Because the World needs Creativity.... Reflections on the London Design Biennale 2023

Katherine
Aug 25, 2024
2 min read

Belated post from the Design Biennale 2023. One year on and the themes still resonate

The show was immense with designers from around the world responding to the theme - The Global Game: Remapping Collaborations. You can read more about it here https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/london-design-biennale-eureka-2023

What stood out for me were the converging and diverging perspectives on design from different cultures (but mostly converging I'm glad to say!)

Collaboration and co-operation between Design, Art, Science and Technology

and the case for creativity and design with a social purpose.

The Taiwan Pavillion exhibit above, captivated me for the longest with its message about creativity and human spirit.

The exhibit featured a huge industrial -looking framework of spring loaded aluminium pins which was controlled by electro magnets and set to respond to music in a pre-determined, rhythmic sequence but due to the inherent physical nature of springs, (ie. springy) inevitably some popped up in unexpected ways, a bit like humans. What a beautiful metaphor for human nature, co-operation and individual creativity.

You can read more about the story behind the exhibit here...https://londondesignbiennale.com/pavilions/2023/taiwan

'Because the world needs design' anyone who knows me will know I go on about this all the time and it's why I ventured into Creative Education. Above is the case being made eloquently by UAL as part of the Eureka showcase.