Share your idea about the future of cities and win 10 000 EUR
Urban Futures Studio announced the start of the international Post-Fossil City contest, which is aimed at designers, architects and other creative thinkers and doers, who would like to envision the city in a post-fossil era. Anyone with a creative idea for the post-fossil city can enter the competition, professionals and students are encouraged to do so. Submissions of any shape or form are welcome, which includes illustrations, design, 3D models, video, audio, soundscapes, music, installations, interventions, prototypes, and so on, without any limitations given from the organizers. The proposal may describe either the city as a whole, or a particular aspect thereof.
Participate in the competition of the 12th edition of Design Parade
Villa Noailles announced the beginning of their annual competition aimed at young designers within the framework of the Design Parade festival in Hyères.
The winner is awarded the Grand Prix Design Parade, which includes a research scholarship of one year at Sèvres – Cité de la céramique, a research scholarship of one year at CIRVA – International Glass and Arts Research Centre in Marseille, a grant of 5000 EUR,a personal exhibition at the villa Noailles during Design Parade 13, in July 2018, a series of exhibitions in Europe in 2019, a personal exhibition at espace d’art Le Moulin in La Valette-du-Var in July 2019. Read More…
The seventh edition of Jumpthegap with prizes of € 26 000
Jumpthegap is an international design contest, initiated by Roca and Barcelona Design Centre and dating back to 2004, that is looking for innovative, sustainable bathroom concepts. The contest is addressed to young designers and architects, as well as students in both areas with ingenious ideas for new products, space use or functions, etc. Read More…
PERSONAL GEOMETRY: human-centered bicycles
The newest project of RADEV – for unique bike frames, designed to meet any requirement, need or wish of the owner – has recently launched a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter. To reach its goal of €285,000 the studio has 22 days left. Support them to receive one of the great prizes, they have put together for each backer. Read More…
Register in the international package design competition Young Package 2017
Recently the theme of the 22nd edition of the international package design competition Young Package – Open & Play – was announced.
Open & Play seeks packaging that will protect products but will also create an unforgettable unwrapping experience for the consumer. Young Package 2017 are looking for designs that will push the existing boundaries of packaging design into the realms of interactive objects, games, or happenings. The ones willing to register should prove that even protective packaging can be fun! Read More…
SKOPJE DESIGN WEEK 2016
Sixth edition of Skopje Design Week this year will be held from 23rd to 27th November at the Center of design Public Room in Skopje.
Considering the intensive development of the individual designers’ initiatives and practices in the region in the last couple of years, the motto of the sixth edition of Skopje Design Week is Blooming Makers and aims to additionally encourage and support the young aspiring brands to better establish themselves on domestic and foreign markets. Among the more recognizable Blooming makers this year are: Rinocca, We and Nature and Almost Furniture by the Bulgarian design and architecture studio dontDIY featured earlier this year during ONE DESIGN WEEK in Plovdiv. Read More…
Render Design Residency Announces Open Call for Product Designers
Joy Mardini Design Gallery in association with Beirut Art Residency (BAR) has announced the Open Call for the inaugural edition of render design residency in Beirut. This project aims to foster experimentation and collaboration between local and international designers. Read More…
SIX HIGHLIGHTS | SIX PROJECTS
ONE DESIGN WEEK shows it’s biggest international projects, which took part in this year’s edition, in VIVACOM Art Hall (Sofia, 4 General Yosif V. Gourko St) between 7th and 16th July combined in an exhibition called SIX HIGHLIGHTS | SIX PROJECTS. The selected projects will let the audience from Sofia see everything which it missed out on during the last edition of the festival. Read More…
Today is the game with the Design Objects
Visit all design locations and recieve a stamp at the entrance in order to qualify for the ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016 raffle. The locations are marked with information boards, each with their own number. Exact addresses and working hours can be found on the pages for the stamps. Each visitor can participate with a booklet by writing their full name, telephone number and e-mail address.
Booklets with all stamps collected can be submitted at the ONE Foundation office (Hristo Dyukmedjiev 10) on June 19th from 10:00 to 16:30. The raffle ceremony will begin at 17:00.
