{"id":5313,"date":"2012-11-19T11:57:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T18:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=5313"},"modified":"2012-11-19T12:15:30","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T19:15:30","slug":"40-years-of-porsche-design-at-stuggarts-porsche-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=5313","title":{"rendered":"40 years of Porsche design at Stuggart’s Porsche Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The world\u2019s first black timepiece, the legendary exclusive spectacles and the Porsche 911 \u2013 for decades, all these products have stood for a unique design by Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. In 1972, he founded the Porsche Design Studio in Stuttgart, the head office of which was relocated to Zell am See in Austria in 1974.<\/p>\n

From now until Feburary 17, 2013, the Porsche Museum is marking the company\u2019s 40th anniversary with a special exhibition. Visitors can experience the most important, most interesting and most extraordinary products as well as learn how Porsche Design came to exist.<\/p>\n

The focus of the anniversary exhibition is on the Porsche Design brand, which in recent years has been developed into one of the world\u2019s leading luxury brands with its own sales network.<\/p>\n

F.A. Porsche designed numerous classic men\u2019s accessories such as watches, spectacles and writing implements, which achieved worldwide recognition under the Porsche Design brand. In parallel, with his team, he designed a plethora of industrial products, household appliances and consumer durables for internationally renowned clients under the Design by F.A. Porsche brand and won numerous honours and awards for his work as a designer.<\/p>\n

For example, the Chronograph I, a milestone in the watchmaker\u2019s craft, is a compulsory exhibition piece. The world\u2019s first black timepiece, and at the same time luxury brand Porsche Design\u2019s first product, created a furore in 1972 because the automatic chronograph \u2013 considered unthinkable at the time \u2013 was designed in matte black throughout and provocatively unadorned. With this chronometer, F.A. Porsche was anticipating a trend that is part and parcel of today\u2019s watch industry and even then was considered to be revolutionary.<\/p>\n

In addition to the chronograph, other products from the accessories and spectacles range are on display, such as the Porsche Design P\u20198478 exclusive spectacles, already purchased by more than 7-million wearers.<\/p>\n

Writing implements and pipes also feature in the exhibition.<\/p>\n

Other highlights of the special exhibition include the grand piano, which the Porsche Design Studio designed for the B\u00f6sendorfer piano factory in 2003. This grand piano symbolises the studio\u2019s design output, characterized by a clear, functional design language, meticulous choice of materials and top quality workmanship. The adjustable Antropovarius lounge chair developed by the Porsche Design Studio in 1982 in collaboration with the Institute of Ergonomics of the University of Munich, and the Alternative Motorcycle Concept, AMK, devised in 1980 as an alternative solution to the car and to conventional motorcycles.<\/p>\n

In addition to the selection of special design developments, visitors will also gain an insight into the everyday creative life of Porsche Design\u2019s employees. This is where those who are interested will discover not just the individual steps in creating the product \u2013 from conceiving the idea through to design \u2013 but also the sources of inspiration. For example, in the case of the pipe, it is explained that when it came to the cooling ribs, F.A. Porsche took his lead from air-cooled single cylinder motorcycle engines.<\/p>\n

The Porsche museum also looks back at the life\u2019s work and man that was F.A. Porsche, who created legendary cars such as the 904 Carrera GTS and Porsche 911. In the process the visitor will find out things such as why in 1974 F.A. Porsche decided to locate the Design Studio in Zell am See.<\/p>\n

The Porsche Museum is using the anniversary exhibition as an opportunity to extend its tour programme. At 3pm on Wednesdays and Sundays, a one-hour themed tour of the special exhibition is available at a price of four euros (CA$5.10) per person.<\/p>\n

The Store at the Porsche Centre in Stuttgart Zuffenhausen also offers a 10 per cent discount on Porsche Design products upon presentation of the museum entrance ticket.<\/p>\n

The volume Porsche Design 40Y \u2013 The Book<\/em> is also available in both German and English for 98 euros (CA$125) in the Porsche Museum shop as well as in book stores. In the course of more than 570 pages, the reader is acquainted with an insight into the history of Porsche Design.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Porsche Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 9am to 6pm. Admission is eight euros (CA$10.20) for adults and four euros (CA$5.10) for concessions.<\/p>\n

More information is available at www.porsche.com\/museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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