Strelka Institute published the book The New Normal

The book “The New Normal” was on sale - the result of the research project of the Media Institute, Architecture and Design of the Strelka.

According to the press service of the Strelka Institute, the book can be ordered on the site Strelka.com .

“For three years, the project participants considered the influence of technology on a planetary scale on the future of cities in Russia and the world. The work on the New Normal project was attended by 90 interdisciplinary researchers from 30 countries and more than 40 teachers. This comprehensive study will be interesting to all readers who are fascinated by the design and development of cities, ”the press service of the director of the Strelka Institute Varvara Melnikov quotes.

In the focus of the project participants from the sphere of architecture, information technology, philosophy, art, cinema, economy and other areas there was not only what the future of the cities looks like, but also how it works; How ideas, values ​​and power circulate in it.

The New Normal book, published by Strelka Press and Park Books , demonstrates the scale and diversity of conducted research and offers an exhaustive explanation of what a new norm is and what it should be.

The book includes 22 interconnected research projects, which show how the practices of speculative design can be transferred to the processes of strategic decisions. The book also includes 9 thematic essays of The New Normal Benjamin Brathon, devoted to the issues and the proposed solutions, and 17 original essays of authoritative designers, philosophers, architects and artists - arrows, as part of the program.

The book is illustrated by the New Normal Research Laboratory for three years of the research laboratory with design research, archival personnel and materials from FILDRIPS.

The New Normal book was the first large -scale publication of the Strelka Institute in English. Its editors were the design theorist, writer and director of The New Normal Benjamin Bratn, architect, designer, teacher and tutor of the Strelka Institute Nikolai Boyajiev and Deputy Editor E-Flux Architecture Nick Axel.