Sunday Design
Programme Highlights:
16:00 – 19:00 > LOCAL FOOD DESIGN, food market / Festival Hub, 14 Zagreb Str
12:00 -13:30 > MOODBOARDING – CREATING A MOOD BOARD FOR A BRAND, workshop / Sound Trap, 1 Bratya Pulevi Str
13:30 – 14:00 > HOW CAN WE LIVE A LITTLE KINDER? IKEA DEMOCRATIC DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING , presentation / 1 Kozhuharska Str, оn the corner of Zlatarska Str and P. Kurtevich Str
14:00 -15:00 > HOW CAN WE LIVE A LITTLE KINDER? IKEA DEMOCRATIC DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING, workshop/ 1 Kozhuharska Str, оn the corner of Zlatarska Str and P. Kurtevich Str
17:00 -18:30 > Design Objects Game, design raffle / ONE Foundation office Hristo Dyukmedjiev 10
18:30 – 19:00 > SOUND ON INTUITION, demonstration / Hristo Dyukmedjiev 10 Str
Saturday Design
Programme Highlights:
10:00 – 19:00 > ONE DESIGN WEEK FORUM / House of culture “Boris Hristov”, 15 Gladston Str
10:00 – 19:00 > See_Mo, installation / House of culture “Boris Hristov”, 15 Gladston Str
11:00 – 19:00 > LOCAL FOOD DESIGN, food market / Festival Hub, 14 Zagreb Str
22:00 – 23:00 > “MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT” , Fashion-show / Club Void Read More…
Friday Design
Programme Highlights:
10:30 -17:00 > CYANOPROM, workshop / Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
11:00 – 19:00 > LOCAL FOOD DESIGN, food market / Festival Hub, 14 Zagreb Str
15:30 – 16:00 > DESIGN CANBERRA, presentation / Lotos hall, “Hr.G.Danov” 34 str
16:15 – 17:00 > PRESS HERE, presentation / Lotos hall, “Hr.G.Danov” 34 str Read More…
Thursday Design
Programme Highlights:
16:00 – 17:00 > Plovdiv Design Walks, tour /Office One Foundation for Culture and Art, ул. Хр. Дюкмеджиев 10, Пловдив
17:30 – 18:00 > YOUNG PACKAGE, presentation / Lotos hall, “Hr.G.Danov” 34 str
18:15 – 18:45 > ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR, presentation / Lotos hall, “Hr.G.Danov” 34 str
19:00 – 19:30 > GIVING FORM TO LIFE, presentation / Lotos hall, “Hr.G.Danov” 34 str
„-Can I help you?“, ask the speakers of ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016’s forum
On June 18, Plovdiv welcomes leading professionals from the realm of design.
“Design that helps. Design that is innovative and alternative. Design that changes lives and worlds. Design which is open and accessible to all. Design that serves society “- these are the main themes of this year’s professional forum, part of the international festival ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016.
Wednesday design
Programme Highlights:
10:00 – 12:00 > WORKSHOP FOR SENIOR LADIES, workshop / Military Club, ul. “Ivan Vazov”2
14:00 – 17:00 > DESIGNING POLICY FOR A BETTER SOCIETY, lecture/ Lotos hall, “Hr.G.Danov” 34 str
14:00 – 16:00 > Adriaan de Man, workshop/ Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
Children’s Programme:
14:30 – 16:30 > WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, workshop/ Hobby center Klamer, ul. “Tsar Ivan Aleksander” 20
More to see:
Eisuke Tachikawa – The influence of the design on the society is inevitable
The talented Japanese designer, who is also one of the speakers in this year’s ONE DESIGN WEEK, shared a few words with Bulevard.bg about the social role of design nowadays.
Eisuke Tachikawa is part of the new generation of Japanese designers and a founder of NOSIGNER – a multi-disciplinary design studio. Mozilla chose him as a designer of their latest office in Japan. The professional portfolio of NOSIGNER is diverse – visual identities and campaigns for big cultural institutions, product and interior design, and art installations.
