Saturday, 2011-10-01

Our traditional and popular tour programs call the attention of the people living in Budapest to the treasures of the city that are hardly known, or receive less attention than they deserve. This year participants are introduced into the historical and contemporary architectural glass artworks of Pest's downtown area known the world over, while the tour honouring the wrought and cast iron beauties of the city aim at discovering treasures discreditably neglected by the inhabitants of the city. The lucky ones will have the chance to visit the Schiffer-villa designed by József Vágó and is a representative of the late secession, then can take a walk among the colourful, modern looking houses of the experimental Óbuda housing estate developed in the sixties. The city walks are led and made unforgettable by expert “tourist guides”.
Registration for the Design Tours is between 19th and 23rd September by e-mail: erzsebet.ruboczki@designterminal.hu. Maximum 35 persons can participate in each tour, so registrations are accepted and confirmed in the order of receiving the e-mails. We can not accept registrations that arrive earlier or later.

During the tour visiting hotels, museums, stairways and flats participants are introduced into historical (e.g. Miksa Róth, L. M. Herzl) and contemporary architectural glass artworks, the different glass-making methods and can explore the magic hidden in this fragile and mysterious material with the guidance of Eleonóra Balogh, Ferenczy Noémi-awarded glass designer. (Venues: Hungarian National Bank, Hotel President, Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace, Museum of Ethnography, Bedő House, bourgeois apartment in Báthory street)
Tour 1 - 9:45
Meeting in front of the Museum of Ethnography (1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 12.)
The tour starts at 10:00
Tour 2 - 14:00
Meeting in front of the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest (1051 Budapest, Roosevelt square 5-6.)
The tour starts at 14:15

Kata Szegedi fashion designer founded her brand specialising in ready-to-wear collections for women in 2009. The women's shoe and men's clothing collections of Dani Benus are also available in the showroom decorated with the works of Gábor Miklós Szőke sculptor.
The creative design process of the new collection is revealed for visitors who can also participate in making a small textile object that can be taken home as a souvenir.
www.kataszegedi.com

Urban Gridded Notebook or Bottleboy – these are just some of the Austrian Walking-Chair Design Studio products, that can continuously be found at Printa. During Budapest Design Week a part of the shop is dedicated to Walking-Chair conceptual design objects as they are the festival's star guests this year.
www.printa.hu

Soon an unusual and at the same time trendy showroom will open in CET, Budapest's new cultural and commercial centre. The store offering a breathtaking view over the Danube is a shop, a lab, a workshop and a venue of exciting programs in one, presenting a selection from international designers earlier not represented in Hungary. CET and Designologist will hopefully be for the inhabitants of Budapest what the best places of Paris, Madrid and Berlin are for Europe.
Program: exploring CET, unwrapping the opening collection, matinee about the birth of Designologist, presentation by laura osorio about pedroso e osorio, performance, DJ set, picnic basket, bubbles.
Registration is obligatory: designologist@designologist.hu

Loffice and Miele organises an unusual culinary program where design, gastronomy and the world of public spirit meet. In the workshop participants can learn how to prepare dishes that meet the requirements of a conscious diet at a communal cooking show led by Sándor Kis, the chef of Miele and also experience how the shape of the glass effect wine drinking with the help of the Riedel company.
Participation only with registration: http://miele.hu/hu/rendezvenyek/riedel

The traveling exhibition presents text and display typefaces from internationally renowned and talented type designers in the form of an original installation integrated in the drawers of an oversized type cabinet furniture. Exhibiting artists are Johana Biľak, Peter Biľak, Marek Chmiel, Andrej Dieneš, Ján Filípek, Ondrej Jób, Andrej Krátky, Matúš Lelovský, Daniel Markovič, Slávka Pauliková, Karol Prudil and Michal Tornyai.


The project is the result of a cooperation between Palo Bálik, typographer, graphic designer and academy teacher and the Slovak Design Centre.

The award ceremony of the jewellery and clothing design competition related to the Jewels from Oceania – the Lajos Bíró Collection exhibition of the Museum of Ethnography. Entrants of the competition redefine the traditional culture of the people of Oceania and portray their forms and motifs on the objects of our time while giving the artists' creativity plenty of rope.

The Faculty of Textile Art and Fashion Design of the Strzemiński Academy of Art Łódź (ASP Łódź) celebrates its 65th anniversary this year. The exhibition traveling to Budapest presents a selection from the best works of the faculty's recent students offering a comprehensive look at the state-of-the-art trends of printed textile design meeting the requirements of contemporary design.
The basis of the work of the three textile printing studios of the faculty is the pedagogical method developed by Professor Teresa Tyszkiewicz that has helped adding the spirit of contemporary fine arts to this field not long ago treated as a branch of handicrafts.

Exhibition based on the autumn-winter women's collection of the YSSI designer group (Szilvia Vereczkey, Ilona Ács, Blanka Szűcs and Katalin Nyíri). Style consulting sessions lead by the designers are also being organised, in the framework of which visitors can get a closer introduction to the collection, and see creative combinations of the basic, comfortable pieces and the clothing accessories. Style consulting sessions are held at 16:00 on 4th Oct. (Tuesday), 6th Oct. (Thursday) and 8th Oct. (Saturday).

The innovative project of the studio focusing on image and interior design, design marketing and contemporary arts turns artifacts into interior design objects by printing them on pieces of furniture and textiles creating interesting surfaces. Related to the program music performances and happy hours await visitors at neighbouring Apa Cuka (1085 Budapest, Horánszky u. 5.) during Budapest Design Week.

Contemporary artists' installations designed with the space of Manier in mind (given space, kinetic structure) are introduced in the shop windows of the Hajós street Showroom. Interaction between the designers and Manier, the artifacts and the audience was an important aspect in the realisation of the installations. The exhibition series is curated by Dániel Huszár; the first exhibition opening during Budapest Design Week is based on the live act of Binaura (Bence Samu and Ágoston Nagy) and the installations of Mrs. Herskin (Orsolya Poppre and Larisza Pasztircsák).