Resource Care
In the collections of MAO, one can find important buildings and consumer products. We consider collections to be a bank of ideas and a tool with which we can draw attention to current pressing problems, initiate a discussion, or show how designers in the past approached to solving them. When we talk about architectural or design projects, one of the challenges that are constantly emerging is the challenge of resource efficiency. Resource use - resource efficiency is one of the most pressing issues of our time. That is why for the MAO Room we invited Janez Potočnik, an economist with extensive experience in the field of the environment. He served as European commissioner two times, in his first term as commissioner for science and in his second term as commissioner for the environment. Since 2014 he is co-chairing United Nations International Resource Panel, a panel of scientists, who study global resource use.
Direction and screenwriting: Matevž Čelik
Camera, cinematography and video editing: Vojdan Babunski
Cast, in order of appearance: Matevž Čelik, Janez Potočnik
MAO preserves and archives work from prominent architects and designers of the 20th and 21st centuries, constituting a rich history of creative ideas, vision and production. MAO organizes and shares this seemingly unlimited source of inspiration and exploration of architecture and design through its many compelling exhibitions and publications and its diverse programme, which is aimed at a broad circle of visitors. At the same time, it is opening itself up as a space intended for everyone who wishes to research, study, and learn more about how we inhabit our living space, how we organize it, change it, design it, mark it, and make it our own. In this way, MAO serves as a dynamic forum for the exchange of ideas, knowledge and dialogue for and among a wide range of visitors. Since 1972, the museum has organized the Biennial of Design (BIO), the oldest European design biennial, which enjoys a tradition spanning a full 50 years, with a strong international presence and positioning. BIO enjoys and cultivates strong connections with businesses, local, institutional and government partners, sponsors, supporters and more. Since 2015, MAO is the coordinator of the Future Architecture platform.
