Published by the Design Academy Eindhoven on the occasion of its 2020 graduation show, this catalogue is an example of what has been referred to as the 'extreme present'. At once intimidating and intoxicating, it is built around a reality that is in a state of permanent and accelerated flux. Our relevance is dependent on our ability to uninterruptedly interpret this evolving reality, and it is exhausting. The graduation projects presented here were largely conceived in a past that today seems very distant, one in which things were taken for granted that today, in a world defined by the pandemic, seem unthinkable. However, in many ways this body of work is also anticipatory…
506 pages, 17 x 24cm, softcover, Design Academy Eindhoven (Eindhoven).