Tuesday Design
Programme Highlights:
10:00 – 12:00 > WORKSHOP FOR SENIOR LADIES, workshop / Military Club, ul. “Ivan Vazov”2
14:00 – 16:00 > Gerard Jasperse, workshop/ Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
16:00 – 17:00 >Plovdiv Design Walks , walks / Office One Foundation for Culture and Art, ул. Хр. Дюкмеджиев 10, Пловдив
16:30 – 19:30 > OCCUPATION DESIGNER – MYTHS AND LEGENDS, lecture/ Lotos hall, “Hr.G.Danov” 34 str
Children’s Programme:
14:30 – 16:30 > WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, workshop/ Hobby center Klamer, ul. “Tsar Ivan Aleksander” 20
The workshops till the end of the festival
1/ Bulgarian ordinariеties | Dutch oddities
14.06, 14:00 – 16:00
Gerard Jasperse focuses on documenting and transforming tradition into a component of mass popular culture, through the creation of a doll, which has all the formal attributes of a Kuker.
2/ Workshop for senior ladies
15.06, 10:00 – 12:00
Niki Collier and Tanya Stancheva (TANNE design studio) will lead the workshop. For many years they have been involved in creating items, clothes and accessories made from natural materials.
Designing policy for a better society
The Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund) is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 that actively supports the development and implementation of policies aimed at the development of a modern society based on knowledge, innovation and information technology. Since 2014 ARC Fund has been part of the initiative “Design for Europe” of the European Commission led by Design Council UK, which aims to stimulate use of design in innovation policies and build capacity for its implementation both in the public and private sectors.
Design On Monday
Programme Highlights:
17:00 – 18:00 > DIPLOMATIC SHORTCUTS, workshop / Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
11:00 – 19:00 > LOST IN TRANSLATION, workshop / Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
Children’s Programme:
11:00 – 17:00 > RED PAPER PLANE / City Art Gallery – Encho Pironkov, 1 Vasil Kunchev Str
Monday Design
Programme Highlights:
14:00-16:00 > Metal matters, workshop / Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
17:00 – 18:00 > DIPLOMATIC SHORTCUTS, presentation, workshop / Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
19:00 – 20:00 > Werkplaats Typografie, presentation, workshop / Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
Children’s Programme:
11:00 – 13:00 > RED PAPER PLANE, talks/ City Art Gallery – Encho Pironkov, 1 Vasil Kunchev Str
17:00 – 18:30 > RED PAPER PLANE, workshop/ City Art Gallery – Encho Pironkov, 1 Vasil Kunchev Str
Free Plovdiv Tour & ONE DESIGN WEEK – design tour
The eighth edition of One Design Week 2016 brings a wide variety of interesting events taking place throughout the city. A unique example of this are the two design tours that were specially created by our partners from the Free Plovdiv Tour.
We invite you June 14th and 16th at 16.00 to take part in the Plovdiv Design Walks and to see some of the exhibitions of the ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016 program located in the Kapana Creative District / Kapana – a quarter of the creative industries. Expect surprises and be prepared for questions while viewing the locations.
Start: June 14, 16:00 / June 16 16:00
Office ONE Foundation for Culture and Arts, Ul. Hristo Dyukmedjiev 10, Kapana
Design on Sunday
Programme Highlights:
10:00 – 16:00 > PERISCOPE SITUATION, installation / Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
11:00 – 19:00 > CHECK-POINT, installation / Hristo Dyukmedzhiev Str and Zlatarska Str,
Children’s Programme:
11:00 – 13:00 > PLAY WITH IGRALO AND ARDUINO, / City Art Gallery – Encho Pironkov, 1 Vasil Kunchev Str
15:00 – 17:00 > THE GG SISTERS WOSKSHOP / City Art Gallery – Encho Pironkov, 1 Vasil Kunchev Str
Sunday design
Programme Highlights:
10:00 – 16:00 > PERISCOPE SITUATION, installation/ Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
10:00 – 18:00 > breadedEscalope, workshop / Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
11:00 – 12:30 > Etsy Skill Sharing, talks/ artnewscafe, Otec Paisii 38 Str, 4000 Plovdiv
11:00 – 19:00 > CHECK-POINT, installation / Hristo Dyukmedzhiev Str and Zlatarska Str
12:00 – 13:00 > MY CITY, MY VIBE: STICKERS TRIP AROUND THE WORLD , presentation / Sound Trap 1 Bratya Pulevi Str
13:00 – 14:00 > DESIGN BOOKERY BY LIDL , presentation / near City Art Gallery, Stanislav Dospevski Str
14:00 -16:00 > КО-МИКСЕР, workshop / Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
15:00 – 16:00 > SKOPJE POSTER FESTIVAL, presentation / House of culture “Boris Hristov”, 15 Gladston Str
17:30 – 18:30 > MIXED IDENTITIES , presentation / City Art Gallery – Temporary exposition, 15 Knyaz Alexander Batenberg Str
18:30 – 19:00 > LAVA LEMONADE, presentation / Artnewscafe, Otec Paisii 38 Str, 4000 Plovdiv
Children’s Programme:
11:00 – 13:00 > PLAY WITH IGRALO AND ARDUINO, / City Art Gallery – Encho Pironkov, 1 Vasil Kunchev Str
15:00 – 17:00 > THE GG SISTERS WOSKSHOP / City Art Gallery – Encho Pironkov, 1 Vasil Kunchev Str
International Festival ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016 Begins
Seven installations located throughout different parts of the city show why design matters.
