A Swiss Curator Is Calling the Centerpiece Exhibition of London's Design Biennial an 'Imitation' of His Earlier Work
"Forest for Change—The Global Goals Pavilion" at London Design Biennale. Photo by Ed Reeve. London’s Design Biennial opened this week with a central question posed by its artistic director, the award-winning artist and stage designer Es Devlin: How can design provide solutions to the greatest crises facing the world today? A centerpiece of the exhibition is a spectacular forest of 400 trees planted in the magnificent courtyard of Somerset House. Designed by Devlin for the biennial’s Global Goals pavilion, there’s a clearing at the center of this “Forest for Change,” as it’s ca...