Visitors to The Design Museum in London will be able to experience a new exhibit with the exterior of the building transformed in AR, bringing to life the realities of extreme weather due to climate change. In turn, the building materials themselves transform, to highlight ways in which we can adapt to combat these challenges.
This inaugural Landmarker project, in partnership with social media app Snap, sees architect Mariam Issoufou Kamara reimagine the Design Museum building to mark its fifth birthday in its current home. The project ties into the Design Museum’s mission to make the impact of design visible and demonstrate its role in addressing contemporary issues.
Visitors to the museum will be prompted to ‘Open their Snapchat’, at which point Snap’s AR technology will transform the building in front of their eyes – at least, on their phones – bringing the sometimes distant effects of climate change close to home by demonstrating the likely real-world...