Temporary Exhibition
23.03.18 – 13.05.18

Free entry

Barcelona Design Museum
Pl. de les Glories, 37
08018 Barcelona

There are 8.319.506.323 human beings in the world. While 2.109.953.882 are overweight, 95.682 have died of hunger today alone.

Sensationalist?
Inhuman?
Disproportionate?
Curious?
Surprised?
Shocked?
Worried?
Sad?
Confused?
Infuriated?
Daunting?
Enlightening?
Maddening?
Sensationalist?
Overwhelming?
Heartbroken?
Sorry?
Sorrowful?
Somber?
Gloomy?
Despairing?
Impacting?
Sensationalist?

Our brains process 1 terabyte of information a second, the equivalent of simultaneously streaming 125 hours of HD videos
A capacity that helps to

create
artificial
hearts.
extend
­
our
­
life
­
span.
reach
­
the
­
Moon.
resist
­
two
­
World
­
Wars.
write
­
the
­
Lord
­
of
­
the
­
Rings
­
trilogy
put
­
pineapple
­
on
­
a
­
pizza.
take
­
pineapple
­
out
­
of
­
a
­
pizza.
empower
­
minorities.
overcome
­
loss.
imagine.
compose
­
Bohemian
­
Rhapsody.
be
­
free.
discover
­
how
­
DNA
­
works.
create
­
artificial
­
hearts.

Since this exhibition opened today, 796 minutes ago, we have lost 3.981 football pitches in forestland and consumed 995.421.781 Coca-Colas.

It is in this complex scenario that design relates to

feminism.
physics
anthropology
politics
finance
morality
welfare
education
history
behavior
feminism.
and connects
differences
theories
principles
cultures
humans
religions
choices
frontiers
languages
tongues
planets
enemies
differences
, for better and for worse.

Design is

the
past.
the
­
future.
the
­
present.
alive
mutable.
connected.
a
­
word.
an
­
adjective.
a
­
noun.
a
­
verb.
a
­
job.
a
­
lamp.
the
­
way
­
we
­
eat.
the
­
way
­
we
­
think.
a
­
weapon.
a
­
tool.
the
­
past.
It may or may not be meaningful, but, above all, Design Does*.