Worldly design
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16 Feb 2012
Taking usability and wellbeing as its starting points, DesignWorld at Helsinki’s Design Museum seeks to display objects that embrace ecological and sustainable design and safety and comfort, accompanied by a wide range of workshops and lectures.
Approaching these from varied perspectives, the exhibition also presents the significance of modern technologies and materials in contemporary design, showcasing the design process with Aalto University’s 365 Wellbeing Design Exploration and Experimentation project.
Witnessing contemporary design in a global context that emphasises diversity and an open-minded approach, visitors to the exhibition are privy to such displays as a rollable water carrier for use in developing countries, a stylish prosthetic limb suitable for evening wear, a low-cost infant warmer and a backpack with an integral hood, to name a few.
| DesignWorld – Designing the New World Until 6 May Design Museum Korkeavuorenkatu 23 Helsinki |
The exhibition features work from such leading names as Tord Boontje from the Netherlands, the Campana brothers from Brazil, Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby of England, Finn Yrjö Kukkapuro and Italy’s Patricia Urquiola.
JAMES O’SULLIVAN
HELSINKI TIMES
MAX TOMASINELLI