The eighth edition of the international festival of contemporary design and visual culture began on June 10th in Plovdiv, and will continue until the 19th June. The festival will present over 300 artists from all over the world addressing the diversity of contemporary design from all possible aspects. This year the festival, which is organized by the “One Foundation for Culture and Arts” in partnership with the Municipality of Plovdiv and “America for Bulgaria Foundation”, and a general partnership Programista ;, with the support of Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019, explores contemporary design – its multiple dimensions and the impact that has on our lives.
LIDL OPENS TEMPORARY LIBRARY OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN
Design Bookery will offer over 100 books of contemporary design at One Design Week
From June 10th to 19th the eighth edition of One Design Week will take place in Plovdiv. The theme of the festival this year is “- Can I Help You?” and the main sponsor of the event, Lidl is answering the open ended question posed. During the festival, guests can visit the Design Bookery – a library of contemporary design whose purpose is to give more inspiration to both design professionals and amateurs.
Design on Saturday
Programme Highlights:
10:00 – 19:00 > YARN BOMBING, intervention /Kopchetata, “Stefan Stambolov” Square
10:00 – 16:00 > PERISCOPE SITUATION, installation /Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
11:00 – 19:00 > LAVA LEMONADE, installation /Artnewscafe, 38 Оtets Paisy
11:00 – 19:00 > CHECK-POINT, installation /Hristo Dyukmedzhiev Str and Zlatarska Str,
Children’s Programme:
14:00 to 16:00 > ODD OBJECTS, workshop / City Art Gallery – Encho Pironkov, 1 Vasil Kunchev Str
Design on Saturday
Programme Highlights:
10:00 – 16:00 > PERISCOPE SITUATION, installation /Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
11:00 – 19:00 > LAVA LEMONADE, installation /Artnewscafe, 38 Оtets Paisy
11:00 – 19:00 > CHECK-POINT, installation /Hristo Dyukmedzhiev Str and Zlatarska Str,
Design on Friday
Programme Highlights:
18:00 – 22:00 > OPENING ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016 /Office One Foundation for Culture and Art, 10 Hr.Dyukmedjiev St.
22:00 > OPENING ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016 / Club VOID, Ul. Athanasius Samokovetsa 2
More to See:
10:00 to 19:00 > “- CAN I HELP YOU?”, exhibition /Office One Foundation for Culture and Art, ul. Hristo Dyukmedjiev 10,
11:00 to 19:00 > 100 DAYS OF NEED AND GREED, exhibition /Point Blank, ul. Kozhuharska 6
9:30 – 18:00 > ALMOST, exhibition /City Art Gallery – Mexican Art, 11 Artin Gidikov St
11:00 – 19:00 > BLOCTOWN, exhibition /Open Arts Foundation, 36 Otets Paisiy Str
11:00 – 17:00 > BULGARIAN ORDINARITIES | DUTCH ODDITIES, exhibition / Kino Kosmos, 48 Gladston Str
11:00 – 19:00 > ENABLED FOR THE DISABLED, exhibition /House of culture “Boris Hristov”, 15 Gladston Str
11:00 – 19:00 > 3D PRINTING FOR EVERYDAY, exhibition / B2N, 18 Zhelezarska Str
11:00 – 19:00 > LIVE A LITTLE KINDER: IKEA DEMOCRATIC DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING, exhibition /1 Kozhuharska Str, оn the corner of Zlatarska Str and P. Kurtevich Str Read More…
The artists from Materiality Brutality project talk about their work on the project
Video by Vladislav Sevov
The project intends to present the alternative and emerging face of Nordic Design, while collectively exploring new approaches in the use of materials. We have sought out designers from Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden who challenge established norms of design through their work, allowing curiosity and possibility to lead the way.
