Dora Abodi hungarian fashion designer met with remarkable international successes in 2010 February.

• She won the first prize of Design Am Rhein international competition at the CPD Fair Düsseldorf.

The fashion label Dora Abodi by young Hungarian designer Dorottya Abodi Nagy was already set up during her fashion studies at the Mod’Art International Art and Fashion Academy in Budapest. Her avantgarde 2010/11 Autumn/Winter collection bears the unusual name ‘David Bowie in Atlantis’ and is inspired by a combination of shapes and colours of the sea with that characteristic David Bowie 80s glam rock style. For instance, within one collection she features minimalist silhouettes in lavishly shimmering and playfully fish-like materials and creates a link with a mysterious undersea world where everything is constantly in motion. This contrasts with stretch bodies and leggings, metallic silk, iridescent synthetic fabrics and leather jackets with protruding shoulder pads.

“Design am Rhein”, the contest organised by the Igedo Company in cooperation with the Fashion & Design Academy (AMD Akademie Mode & Design Düsseldorf), is the stage for young and independent spirits whose inspiring and visionary ideas for tomorrow’s design are sure to also fascinate the audience again in 2010. The fashion on display here is nowhere to be found at big department stores; these young designers play a pioneering role and are just waiting to conquer the big international fashion markets with their creations

• As a participant of the Nolcha Fashion Week 2010 she presented her 2010/11 Autumn/Winter collection in New York.

Nolcha brings business to the forefront of the emerging and independent fashion designer market. Nolcha is an award winning multi-faceted media and events platform, offering opportunities in the New York fashion business market, and operates an online fashion network, a print publication, and major annual events for the independent fashion industry and related retail businesses. Nolcha offers cost effective resources to aspiring and veteran fashion professionals; initiatives include Nolcha online, Nolcha Fashion Week: New York, London Fashion Week partner events, Independent Retail Week and Dress the Band competition.

In a short time Nolcha has grown to become the platform for emerging and independent fashion talent to be educated, network and showcase their work on a global stage making a stamp worldwide for its resources, business advice and continually expanding tools.

http://www.doraabodi.com/

Pictures of Dora Abodi 2010/11 Autumn/Winter collection: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Bence Csernák hungarian graphic designer will be participant of the  24th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 2010 from 22. 6. 2010 to 24. 10. 2010

The Brno Biennial showcases the very best of graphic design. The event was established in 1963, and is thus the oldest exhibition of graphic design in the world. It regularly alternates between two subjects. The 24th year is dedicated to corporate, informational and advertising graphics and posters while the 2012 Biennial will focus on graphic design and type in books, magazines, newspapers and the digital media.
Apart from the main competition show, the Brno Biennial features a specialist symposium and a number of accompanying events, thanks to which Brno becomes a major centre of contemporary graphic design for four months.

Brno Biennial - Bence Csernák

The exhibition of work by the world-famous Czech designer Jiří Pelcl and his students will be open to the public from 26 March 2010 to 25 April 2010 in the Pécs Gallery (H-7621 Pécs, Széchenyi tér.)

Jiří Pelcl is a great figure of present-day applied arts who has renovated design in every area, often playing a special, peculiar game with matter and the audience. This industrial designer working for huge global companies has created stylistically characteristics that many people follow in the world. He is often invited to sit on the jury of different world competitions, in most cases as the chairman. He has created excellent pieces in furniture, technical appliances and interior design that have achieved great and worthy success among customers irrespective of age and gender.

Jiří Pelcl teaches at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where he was the chancellor in 2002–2005. Besides practical activities he deals with the theory of design, he publishes texts and as a guest he lectures at both domestic and foreign schools (Rietveld Academy Amsterdam, University of California Berkeley, RCA London, Yale University, ENSDI Paris, SCIARCH Los Angeles). He has created a lot of interiors of prestigious buildings (interiors for president Václav Havel at Prague Castle, Czech Embassies in Rome and Pretoria, Czech House in Malmö, etc.). In 2006 he won the National Design Award, the Form award in Germany, and in 2007 the Design Plus award in Germany and the Czech Grand Design award for the designer of the year.

His work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, the Moravian Gallery in Brno, Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, Museum fűr Gestaltung in Zürich, the Swedish Glassmuseum in Smalands, the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt.

