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From an actual forest of trees planted in the courtyard to interactive installations where visitors can create music, here are just 12 of the highlights, in an exhibition that ably shows how design can play a vital role in changing the world for the better.
June 1, 2021 5:55 pm Es Devlin breaks a founding rule at Somerset House this summer, as the stage designer builds a forest of over 400 trees at the central London venue. Forest for Change – which is the centrepiece of this year’s London Design Biennale (LDB) – counters the founders’ ban on trees in the building’s courtyard. Devlin believes the trees subvert the rules set by Somerset House’s Enlightenment-era designers and show how we can “counter this attitude of human dominance over nature”. Devlin is artistic director of LDB’s third edition which, like many events, was s...