Online Exhibition
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About the Exhibition
Waste Age tells the story of the environmental crisis created by our ‘take, make, waste’ economy. The exhibition marks HKDI’s first collaboration with the Design Museum to present the current crisis and design’s role in the problem. It also explores how design can transform our waste into valuable resources, promote new ways of living with the Earth and not from it, and where there is no such thing as waste.
Divided into three topics, this exhibition explores what lies beyond our current toxic waste infrastructures, exploring the environmental, social, and geopolitical forces at work. Visitors will be immersed in the waste crisis before being shown the transformative potential of new design approaches that are redefining fashion, construction, food, electronics or packaging and the new materials that will help shape a cleaner future. This is an exhibition that not only seeks to imagine alternative futures, but one that empowers the visitor to be part of the solution.
About the Design Museum
The Design Museum is the world’s leading museum devoted to contemporary architecture and design. Its work encompasses all elements of design, including fashion, product, and graphics design. Since it opened its doors in 1989, the museum has displayed everything from an AK-47 to high heels designed by Christian Louboutin. It has staged over 100 exhibitions, welcomed over seven million visitors and showcased the work of some of the world’s most celebrated designers and architects including Paul Smith, Zaha Hadid, Jonathan Ive, Frank Gehry, Eileen Gray, and Dieter Rams. On 24 November 2016, The Design Museum relocated to Kensington, west London. John Pawson has converted the interior of a 1960s modernist building to create a new home for the Design Museum giving it three times more space in which to show a wider range of exhibitions and significantly extend its learning programme.
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Press Release
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Learning Resource
Exhibition Guide (Download PDF)
Master Lecture
Events & Public Services
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About the Master Lecture: |
Waste Age: What Can Design Do? marks HKDI’s first collaboration with the Design Museum, London, and will run from 3 February to 7 May 2023 at d-mart, HKDI. The exhibition will explore what design can do to tackle the critical problem of waste and its environmental consequences across the globe. Visitors will be confronted with the epic scale of waste before being shown the transformative potential of new design approaches that are redefining fashion, construction, food, electronics, and packaging, as well as new materials that will help shape a cleaner future. We are delighted to have Mr. Justin MCGUIRK, Chief Curator at the Design Museum, to share his curatorial approach and insights on the future of design’s relationship to environmental issues, from the perspective of a cultural industry leader. |
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Main Speakers |
Mr. Justin MCGUIRK, Chief Curator at the Design Museum |
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7 February 2023 (Tuesday) |
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5:30 - 6:15 pm |
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English |
Public Guided Tours
Guided Tours can be arranged for schools and community groups by advanced booking. Registration and enquiries: hkdi-gallery@vtc.edu.hk / +852 3928 2566
Visit Us
Exhibition Period
03.02 - 07.05.2023
(Closed on Tuesdays)
Opening Hours
10:00 - 20:00
Venue
d-mart, Hong Kong Design Institute
3 King Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, NT
(MTR Tiu Keng Leng Station Exit A2)
Enquiries
hkdi-gallery@vtc.edu.hk / +852 3928 2566
Acknowledgement
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