The artist are working on the project Materiality Brutality
The results from the collaborative work of the designers from the project Materiality Brutality are finally comming together. After some serious amounts of mixing, casting and polishing our guests are becoming real concrete experts. With the kind help of Superabrasive we also got some beautifully polished surfaces.
Looking forward to sharing our results with you very soon!
Еxhibitions | ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016
In 2016 the exhibitions within the international festival of design and visual culture ONE DESIGN WEEK, taking place in Plovdiv between June 10th and 19th, will present the work of 195 foreign and 132 Bulgarian artists. Among the guests will be some of the most famous names in contemporary design, and Bulgarian design will be worthily represented by both new and well established names.
The exhibitions include a variety of topics and techniques selected to give the audience an up close look at all the facets of modern design (graphic, technology, exhibitions, gaming, product, social, political, textile, poster, print, design of food, etc.), providing the opportunity for a first hand and fresh look at the global trends in the sector.
Results from Competition #03 Jubilee Poster: 50 from the Launch of Bombichka
Design competition “Jubilee poster: 50th years from the Launch of Bombichka” has wrapped up with a great success – a total of 250 posters from 125 Bulgarian designers made the selection of the 12 finalists extremely challenging.
On Tuesday, 07.06.2016, the jury members Theodore Nesterov (Brand Manager of Shumensko), Maria Milusheva (Creative Director, Noble Graphics), Joys Stefanova (specialist Advertising and Marketing, ONE DESIGN WEEK), hereby announce:
The participants in Mixed Identities Project
ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016 introduces to the public in Plovdiv (both citizens and visitors), 6 designers from the Visegrad countries – Lenka Srsnova (Slovakia), Bence Pasztor and David Tarcali from Studio Nomad (Hungary), Martyna Golik (Poland), Pavla Nesverova (Czech Republic) и Klara Sumova (Czech Republic).
The festival will not only introduce the abovementioned authors (each of which has a very distinctive and specific style), but will also present them with the opportunity to exhibit and recreate their own culture, traditions, customs and identity (in the broadest sense of the word) through Bulgarian forms and methods. The project will stress the unique points of view of the authors who will question and review the notion behind local identity through, on the one hand, mutual collaboration with each other, and on the other, collaboration with the local context and the Bulgarian culture. In this manner they will continuously research / discover / lose / rediscover the strands of their own mixed Visegrad identity – equally formally homogenous and heterogeneous in its contents.
The project MIXED IDENTITIES began in April with a 4-day workshop, when the participants visited Plovdiv, Bulgaria. There the participants had an initial introduction both to one another and to the location where their collaborative work will be realized. The participants – Lenka Srsnova (Словакия), Studio Nomad (Hungary), Martyna Golik (Poland), Pavla Nesverova (Czech Republic) и Klara Sumova (Czech Republic) – will present their ideas on the cross-flow of overlapping cultural currents which bridge the four Visegrad countries. The participants will further become the authors of a collaborative narrative, which will question the notions of identity, tradition, community, nation, and etc. in order to discover new dimensions of and definitions for them – broader and more inclusive in comparison to the current ones.
Within the timeframe of the project the designers experimented with a traditional Bulgarian textile technique in collaboration with a local factory. The factory in turn developed a prototype inspired by the ideas of the participants, at the end of the said period. This will ensure the materialization of the creations resulting from the collaboration between the designers.
The produced prototypes will be presented in an exhibition as part of ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016 between the 10th and the 19th of June. Furthermore, a special presentation describing the design process will be held.
MIXED IDENTITIES is realized with the kind support of the International Visegrad Fund.
ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016 presents 195 foreign and 132 Bulgarian artists
This year’s edition of the festival explores contemporary design – its multiple dimensions and the impact that has on our lives.
The eighth edition of the international festival of contemporary design and visual culture ONE DESIGN WEEK, which takes place in Plovdiv between June 10th and 19th will present the diverse realms of contemporary design within 24 exhibitions; an international professional forum with lectures by world-famous names in design;
Opening of the exhibition “The design that changes”
Come tomorrow (01.06) at the opening of the exhibition “The design that changes” which will be the only event organized together with betahaus Sofia part of the programme of ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016 which will take place in Sofia. The exhibition is a result of our design contest which was an invitation for all artists who were inspired by the festival’s theme this year: ” – Can I Help You?”. The participants were supposed to present their creation/idea which demonstrates how design helps the business, the environment and the world and why it is a necessity today.
