{"id":45656,"date":"2026-07-28T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/?p=45656"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:30:41","slug":"what-do-we-show-when-we-show-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/en\/what-do-we-show-when-we-show-design\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u00a0do\u00a0we\u00a0show\u00a0when\u00a0we\u00a0show design?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:60px;letter-spacing:-0.8px\"><strong>What\u00a0do\u00a0we\u00a0show\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong>when\u00a0we\u00a0show design?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px;letter-spacing:-0.8px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:32px;letter-spacing:-0.8px\">And what kind of institutions can sustain design beyond the event itself?<br>We invited design theorist and curator\u00a0<strong>Emanuele Quinz<\/strong>\u00a0to reflect on these questions: can design generate lasting forms of research, relationships and public life? Can cultural institutions become places where projects continue to evolve rather than simply conclude?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-content-justification-center\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p style=\"font-size:30px;line-height:1.1\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.musixmatch.com\/podcast\/xenopia-libera-01j9pmvqv8pdx2n07ffaxadsxp\/episode\/capitolo-2la-strega-in-camice-da-laboratorio-01jaehtd955ywq5jy1r7x85bhw\">What do we show when we show design?\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">Unlike\u00a0art, design\u00a0is\u00a0not\u00a0created\u00a0to be\u00a0exhibited.\u00a0Its\u00a0reason\u00a0for\u00a0being\u00a0liesin use\u2014in the way\u00a0it\u00a0enters\u00a0into\u00a0relationships\u00a0with bodies,\u00a0spaces,\u00a0gestures\u00a0and\u00a0everyday\u00a0practices. A\u00a0chair\u00a0becomes\u00a0meaningful\u00a0when\u00a0someone\u00a0sits\u00a0on\u00a0it; a tool\u00a0reveals\u00a0its\u00a0intelligence\u00a0when\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0handled; a public\u00a0space\u00a0comes\u00a0alive\u00a0through\u00a0the people\u00a0who\u00a0inhabit\u00a0it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">To&nbsp;exhibit&nbsp;design&nbsp;therefore&nbsp;means&nbsp;performing&nbsp;an act of&nbsp;transformation.&nbsp;It&nbsp;means&nbsp;temporarily&nbsp;suspending&nbsp;an&nbsp;object&#8217;s&nbsp;function&nbsp;in&nbsp;order&nbsp;to make&nbsp;it&nbsp;visible. But&nbsp;visible&nbsp;in&nbsp;what&nbsp;way? And for&nbsp;what&nbsp;purpose?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">These questions have become increasingly urgent at a time when design is exposed more than ever before. Over the last decades, Design Weeks have multiplied across the world, creating a global infrastructure dedicated to making design visible. Every year, cities, institutions, companies and creative communities produce hundreds of exhibitions, installations, talks and events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">This extraordinary proliferation seems to reflect a growing public interest in design. But does it really deepen our understanding of design? Or does it simply generate another form of dispersed attention?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p style=\"font-size:30px;line-height:1.1\"><strong>The economy of attention\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">In\u00a0<em>Disordered\u00a0Attention: How\u00a0We\u00a0Look\u00a0at\u00a0Art and Performance Today<\/em>\u00a0(2024), Claire Bishop\u00a0argues\u00a0that\u00a0one of the\u00a0defining\u00a0challenges of\u00a0contemporary\u00a0aesthetics\u00a0is\u00a0no\u00a0longer\u00a0what\u00a0we\u00a0produce,\u00a0but\u00a0how\u00a0we\u00a0pay\u00a0attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Living&nbsp;within&nbsp;digital&nbsp;environments&nbsp;saturated&nbsp;with images,&nbsp;notifications&nbsp;and&nbsp;constant&nbsp;stimulation,&nbsp;we&nbsp;can no&nbsp;longer&nbsp;assume&nbsp;that&nbsp;viewers&nbsp;arrive&nbsp;ready to contemplate.&nbsp;Attention&nbsp;has&nbsp;become&nbsp;fragile,&nbsp;contested&nbsp;and&nbsp;continuously&nbsp;interrupted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">Within&nbsp;this&nbsp;economy of&nbsp;attention,&nbsp;visibility&nbsp;often&nbsp;becomes&nbsp;the&nbsp;primary&nbsp;measure&nbsp;of&nbsp;value. Cultural events compete to&nbsp;capture&nbsp;increasingly&nbsp;limited time and focus,&nbsp;encouraging&nbsp;formats&nbsp;designed&nbsp;to generate immediate impact&nbsp;rather&nbsp;than&nbsp;sustained&nbsp;engagement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">The&nbsp;result&nbsp;is&nbsp;paradoxical.