Can Design Prepare for Disaster?

An interesting article in the NY times - Can Design Prepare for Disaster? In a panel discussion on Aug. 31, William L. Hamilton, a reporter for House & Home, and Tom de Kay, the deputy editor of the section, spoke with Ms. Antonelli and seven designers, five of whom are included in "Safe," about terrorism, subway safety, national identity cards, cataclysmic storms, survivalism and other subjects that are no longer design-school conjecture, but the very real terrain of designers and their work.

"Safe: Design Takes On Risk" will open at the Museum of Modern Art on Oct. 16 and runs through Jan. 2.