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SUMMARY:Singapore Design Week 2024
DESCRIPTION:Singapore Design Week (SDW) returns this year from 26 September to 6 October 2024 in an 11-day celebration of Singapore’s distinctive brand of design and creativity. Organized by DesignSingapore Council (DSG)\, the design festival\, which debuted in 2005\, is one of Asia’s premier design festivals that celebrates Singapore’s distinctive brand of creativity. It will traverse the city-state with a rich and thought-provoking program curated around this year’s theme\, “People of Design.” \nSingapore Design Week 2024 will celebrate the everyday visionaries who shape our society through design\, united by their collective aspiration to enhance our life experience. “Singapore has a distinct vision and approach\, driven by a desire to drive positive change worldwide through design. For this edition of Singapore Design Week\, we will spotlight the innovators whose impactful ideas help us all live better. We invite all groups and communities to join us in Singapore and participate in a wide range of specially curated programs.  \nDiscover Milan Design Week \nExhibition Playground of Possibilities\, Singapore Design Week 2023 \nThrough being at this year’s festival\, we hope everyone will gain a deeper appreciation for the role of design and find inspiration to bring larger design outcomes to the fore”\, says Jody Teo\, Festival Director of SDW 2024.  \nRefreshed content aligned to festival pillars \nA suite of engaging key programs reflects the festival’s three pillars: Design Futures\, Design Marketplace\, and Design Impact. DSG thus works closely with leading industry experts to inform\, intrigue\, and inspire all participants at this year’s SDW. Design Futures will explore the future of design through Singapore’s forward-looking lens\, aiming to prototype a better future for us all. ‘Upholding this pillar’ is SDW’s flagship Design Futures Forum\, which returns with an expanded format that spans two days. \nDesign Futures Forum at Singapore Design Week 2024\nKeynote speaker and “godmother of the metaverse” Cathy Hackl (CEO\, Spatial Dynamics) will join segment curators\, Singapore-based venture capitalist Debra Langley(Venture Partner\, LyraVentures)\, Aric Chen (General and Artistic Director\, Het Nieuwe Instituut)\, and DesignSingaporeCouncil’s Tamsin Greulich-Smith (Director\, School of X) to usher in insights from fellow thought leaders on design’s critical role in areas of Emerging Technology\, Sustainability and Care. Through thought-provoking presentations\, engaging panel discussions\, and interactive hands-on sessions\, the role of design and designers in the face of rapidly advancing technologies will be thoroughly examined\, encouraging participants to enact change in their own spheres of influence after that. Design Marketplace will unite lifestyle trends from around the world with the fast-growing design community of the Southeast Asia region.  \nDiscover Milan Design Week 2024 \n \nFIND–Design Fair Asia\, a design trade fair\, presents its third edition at Marina Bay Sands on 26 to 28 September 2024. \nEMERGE@FIND\, DSG’s talent showcase dedicated to Southeast Asian contemporary design\, curated by Suzy Annetta of Design Anthology\, returns with the theme of ‘These Precious Things.’ Over 50 emerging and established designers from Indonesia\, Malaysia\, the Philippines\, Singapore\, Thailand\, and Vietnam will present new works that explore internal and external value ideas. For 2024\, the Southeast Asian showcase will emphasize recently graduated designers from the region; through a new partnership with online art gallery The Artling\, works by presenting designers will also be available for purchase.  \nDesign Impact will inspire innovative design solutions tackling society’s biggest questions \nThe Future Impact 2: Homecoming Showcase is a key event of this pillar. It debuted at Milan Design Week 2024\, featuring seven designers: Christian+Jade\, David Lee\, Faezah Shaharuddin\, Gabriel Tan\, Genevieve Ang and Interactive Materials Lab\, Tiffany Loy and Zavier Wong. The much-anticipated return to local shores will see the exhibition run for eight weeks at the Asian Civilisations Museum\, where some designers will refresh their pieces for this particular return show. \nDiscover Clerkenwell Design Week in London \nFuture Impact at Milan Design Week 2023 \nThe Design Districts at Singapore Design Week 2024\nFollowing a successful introduction last year\, this year’s design districts will span a more significant area within Singapore’s dynamic districts of Bras Basah.Bugis\, Orchard\, and Marina.  \nA collective\, led by internationally acclaimed designer\, educator\, and three-time recipient of the President*s Design Award\, Hans Tan\, and comprising Singapore designers such as Atelier HOKO\, Forest & Whale and gideon-jamie\, will be shaking up Bras Basah.Bugis Design District\, Singapore’s arts\, heritage\, and design precinct with their creativity. Tan’s curatorial vision for the People of Design Showcase Series will see commissioned designers and studios reimagine everyday activities – eating\, sleeping\, reading\, commuting\, and more – through a series of specially created site-specific\, experiential installations shaped to offer fresh perspectives across multiple venues.  \nDiscover the Toronto Design Festival \n \nAmong these will be an installation envisioned by China-based food design studio\, Atelier Fang\, which examines food design through the lens of seeds at the festival hub National Design Centre\, with an accompanying dining experience at TipoPasta Barat Stamford Arts Centre.  \nR for Repair\nR for Repair will also return in a pre-war bungalow at 42 Waterloo Street. The exhibition\, which showcases donated personal objects being mended creatively by designers\, was first presented locally by DSG and Hans Tan in 2021\, then at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in 2022. This new iteration\, Repair+\, focuses on mending the mind and spirit through donated objects collected in collaboration with the Yishun Health Singapore healthcare network. \nMarina Design District at Singapore Design Week 2024\nThis year\, the expanded Marina Design District will feature Marina Central for the first time\, alongside the iconic Marina Bay area. Helming curatorial duties at Marina Central is Nathan Yong\, founder of the eponymous multidisciplinary studio. As one of Singapore’s most recognized and awarded designers\, Yong will present Neu Folk: Bridging Tradition and Future in Design. It’s a series of activations that merges communities’ collective spirit with the future-thinking vision of Singaporean design. \nKey highlights include the Design Pavilion at Millenia Walk\, which will house a curated exhibition\, talks\, retail experiences\, and workshops on sustainability and innovation. Mooncycle is a pair of device-charging swings inspired by the concept of Moon Gates found in Chinese gardens\, while Kinetics Energy Play invites visitors to power up a series of human-sized wheels and watch movement turn to light. \nDesign District: Orchard Road\nOver at Orchard Road\, visitors can look forward to Re-Route: Orchard (RR:OR)\, curated by the Singapore-based interdisciplinary group PLUS Collaboratives. Taking the theme of “Be HereNow\,” it brings an investigative design lens to enhance the visitor experience of Singapore’s famed shopping belt. \nWith a forward-looking perspective\, RR:OR showcases the role of design in the adaptation and transformation of place\, celebrating its transformative capacity in influencing and shaping a sense of community\, culture\, and history. Through curated interventions and design installations such as Offshoots Route (Orchard Road’s very own stamp rally)\, a nostalgic playscape for little one sat Far East Plaza\, and a collective design showcase in response to the theme of “Adaptive Reuse\,” visitors are invited to discover spots along this iconic street that are sometimes overlooked\, and delve into the continual evolution of the district’s character. \nWhy visit\nSingapore is a vibrant Asian city and one of the most popular tourist destinations. Singapore Design Week is an opportunity to explore different city districts and see them in a new light\, with unique displays and projects.\nThe city of Singapore invests heavily in design development\, a driver for innovation and sustainability. Singapore Design Week\, which has been going on for several years\, is an opportunity to discover the young levers of local design and their creativity. Moreover\, design trails help explore both new and regenerated neighborhoods with innovative urban renewal projects. \nSingapore Design Week\, September 26-October 6\, 2024\nFor general public and professionals \nSize: 3 design districts\, 80 programs\, over 120\,000 visitors\nVisit SingaporeDesignWeek for info \n 
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LOCATION:Singapore\, Singapore\, 178957\, Singapore
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SUMMARY:Designblok Prague 2024
DESCRIPTION:Designblok\, Prague International Design Festival\, is the largest exhibition of design and fashion in Central and Eastern Europe. It takes place in the creative heartland of the European continent.\nEstablished in 1999\, the six-day festival starts with the Professionals’ Day and continues with a five-day exhibition for the public. The design festival presents new projects from over two hundred carefully selected makers\, studios and established brands.\nThe festival’s curated exhibitions react to current social topics and draw attention to the work of both up-and-coming and long-established designers. They also offer a creative and professional business platform that allows designers and brands to meet the expert public\, suppliers\, and customers. The exhibitions also include a wide-ranging accompanying program in the form of lectures and discussions\, field-specific encounters\, fashion shows\, and other special events that open spaces for networking and mutual inspiration.\nOver 41\,000 people visit the Designblok festival every year\, including designers\, curators\, collectors\, architects\, interior designers\, journalists\, and design lovers. \nDiscover DesignMiami\, the collectible design fair \nDesignblok Prague 2024. Photo Nikola Tamchynova \nThe 26th Designblok takes place October 2nd-6th\, 2024\, at Prague Castle\, the Museum of Prague\, Bastion Florenc\, the Museum of Decorative Arts\, and other locations around Prague. The exhibition Bóda Horák: Biosphere will be open until 28 October 2024.