&nbsp;We&nbsp;have&nbsp;access to more design&nbsp;than&nbsp;ever&nbsp;before,&nbsp;yet&nbsp;we&nbsp;often&nbsp;spend&nbsp;less&nbsp;time&nbsp;truly&nbsp;experiencing&nbsp;it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>French&nbsp;philosopher&nbsp;Yves Citton&nbsp;proposes&nbsp;another&nbsp;way of thinking&nbsp;about&nbsp;this&nbsp;condition. Rather&nbsp;than&nbsp;treating&nbsp;attention&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;scarce&nbsp;resource&nbsp;to be&nbsp;captured, he&nbsp;invites&nbsp;us&nbsp;to&nbsp;imagine&nbsp;an&nbsp;<em>ecology&nbsp;of&nbsp;attention<\/em>: an&nbsp;environment&nbsp;collectively&nbsp;shaped&nbsp;by institutions,&nbsp;spaces&nbsp;and cultural practices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">The&nbsp;question&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;longer&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;attract&nbsp;more&nbsp;attention,&nbsp;but&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;cultivate&nbsp;better&nbsp;forms&nbsp;of&nbsp;attention.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p style=\"font-size:30px;line-height:1.1\"><strong>Beyond\u00a0visibility<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">This&nbsp;distinction&nbsp;becomes&nbsp;especially&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;when&nbsp;considering&nbsp;the&nbsp;proliferation&nbsp;of Design Weeks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More&nbsp;exhibitions&nbsp;do&nbsp;not&nbsp;necessarily&nbsp;produce more&nbsp;understanding. While&nbsp;communication&nbsp;around&nbsp;these&nbsp;events&nbsp;extends&nbsp;for&nbsp;months&nbsp;through&nbsp;digital&nbsp;platforms&nbsp;and&nbsp;editorial&nbsp;narratives, the&nbsp;direct&nbsp;experience&nbsp;often&nbsp;remains&nbsp;compressed&nbsp;into&nbsp;only&nbsp;a&nbsp;few&nbsp;days\u2014and&nbsp;sometimes&nbsp;into&nbsp;little&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;a&nbsp;rapid&nbsp;succession&nbsp;of&nbsp;impressions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">The&nbsp;issue&nbsp;is&nbsp;therefore&nbsp;not&nbsp;quantitative.&nbsp;It&nbsp;concerns&nbsp;the&nbsp;kind&nbsp;of&nbsp;attention&nbsp;that&nbsp;cultural institutions are&nbsp;capable&nbsp;of&nbsp;producing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-extra-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pechblenda.hotglue.me\/?transhackfeminism_en\">Visibility and attention are not the same thing.\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p style=\"font-size:30px;line-height:1.1\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gynepunk.hotglue.me\/?intro\">When design becomes an exhibition\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">As&nbsp;Boris Groys&nbsp;argues&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>The&nbsp;Politics&nbsp;of Installation<\/em>,&nbsp;exhibition&nbsp;is&nbsp;never&nbsp;a&nbsp;neutral&nbsp;act.&nbsp;It&nbsp;changes&nbsp;the status of&nbsp;what&nbsp;is&nbsp;displayed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Objects do&nbsp;not&nbsp;simply&nbsp;move&nbsp;from one&nbsp;space&nbsp;to&nbsp;another;&nbsp;they&nbsp;enter&nbsp;new systems of&nbsp;interpretation,&nbsp;acquiring&nbsp;meanings&nbsp;shaped&nbsp;by institutions,&nbsp;curators&nbsp;and&nbsp;exhibition&nbsp;design.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For design,&nbsp;this&nbsp;shift&nbsp;is&nbsp;particularly&nbsp;significant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">An&nbsp;object&nbsp;originally&nbsp;conceived&nbsp;within&nbsp;material&nbsp;culture\u2014through&nbsp;function, technique and&nbsp;everyday&nbsp;use\u2014risks&nbsp;becoming&nbsp;primarily&nbsp;an image.&nbsp;Its&nbsp;symbolic&nbsp;and&nbsp;communicative&nbsp;value&nbsp;begins&nbsp;to&nbsp;outweigh&nbsp;the&nbsp;practical&nbsp;relationships&nbsp;that&nbsp;originally&nbsp;defined&nbsp;it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">This&nbsp;raises&nbsp;an&nbsp;essential&nbsp;question&nbsp;for&nbsp;contemporary&nbsp;design.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When&nbsp;an&nbsp;object&nbsp;leaves&nbsp;the world of use and&nbsp;enters&nbsp;the world of&nbsp;representation,&nbsp;what&nbsp;remains&nbsp;of&nbsp;its&nbsp;identity&nbsp;as&nbsp;design?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exhibitions&nbsp;can&nbsp;certainly&nbsp;reveal&nbsp;dimensions&nbsp;of a project&nbsp;that&nbsp;everyday&nbsp;use&nbsp;cannot:&nbsp;research&nbsp;processes, production&nbsp;methods,&nbsp;political&nbsp;positions and systems of&nbsp;value.&nbsp;Yet&nbsp;they&nbsp;can&nbsp;also&nbsp;privilege&nbsp;representation&nbsp;over practice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">The challenge&nbsp;is&nbsp;therefore&nbsp;not&nbsp;whether&nbsp;design&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;exhibited,&nbsp;but&nbsp;how&nbsp;exhibitions&nbsp;might&nbsp;preserve&nbsp;the&nbsp;project&#8217;s&nbsp;fundamentally&nbsp;relational&nbsp;nature.