Wood Processing & Furniture Design Students, from Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, Serbia, took participation at Copenhagen International Furniture Fair held from 10th to 13th May this year. Opportunity included exhibiting in Talent Zone, place reserved for young design talents and World’s best design schools.

During the event students have demonstrated new furniture prototypes, following multi functional, folding, rotating and wrapping principles. They’ve also shown some good examples of sustainable design, on which they’ve worked studiously for two months before the fair, under supervision of mentor MA Jelena Matic and Project Leader Professor PhD Dusan Skakic. For the first time international public was introduced to BOOMERANG, multi functional rotating chair made from one type of elements, by author Nikola Petkovic; lightweight chairs from tiny spruce and maple wood elements LAGANCA and TRIPOD by Aleksandar Blagojevic (part of Wood Waste Utilization Project at the Faculty), and folding chair with one armrest/backrest TWEENY by Emir Beciragic, unique by its unusual purpose – for thinking

Great attention was equally given to a bench with thousand shapes – HARMONICA by Serbian MENSA member Aleksandar Stamenovic, TRIGAMI folding stool which could be packed in as Japanese origami, by Miss Kristina Radosavljevic, and a lady’s MAG BAG by Miss Jelena Zecevic, which could be easily transformed into a stool catching the eye and the heart of, equally, men and women. Finally there were more solutions worth pointing out, like Uros Vitas’s MIeSSROLLO chair and its wrapping principle, and Nemanja Aleksic’s PAPER BENCH magazine holder, which is also a successful modern sculpture with three different positions.

During the show students were frequently encouraged by regular visits and business proposals which could be realized in the nearest future.

In the meantime these talented young people and their mentors are exchanging impressions about this beautiful northern country and can’t hardly wait for the moment when they would finally be able to return to what they love the most and what they do best – design science.

More detailed info about each project can be find in enclosed PDF: Works description and Department info.pdf

ARTEFE was founded with the purpose of selling chic and elegant objects of decorative art which refer, in form and material, to famous Polish hospitality. That is why, apart from high quality stainless steel, we use raw material characteristic for the area surrounding Cracow, former capital city of Poland and famous university center.

ARTEFE CAFE – GALERIE CRACOW

The minute detail and precision with which the ARTEFE products are created and their stylish packing make them highly desirable objects and excellent gifts for those who like to be surrounded by beauty.
It is through the innovative approach to creating objects and the high quality of the materials used that ARTEFE’s unique products are manufactured, and that art may find a place at your table.

ARTEFE PRODUCTS

The name ARTEFE is a combination of two words “arte” – art and “fe” – ferrum which means iron. The ARTEFE logo displayed on our products is based on the mediavael symbol for iron.

We would like to show you Latvian glass design trademark “an&angel“.
This trademark was established in 2006 by 3 Latvian glass artists Andzela Auzere, Artis Nimanis and Agnese Gara-Nimane, now they offer hand blown glass tableware.

The most peculiar thing about their product is that they use titan oxides, so their bowls and dishes gain silvery and multicoloured tones as well as intricate ornament. Very laconic shapes of the tableware allow to use it for many purposes, even for not traditional ones.

What is Pecha Kucha Night?

Pecha Kucha Night, devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Klein Dytham architecture), was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. (Admittedly, it was also a way to get more people to visit SuperDeluxe – their then newly opened multimedia event space in Tokyo).

But as we all know, give a mike to a designer (especially an architect) and you’ll be trapped for hours. The key to Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.

Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown, without having to rent a gallery or chat up a magazine editor. This is a demand that seems to be global – as Pecha Kucha Night, without any pushing, has spread virally to over 80 cities across the world. Find a location and join the conversation.

Pecha Kucha Night Prague

VENUE: Aero cinema

Prague held its first Pecha Kucha Night on 20th February 2007 at the Aero Cinema.

Three design groups from Poland where participating at DESIGNMAI in Berlin 2007 at DESIGN MAI YOUNGSTERS. They were quite strong Polish girls national team at DMY Limonka (Monika Potorska), Baba Akcja, KOd (KnockOut design) – 3brands = 7 girls, different proposals, different ways of thinking

Watch DMY 2007 Impressions:

More videos here.

check out if you like it. Here are websites:
http://www.monikapotorska.com
http://www.babaakcja.com
http://www.knockoutdesign.org

Opening on May 30th, the first section of the series of exhibitions entitled Diploma 2007 displays works by graduate students of the Silicate Department at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design: in Ponton Gallery at the university graduate students of different departments take it in turn week by week.

The schedule of exhibitions is as follows:
Silicate Department: May 31st–June 2nd. Opening: 5 p. m. May 30th
Department of Industrial Design: June 6th–9th. Opening: 6 p. m. June 5th.
Department of Visual Communication: June 13th–16th. Opening: 6 p. m. June 12th.
Department of Architecture: June 20th–23rd. Opening: 6 p. m. June 19th.
Textile Department: June 27th–30th. Opening: 6 p. m. June 26th.

via DESIGNTERMINAL

The „treasure chest” by MOME (Budapest-based Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design) exhibited in Milan at SaloneSatellite, which is one of the most important design exhibitions of the world organized by iSaloni for young designers, made a landslide success.

A result of the participation of almost 80 people, this interactive installation did not only earn the approval of visitors, but also important appreciation for the university winning opportunities for the present and in the long run. Being constructed of 64 parts during the exhibition, this enormous piece of furniture may be interpreted as a kind of unique work of art, and it has found four potential buyers right then: from Kuwait, India, Japan and Italy. The German television was shooting a film at MOME’s exhibition booth, and the professional international press – ranging from the Italian Ottagono to the German Elle Decoration – has also shown profound interest in the project. The university received invitations from Chicago through Paris and Munnich to Hamburg to exhibit. Two students have been chosen for actual commissions thanks to their participation in Milan. As a result of the debit in Milan European and Asian institutes of higher education are pleased to initiate exchange projects and joint events.

via DESIGNTERMINAL

1_st of June went ahead graduation of industrial and shoe/accessories design students at Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic. We was there and we are delivering you short snapshots of its graduation day.

Photos by Jiri Hoferek.

New work from Art Lebedev Studio, Russia. Interesting ceramic piggy bank is a reliable receptacle to collect loose change. Art Lebedev is known for its innovative attitude and simplicity to design things. Common slot for coins is shaped like minus mark in this piggy bank it is changed by plus mark because….

“Plus” savings are far better than “minus” savings

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