The first major exhibition at the new Design Museum in London will include 11 commissions by leading designers ? including an EU-themed living room designed by OMA in response to Brexit (+ slideshow).
Fear and Love ? Reactions to a Complex World will open on 24 November 2016 when the museum unveils its new John Paswon-designed home inside London's former Commonwealth Institute.
Organised by the museum's new chief curator and Dezeen columnist Justin McGuirk, the exhibition will include 11 specially commissioned pieces that each tackle a different social issue.
Architect Andres Jaque's installation will look at networked sexuality and dating apps
"These newly commissioned works explore a spectrum of issues that define our time, including networked sexuality, sentient robots, slow fashion and settled nomads," said the Design Museum. "The exhibition shows how design is deeply connected not just to commerce and culture but to urgent underlying issues ? issues that inspire fear and love," it added.
Dutch architecture firm OMA, which was founded by Rem Koolhaas, is contributing The Pan-European Living Room. This will be a mock living space that will be furnished with an item from all 28 EU member states and a huge blind made using OMA's proposed design for a barcode-style flag for the EU.
Hussein Chalayan is creating series of wearable devices for the exhibition, which will detect emotions and project them into the surrounding space
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