UTOPOLITAN
Offspring Oasis Factory
Mating Facility Portfolio
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Baby Adoption Container Light Edition
contract of marriage
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The project explores the themes of birth, adoption and marriage with virtual characters, and has evolved into a speculative design project.
In the past ten years, the global fertility rate has continued to decline, which has led to a series of negative effects that hinder social development, such as population aging, labor shortage, and economic recession. In order to increase the birth rate and solve related problems, the government implemented a plan called "Utopia" in 2100. The concepts of "Utopia" and "Metropolitan" are combined to develop an ideal, open metropolis.
The metropolis is divided into three zones: the Oasis of Offspring, the Childcare Market and the Port of Contract. Each region deals with specific social issues, such as maternity, adoption and marriage. "Oasis of Offspring" is responsible for producing babies, and then these new
Births are sent to the childcare market for adoption. In Puerto Covenant, families who are unable to have children because of biological restrictions by marrying a different species will be the main users of the parenting market. These special marriage families adopt babies from the market. Thus, these three regions are interconnected to form a unique circulatory system. In these three regions, there are three products that embody their concept: mating facilities, baby adoption boxes, and marriage contracts.
Through absurd future scenes and exaggerated product display, the audience is stimulated to discuss and pay attention to social issues. Based on the concept of each region, we are left with three open-ended questions: If future governments implement mandatory or semi-mandatory policies to encourage childbearing, what impact will this have on our lives? If future marriages allow for the union of different species and include a marriage contract to ensure life, what will such a married life look like? How can we break down ancestry and race prejudices in the adoption process?
The creative practice revolves around some major social issues in the future society, especially the three themes of birth, adoption and virtual character marriage. Through speculative design, we have constructed a future metropolis "Utopia" set in 2100. The project is not only an artistic creation, but also a profound reflection on current social trends and challenges. Through fictional future scenarios, it not only reveals the potential problems of modern society, but also triggers the discussion of possible ethical and social structural changes in the future.
Through fictional social and technological settings, the work is closely connected with the social reality of China in the face of population aging, technological development, cultural diversity and environmental crisis. Through design thinking and reflective practice, the project can not only stimulate people's imagination of the future society, but also trigger a profound reflection on the current social policy, cultural structure, and technological progress and way of life.
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