About the event
Waste Age | Exhibition Introduction
Waste Age will tell the story of the environmental crisis created by our ‘take, make, waste’ economy. The exhibition marks HKDI’s first collaboration with the Design Museum will present the current crisis and design’s role in the problem. It will also explore 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 will explore 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.
Exhibition Details
- Waste Age | Exhibition
- Date: February 3rd - May 7th, 2023
- Time: 10:00-20:00 (closed on Tuesdays)
- Venue: HKDI Gallery
- Address: 3 King Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong
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.
The source of the above information: HKDI Gallery official website