{"product_id":"designs-for-different-futures","title":"Designs for Different Futures","description":"Audacity, imagination, and critical thought underpin this vital compendium of future possibilities\n\nDesigns for Different Futures records the concrete ideas and abstract dreams of designers, artists, academics, and scientists exploring how design might reframe our futures, socially, ethically, and aesthetically. Encompassing nearly 100 contemporary examples—from wearable objects to urban infrastructure—this handbook interrogates attitudes toward technology, consumption, beauty, and social and environmental challenges. The projects examined include a typeface unreadable by text-scanning software, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a dress incorporating the sound-wave patterns of birds in flight, a shelter for cricket farming, and a speculative prosthetics catalogue for the “post-human.” Commissioned essays and interviews from figures such as Francis Kéré, Bruno Latour, Neri Oxman, and Danielle Wood give voice to issues faced in futures near and far. With perspectives ranging from historical visions of the future to the use of biological materials in production processes, this is essential reading for anyone interested in how design might shape the world to come.\n\nPublished in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Walker Art Center, and the Art Institute of Chicago\n\nExhibition Schedule:\nPhiladelphia Museum of Art\n(October 22, 2019–March 8, 2020)\n\nWalker Art Center, Minneapolis\n(September 12, 2020–April 11, 2021)\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0876332904\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0876332904.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Blauvelt, Andrew|Fanning, Colin|Telhan, Orkan|Hiesinger, Kathryn B.|Fisher, Michelle Millar|Byrne, Emmet|López-Pastor, Maite Borjabad|Ryan, Zoë\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43335994736701,"sku":"BVV.0876332904.G","price":27.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0876332904-0.jpg?v=1783745746","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/designs-for-different-futures","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}