• Exhibition of work by Moholy-Nagy László Design Grantees and Kozma Lajos Applied Art Gratees 2009. From 4 February 2010 to 21 March 2010. Location: Museum of Applied Art Budapest. www.imm.hu
• Hungarian Art Nouveau Furniture Designers. From 25 September 2009 to 28 March 2010. Location: Museum of Applied Art Budapest, www.imm.hu
• 9 in 1 – Concepts for the hungarian exhibition of the 12th Venice Architectural Biennale. From 17 February to 8 March. Location: FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture (1052 Budapest, Petőfi Sándor utca 5.)
• Creative Evolution – worky by Dóra Balla graphic designer. From 16 February to 10 April. Location: Printa Akadémia (1075, Budapest, Rumbach Sebestyén utca 10.)
• Posters by István Orosz graphic, from 9 December 2009 to 7 March 2010. Location: Szent István Király Múzeum, 8000 Székesfehérvár, Fő u. 6.
• Polish Poster Art - Classics from Krakow. The exhibition of work by Mieczysław Górowski and Władysław Pluta is open to the public from 29 January 2010 to 20 March 2010. Location: Platán Gallery (Polish Institute, Budapest, Distr. VI. Nagymező u. 15.).
• Works by Kati Baricz photographer. From 4 February to 21 March. Location: Mai Manó Ház (1065 Budapest-Terézváros, Nagymező utca 20.)
• The Contemporary Artists and the Hungarian Porcelain Manufacture. From 19 February to 15 March. Location: Magyar Képzőművészek és Iparművészek Szövetsége (Association of Hungarian Visual and Industrial Artists) Gallery Árkád (Budapest, Distr. VII: Rákóczi út 30.)
• Works by media designer students of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. From 19 February to 20 March. Location: NextArt Galériában (1054 Budapest, Aulich u.4-6.). 
• Works by Melinda Molnár Madarász fashion designer. From 23 February to 13 March. Location: FISE Galéria (1054 Budapest, Kálmán Imre utca 16.).
• Works by Zsuzsa Pannonhalmi ceramist. From 20 February to 7 March. Location: Újpest Galéria (1042 Budapest, Árpád u. 66.)
  

Orsolya by Bella Szederkenyi from Hungary won the IVG Award for Best Student Short Film of the Anima 2010 Brussels Animation Film Festival.

The Jury was impressed by the strong narrative and great design of the film. It was an interesting depiction of an 'outsider' character finding a solution to her unusual predicament – told with a poetic style and sense of humour.

http://www.animatv.be/anima.php?pageID=38&ln=3

The exhibition of works by Moholy-Nagy László Design Grantees and Kozma Lajos Applied Art Gratees 2009 is open to the public from 4 February 2010 to 21 March 2010 in Museum of Applied Art Budapest. www.imm.hu

The Moholy-Nagy Design Grant was founded in 1988 by three ministries on the initiative of the Industrial Design Council. The basic objectives were to contribute to the flourishing of Hungarian material culture, to raise the competitiveness of the Hungarian economy through the integration of design into innovation and last but not least to promote the professional development of talented designers. Over the past two decades a total of 145 talented designers have received grants to help them start their careers.

• Exhibition of work by Moholy-Nagy László Design Grantees and Kozma Lajos Applied Art Gratees 2009. From 4 February 2010 to 21 March 2010. Location: Museum of Applied Art Budapest. www.imm.hu
• Hungarian Art Nouveau Furniture Designers. From 25 September 2009 to 28 March 2010. Location: Museum of Applied Art Budapest, www.imm.hu

• Posters by István Orosz graphic, from 9 December 2009 to 7 March 2010. Location: Szent István Király Múzeum, 8000 Székesfehérvár, Fő u. 6.
• Works by András Andor graphic designer. From 4 February 2010 to 11 February 2010. Location: Gallery Nádor, Budapest, Distr. V. József nádor tér 8-9.
• Works by János Bánáti interior designer and Tibor Szentpéteri designer. From 26 January 2010 to 14 February  2010. Location: Magyar Képzőművészek és Iparművészek Szövetsége (Association of Hungarian Visual and Industrial Artists) Gallery Árkád (Budapest, Distr. VII: Rákóczi út 30.)
• Works by Eszter Bornemissza textile designer. From 4 February 2010 to 20 February 2010. Location: Budapest Galéria Budapest, Distr. V. Szabad sajtó út 5.

• Works by Barna Máder porcelain designer. From 26 January 2010 to 19 February 2010. Location: Fészek Galéria Budapest, Distr. VII. Kertész utca 36.

• Works by the typographer students of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. From 26 January 2010 to 6 February 2010. Location: Gallery Ponton Budapest, Distr. I. Batthyány u. 65.

• Polish Poster Art - Classics from Krakow. The exhibition of work by Mieczysław Górowski and Władysław Pluta is open to the public from 29 January 2010 to 20 March 2010. Location: Platán Gallery (Polish Institute, Budapest, Distr. VI. Nagymező u. 15.).

• Carrier Bags and Sacks – the 20th century of wrapping and carrying. A retrospective chamber exhibition of bags and sacks from the history of commerce in Hungary. A unique collection of 80 important pieces including tinfoil, silk paper, cardboard, wrapping paper, disposable PVC and nylon carrier bags on show for the first time. From 20 January 2010 till 28 February 2010. Location: Galeria Centralis, 1051 Arany J. utca 32.

