Dezeen promotion: the programme for this year's Istanbul Design Biennial has been announced, featuring over 70 projects that explore the relationship between design and the human species over the last 200,000 years.
The third Istanbul Design Biennale has unveiled its full programme of events and exhibitors, which includes Art Fiction by François Dallegret
Entitled Are We Human" The Design of the Species, the third edition of the Istanbul Design Biennial will run from 22 October to 20 November 2016.
All of the projects, including A Minor History of Cyborg Man by Lydia Kallipoliti and Andreas Theodoridis, respond to the theme of Are We Human"
The show is curated by husband-and-wife duo Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley. In an exclusive interview with Dezeen, the pair ?who teach architecture at Princeton and Columbia respectively ? said they have planned their show as "an attack on good design". Over 70 projects will explore the relationship between design and the human, like Welcome to the Anthropocene by Globaïa
The exhibition will explore four themes: the body, the planet, life and time. It will include over 70 projects by exhibitors from 13 countries, including designers, architects, artists, historians, archaeologists and scientists.
Joyce Hsiang and Bimal Mendis' City of 7 Billion will also be showcased
Contributors include architect Stefano Boeri, artist Tacita Dean, digital design studio Marshmallow Laser Feast, "body arc...