‘Home Futures’ at the Design Museum, London
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The Design Museum, London, in partnership with IKEA Museum Almhult, presents “Home Futures,” through March 24, 2019.“Home Futures” explores the radical domestic visions of the 20th century and asks: what happened to the future? Visitors get a thought-‘Home Futures’ at the Design Museum, London
The Design Museum, London, in partnership with IKEA Museum Almhult, presents “Home Futures,” through March 24, 2019.“Home Futures” explores the radical domestic visions of the 20th century and asks: what happened to the future? Visitors get a thought-provoking view of yesterday’s tomorrow through some rare works such as the original furniture from the Smithsons’ House of the Future (1956), original footage from the General Motors Kitchen of Tomorrow (1956), Home Environment by Ettore Sottsass (1972), and an original model of Total Furnishing Unit by Joe Colombo (1972).The exhibition presents more than 150 objects and experiences through six themes — ‘living smart,’ ‘living on the move,’ ‘living autonomously,’ ‘living with less,’ ‘living with others,’ and ‘domestic arcadia.’‘Living smart’ pairs the modernist ideal of the ‘home as machine’ with the contemporary vision of the ‘smart home.’ The display includes original works by the illustrator Heath Robinson, depicting comic household contraptions, and the model of Villa Arpel from Jacques Tati’s film “Mon Oncle” juxtaposed with a range of smart home devices and experiences.‘Living on the move’ brings together the 20th century visions of a fluid, nomadic way of life with contemporary examples of the sharing economy. Featured works in this section include collages by Superstudio, illustrations by Archigram, and a life-size prototype of Home Environment by Ettore Sottsass along with a provocative film by Beka & Lemoine called “Selling Dreams,” which explores one man’s life spent in hotel rooms.Enzo Mari’s “Autoprogettazione” (1974) highlights the theme of ‘living autonomously,’ which explores self-reliant, environmentally responsible — and often anti-consumerist — models of domestic life. Mari’s “Autoprogettazione” is a design guide to assembling furniture from basic materials using just a hammer and nails, which is paralleled with contemporary Open Source design.‘Living with less’ focuses on fully fitted home units and micro-living solutions conceived in the 20th century to address housing shortages. The theme is explored through drawings and a model of Joe Colombo’s Total Furnishing Unit (1972), along with contemporary examples including Gary Chang’s Hong Kong Transformer apartment (a micro apartment with shifting walls), work by world-renowned design office Industrial Facility, and a newly commissioned study of minimal dwellings by the architect Pier Vittorio Aureli.Through Sergei Eisenstein’s sketches for the Glass House, Ugo La Pietra’s Telematic House, Dunne & Raby’s Electro-Draught Excluder, Jurgen Bey’s Linen Cupboard House, and Superflux’s film “Uninvited Guests,” the theme ‘living with others’ explores the way in which we negotiate privacy in the home, and the impact of media on domestic behaviour.Domestic Arcadia questions the functionalist approach to the home by exploring an alternative vision that sees it as a place of organic forms that evoke the natural landscape. Furniture and interiors from the Italian Radical Design movement by Pietro Derossi, Michele de Lucchi, and Gaetano Pesce are compared with contemporary design by the Bouroullec brothers among others, as stated by the Design Museum.After being on display in London, the exhibition will travel to the IKEA Museum in Almhult, Sweden in Spring 2019.The exhibition is on view through March 24, 2019, at the Design Museum, 224 - 238, Kensington High Street, London, W8 6AGFor more details, visit: https://designmuseum.org/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more