MILAN — “Our only chance at survival is to design our own beautiful extinction.”That’s the powerful conclusion of the catalog essay for “Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival,” the 22nd edition of the Milan Triennial. Running through Sept. 1, the Triennial’s main exhibition, curated by Paola Antonelli, showcases more than 100 projects from the last 30 years that address humanity’s troubled relationship with nature. But while Ms. Antonelli, the author of the words above, believes that humankind will go the way of the dinosaur, she also hopes that our species can leave behind an intelligent legacy — a survival of sorts. So it’s not at all final,” Ms. Antonelli said in an interview. “The only thing that I consider final is our own extinction.

Source: New York Times March 20, 2019 09:00 UTC