Hello Future - First Design Biennale Zurich | Fairs | Architonic

<b> Short interview with the initiators of the Design Biennale Zurich 2017 </b> <b>What is the origin and motivation of the Design Biennale Zurich?</b> <b>Gabriela Chicherio:</b> The association Freundeskreis Design nds it astonishing that there are so many individual events take place in Zurich, but there is no larger, coordinated event for design. <b>What does the Zurich Design Biennale Zurich do? </b> <b>Gabriela Chicherio:</b> The Design Biennale Zurich wants to prove that design 
is not only an important economic factor, but also an important cultural area. <b>Andreas Saxer:</b> Our program wants to convey design and the research about design. The focus lies on the substantive discussion about the performance and effect of design and the perspectives that design can open up in a cultural context. <b>Fabienne Barras:</b> The Design Biennale is intended to show design as a thinking discipline that moves between industry and production. <b>Why does Zurich need a… continue

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