The items exhibited fell into a range of broad topics that included armor, emergency, property and everyday. Included in the arrangement was Sony Electronics’ FIU-810 Puppy fingerprint identity token. The product has on-board fingerprint imaging, processing and storage, and standards-based cryptographic technology in a USB-based token.
The initial concept for the exhibition was developed prior to Sept. 11, 2001, by Paola Antonelli, organizer and curator with the help of Patricia Juncosa Vecchierini, curatorial assistant in the department of architecture and design. “Originally titled ‘Emergency,’ it focused mainly on emergency-response equipment and tools. After 9/11, the exhibition was greatly expanded to address not only how designers respond to a wider definition of risk, but also to include how they respond to emotions about safety,†Vecchierini explained.
How did the organizers choose the products to include in the exhibition? “We looked everywhere around us, from our everyday lives to design fairs and exhibitions, as well as the usual research on magazines, Web sites and publications,†Vecchierini said.