The Monobloc is the most sold piece of furniture of all times. One billion copies of the stackable plastic chair, which is usually white in Germany, are estimated to be in circulation worldwide.
Grimme Prize winner Hauke Wendler follows the multifsarious trails of the Monobloc, from Europe to North America and the slums of Brazil to the megacities of India and the Ugandan Savannah. He talks to people whose lives are affected by the plastic chair and repeatedly asks the bold question: What do you really need to be happy? A globalisation-critical object story between functionality and beauty, capitalism and participation, consumption and recycling.
MCBW DESIGNKINO
Since 2019, DESIGNKINO has been an integral part of MCBW, adding to the program with international documentaries on design, creation, architecture, photography, fashion and much more.
Discipline:
Product & Industrial design
Event code:
2223
Language:
German
Barrier-free:
No
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Organiser
Schleißheimer Straße 4
80333 München
bayern design is the competence center for knowledge transfer and cooperation on design in Bavaria and organizer of MCBW.
