Curiosity Engines: Rewiring Museums for the Future of Design

SESSION INFO
date
05 Dec 2025
time
HKG | 03:45 - 04:30 (GMT+8)
type
BODW Summit
Venue / Country
Hall 3G, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
REMARKS:

How should museums evolve when design permeates everything from AI to climate, craft to cities? Suhanya Raffel (M+), Tim Marlow (the Design Museum), and Paola Antonelli (MoMA) share how they’re turning museums into curiosity engines — commissioning, collecting, and exhibiting across disciplines while engaging new publics on- and offline. They’ll discuss future-ready strategies: phygital experiences, experimental research, civic partnerships, and ethical curation. A candid look at governance, funding, and impact—so institutions don’t just mirror change but help design it.