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The NewGrey (2008-2014)
Utopias for the silver-age
The demographic projections for the next years confront us in a surrealistic way.
We have never experienced a society so old and are barely able to comprehend its
consequences. The systems that we have built to provide security are slowly showing
their deficiencies, as the elderly population increases and the workforce decreases.
How can we provide care and keep functioning as a country, a village, a society?
The NewGrey reacts on multiple studies and calculations towards the demographic
changes in the coming years. In an attempt to understand the impact, multiple speculative
designs and thoughts were visualized and bundled into a work-book. Change often comes with negative predictions about the future. Above all, the work bundle sketches on new possibilities, opportunities and principles for starting new cultures.
exhibited at Seoul Design Festival, in the dutch pavillion
Well-Aged Life, Well Balanced Design, South Korea 2014
Panel speaker, Design Forum during Seoul Design Festival at Dongdaemun Design Plaza Lecture at Seoul National University College of Fine Arts
suported by:
Stimuleringsfonds
East West Education
Krot of Kans
CBK Zeeland