Another exhibition I went to in Chicago is “Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good “. I had already seen it during the Venice Biennale in 2012, but I was too exhausted to enjoy it and went trough it really quickly. It has been updated since Venice and this time, I took my time to properly understand what it was.
This show presents urban interventions that bring positive change in our neighborhoods and cities. All the projects shown are devoted to the growing movement of architects, designers, artists, and everyday citizens acting on their own initiative to make the cities more sustainable, pleasurable, and safer.
The Chicago installation recreates the same lively exhibition design of pull-down banners, created by the design studio Freecell and the firm M-A-D. On the ground, you can follow the history of urbanism. Starting with the first city around 7500 BC up to nowadays, going trough unusual info like the broken window theory or the meaning of the word “flâneur”by Charles Beaudelaire. It was really interesting!
stunningstuff 