Dezeen Events Guide has compiled a list of significant architecture and design exhibitions scheduled for 2024, highlighting a range of innovative and thought-provoking events. Noteworthy exhibitions include ‘A Fragile Correspondence’ and ‘Design You Can Feel’, along with highlights like ‘Arab Design Now’ and ‘Origin of Simplicity: 20 Visions of Japanese Design’. These exhibitions will offer insights into contemporary design practices and cultural narratives, showcasing works from various global artists and designers.

1. Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design
Date: 2 September 2023 – 25 August 2024
Location: MoMA, New York City
This exhibition focuses on a circular economy, featuring creative uses of waste materials, such as furniture made from fungi.

2. Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
Date: 13 February – 26 May 2024
Location: Barbican, London
Showcasing textiles from 50 artists that explore themes of identity and oppression.

3. Arab Design Now
Date: 24 February – 5 August 2024
Location: Qatar
Celebrating Middle Eastern heritage through contemporary design.

4. Origin of Simplicity: 20 Visions of Japanese Design
Date: 23 March – 9 June 2024
Location: ADI Design Museum, Milan
Features over 150 designs interpreting Japanese aesthetics.

5. Bar Unikko by Marimekko and Apartamento
Date: 15 – 21 April 2024
Location: Italy
A café takeover celebrating a landmark design pattern by Marimekko.

6. I Will Follow the Ship
Date: 20 April – 24 November 2024
Location: Venice Art Biennale, Italy
Incorporating VR to contrast cultural heritage.

7. I M Pei: Life is Architecture
Date: 29 June 2024 – 5 January 2025
Location: M+ Museum, Hong Kong
Retrospective of IM Pei’s career through diverse categories.

8. Design You Can Feel
Date: 17 – 22 September 2024
Location: London Design Festival, UK
Showcasing a new material in furniture and technology.

9. The World of Tim Burton
Date: 25 October 2024 – 21 April 2025
Location: The Design Museum, London
A showcase of Burton’s artistic universe through various media.

10. A Fragile Correspondence
Date: 22 November 2024 – 25 May 2025
Location: V&A Dundee
Examining the relationship between architecture and Scottish landscapes.

Architecture and design exhibitions serve as platforms for showcasing innovative ideas, cultural narratives, and advancements in the field. The 2024 exhibitions include a blend of retrospective showcases and contemporary explorations, offering audiences a variety of perspectives on materiality, identity, and cultural heritage. Organised by notable institutions and curators, these exhibitions aim to engage the public with thought-provoking themes and new design methodologies.

The selected exhibitions for 2024 present an impressive array of architecture and design, highlighting the intersection of culture, innovation, and environmental consciousness. From exploring textiles as a form of activism to showcasing sustainable design practices, these events promise to inspire and challenge visitors’ perspectives on design and its impact on society. The continuation of these important conversations through exhibitions helps to shape the future of design.

Original Source: www.dezeen.com

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