Take part in DIPLOMATIC SHORTCUTS workshop
ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016 starts in couple of weeks and days before the start of the festival for contemporary design and visual culture between 5-12th of June, you have the chance to participate in Diplomatic Shortcuts workshop. The German designer Johannes Tolk, together with his colleague Doris Wietfeldt will run the Diplomatic Shortcuts workshop.
Interview with Raya Stefanova
Interview by kafene.bg with Raya Stefanova – artistic director of ONE DESIGN WEEK festival of design and visual culture.
What is new this year in ONE DESIGN WEEK?
For the eighth edition of the festival of contemporary design and visual culture ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016 (10 to 19 June 2016, Plovdiv) we deliberately chose the ambiguous title “- Can I help you?”. The title is subject to interpretation, and aims to create a dialogue with the audience. Regardless of age, social status, or profession, everyone can understand it in their own way and the answer would always be correct. The choice of the theme of the festival is directly related to one of our main goals – to reach the widest possible audience. “- Can I help you?” Is both a question and an open invitation for conversation between designers and the people they serve – all of us.
What are the aims of the festival and how you measure success?
Local Food Design 2016
The bazaar LOCAL FOOD DESIGN 2016 is a new initiative of LOCAL FOOD Foundation, to be held during the festival One Design Week with the support of America for Bulgaria Foundation and the Municipality of Plovdiv.
Dates: June 17 – 19
Location: “Magura” Str. & “Bratya Pulievi ” Str. in the neighborhood Kapana / Plovdiv
Media partners: Farmer BG – Social Network Bulgarian farmers, mediacafe.bg, Organichno.kom – Organichno.com, Pod Tepeto (www.podtepeto.com)
Raya Stefanova and Maria Micheva of ONE DESIGN WEEK
Interview from Boyscout.
Raya Stefanova and Maria Micheva are two of the most promising new faces in the family of ONE DESIGN WEEK.. The festival, back for another edition in Plovdiv in the first half of June, has for several years been trying to not only present the most interesting of the world of design and local savvy, but also to make the topic of design accessible to all. The graduate of Design Academy Eindhoven, Raya Stefanova has caught the eye of Boyscout, boasting a pretty interesting collection of exhibitions and projects behind her, she has boldly entered into her role as art director of One Design Week 2016. For her part, the graphic designer Maria Micheva offers her huge enthusiasm for typography and language and thus leant her skilled hands to create the visual identity of the event from the picturesque Dutch town of Arnhem, where she completed her master’s degree.
Alice Rawsthorn
Alice Rawsthorn in the Ed Fornieles exhibition at Chisenhale Gallery, where she chairs the board of trustees.
Photography: Michael Leckie
The critic Alice Rawsthorn explains how the delicate and intelligent use of design is able to reverse the worst of situations
Interview by Studio Komplekt for Capital Light
Alice Rawsthorn is among the pioneer critics of design and through her publications, lectures and performances she has managed to change the attitude of state institutions and the global community toward the discipline. She writes for the international edition of the New York Times and the respected journal for contemporary art, Frieze. She held a lecture on the role of design at the TED Conference and at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Alice Rawsthorn manages to explain how design touches all aspects of life. She is one of our professional role models and it is with great respect and admiration that we made an interview with her for the latest issue of Capital LIGHT.
ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016 FORUM
The culmination of this year’s international festival of design and visual culture ONE DESIGN WEEK (June 10-19) is the professional forum which will be held on June 18 at the House of Culture “Boris Hristov”, Plovdiv. The event is dedicated to design in all its diversity. World renowed names from the contemporary design scene will arrive in Bulgaria for the event and present their interpretation of the festival’s main theme – “Can I help you?”, which explores design as a tool that gives shape to every aspect of our lives. Read More…
contest#03: Jubilee poster: 50 years from the launch of Bombichka
On account of its 50th jubilee, Bombichkata (literally the bomb) returns in its original style – the emblematic bottle and the original taste of Shumensko Specialty Brew. In order to celebrate in a proper manner, Shumensko, in collaboration with ONE DESIGN WEEK, invites all visual artists to get inspired by the 60s and the 70s and to join in the creation of a series of anniversary posters.
