Google’s new artwork is an ode to our complicated relationship with technology

What does the future of computing look like? Is it voice chat? Floating holographic displays? A generative AI fever dream with no escape? 

At Salone de Mobile—the annual design fair in Milan—Google is suggesting something less literal: It’s light that’s as pliable as fabric.

[Photo: courtesy Google]

Since first attending in 2018, Google has become a staple of Milan’s annual design festival, where the installations draw long lines and buzz. The company has measured how different rooms make you feel...