The New Design Museum brings together theories and voices from leading international
institutions and independent initiatives addressing the transformed--and continually
transforming--nature of design in the 21st century and its planetary scope in both practical
and discursive dimensions. By mapping a new landscape of institutional practices across
different geographical locations this volume reveals how spaces of culture dedicated to design
need transformation-of their missions programs and outreach platforms-to respond to an
ever-expanding outlook on design as a field that is moving beyond its traditional presentation
as an object-based practice. The book integrates essays by Beatrice Leanza 15 interviews
with directors and programmers-such as Carson Chan (MoMA New York) Ikko Yokoyama (M+ Museum
Hong Kong) Aric Chen (Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam) Giovanna Borasi (Canadian Centre for
Architecture Montreal) and Lucia Pietroiusti (Serpentine Gallery London)-and 17 case studies
that encompass independent organizations and platforms offering evidence of the changing
paradigms of public and professional engagement with the discipline of design. The World Around
(Brooklyn NY) African Futures Institute (Accra Ghana) Cultures of Assembly (Luxembourg)
Loudreaders Instituto A Gente Transforma (São Paolo Brazil) and Fundación Organizmo
(Colombia) and others explore global design practices invested in decolonizing and queering
agency as well as computational ecological and Indigenous knowledge and present alternative
educational and collaborative frameworks of institutional development.
