The Third Floor
Here you will find more in-depth information on the themes of our exhibitions
Design for the planet
Geo engineering is design on the very largest scale. Is it going to help us solve the climate problem? Or is it just a really bad idea?
Dance
Discover the past, present and future of electronic dance music and the role design has played in the development of the most important music genre of our time.
Love, designed
Love. Our image of it is often full of clichés. On this Third Floor, you will discover by whom and in what way our image of love has been shaped. And you will meet people who speculate on alternatives to the many love clichés.
Design!
You are surrounded by design all day. The sneakers you wear, the car you drive, the cutlery you eat with and the phone that keeps you in touch.
Faster, better, more beautiful
Faster, better, more beautiful all the time: The design of least resistance: that’s the philosophy behind streamlining, one of the most important design principles of modern times.
PROCESS – Design Drawings from the Rijksmuseum
What role does drawing play in the design process? Discover how it was used during the period 1500-1900, as well how contemporary designers still use sketches and drawings.
Sneakers Unboxed
The sneaker has quickly become the most widespread design object in the world. It unites disparate design themes such as sustainability, commerce, style, subculture, technology and fashion.
GOTH - Designing Darkness
Goth, the representation of a sense of 'seductive darkness', is a recurring phenomenon in culture, art and design.
Radical Austria
Everything is Architecture
Discover the mind-expanding, boundary-pushing and socially-critical works of the Austrian avant-garde in the 1960s and 1970s.
Design for the Real World
Where does the social responsibility of the designer begin and end?