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p style=\"font-size:30px;line-height:1.1\">Five ways of making design public\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-10 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">Today design&nbsp;is&nbsp;presented&nbsp;through&nbsp;different&nbsp;institutional&nbsp;formats,&nbsp;each&nbsp;producing&nbsp;a&nbsp;different&nbsp;form of public&nbsp;experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>fair<\/strong>&nbsp;presents&nbsp;design&nbsp;as&nbsp;product.&nbsp;Its&nbsp;logic&nbsp;is&nbsp;competitive, market-oriented&nbsp;and&nbsp;driven&nbsp;by&nbsp;visibility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>archive<\/strong>&nbsp;presents&nbsp;design&nbsp;as&nbsp;document,&nbsp;revealing&nbsp;sketches,&nbsp;prototypes&nbsp;and&nbsp;traces&nbsp;of&nbsp;research&nbsp;that&nbsp;normally&nbsp;remain&nbsp;invisible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">The&nbsp;<strong>museum<\/strong>&nbsp;presents&nbsp;design&nbsp;as&nbsp;monument,&nbsp;placing&nbsp;objects&nbsp;within&nbsp;longer&nbsp;historical&nbsp;narratives&nbsp;and&nbsp;transforming&nbsp;them&nbsp;into&nbsp;cultural&nbsp;heritage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">The&nbsp;<strong>event<\/strong>&nbsp;presents&nbsp;design&nbsp;as&nbsp;situation.&nbsp;Festivals,&nbsp;biennials&nbsp;and Design Weeks build temporary communities&nbsp;around&nbsp;shared&nbsp;experiences.&nbsp;Their&nbsp;strength&nbsp;lies&nbsp;in&nbsp;creating&nbsp;encounters,&nbsp;conversations&nbsp;and&nbsp;collective&nbsp;energy\u2014but&nbsp;their&nbsp;very&nbsp;intensity&nbsp;also&nbsp;contains&nbsp;a&nbsp;contradiction: communities&nbsp;formed&nbsp;over a&nbsp;few&nbsp;days&nbsp;often&nbsp;dissolve just&nbsp;as&nbsp;quickly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&nbsp;is,&nbsp;however,&nbsp;another&nbsp;model.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>workshop<\/strong>&nbsp;presents&nbsp;design&nbsp;as&nbsp;process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather&nbsp;than&nbsp;exhibiting&nbsp;finished&nbsp;results,&nbsp;it&nbsp;makes&nbsp;research&nbsp;itself&nbsp;public.&nbsp;Ideas,&nbsp;experiments,&nbsp;failures&nbsp;and&nbsp;revisions&nbsp;become&nbsp;part of the&nbsp;exhibition. Production and&nbsp;presentation&nbsp;begin&nbsp;to&nbsp;overlap,&nbsp;transforming&nbsp;spectators&nbsp;into&nbsp;participants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&nbsp;attention&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;captured.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">It&nbsp;is&nbsp;cultivated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-11 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p style=\"font-size:30px;line-height:1.1\"><strong>From events to infrastructures\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-12 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">Perhaps&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;where&nbsp;the future of Design Weeks&nbsp;lies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not in&nbsp;becoming&nbsp;larger, more&nbsp;spectacular&nbsp;or more&nbsp;visible,&nbsp;but&nbsp;in&nbsp;becoming&nbsp;infrastructures&nbsp;capable&nbsp;of&nbsp;producing&nbsp;effects&nbsp;that&nbsp;continue long after the event&nbsp;itself&nbsp;has&nbsp;ended.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">Design institutions can&nbsp;become&nbsp;<strong>Cultural&nbsp;Outposts<\/strong>: places&nbsp;that&nbsp;do&nbsp;not&nbsp;simply&nbsp;host&nbsp;programmes&nbsp;but&nbsp;sustain&nbsp;relationships,&nbsp;research&nbsp;and communities&nbsp;between&nbsp;one&nbsp;edition&nbsp;and the&nbsp;next.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">Moving&nbsp;beyond&nbsp;Design Week&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;mean&nbsp;extending&nbsp;a week&nbsp;indefinitely.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&nbsp;means&nbsp;changing&nbsp;the&nbsp;institutional&nbsp;model&nbsp;that&nbsp;supports&nbsp;it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">It&nbsp;means&nbsp;moving&nbsp;from a culture of&nbsp;presentation&nbsp;to a culture of&nbsp;research; from the&nbsp;accumulation&nbsp;of events to the&nbsp;construction&nbsp;of&nbsp;continuity; from an economy of&nbsp;attention&nbsp;to an&nbsp;ecology&nbsp;of&nbsp;research.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We invited design theorist and curator Emanuele Quinz to reflect on these questions: can design generate lasting forms of research, relationships and public life? 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