• Works by Regina Kaintz jewel designer. From 22 January 2010 to 21 February 2010. Location: Keve Gallery, Ráckeve, Kossuth Lajos utca 49. 

• 110 yeras – 110 pictures: Photos by Ernő Vadas. From 21 January 2010 to 28 February 2010. Location: Balassi Gallery, Budapest Distr. I. Somlói út 51.

• 100 miracles – new hungarian inventions. Interactive exhibition. From 3 December 2009 to 28 February 2010. Location: Budapest, Distr. V. Ferenciek tere 10. (Párisi Udvar)

• “From Art to Life” – Hungarians in the Bauhaus

Date: 15 August – 15 October 2010 (Pécs); 15 November 2010 – 15 February 2011 (Berlin)
Venue: Exhibition Space of the Directorate of Baranya County Museums, in Berlin: Bauhaus Archive and Collegium Hungaricum

The individual and collective work, the career and the network of relationships of the Bauhäuslers uniquely demonstrate that the city and its immediate environment once had a leading role in the context of the universal history of modern art and architecture thanks to members of the Bauhaus group.

• “Porcelain – Pécs - Zsolnay” Contemporary Design at the Zsolnay Factory Porcelain and Ceramic Art Symposium and Exhibition

Date: 1 January – 31 December 2010

Venue: Zsolnay Factory

For the past one-and-a half centuries the Zsolnay Factory has played a leading role in Central Europe within its own branch of business. Its products have always been manufactured by renowned contemporary artists. The purpose of the ceramics symposium is to reinforce this tradition by including reputed visual artists and young designers who can produce novel, innovative objects using Zsolnay’s technological facililities.

• Architecture and Context

Date: throughout the entire year

Venue: Nádor Gallery, Cathedral Museum, Cella Septichora, and the House of Arts and Literature

This series of programmes embraces a rich set of themes, since it contains, among other attractions, the presentation of the album containing the urban development competitions organised under the auspieces of the European Capital of Culture project, the residence programmes of architecture workshops in Pécs, and the introduction of contemporary architectural workshops and several different national and international conferences in the field of architecture.

• Public Art & Sensory Labyrinth Theatre – Pécs

Date: 1 March – 15 October 2010; exhibition: September

Venue: Castle wall promenades, Culture Garden, courtyard of Educator’s House, Amusement Park, and Nagyharsány – Open-Air Sculpture Park

In this programme international artists will be invited to a symposium and to create works of public art in the centre of Pécs. The project builds on the cooperation of professional artists from thirteen countries selected through a competition.

The exhibition of work by Mieczysław Górowski and Władysław Pluta is open to the public from 29.01.2010 to 20.03.2010 in the Platán Gallery (Polish Institute, Budapest, VI. Nagymező u. 15.).

www.polinst.hu 

• Hungarian Art Nouveau Furniture Designers. From 25 September 2009 to 28 March 2010. Location: Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, www.imm.hu
• Szűzhó / Clear Snow – Jewel Design exhibition. Works by Klára Abaffy, Gyöngyvér Gaál, Noémi Gera, Katalin, Jermakov, Orsolya Kecskés, Fanni Király, Regina Kaintz, László Marosi, Krisztina Stomfai, Zoltán Tóth, Fanni Vékony, Eszter Zámori. December 4 – December 11, 2009. Location: Ezüstgaléria 1126 Budapest, XII., Dolgos u. 2/2. - MOM Park
• Cultural Variegation – Photographs by Attila Loránt. Till January 10, 2010. Location: Balassi Galériában (Budapest, Somlói út 51.)
• Toys – past and present – Selection from the collection of Museum of Applied Arts Budapest and Mariann Karlóczai’s collection together the most outstanding toy works of the contemporary hungarian design. Till January 31, 2010. Location: Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, www.imm.hu
• Design Mops – The most recent carpet creations of Kata Brinkus. Till December 30, 2009. Location: AL Ltd. 1095 Budapest Soroksári avenue 48. Malomudvar
• Green MOME – The Exhibition of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design: environmentally friendly, eco-conscious design by the students. Till January 31, 2010. Location: Ponton Galéria 1015 Budapest Batthyány u. 65.
• Intertime: Means – The exhibition of work by Miklós Erhardt and the media design students of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. Till December 20, 2009. Location: Dorottya Galéria 1051 Budapest, V., Dorottya u. 8.
• Ferenczy Noémi Award Winners 2000-2003. From December 11. 2009 to 24. January 2010. Location: Gallery of Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists, 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út 6.
• Posters by István Orosz graphic, from 9 December 209 to 7 March 2010. Location: Szent István Király Múzeum, 8000 Székesfehérvár, Fő u. 6.

