Exhibitions

The exhibition offers a comprehensive presentation of contemporary Polish design. The majority of the participating 18 designers and designer groups belong to the 30-something generation. Many of them not only design, but also produce and promote their own work. After Copenhagen, Milan, Paris and Cologne, the Hungarian public can also get to know the uniqueness of contemporary Polish design during Budapest Design Week, as Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka and Paweł Grobelny curators aimed at introducing the characteristics of Polish design that distinguish it from the design culture of other nations.
Further information: www.unpolished.pl

Hybrid Art Management Urban Tactics, an urban art exhibition exploring the frontiers of graffiti and presenting artists from abroad is the flagship program of the contemporary fine art exhibition series organised this autumn under the title Art Moments by Hybridart.
On 8th October (Saturday) the creative process can be seen in the framework of a live-painting program between 12:00 and 19:00. Following that, the opening event starts at 19:00 with music by SoulClap and Dj Suhaid.

Exhibition showing cardboard furniture, lamps, vases, as well as the storage units and accessories ready for mass production designed and handmade by TERBE DESIGN. The novelties debuting during Budapest Design Week are the new furniture family made of laminated cardboard and the Kartonflex sheathing panel that opens new dimensions in interior design.
The paper jewellery works of the 1st year BA metalworks students of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) based on experiments about perception and the proportions and mistune of the human body are also displayed.

Fables heard in our childhood leave a mark on each of us. Do we remember these stories? The three-dimensional illustrations of Gyöngyvér Gaál and the colourful jewels with Hungarian folk patterns designed by Klára Abaffy invoke memories of the carefree childhood years, while Kinga Huber's works recreate a magical dreamland.

The exhibition introduces the design, architecture and graphic design BA projects and five-year course diploma works of Sopron-based AMI (Institute of Applied Arts at the University of West Hungary). Glass and ceramic pieces made as a result of the cooperation between the Institute and the Kecskemét-based International Ceramics Studio represent a significant part of this year's exhibition.

The exhibition project expanding the online activities of the Designeast.eu portal shows a curated selection of contemporary design works from Central and Eastern Europe by means of 24 large format prints installed in the space of the code-decode showroom. The aim is to present to the public the works of professional and emerging designers originating in this specific and culturally very rich part of Europe.
In parallel with the Budapest exhibition the posters are also installed in the space of Prague Airport.
Further information: http://offline.designeast.eu/

Hedvig Harmati, leader of the Textile Design Faculty at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design talks with Piret Puppart, author of the book titled Estonian Folk Costumes and Fashion and some of the participants of the “Gombold újra!“ competition about the relationship between folk costumes and fashion.
The richly illustrated book containing English language captions and summary presents contemporary Estonian etno-fashion, the possible connections between age-long traditions and modern fashion design. Some of the clothes pictured in the book can be seen in the Manier Showroom until 31st October.

The exhibition is based on the unusual cooperation of The BétaVersion and Dombon-a-tanya, two designer groups with similar approaches, but working on different fields. Where is the borderline between fashion and everyday objects? How can tradition and contemporary design, nature and city lifestyle meet? The designers are looking for the answer to these questions. The result of their experiment that is also the autumn bag collection of TheBéta Version is showcased in the shop-window of Mono. The exhibition is being opened by Ildikó Simonovics fashion historian.

The exhibition first organised seven years ago presents the best assignment works and plans from the students of the industrial product and design engineering faculty of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. This year the focus is on the use of alternative energies and ecodesign.

Exhibition based on the recent works inspired by wines and vinification of the three designers of Silver Gallery. The colour of wine, the scent of barrells, the accessories wineries are reflected in the creations of Dóra Bartl, Orsolya Kecskés and László Marosi. In addition to attractive jewellery and masculin wine accessories, visitors can taste amazing wines. The exhibition will be open by the acclaimed chef, Viktor Segal.
Wine and art fans, let us harvest together at Silver Gallery!

Hg.hu Design Award is the first competition in Hungary awarding the best of the recently (after 1st January 2010) realised creative design works in five categories. For the first time in 2011 the works awarded by a jury of Hungarian and international experts are showcased in the framework of an exhibition organised in the Museum of Fine Arts, where the three best applicants from each of the five categories (architecture, fashion, graphical design, interactive design and product design) can be seen.

