British designer Morag Myerscough has created a colourful installation in Paris that offers a fresh take on the phrase "a new normal", which has become a popular way of referring to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Myerscough's A New Now installation aims to encourage people to focus on the positive changes that have already occurred as a result of Covid-19, rather than trying to predict the long-term impacts it will have.
Morag Myerscough has designed a colourful installation for central Paris
"I am reacting against the phrase 'a new normal', which has been bandied about since the beginning of lockdown," Myerscough told Dezeen. "For me, that was a waste of time ? we were and are still living in 'a new now'." "On many levels we are still experiencing the pause button," she continued. "I believe it is impossible to predict the future. We can't plan; we have to make the most of the here and now."
"We have all experienced this together, we have had time that we have never had collectively before in the majority of our lifetimes to spend reflecting, to start understanding and rethinking about what is important to us as individuals, families, local communities and the global community."
The words "A New Now" are written on the installation
Located close to the Centre Pompidou in central Paris, the colourful installation was built in a small square alongside the 16th-century Saint-Merry church.
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