The exhibited works are visual studies of the applied art students of the school created at the visual communication classes. The aim was that students get the chance to glance into the anatomy, the working mechanisms of contemporary art trends and at the same time try to create their own art pieces as autonomous creators. Even though prepared as studies, the works were created with the expectation to stand their ground at exhibitions, as well.
KREA Contemporary Art School
1051 Budapest
Október 6. street 18.
October 3.–November 30.
Mon–Fri 10.00–19.00

The Graphifest Visual communication Professional Day will organized by the Society of Hungarian Graphic Designers and Typographers (MATT). In the frame of Graphifest will open two exhibitions. The „Zavar? Tervezd át!” was a special graphic redesign competition which called by the MATT. The most outstanding works were also showcased at Design Terminal (Budapest, V. Erszébet tér). The entrants of the 2009 Golden Pin Award will also displayed.

Date: 6th November 2009.

Winners of the Hungarian Design Awards, managed by the Hungarian Design Council, are announced for the 30th time this year. The prizes are awarded by a jury of acclaimed artists and experts in four categories – Product, Visual Communication, Concept and Student Work – for the most outstanding Hungarian design achievements. The exhibition containing some of the most outstanding entrants of the competition gives an insight into the most recent processes of Hungarian design culture. This year’s award ceremony was taken place at the Museum of Applied Arts Budapest on the 5th of October.

The winning project of the Hungarian Design Award in 2009:

• Product category:

Anyscan multi-modality medical equipment, designer: Bendzsel Tamás, manufacturer: Mediso Kft.

2009-2010 Autumn-winter collection, designers: Je Suis Belle (Dévényi Dalma és Kiss Tibor)

• Concept category:

Escart electric passenger and transportation vehicle, designer: Lenkei Balázs, Dőry Zsófia

• Visual communication category:

Merész Fotó visual image design, designer: Kiss Zsombos Krisztián

• Student category:

Architectural glass elements, designer: Görömbei Luca

Pilop playful tools to help dyslexic children, designer: Nagy Krisztina

This year for the first time ever the Design Management Award founded with the aim of starting a tradition is presented. The award acknowledges and demonstrates how design and its professional management can help the realisation of the objectives of an organisation and, not least, its successful operation.

• The winners:

Műcsarnok Budapest  visual image design, designer: Farkas Anna

Tungsram-Schréder Zrt. design startegy

Picture gallery

Design Terminal is kindly inviting you to the opening of the exhibition In Competition - Hungarian Design in the World Market the starting event of the Design Week Budapest 2009.

The opening will take place in the former bus terminal in Erzsébet tér, Budapest on October 2nd 2009 at 5 p.m.

Dr. Miklós Bendzsel, chairman of the Hungarian Patent Office and the Hungarian Design Council will open the event.

Design Centre's exhibition is a selection of products that held their ground on the global scene and were created with the participation of Hungarian designers.
There are world patent protected, acclaimed products, Hungarian companies of great past that gained market leading positions in different fields, venturesome, young designers working for multinational companies, as well as young designers who are only starting their career, but have already achieved success at acclaimed, international competitions among the displayed works.
Convincing and attractive evidences of the competitiveness of the knowledge and creativity of Hungarian designers!

www.designhet.hu

Extremely Hungary is a yearlong festival showcasing contemporary Hungarian visual, performing, and literary arts in New York and Washington, D.C., throughout 2009. The festival reveals the roots of Hungary’s thriving contemporary culture and its impact on American society through a broad spectrum of events at leading cultural institutions in the two cities.

Design events and exhibitions in the framework of Extremely Hungary:

• Zsolnay Art Pottery from the Collection of Dr. László Gyugyi – The Forbes Galleries; January 24 – March 21, 2009. The exhibition contains 160 Art Nouveau vases, cachepots, and pitchers from the Zsolnay (ZHOLE-noy) ceramic factory and offers a rare chance to appreciate the range of ceramics produced by the factory.
• Hungarian Design Fair during New York Design Week – Hungarian Cultural Center; May 16 – May 19, 2009. A unique opportunity to see some of the hottest, emerging Hungarian designers as they showcase their newest products, from jewelry to furniture and product design, at a makeshift design fair at the Hungarian Cultural Center.
• Selections from the Vass Collection – Hungarian Cultural Center; September 15 – October 31, 2009. The Hungarian Laszlo Vass is one of the finest Central European shoemakers of today. Handmade footwear will be exhibited alongside his collection of postwar and contemporary Hungarian art.
• Panel discussions and Symposia: The Impact of Bauhaus in Hungary – The Museum of Modern Art; November 5. This day-long series of symposia with international scholars, architects, and art historians will survey the Bauhaus movement in Hungary and its impact on modern architecture. In conjunction with MoMA’s Bauhaus exhibition, November 4, 2009-January 20, 2010.

More information: http://www.extremelyhungary.com/