Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World exhibition at The Design Museum, London Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World exhibition at The Design Museum, London
Mimus by Madeleine Gannon at Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World exhibition at The Design Museum, London Mimus by Madeleine Gannon at Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World exhibition at The Design Museum, London
The Pan-European Living Room by OMA at Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World exhibition at The Design Museum, London The Pan-European Living Room by OMA at Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World exhibition at The Design Museum, London
Fibre Market by Christine Meindertsma at Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World exhibition at The Design Museum, London Fibre Market by Christine Meindertsma at Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World exhibition at The Design Museum, London
Wuyong by Ma Ke at Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World exhibition at The Design Museum, London Wuyong by Ma Ke at Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World exhibition at The Design Museum, London

Designing modernity

23 : 11 : 2016 The Dislocated World : Artificial Intelligence : Fear And Love

London – The Design Museum has re-opened with a new exhibition that examines the role of design in a fast-changing world.

  • Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World is curated by Justin McGuirk
  • The exhibition features works from 11 architects and designers

Fear and Love examines the nature of design and humanity’s relationship with technology. Mass production often obscures the role of the designer and the exhibition highlights the importance of design in modern society, both commercially and in relation to primal instincts such as love and fear.

Designer Madeline Gannon’s robotic arm Mimus addresses concerns around the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in a world in which robotics are becoming increasingly sophisticated and sentient. The 1,200kg machine reacts aggressively to movements in the galley space, but softens its behaviour as it grows accustomed to the visitor’s presence.

‘When the Design Museum first opened in 1989, the first exhibition, Commerce and Culture, was about the value of industrial products,’ McGuirk told Dezeen. ‘We now take that value for granted. Fear and Love goes further and proposes that design is implicated in wider issues that reflect the state of the world.’

The Big Picture

As LS:N Global explored in our macrotrend The Dislocated World, humanity faces an uncertain future. Artists and brands are exploring design as a means of restructuring the world and creating new orders of living.

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