{"id":2525,"date":"2023-12-20T19:30:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T18:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/?post_type=exhibition&p=2525"},"modified":"2025-11-06T09:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:32:25","slug":"designing-motherhood-things-that-make-and-break-our-births","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/exhibitions\/designing-motherhood-things-that-make-and-break-our-births\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When was the menstrual cup created? And what will the future birthing chair look like? Designing Motherhood<\/em> is an exhibition about how design has influenced human reproduction over the past 150 years to enable, facilitate, or prevent our arrival into the world.<\/p>\n

The exhibition showcases nearly 300 items, both historical and contemporary, involved in the arc of human reproduction, ranging from menstrual cups1<\/a><\/span>, breast pumps, and baby monitors2<\/a><\/span> to medical tools and maternity clothing. It explores objects and processes through a variety of fields: art, photography, product design, posters, advertisements, fashion, and architecture, with a selection emerging from various cultural and geographical backgrounds.<\/p>\n

While being born is a universal human experience, the designs that shape it are not. Designing Motherhood<\/em> invites you to consider why and how we have developed designs to facilitate reproductive health, and to ponder the political, economic, and social implications of how we medicalize reproduction.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is curated by US based team: Zoë Greggs, Michelle Millar Fisher, Gabriella Nelson, Juliana Rowen Barton, Amber Winick. Swedish researcher and author Karin Carlsson has collaborated to supplement material from Sweden and the Nordic region.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n <\/div>\n