The »Labour Lounge« presents a space of stark contradictions. On the surface, it is a comfortable lounge inviting visitors to relax and recharge themselves—and their phones. Yet this comfort is undercut by cushions shaped like machine guns, child labourers, and chains, creating a disquieting tension between ease and ethical unease.

Accompanying the lounge is a catalogue whose understated cover belies its content. Across six chapters, it examines the conflict-ridden raw materials behind smartphones, each chapter focusing on a different country and revealing the profound social and environmental consequences of their extraction.

The »Labour Lounge« presents a space of stark contradictions. On the surface, it is a comfortable lounge inviting visitors to relax and recharge themselves—and their phones. Yet this comfort is undercut by cushions shaped like machine guns, child labourers, and chains, creating a disquieting tension between ease and ethical unease.

Accompanying the lounge is a catalogue whose understated cover belies its content. Across six chapters, it examines the conflict-ridden raw materials behind smartphones, each chapter focusing on a different country and revealing the profound social and environmental consequences of their extraction.