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British designer Es Devlin has been named as the artistic director of the third edition of the London Design Biennale in 2020.

The international exhibition will take place from 8 to 27 September 2020 at London’s Somerset House on the Strand.

2020 biennale will address the theme of resonance

As the biennale’s next artistic director, Devlin has set the theme of Resonance.

“We live in an age of hyper resonance, the consequences of which are both exhilarating and devastating,” explained Devlin. “Everything we design and everything we produce resonates.”

“Each idea we generate has the power to reach a mass digital audience undreamt of by previous generations, while the lifespans of the physical products we create often endure long beyond our own,” she continued.

“Whether in the social media feeds of millions or in the bellies of marine animals, our ideas and our objects stick around.”

Participants to be invited from 50 countries

With this theme in mind, participants from 50 different countries and cities will be invited to create original designs and installations in response to our fast-paced digital age.

Ranging from Taiwan and Australia, to the Netherlands and Latvia, these countries’ creations will be set within the neoclassical site of Somerset House.

“In our global, digital era, design can reach instantly across borders and bridge cultures,” said Devlin. “It can positively alter behaviours and transform societies.”

“Perspectives can be shifted and lives can be improved when new ideas resonate and are adopted by extended communities,” she added.

“Designers have the power to influence and amaze their audiences into making these profound shifts, using the mass networks available to them to resonate practices that will help build a more sustainable future.”

Devlin is known for work across multiple creative fields

Devlin’s work spans many creative domains including music, opera, art, theatre and technology. She is best known for designing the stage sets for artists’ such as Kanye West, U2, Beyoncé, Katy Perry and The Weeknd.

She is also recognised for her large-scale performative installations, including her AI-powered, poetry-spouting luminous red lion installed in London’s Trafalgar Square during the city’s 2018 design festival, and her 2017 collective choral installation at the V&A.

The London-based designer has also been chosen to create the UK Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, and proposed a performative structure that will use artificial intelligence to write poems.

Will Sorrell will be the managing director of the biennale in 2020

In addition to the announcement of Devlin as artistic director, Will Sorrell has been chosen as managing director for the 2020 London Design Biennale.

Sorrell has previously acted as managing director of London’s annual designjunction show, part of the London Design Festival.

“It is such an exciting moment to join London Design Biennale. The third edition in 2020 will come at a time when the UK finds itself in new relationships with the world,” said Sorrell.

“What better way to strengthen those relationships, than to host the best international design thinking in our capital,” he added.

Emotional States was the theme of the last year’s edition of the Design Biennale. Dezeen selected 10 of the best installations from the show, including a condensation-covered wall and a skeletal house made of white rods.

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All Unitasker Wednesday posts are jokes — we don’t want you to buy these items, we want you to laugh at their ridiculousness. Enjoy!

I have nothing against mirrors. They are very useful. Mirrors can be used to help you put on make-up, shave, floss your teeth, etc. Dentists use tiny mirrors to see all of our teeth. You can install large convex safety mirrors to see around blind corners and prevent accidents.

The Clip-On Cubicle Mirror/Computer Rearview Mirror was invented to help workers in open office spaces. Many open office plans have desks facing walls or have desk ‘nodes’ where workers face each other and have their backs open to the rest of the room. However, millions of years of evolution has taught humans that sitting with our backs exposed makes us vulnerable and we instinctively seek to minimize that threat. When we are in this unprotected situation, our stress levels increase. The theory is the Clip-On Cubicle Mirror/Computer Rearview Mirror is supposed to help us minimize this stress by allowing workers to see people walk up behind them.

In my opinion, this mirror will do the exact opposite. Any flicker in the mirror, would be a distraction. The worker would continually look to see if the flicker is a potential threat. Rather than improve productivity, this device may actually decrease productivity and increase employee stress levels.

Let’s solve the whole problem by redesigning office spaces so that these mirrors are not needed and workers, (especially women) feel safe, comfortable, and less stressed.

Post written by Jacki Hollywood Brown