Swiss Design Lounge

How about biding your time while discovering and trying out outstanding Swiss design at the same time? The Swiss Design Lounge at our newly refurbished main building on Ausstellungsstrasse now offers visitors first-hand experience of re-edited Swiss furniture classics as well as of contemporary designs. The compact selection of armchairs, stools, tables, sideboards, lamps, carpets, and curtains also illustrates the historical range between standard furniture and living spaces, functionality, and creative drive. Overlooking the local park, the light-flooded space extends a warm welcome to visitors, whether they wish to hold meetings or chat, browse through the museum’s publications or simply relax on a sofa or daybed and recover from everyday stress.


Exhibitions and events

Collection Highlights

Permanent exhibition

When Max Bill’s Ulm Stool meets Albrecht Dürer’s Apocalypse (1498) and Adrian Frutiger’s Univers font encounters a Balenciaga cocktail dress, when Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s puppets dance around a SBB...

Poster Stories

Permanent exhibition

Large-scale design history: from its beginnings over 100 years ago to the present day, the pictorial poster has achieved impressive stylistic diversity. Icons line up alongside rediscoveries, from...

Christoph Hefti—The Missing Cat and Other Textile Stories

Temporary exhibition at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse until 03.01.2027

The world of Swiss textile designer Christoph Hefti is surreal, colorful, and wild. The exhibition affords a glimpse of his dazzling cosmos at the intersection of design and art.  Christoph...

Avant-Garde – Graphic Design on the Verge of a Breakthrough

Temporary exhibition at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse until 21.02.2027

Between the world wars, graphic design underwent a radical transformation: Constructivism, New Typography, and photography defined the visual language of this avant-garde movement. Graphic art,...

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