Intimacy is an "urgent topic" for designers to address in the light of revelations about sexual harassment in Hollywood and elsewhere, according to the curator of an exhibition held at Dutch Design Week.

Conceived in response to the wave of allegations following the exposure of Harvey Weinstein as a sexual predator, The Embassy of Intimacy explored "how we can use design to change people's intimate behaviours," according to curator Tom Loois.

"With recent news about the current president of the United States and everything that's happening in Hollywood, I think it's very important that we have this conversation now about how intimate we want to be with one another," said Loois, in a video filmed by Dezeen as part of our Good Design for a Bad World project.
"Something has to change," he added.

The Embassy of Intimacy was housed in a tent in the Strijp-S district of Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week in October, and was one of several "embassies" themed around topics including food and health.

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