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Embracing the future

Given the tumultuous events of the past few years, you’d be forgiven for feeling a little pessimistic about what might be coming down the road. But when curator, design critic and Wallpaper* Milan editor Maria Cristina Didero asked four designers to engage with the slightly provocative question ‘Ask Me If I Believe in the Future’ for a new show at Hamburg’s Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (MK&G), the responses were surprisingly upbeat. Even more importantly, all of them embraced the idea of change. These designers weren’t interested in a return to the status quo.

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