\nThe complete program is on the designblok.cz website. \nInternational guests at Designblok Prague\nDesign legend Ron Arad will come in person\, to present his new work with Moroso. He will also accept the Designblok Award for Outstanding Merit in Design\, from festival director Jana Zielinski. Winy Maas\, the multi-talented Dutch designer and founder of the MVRDV studio\, will transport festival visitors into a world where the foliage will overgrow the cities. Instead\, Vitra has invited the Panter&Tourron design studio\, which specializes in sustainable design. This year\, the jury of the festival’s central competition – the Designblok Awards – will assemble under the directorship of jury president Benedict Hobson\, co-CEO of the Dezeen platform\, the most-read online design magazine. However\, the Diploma Selection jury will welcome new faces\, as will the Art House exhibition focusing on collectible design. The 26th Designblok\, the grandest design festival in central Europe\, will also welcome Italian gallerist Rossana Orlandi and designer and entrepreneur Giulio Cappellini. \nDiscover NOMAD\, the collectible design touring showcase \nRossana Orlandi. Photo Annica Eklund\, courtesy Designblok \nDesignblok Awards\nAfter the French journalist and critic Anne-France Berthelon (Designblok 2022) and the Dutch designer Ineke Hans (Designblok 2023)\, the position of president of the Designblok Awards international expert jury has been taken up by Benedict Hobson\, co-CEO of the Dezeen online platform. The president is responsible for assembling the expert jury and overseeing the vote for the festival’s leading award. The Dezeen online platform has over three million monthly readers\, and has been the festival’s primary media partner for the past three years. The Designblok Awards jury will further include designer Emma Marga Blanche of the Swedish Färg & Blanche design studio\, Italian designer and creative director Luca Nichetto\, director of Wallpaper* China magazine and founder of the Collective Contemporist creative agency Yoko Choy\, as well as the British industrial designer Tej Chauhan. \nDesignblok 2024\, in Prague\, will also present the progressive designer duo of Stefano Panterotto and Alexis Tourron of the Panter&Tourron studio\, in collaboration with Vitra. They will present their newest work to the Czech public\, the Anagram Sofa – a modular sofa that will be on view at the Museum of Prague. \nDiscover NYCxDesign Festival \nKonsepti store in Prague\, Designblok 2023 \nThe collectible design at Designblok Prague 2024\nThe unique Art House exhibition of collectible design takes place at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague\, curated by journalist and Elle Decoration Czech Republic director Eva Slunečková. Apart from Czech designers and artists\, the exhibition will also feature Slovenian designer Lara Bohinc\, French designer Audrey Large\, whose works combine digital and physical design\, Ukrainian designer Masha Reva and Victoria Yakusha\, and Polish artist and material experimenter Marcin Rusak. \nThe Designblok Diploma Selection talent competition\, in collaboration with the EUNIC Cluster Czech Republic\, aims to develop and support graduates of European universities. \nThis year\, it will welcome new jury members. The jury director in the category of Product Design is Tulga Beyerle\, director of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. The other members are Thomas Geisler\, director of the Museum of Decorative Arts at the Dresden State Art Collections; Jan Boelen\, curator and art director of LUMA studio; independent curator\, filmmaker\, and professor at HEAD-Genève Alexandra Midal; and curator of the Gent Design Museum Evelien Bracke. \nThe Designblok Diploma Selection expert jury will select the winners from over thirty final projects who will receive 4000 EUR\, courtesy of festival partner Ploom\, and the opportunity to exhibit at next year’s Designblok. Last year’s finalists Esmée Willemsen\, Janek Beau\, Julia Huhnholz\, and Friedrich Gerlach will present their projects at Bastion Florenc\, as will fashion designer Maria Czarnecka during the fashion show at Lobkowicz Palace. \nDesignblok 2023\, Galerie Zdeněk Sklenar. Photo Martin Polák \nThe Designblok family 2024\nThe “Designblok family” will also arrive for their traditional trip to Prague to see the grandest central European design event – every year\, Designblok welcomes Italian curator Rossana Orlandi\, Dutch designer Ineke Hans\, Italian art director and entrepreneur Giulio Cappellini\, curator\, program head at the School of Form and dean of the SWPS University in Warsaw Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka\, Milanese consultant Stephan Hamel\, Paris-based gallerist François Leblanc\, strategist and tutor Anil Gezmen and others. The festival will also welcome representatives of leading world media\, such as the Dutch FRAME magazine\, the Polish DesignAlive and Vogue Polska magazine\, the German Wohndesign magazine\, and others. \nItalian art director and entrepreneur Giulio Cappellini \nWhy visit\nFirst and foremost\, Prague is a magical city in itself. Designblok\, the design festival\, adds the magic of seeing fine objects and design projects in a beautiful\, historic setting. By collaborating with design personalities from all over Europe\, the festival develops a program featuring great cultural depth. The festival takes place in charming locations: Prague Castle\, the Museum of Prague\, Bastion Florenc\, the Museum of Decorative Arts\, and other locations around Prague\, so it’s a unique opportunity to see halls of historic buildings\, with special setups. \nDesignblok\, Prague\, October 2-6\, 2024\nDesignblok is for professional and general public\nDifferent locations (Prague Castle\, the Museum of Prague\, Bastion Florenc\, the Museum of Decorative Arts and other locations)\nSize: over 200 makers\, 41\,000 visitors\nVisit website Designblok.cz for more info \nSome images from Designblok 2023
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LOCATION:Prague\, Prague\, 100 00\, Czech Republic
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