A view on Bulgarian culture.
This year, ONE DESIGN WEEK presents four projects, and the corresponding workshops, from Dutch designers, which express a new take on motifs from the Bulgarian traditional patrimony.
It’s difficult to see the beauty of every day objects and habits. The view of a foreigner can show an another perspective and can help to understand everyday life, traditions, and culture. This presentation shows Bulgarian ordinarities which may be oddities for the Dutch.
With their project “Metal matters”, Jetske Visser and Michiel Martens introduce the public to their unusual printing technique, which consists of using both made and found rusted objects. For his project “Booklets”, Zep de Bruyn uses existing visual elements from Plovdiv’s urban environment, to create, with the participation of his workshop, a new series of printed publications. With the project “Kukeri”, Gerard Jasperse focuses on documenting and transforming tradition into a component of mass popular culture, through the creation of an action figure, which has all the formal attributes of a Kuker. Adriaan de Man, who’s behind the concept “Chushkopek and Electronics”, modifies the classic “chushkopek” and offers different variations.