BRANKOPOPOVICBLOG: It's all about humanity

7th international Łódź Design Festival
17 - 27 October 2013

In October I was in Łódź for FashionPhilosophy Fashion Week Poland and despite the busy schedule I got a last-minute chance to visit the Łódź Design Festival,
currently the most important international scale event focusing on design in Poland.
The festival started in 2007 and since than serves as a platform for arts communities with an interest in the broadly understood area of design and for businesses to exchange thoughts and experiences.
Different faces of design including industrial design, arts and crafts design, graphic design, architecture, or fashion are presented. The heart of Łódź Design Festival is the main programme comprising curated exhibitions, complemented and enhanced by an open, extensive accompanying programme.
Its highlights include: lectures by world known experts (which this year include Jurgen Bey and Deyan Sudjic), contests for young designers, and the portfolio review that brings together art school students and graduates and professionals (curators, designers and manufacturers) to enable the former to face off their ideas and get feedback.

Under the title 'It's all about humanity' this years edition has been divided into three theme's: Eating, Inhabitation and Empathy. The theme's are expressed through a great variety of projects and a very strong showcase of Polish design. It proves again that Poland is really up-and-coming in many fields.

Take a look at my selection with the picture report below.

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Inhabitation exhibtion

"Otukak" - Justyna Mach

"Wake-up Light" Georg Hagenauer

"Cukeriada" - Aleksandra Orchowska and Krystian Kulesza

"Embrace Infant Warmer" - Jane Chen

Gabriela Kowalska

Marta Rowińska, Lech Rowiński

Agnieszka Bar, Karina Marusińska (WZOROWO)

Tomasz Opania

Piotr Grad

Diana Zięba

Magdalena Lamch

Jarosław Sieka

Klaudia Ścigalska

Michał Włodarczyk

Adam Kaczmarek

Food | Design | Humanity
curators: Sonja Stummerer i Martin Hablesreiter

Marta Szostek

Hungry Planet - What the World Eats?
Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio

The Wishing Table - Michael Vasku

Collection "Virus" and "Peony"
jewellery by ZORYA

Lady's Shoe - Katerina Bicakova
Men's Shoe - Katerina Zemanova

Agata Krawczyk

Karolina Navus Wysocka

Must Have

"Happy Eggs" - Maja Szczypek

"Less" - Agnieszka Mazur

"CRL.ludLOVE" - Karolina Zięba

Flowers for Slovakia by Peter Simonik
Unique glass design collection Handle With Care presents conceptual objects inspired by Slovak folk legends and fairy tales. As once the traditional treasure boxes in Slovak households used to hide wealth of their owners – twelve plywood boxes highlight unique glass objects under the flag of the project “Flowers for Slovakia” - new project aimed to highlight Slovak young designers.

Flowers for Slovakia - Michala Lipkova
Unique glass design collection Handle With Care presents conceptual objects inspired by Slovak folk legends and fairy tales. As once the traditional treasure boxes in Slovak households used to hide wealth of their owners – twelve plywood boxes highlight unique glass objects under the flag of the project “Flowers for Slovakia” - new project aimed to highlight Slovak young designers.

Flowers for Slovakia - Jakub Pollag
Unique glass design collection Handle With Care presents conceptual objects inspired by Slovak folk legends and fairy tales. As once the traditional treasure boxes in Slovak households used to hide wealth of their owners – twelve plywood boxes highlight unique glass objects under the flag of the project “Flowers for Slovakia” - new project aimed to highlight Slovak young designers.