Safe: Design Takes on Risk

Antonelli, Paola

ISBN 10: 0870705806 / ISBN 13: 9780870705809

Published by Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2006

About this Item

216 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, held October 16, 2005 to January 2, 2006. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Front free endpaper (blank) removed. A good reading copy for the thrifty scholar. *** "This book presents a wealth of contemporary design products and prototypes from all over the world that address the issues of protection and security in our everyday lives. The objects are as diverse as our notions of safety and well-being: headgear designed to withstand either a fall from a bicycle or the blast of a bomb; prefabricated shelters for victims of earthquakes; self-defense and antitheft objects; clearly illustrated emergency instructions; de-mining equipment; and toys that help people with mental disabilities gain and maintain a sense of balance and identity. This broad array of examples is accompanied by texts on the home as a safety nest, on automotive safety, on new materials and technologies, and on how architects and designers can provide support and guidance in situations of extreme emergency." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Safe: Design Takes on Risk
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870705806
• ISBN 13: 9780870705809
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • XL: Extra Large
  • Design::Industrial
  • USA::7. Contemporary, 2000-

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Synopsis

Modern designs to keep us safe, from self-defense to shelter

Safety is an instinctive need that has guided human choices throughout history. Now more than ever, it has become not only a focus, but almost an obsession. Designers are trained to mediate between disruptive change and normalcy and can soothe people's anxiety. When scientific revolutions happen, they translate them into objects that people can understand and use. Good design provides protection and security without sacrificing the need to innovate and invent. This book and the exhibition that it accompanies document the unique objects that designers have created to answer people's needs, both physical and psychological. Physical objects include shelters for victims of disasters and homeless people, hideaway furniture and personal armor and protective gear, while psychological objects include those that thwart identity theft, offer self-defense, and provide comforting reassurance. The objects presented here reflect how good design goes hand-in-hand with personal needs.

This book includes an introductory essay by Paola Antonelli, Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art in New York; an essay by Phil Patton on cars; another by Marie O'Mahony on materials and technologies; and a third by Cameron Sinclair on design for refugees and third-world facilities. The issues addressed by each of these authors will find resonance in people's minds and souls.

About the Author

Paola Antonelli joined The Museum of Modern Art in 1994, where she is a Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design.