Future humans grown in artificial wombs could replace the embrace of a parent with Heavy Duty Love, a machine created by sci-fi designer Lucy McRae for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021.
The cushioned machine completely surrounds its occupant in a supportive embrace, helping them to become more comfortable with contact and intimacy.
The machine surrounds the user with cushions
Los Angeles-based McRae imagines it could compensate for a lack of human contact in early life, which could become a reality in the near future. Scientists believe that artificial wombs will be developed within the next decade. I made this machine because I am curious about the human consequences of bypassing the womb and that first hug of a mother , McRae explained.
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Het Nieuwe Instituut appoints Aric Chen as general and artistic director
Shanghai-based architecture and design curator Aric Chen has been named the new general and artistic director of Rotterdam s Het Nieuwe Instituut.
Chen will take up the position at Het Nieuwe Instituut (HNI), an institute and museum for architecture, design and digital culture, from 1 May.
In taking up the role, Chen, who is currently curatorial director of the Design Miami fairs, plans to expand on the institute s tradition of research and critical inquiry.
Above and top image: Aric Chen will take up his new role in May I ve been really impressed by HNI s deeply embedded impulse to expand definitions, not just for its core disciplines – architecture, design, digital culture – but also for what an institute can be, he told Dezeen.