The Covid pandemic brought into sharp focus the need to reassess life’s priorities. With this in mind, organisers of the Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne, in eastern France, went with “bifurcation" – the French word for “fork in the road” – as this year's theme, telling visitors to "choose what matters".
With Africa as the guest of honour, visitors will have four months in Saint-Étienne, a Unesco "creative city of design", to discover innovative objects, services and installations presented in seven major exhibitions.
