Code, print and bang! How code is impacting design

From 3D printed guns to fashion accessories and kids playing blocks, HELLO WORLD is an exhibition that looks at the impact of code on contemporary design.
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Studio Pinaffo Pluvinage, France, Papier Machine, 2018

In 2014, teenager Adrianna Mitchell sat at a keyboard with Barack Obama and helped him become the first US President to code. His modest effort, a mere 17 characters of script, underscored a deeper belief in coding as the literacy of the 21st Century.

While curator and designer, Aaron Seymour makes this point, he equally feels that the hype surrounding a new coding literate generation is a bit of a myth.  

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina