Alter-Realities: Designing the Present

Proposing Alter-Realities: Designing the Present as its central theme, PDB’21 intends to stimulate the debate around design’s ability to outline new solutions for collective problems, at a time when the world faces new challenges and uncertainty regarding the usage, planning and sustainability of urban centers, citizens' mobility and the way in which public spaces can remain as a catalyst for experiences.

In addition to the usual formats, such as exhibitions, conferences, workshops and publications, Alastair Fuad-Luke's curatorship will also respond to the challenges of programming under the current context and across the territory of both cities. The guest country for PBD 2021 is France, which will have a dedicated program, in line with the general theme of this edition.