Hello, Robot: Design between human and machine

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Hello, Robot: Design between human and machine
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mateo Kries
By (author) Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
By (author) Katrien Laporte
By (author) Hortensia Voelckers
By (author) Alexander Farenholtz
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:328
Dimensions(mm): Height 250,Width 190
Category/GenreIndustrial / commercial art and design
ISBN/Barcode 9783945852118
ClassificationsDewey:741.6
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Vitra Design Museum
Imprint Vitra Design Museum
Publication Date 23 March 2017
Publication Country Germany

Description

Hello, Robot. Design Between Human and Machine investigates how robotics is becoming part of our everyday lives. The exhibitions shows that design in its traditional function as a mediator is indispensable if robots are to become a visible reality and not just remain hidden in washing machines, cars and cash machines. The volume clarifies where we already encounter these intelligent machines and where we may come across them in the near future: in industry, in the military and in everyday settings; at nurseries and retirement homes; in our bodies and in the cloud; when shopping and having sex; in video games and, of course, in film and literature. In a series of in-depth essays and interviews, experts such as the science fiction author Bruce Sterling and the design duo Dunne & Raby explore the question of how we deal with our environment becoming increasingly digital, smarter and more autonomous. They highlight our often ambivalent relationship to new technologies and discuss the opportunities and challenges that are posed to us as individuals and as a society in this context. In this regard, Hello, Robot. broadens the scope of the discussion to the ethical and political questions with which we are faced today in the light of technological advances in robotics, whilst confronting us with the contradictions that are often found in the answers to these questions.

Author Biography

Mateo Kries is the Director of the Vitra Design Museum. Amelie Klein is a curator at the same institution.

Reviews

Hello, Robot argues that robots are much more than powerful tools, having preoccupied the human imagination for thousands of years in one form or another. As their presence becomes more commonplace, humans begin to soften and anthropomorphize robots.-- "The Architects Newspaper"