For the month of June, London’s Somerset House finds borders carved through its 18th-century walls as the neoclassical complex becomes home to the London Design Biennale, and its East and West Wings are divided among over 40 nation states in the form of pavilions. Rotterdam’s Het Nieuwe Instituut is this year’s artistic director, led by Aric Chen, who states that “global challenges require global collaboration,” in reference to the 2023 theme The Global Game: Remapping Collaborations. But how do you collaborate within the strict confines of the national pavilion model? The system was built to showcase an individual nations’ achievements, invariably funded by government entities. It takes
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