Design isculture, and so is science

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Paola Antonelli is the senior curator of design and architecture at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and writes the DESIGN column on the interface of science and design.In March 2008 Paola Antonelli curated MoMA's critically acclaimed exhibit, "Design and the Elastic Mind." The show, which Seed  had the honor of helping to catalyze, explored the myriad ways in which design has become an essential tool for visualizing, understanding, and manipulating the natural world, from the micro to the macro. In our desire to see that conversation evolve, to follow the ideas that emerge from it, and to showcase their application around the world, Seed  introduces here a new column by Paola Antonelli on design and science.

"GROW," a hybrid energy-delivery device with "leaves" made of flexible photovoltaic panels designed by Samuel Cabot Cochran and Benjamin Wheeler Howes (left); and Deborah Adler and Klaus Rosburg's Target ClearRx prescription system (right). Courtesy: Samuel Cabot Cochran and Benjamin Wheeler Howes (left) and Deborah Adler and Klaus Rosburg (right).

Design is culture, and so is science. Both science and design — forward motors, providers of perspective, guardians of beauty and truth in all of their shades and manifestations — are essential to progress. And a public awareness of science and design is a necessary tool to empower the positive collective feedback that we trust will help set the right substrate for creativity and innovation...