exhibits includes a site-specific music and light installation created by Konstantin Grcic and lighting designer Matthias Singer. "The nightclub is one of the most important design spaces in contemporary culture," said Vitra. "Since the 1960s, nightclubs have been epicentres of pop culture, distinct spaces of nocturnal leisure providing architects and designers all over the world with opportunities and inspiration."
"The multidisciplinary exhibition reveals the nightclub as much more than a dance bar or a music venue; it is an immersive environment for intense experiences."
Visitors enter the exhibition in the 1960s, where designs from clubs including New York's Electric Circus and Florence's Space Electronic are on show.
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