London’s Design Museum exhibition at RMIT
RMIT Design Hub is hosting and co-curating an exhibition from London’s Design Museum, The Future Is Here, from 28 August to 11 October.
New techniques, technologies and relationships have blurred the boundaries between designer, manufacturer and user. With greater access to information about how objects are made and who makes them, the role of consumer has been revolutionised. An increasing number of people are taking part in the production of the physical world. The Future is Here asks what that means for all of us.
Mass customisation, emerging technologies and platforms such as crowd funding, social networking, online marketplaces, robotic manufacturing processes, 3D printing, nanotechnology, routing and open-source micro computing are removing the barriers of access to manufacturing.
When on show at RMIT Design Hub, the exhibition will include additional local design research projects that demonstrate the importance of speculation and prototyping to innovation and design.
Special guest Alisa Andrasek will exhibit her project, Bloom, in conjunction with The Future Is Here in Project Room 3. The urban toy, distributed social game and collective “gardening” experience, was first installed in London as part of the capital’s city-wide celebration during the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a full program of associated lectures, talks and workshops, including:
What: The Future Is Here — Opening Celebration
When: Thursday 28 August, 6-9pm
Where: Project Rooms 1 and 2, Level 2, Design Hub, Building 100, RMIT University, cnr Victoria and Swanston Streets, Carlton
What: The Future Is Here — Alisa Andrasek Lecture
When: Friday 29 August, 6-8pm
Where: Multi-purpose Room, Level 1, Design Hub, Building 100, RMIT University, cnr Victoria and Swanston Streets, Carlton
For more information visit designhub.rmit.edu.au/exhibitions-programs/the-future-is-here-
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