Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine

An exhibition by the Vitra Design Museum, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, and the Design Museum Gent. Exhibition page

Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, DE
02/2017 – 05/2017

MAK Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, AT
06/2017 – 10/2017

Design Museum Gent, Gent, BE
10/2017 – 04/2018

Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, CH
05/2018 – 11/2018

MAAT Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, PT
01/2019 – 04/2019

Museo San Telmo, San Sebastián, ES
06/2019 – 09/2019

V&A Dundee, Dundee, GB
11/2019 – 02/2020

Neues Museum Biel, Biel, CH
09/2020 – 04/2021

Hyundai Motorstudio, Busan, KR
08/2021 – 10/2021

Hyundai Motorstudio, Beijing, PRC
12/2021 – 03/2022

Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, DE
09/2022 – 03/2023

Science fiction becomes reality: robotics has taken on a growing role in our lives for a number of years now. Examples range from transport drones and disability robots to internet bots. »Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine« includes more than 200 exhibits from industry and the home, as well as computer games, media installations and examples from film and literature, such as the famous R2-D2 robot from Star Wars. They all illustrate how much our lives are already permeated by robots, even in the most intimate domains. At the same time, the last few years have shown the extent to which our political discourse – such as in public elections or debates about diversity or climate change – can be shaped by algorithms and artificial intelligence, and the risks we are incurring as a result. The exhibition broadens our view of the ethical, social and political questions that arise as our environment becomes increasingly robotic.