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"Throughout the city and in the biennial hub, the Galata Greek Primary School, until 14 December, the biennial features 53 projects from designers all over the world that ask: “What is the future now?” By rethinking the manifesto as a platform to frame pertinent questions, the projects question the role of design, its relationship to society, and its ability to be an active agent for change.
The exhibition continues over all five floors of the school, an area of approximately 2,300 square metres. Arranged in five departments—Personal, Norms and Standards, Resource, Civic Relations, and Broadcast—the projects imagine new possibilities that can transform the present and invite new potential futures. Zoë Ryan says, “Istanbul has a thriving creative community, so it seems an especially appropriate city in which to reflect on the field of design. In an effort to contribute to an already rich dialogue in Turkey and focus on issues urgently affecting daily life, the biennial brings together diverse design ideas from across the world for an emerging set of conditions.” Ryan also adds, “The 2014 Istanbul Design Biennial is envisioned as a conversation starter. It is an occasion to present a range of projects by some of the most inventive practitioners working today, and emphasize the critical role that design plays in identifying points of urgency and posing questions about the objects, buildings, and environments we interact with daily, as well as materializing outcomes.” |