Art Metropole

#08643

Safe: Design Takes On Risk

Date

2006

Publisher

MOMA

Format

Catalogues

Details

Softcover

ISBN

0-87070-580-6

Size

19.5 × 24.7 × 1.9 cm

Length

216 

This book presents a wealth of contemporary design products and prototypes from all over the world that address the issues of protection and security in our everyday lives. The objects are as diverse as our notions of safety and well-being: Headgear designed to withstand either a fall from a bicycle or the blast of a bomb; prefabricated shelters for victims of earthquakes; self-defense and antitheft objects; clearly illustrated emergency instructions; de-mining equipment; and toys that help people with mental disabilities gain and maintain a sense of balance and identity. This broad array of examples is accompanied by texts on the home as a safety nest, on automotive safety, on new materials and technologies, and on how architects and designers can provide support and guidance in situations of extreme emergency.

Includes an introductory essay by Paola Antonelli, Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art in New York; an essay by Phil Patton on cars; another by Marie O’Mahony on materials and technologies; and a third by Cameron Sinclair on design for refugees and third-world facilities

Edited and with Introduction by Paola Antonelli. Essays by Phil Patton, Marie O’Mahony and Cameron Sinclair.