For the first time in the country the Hungarian Society of Textile Technology and Science (TMTE) announced a working clothes design competition, for which professional designers and students could send in their works in two categories. The aim of the competition was to find new approaches to working clothes design and to inspire and develop high standard clothing at the workplace.
Award ceremony. 6th Oct. 16:00, Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Closing ceremony: 8th Oct. 17:00, lecture of Kriszta Csala, design and art theory expert.
Further information: www.tmte.hu

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 history of the experimental Óbuda housing estate developed in the beginning of the 1960s presents the essence of one of the possible solutions for the post-war housing shortage. The small apartments featured several novelties in the field of floor-plans and interior design, while the use of built-in furniture opened a new chapter in the history of interior decoration. The aim of Kiscelli Museum's exhibition is the presentation of certain buildings and interiors of the housing estate, as well as its residents with the help of original documents, architectural plans, photos, films and sound recordings.
The exhibition is accompanied with lectures and different museum programs. Further information: www.btm.hu

University students chosen in the framework of the OCTOPOLY – Design wisely! workshop designed and built the communal spaces of this year's Sziget Festival's Multi-Arts Site. The exhibition presents how students arriving from different faculties (architecture, media design, graphic design, textile design, landscape-architecture, industrial design, design and art management) solved the problems and become a cooperative team thinking, working, designing and building together.

6th October 18:00
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Prominent representatives of the Hungarian design sphere and students participating at the workshop discuss how the workshop managed to underline the role of design in responsible and environment-conscious thinking, whether enough attention was paid to concepts and objects promoting sustainable development during the planning and the building process.

8th October 8. afternoon
CITY WALK
With the help of the Ferencváros Community Foundation the objects were taken to the schools of the 9th district after the Sziget Festival. In the framework of the city walk the creations can be seen in their new environments.

Detailed program: facebook.com/octopoly, medencecsoport.hu

Stories from Central Europe displays a selection of used functional objects revived with subtle contemporary interventions by Tom Sloan, industrial designer.
Part of the opening event is a public talk by Tom Sloan, Creative Director of Blood Mountain Productions and Jade Niklai, Director of the Blood Mountain Foundation to discuss the broader ambitions of Bthe Blood Mountain collective and why “Stories from Central Europe” is timely and crucial in defining Hungary’s contemporary design culture.
The talks are in English and free!
Blood Mountain (BM) is a creative collective comprising a non-profit arts organisation, Blood Mountain Foundation (BMF) and a design and communications agency, Blood Mountain Productions (BMP). Based in Budapest and working at the intersection of art, architecture and design, BM’s mission is to generate new discourse and to encourage the production of new work through design projects, curatorial and educational programs, artists’ residencies and by participating in external exhibitions and events. BM’s participation in the 2011 Budapest Design Week is the first collaboration between the two partnership organisations, which were founded in 2009 by Hungarian-born curator Jade Niklai and Australian industrial designer, Tom Sloan. For more information about BMP’s practice and BMF’s program visit our website: bloodmountain.org.

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.

At the special Graffiti and Street Art event visitors can experience the exciting and sometimes surprisingly creative world of the streets and walls of the capital. During the one-day opening program some of Budapest's well-known street artists work on the walls of Vakum Gallery to make a complex piece of art by the end of the day. At the same time an exhibition from the works of contemporary street artists open in the gallery, while a DJ and light projections entertain visitors.

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.

At the exhibition jewels are presented in photos, as themselves and in installations from the approach of four artists:
Réka Lőrincz, Flóra Vági, Fanni Vékony jewellery designer and Áron Arion Kudász photographer.
„Jewellery as known, worn, loved in Budapest. Jewellery as designed, made, dreamed by the artists.”
Additional program: “NEWS” on 9th October at 16:00

„Quo Vadis? – Designing the future” was the slogan of this year's workshop where students from Hungary and abroad, practising designers and participants interested in the profession were looking for the answers to the following questions: What is the methodology of design? What is the secret of good design? Why is one design more viable than another?
Different sections were organised: The appeal of the place / Form and culture, The appeal of the material / Form and Technology, The effect of sensibility / Form and function, The appeal of space / Function and space, The appeal of feelings / Form and meaning.