design of the world

"It's not about the world of design. It's about the design of the world." -Bruce Mau

Bruce Mau is expanding on his statement above by curating an exhibition on the power and promise of design where he asks "Now that we can do anything, what will we do?"

The exhibition, titled Massive Change, opens Oct. 2 at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Visitors will enter the exhibition through an orientation gallery and pass through segments on urban design, movement, information, energy, images, markets, materials, military technology, manufacturing and living. The final gallery will sum up global wealth in an installation of silver balloons inflated to different degrees, reflecting relative expenditures on such things as education, health, energy and the environment.

(via experiencedesign)