Symbolic universes have helped communicate visions for an ideal future, and for defining progress. One of the key issues of our time is how to preserve our resources for the future, and the Taipei International Flora Expo is a great celebration of the how we can harmonise design with the environment. There is a focus on plant life, to emphasise the importance and the value of preserving nature.
A quintessential example of an ideal vision of the future is the Pavilion of the Future, a construction that displays a surprising design of future domestic architecture. Instead of the past designs of home appliances synthesised with shiny, streamlined chrome, the Pavilion of the Future is predominantly nature-based, with a kitchen that contrasts with today’s typical “modern” design. The aesthetic is still slick, but not robotic. The sign made of hundreds of little lights proclaiming “FUTURE” is an acknowledgement of this outdated concept of future design. It allows the expo inside to become even more of a surprise by preceding it with a “futuristic” sign. In this pavilion there is a presence of floral life that is utilised within this future kitchen, integrating technology with nature, showing the ideal ways people could interact with the environment. It is done in such an innovative way, that visitors of the expo can be inspired to change kitchens and home settings to reflect these visions, whether it’s through gradual perceptive change, or actual renovation.
The implications of media and design in influencing society’s universe are very strong, almost omnipresent. The internet has democratised media in such a revolutionary way, so that visions of the future in the media are widely and directly communicated.
Resources: Taipei International Flora Expo (2010): Pavilion of the Future. Retrieved 15/09/2011 from http://www.2010taipeiexpo.tw/public/data/11111119653.jpg
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