Prize: 12 monetary rewards and a lot of other surprises
Dates: 17.05.2016 – 05.06.2016
Contact: plakat@onedesignweek.com
Rules: download
Additional materials: download
CONTEST #02 “THE DESIGN WHICH CHANGES”
One Design Week 2016 and betahaus Sofia are searching for the design which makes a change. Take part in the competition/exhibition and show how design influences our world and makes it better.
Award: exhibition
Dates: 09.05.2016 – 23.05.2016
Contact: betacafe@betahaus.bg
CONTEST#01: MAIKO MILA!LOGO
The new blog Maiko Mila, in collaboration with the international festival for contemporary design and visual culture ONE DESIGN WEEK, launches a contest for the design of the website’s new logo.
Prize: 700 leva
Period for applications: 09.05.2016 – 09.06.2016
Contact: maikomilabg@gmail.com
Design Talks #01: Matylda Krzykowski
Under The Line begins series of interviews and meets some of the participants in the international festival for contemporary design and visual culture – ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016. Read More…
Can you help us?
The Festival starts in a month and we can`t wait to meet our new volunteers. This year`s edition of ONE DESIGN WEEK will once again be very exciting, interesting and different. No chance you will be bored. We work in the fast lane. Sometimes we are nervous or irritated and the very next moment we laugh together. Tired after a hard successful day`s work, we enjoy a beer together. To reach our goals we need creative, responsible and positive people like you to help us. Read More…
Дизайнери от вишеградските страни участват в ONE DESIGN WEEK 2016
Международният фестивал за съвременен дизайн и визуална култура ONE DESIGN WEEK посреща в Пловдив шестима дизайнери от вишеградските страни – Ленка Срснова (Словакия), Бенс Пазтор и Давид Таркали от Studio Nomad (Унгария), Мартина Голик (Полша), Павла Нешверова (Чехия) и Клара Шумова (Чехия), предоставяйки им възможност да експериментират с традиционни български текстилни техники. Read More…
ONE DESIGN WEEK Forum
On June 18th, 2016, the professional design forum of the festival will be held at the House of Culture “Boris Hristov” (Ul. Gladstone 15). The lecturers feature leading experts in multiple fields of design presenting a holistic perspective of design and its possibilities. Design that helps; design that is innovative and alternative; design that changes lives and worlds; design that is open and accessible to all. Read More…
Comics & Caricatures
In 2016 we present to you a vision, created by Maria Mitcheva (MA Werkplaats Typografie / The Netherlands). The starting point of the new look is the different internal structure of the festival, i.e. the re-orientation towards and embracing of new fields / topics / audiences / ideas / interpretations, which though often looking chaotically scattered, are actually diligently ordered within a concrete framework.
Romanian Design Week 2016
This year from 20th of May till 5th of June our neighbours from Romania are organizing the 4th edition of Romanian Design Week.
Romanian Design Week, the biggest multidisciplinary event in Romania, dedicated to the creative industries, presented by The Institute, will take place from May 20th to June 5th. The fourth edition of Romanian Design Week will present Architecture, Product design, Fashion, Hybrid Design, Industrial Design and Graphic design’s best projects of the last year. The central exhibition will feature 150 Romanian designers. Read More…
The deadline for the Open Call has passed
The deadline for the open call for One Design Week has passed. Thank you everyone for your courage and that you have challenged your imagination and have sent us your proposals. We are happy to say that we have received 57 project from Bulgaria and abroad. The proposals came from designers, artists, organizations and students, who have used the theme “Can I help you?” to create their ideas for seminars, lectures, interventions, campaigns, workshops and many more. Undoubtedly it would be very hard for us to make a choice, but the selection begins. We will get in touch with the selected authors till 30.03.2016. Thank you again for the activity and the creativity!
– Can I help you?
Design is powerful tool that gives shape to almost every aspect of our life. It molds the tangible and intangible at all scales – from the spoon to the city – being an inherent part of our everyday: work, free time, traffic, buildings, communication, food production, waste management and even our relationships. In this manner designers nowadays play a valuable role in the reconfiguration of society.
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