Designing Peace
This exhibition was on display from June 10, 2022 to August 06, 2023.
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There are dozens of conflicts ongoing around the world today, yet one of humanity’s most sought-after and valued conditions is peace. Peace is not simply the absence of war but a dynamic process that can be built, nurtured, and sustained for a more dignified life for all. In practice, both design and peacebuilding use communication, iteration, and an understanding of context to envision a world that is accepting of multiple voices and cultures. Acting together, they offer transformative responses to an unjust world.
The forty projects presented in this exhibition are intended to inspire dialogue and provoke questions about what would be possible if we were to design for peace. These designs represent creative partnerships at various scales in which designers, activists, and artists are working together to respond to increasingly urgent social, environmental, and economic crises.
DESIGNING PEACE explores how we might combine our creative forces to envision the future we want to live in and take action to create it.
- Vase, Rare Earthenware Vase (Smartphone), 2014–2015
- black stoneware, radioactive mine tailings.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2024-31-1
- Vase , Rare Earthenware Vase (Laptop), 2014–2015
- black stoneware, radioactive mine tailings .
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2024-31-2
- Vase, Rare Earthenware Vase (Electric Car Battery Cell), 2014–2015
- black stoneware, radioactive mine tailings .
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2024-31-3
- Print, Xylophone Wall/Muro de Xilófono, from the project Borderwall as...
- ink jet archival print on paper.
- Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered....
- 2019-30-1
- Print, Horse Racing Wall/Muro de Carreras de Caballos, from the project...
- ink jet archival print on paper.
- Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered....
- 2019-30-2
- Print, Wildlife Wall/Muro de Fauna, from the project Borderwall as Architecture
- ink jet archival print on paper.
- Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered....
- 2019-30-3
- Print, Cactus Wall/Muro de Pitayo Dulce, from the project Borderwall as...
- ink jet archival print on paper.
- Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered....
- 2019-30-4
- Print, Teeter-Totter Wall/Muro de Subibaja, from the project Borderwall as...
- ink jet archival print on paper.
- Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered....
- 2019-30-5
- Print, Greenhouse Wall/Muro de Invernadero, from the project Borderwall as...
- ink jet archival print on paper.
- Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered....
- 2019-30-6
- Project, Jordan River Peace Park
- Peace Park Multi-Layer Model: Courtesy of EcoPeace Middle East & Yale Urban....
- PEACE.02
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Project, Black Lives Matter Street Mural Census, 2020-ongoing
- Visualization: Courtesy of Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science....
- PEACE.29
- Project, Art the Arms Fair
- Pattern Tank photograph: Courtesy of Tristan Oliver Striking Suit with Police....
- PEACE.09
- Project, Designing for Dignity
- Safety Blanket and Sketchbook: Courtesy of Manuela Aguirre and Jan Kristian....
- PEACE.04
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Project, Stone Garden
- Model and Façade Process Samples: Courtesy of Lina Ghotmeh—Architecture....
- PEACE.08
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Project, Korea Remade
- Rescaling the Middle Ground models: Courtesy of Ann Salerno DMZ Tourism....
- PEACE.03
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Project , Startblok Elzenhagen
- Startblok Elzenhagen Installation - Building a Future Together: Courtesy of....
- PEACE.07
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Project, Rare Earthenware
- Vases: Courtesy of Unknown Fields.
- PEACE.10
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Project, Maps (Bullet Rug Series)
- Rug #40 (40 cal, USA): Courtesy of Juan Yarur Torres Collection, Fundación....
- PEACE.36
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Project, Teeter-Totter Wall
- Teeter-Totter: Courtesy of Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello.
- PEACE.11
- Project, Social Emergency Response Centers, 2016-ongoing
- SERC Prototype Sketch and How to Stop a Social Emergency Installation:....
- PEACE.12
- There are 2 images of this object.
