This autumn
Budapest Design Week
organised for the 11th time brings the best of Hungarian and international design to the Hungarian capital.
The slogan of Budapest Design Week 2014 is
Figurative Sense.
Our everyday lives are more and more pervaded by technology and the
internet
, by the use of smart
devices
. This trend has a
significant
effect on design as well. The flagship programs of the festival aim at presenting the common grounds, the possibilities, the most recent results and current issues of
design
and
technology
through case studies, examples, presentations and thought-provoking discussions.
Following on the popular initiative of the past few years, in 2014 Budapest Design Week welcomes the
Netherlands
as it’s
Guest
of Honour country.
Programs organised by
Budapest Design Week
in the framework of the event series motivating the entire Hungarian design profession and attracting a wide audience year by year will again take place. The festival opening
exhibition
will explore the 2014 focus topic through international and Hungarian works and
projects
, the Open Studios and the participants of the Design Week Discount will again welcome the wide public, while the
Design Tours
, as well as
gastronomy
programs will also take place.
Similarly to previous years, a star designer guest is again being invited, while the most
prestigeous
awards of the design profession (Hungarian Design Awards, Design Management Award) are also presented in the framework of the festival.
A novelty this year is that the programs of the acclaimed
Central European Fashion Days
organised by Design
Design Terminál
, among them the award ceremony and fashion show of the
Gombold Újra!
competition, one of the most widely recognised events of Central European fashion designers, will take place on the openning weekend of Budapest Design Week.
