The Future Starts Here - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1851779078 ISBN 13: 9781851779079

Publisher: V&A, 2018

Synopsis

What makes us human?
We are all connected, but do we feel lonely?
Does democracy still work?
Are cities for everyone?
Should the planet be a design project?
If Mars is the answer, what is the question?
Who wants to live forever?
 
The world of tomorrow is shaped by emerging design and the technology of today. Bringing together a range of objects either newly released or in development, The Future Starts Here begins to imagine where our society might be headed. Cute but intelligent robots, massive unmanned aircraft that deliver internet access, crowdfunded buildings, tools printed in space, mysterious black boxes that understand human genetic codes--how can these objects affect the way we live, learn, and love? And how are they challenging our understanding of what it means to be an individual, a citizen, a crowd, or a species?
 
With contributions from Arjun Appadurai, Zara Arshad, Teju Cole, Anne Galloway, Corinna Gardner, Rory Hyde, Jennifer Kabat, Alex Kalman, Natalie D. Kane, Kieran Long, Justin McGuirk, An Xiao Mina, Richard Moyes, Mariana Pestana, Susan Schuppli, and Leanne Shapton, this exciting book accompanies an exhibition on view at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, May 12 – November 4, 2018.

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About the Author

Rory Hyde is curator of contemporary architecture and urbanism. Mariana Pestana is curator of The Future is Here exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Kieran Long is Director of Arkitektur-och designcentrum, The Swedish Center for Architecture and Design, in Stockholm, and former keeper of design, architecture and digital at the V&A. 

From the Back Cover

Design will play an ever increasing role on every aspect of our future. From our DNA to the cosmos, from our planet to our desks, our futures will be mapped by the objects we use and the people who build them. This book explores the forking paths of future development, taking in corporate products backed by millions in venture capital to alternative bottom-up strategies dreamed up by individuals working in small groups. THE FUTURE STARTS HERE examines the cutting edge of technology and how it shapes our everyday lives. Looking at real objects being developed today û including a UAV by Facebook designed to beam the internet down from space, to a robot developed by UC Berkeley which will do the laundry û expert authors show how design and technology impact every level of life, from sub-microscopic aspects of the human body to the entire planet. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, it asks how we can use technology to shape the future of our world. The staggering

Edition details

• Publisher: V&A
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851779078
• ISBN 13: 9781851779079
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 180
• Editor: Hyde Rory, Pestana Mariana, Long Kieran