Cosmos

Cosmos, the catalogue for the Cosmos. Design from Here and Beyond exhibition, has been published in collaboration with the Centre for Innovation and Design at Grand-Hornu (CID) in Belgium. It reveals the conceptual, poetic, or audio-visual work of designers who explore the architecture of the Universe.

Black holes, nebulae, exoplanets, the big bang, the multiverse – the beauty of cosmic phenomena has captivated humankind since the dawn of time. How do designers get to grips with these realities? Thanks to the contribution of cosmologist Thomas Hertog, a former colleague of Stephen Hawking and currently Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Louvain, this exhibition catalogue weaves fruitful links between the worlds of science and design. Curated by Marie Pok, curator and director of CID, the book invites us into the cosmos with a range of design projects that spotlight both its mysteries and its beauty.