2016年伦敦设计双年展：视觉陈列_(英文版)

India

Porky Hefer The Wish Machine "The world reimagines the world" in the first London Design

Biennale, with more than 30 countries and territories participating.

Exploring the theme Utopia by Design, representatives from six nations present newly commissioned works at Somerset House Exhibitors celebrate cultural heritage, traditions and achievements,

while looking to the future to propose utopia-based design concepts

Kidult-style interactive spaces and mature or refined takes on

childhood crafts or toys serve as inspiration for playful visual

merchandising and immersive store design concepts

Energetic explosions of colour, kinetic or interactive sculptural

elements, and authentic recreations of homes and streets are among

other key trends for VM and store design

​C olourful craft-based props, playful prints and mirrors collide in India's eye-catching installation. Sculptural cylindrical forms are suspended overhead and embroidery hoops framing prints are pieced together to line the walls, representing traditional textiles and ancient mythology in a modern way. "India's utopias articulate the intersections between ancient myth and modern design," says curator Rajshree Pathy. "Like the seven chakras, our visions of utopia are simultaneously spiritual and progressive."

Lebanon's outdoor installation brings Beirut street life to London, celebrating utopia through everyday designs and the people of Lebanon. Visitors are invited to sit, eat, drink and smoke, in and around the space comprising authentic falafel and coffee stalls, a small lounge cinema, street signs, carts and a barbershop. Designed by architect Annabel Karim Kassar, the installation explores the bricolage of Beirut's raw and functional design aesthetic and the diverse ways in which people occupy social space.

Forward-thinking technology implemented in Spanish smart city Santander sees thousands of sensors monitor air pollution, noise and temperature to improve urban life and the environment. Inspired by Santander's success, Spain's Biennale installation imagines what a smart city could be capable of in 100 years. Visitors enter through a kaleidoscopic tunnel into a room featuring an immersive 360-degree virtual-reality film. The film looks at how technology can improve energy, mobility, connectivity, habitat, architecture, water and waste.

Designer ​P orky Hefer creates a series of suspended nests in the form of ferocious yet playful cartoonish creatures, into which visitors can climb and rest. Otium, the Latin term for leisure time, and acedia, a state of intertia such as hibernation, merge as concepts. "I like the idea of a human hibernating in an animal," Hefer explains.