EXHIBITION  

The Future Starts Here

Exploring the power of design in shaping the world of tomorrow

Opening on Saturday, 12 May 2018

At the Victoria and Albert Museum, V&A, London



From smart appliances to satellites, artificial intelligence to internet culture, this exhibition will bring together more than 100 objects as a landscape of possibilities for the near future.

EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS

Anthropocene spike, a golden spike driven into a rockface to mark the beginning of the Anthropocene geological era. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Body Code Animation, Drew Berry, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. © E.O.Wilson Biodiversity Foundation

Shooting Stars project, Ale and Co Ltd, 2016. © ALE Co. Ltd

Superflex, Aura-powered bodysuits, Yves Behar. Courtesy of Superflex

Tomás Saraceno, Aerocene, launches at White Sands Natural Park, 2015. Courtesy the artist; Pinksummer contemporary art, Genoa; Tanya Bonakdar, New York; Andersen’s Contemporary, Copenhagen, Esther Schipper, Berlin. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2015

Protei, autonomous sailing ship that cleans up oil spills, 2014. © Scoutbots LTD, Cesar Jung-Harada

Luchtsingel, pedestrian bridge crowdfunded by citizens, ZUS, 2011 – 2015, Rotterdam. Photography: Ossip van Duivenbode. © ZUS

Radical Love, DNA portrait of Chelsea Manning, by Heather Dewey-Hagborg, 2015. Courtesy of Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Fridman Gallery, New York City

Living Network, dummy antenna around fake tree, Jalila Essaidi. © BioArt Laboratories

Masdar City, the world's first carbon-neutral, zero-waste city, Foster + Partners. Photography by Eteienne Malapert, 2006. © Etienne Malapert, The city of Possibilities, Ecal

Tomás Saraceno, Aerocene, launches at White Sands Natural Park, 2015. Courtesy the artist; Pinksummer contemporary art, Genoa; Tanya Bonakdar, New York; Andersen’s Contemporary, Copenhagen, Esther Schipper, Berlin. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2015

Technology in Bed, Hanif Shoaei, 2014. Courtesy of Hanif Shoaei

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