Exhibitions

The interactive installations combining technology and art were created at the Creative Technology Lab by former and present students of MOME. In the interdisciplinary workshop founded at the Media Institute one year ago, the new possibilities of audiovisual communication are being researched. The creations displayed at the exhibition transform physical, spatial movements into digital images. Moving around the space of the gallery, visitors become active parts of the projects creating personal experiences of the exhibition.

What becomes to the material after changing weight group? Concrete based rampage in the world of the layers worn on our bodies: exhibition and fair of clothing bringing the results of the miniature experimental and routine concreting from the workshop to the display case.
“Ideas they come, always come. FOUNDED ON YOU.”
Slogan: Never be scared to experiment, my son!

Each and every product of the Italian furniture manufacturer of great reputation is a real piece of art, made with attentive workmanship. The Evergreen collection based on recycling materials is one of the novelties of 2010 – it showcases chiseled leather-work sofas, decent tables and luring accessories with special details. The exhibition is a great opportunity for the wide audience to get to know the works of the start guest of this year's Budapest Design Week.

Higher education in design started sixteen years ago at Sopron based AMI (Institute of Applied Arts at the University of West Hungary). In the framework of Budapest Design Week the educational institution showcases the best of the 2010 BA projects and the five-year course diploma works. The design, graphic design and architecture departments got the 1st place in 2008 and the 2nd in 2009 on the top art universities list of HVG, the biggest selling Hungarian weekly focusing on economy, politics and society. The institution has both BA and MA courses in all three fields, offers prep courses and its PhD school is in the preparation phase.

An exhibition in the be light! and do work! Lánchíd street showroom of the unique carpets of Judit Gulyás master degree textile designer made of New Zealand wool with a method called hand-tufting. In her opening lecture the artist presents how organic carpets overstep the role they play on the floor and become part of the architectural context as counterpoints of metal and stone structures.

Traveling exhibition organised from the works of the industrial product and design engineering faculty of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. A colourful selection from the works of the graduates.

Marianne Bara has been designing hats for 18 years, during which time she has combined classic forms with her own world of fantasies. She designs individual as well as small scale pieces, as making a model that can be worn on weekdays is at least as much of a challenge as creating headgear for special occasions. The unique, handmade hats of her new collection are displayed at the shop-window exhibition.

The at that time only 17-year old Ingvar Kamprad founded his business in the south of Sweden in 1943. In the beginning IKEA was selling many things. The furniture produced by local manufacturers in the woods close to Ingvar's home became part of the product-range in 1947.
The first IKEA store in Budapest was opened in 1990 on Örs vezér square. IKEA's business philosophy quickly became popular in Hungary, as well: well-designed, practical products for people from all walks of life at an affordable price. During these past 20 years IKEA created a culture, a lifestyle, a common “language” while giving more pleasurable homes for millions of people and also more pleasurable everyday living in Hungary.
The interactive exhibition organised for this year's Budapest Design Week is an opportunity for celebration, for remembering and to take a glance into the development of design approachable for all from 1990 till today. As design is not for design's sake, but a fundamental tool that can make people's lives simpler, better, more complete.
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LEXON has been creating personal objects for almost 20 years with the aim of altering the perception of one’s living or working space, redefining everyday life. Even though mostly focusing on business gifts, the company has been changing that field in a humble and definitely joyful manner, which has also been appreciated by MoMA, the Pompidou Center and other respected institutions. In the framework of Budapest Design Week, the Hungarian distributor Oppala Kft. exhibits an exciting selection focusing on the most recent collection designed by Karim Rashid.

Exciting insights into Mercedes-Benz's new design philosophy wait to be discovered at the outstanding exhibition. Rarely shown concept- and research cars, SLS AMG the new super sports car, and their development processes are revealed. Not only technology, but beauty, sensuality, as well as modernity are also represented – aspects shaping the identity of Mercedes Benz. The design centre of the brand frequently teams up with Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest, the results of which, namely students' vehicle concept designs and their creative projects prepared for this very occasion make the exhibition even more exceptional.

The exhibition is a creation based on objects and words. A wider context of handmade everyday objects and their use is presented in relation to folk and popular culture, as well as handicraft and industrial design. Objects, design and manufacturing as a creative form of production, their differing folk and popular versions appear based on pieces from the collection of the Museum of Ethnography combined with the exhibition and interpretation of “guest” objects.
The exhibition can be visited with Museum of Ethnography tickets (adults: 1000 HUF, students: 500 HUF).

Social responsibility, environment-conscious thinking and approach are of exceptional importance in the field of object design. With the colourful exhibition of innovative creations, Hungarian designers and fine artists living in and outside of Hungary want to call the attention of the wide public to the importance of environmental protection. Evening gown made of waste bag, bicycle wheel sport shoes, wire fence corset, advertisement banner bag and PET bottle jewellery are all exhibited.

Antal Kelle's statue is a 1.5 metre bronze clod symbolising the endurance and interlocking of human diversity putting today's Europe and the entire world to the touch. It integrates the visual fragments of the three world religions' symbols and aims at accepting the diverse cultures. If we look at things from the perspective of other people we might see them differently, we might think differently. A symbolic form in the name of diversity and tolerance.

In the last decade we have experienced an amazingly fast development of the stylist profession in Hungary. What is more, these tirelessly renewing creative professionals have by now become indispensable – there are no glossies, no photo sessions, no fashion shows, no stylish spaces, nor spectacular gastronomic experiences without them. At Design Terminal's satellite exhibition stylists move to the forefront from the background and hand over their cards in the form of mini interiors drawing up their personal visions about the world of fashion and design.

No year can pass without at least one Miele product receiving some high level design recognition. The 111 year old German company produced the first commercially traded washing machine, as well as Europe's first electronic dish-washer. The history of the development of the brand and household devices is revealed by the pieces borrowed from the museum of Miele's Germany based headquarters. The collection of real rarities displays a wooden tub washing machine, a canister vacuum cleaner on skids and the first automatic household devices.

Watches have been among the most popular design products of the past few years. Time and its ingenious visualisation have inspired all the world's leading designers, among them Achille Castiglioni, Tibor Kálmán, Karim Rashid, Ross Lovegrove, Tokujin Yoshioka and many others... During the festival Aron Design Store becomes a „museum“ and displays a selection from some of the most successful design watches of the past years. During the exhibition the showcased watches can be tried and bought at a discount price.

Nubu's Home interior decoration collection debuts during this year's Budapest Design Week. One of Mono Fashion's shop-windows is furnished with pieces of the new product line. During the festival different interiors are displayed from Monday till Friday as five interior stylists pre-selected by a competition of 4szoba.hu redesign it day after day. You can vote for your favorite version on the Facebook profile of 4szoba.hu until October 31st 2010. The creator of the most popular interior will receive the Most Creative Interior Stylist of 2010 award and the accompanying precious prize, a study trip to iSaloni in Milan.

While organic materials, colours and forms influence our senses, we get a chance to discover objects and jewellery pieces that cross the borders of contemporary design, fine- and applied arts. After finishing her studies in Italy, the young Hungarian designer gained her Master’s degree at the Royal College of Art in London in 2008. Her works are on display in the most prestigious contemporary jewellery galleries across Europe and the United States. The wearable artworks are exhibited in G13 Art Gallery, a contemporary and modern art gallery of international standards.