Furniture

MAIN PROGRAMME MY WAY



The main programme of the festival consists of three curator’s exhibitions.

UPSTREAM // DESIGN TALES, curator: Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka. The exhibition presents narrative items, referring to dreams and fairy tales. These objects from the border of design and art in a way invite us to the other side of the mirror.

NON OBJECT IVE, curator: Marek Cecuła. A very solid review of trends in the development of ceramics. Ancient matter with new functions, meanings and interpretations.
SURTIDO, curator: Tomek Rygalik. The exhibition of a group of young Spanish designers whose creative work is supervised by Luis Eslava. It will be accompanied by a workshop conducted by Young Spanish and Polish designers from Tomek Rygalik’s PG13 group. Their task will be to reuse the furniture production waste.



MAKE ME! CONTEST - an important event of ŁÓDŹ DESIGN 2009


The second edition of the Make Me! contest for young designers (20-30 years old). The aim of the contest is to choose the most interesting projects and present them to the festival audience in the form of boards and prototypes during the post-contest exhibition. The main prize – PLN 20000 – is founded by the National Centre for Culture and Łódź Art Center. The make me! aims to create a contact platform for designers, and to facilitate cooperation between young designers and producers and the media. RADO (Young Design Award) and Centre International de Recherche et d'Education Culturelle et Agricole have granted additional awards. We received 155 applications for make me! 2009 - they came from Poland, Slovakia, Portugal, Germany, and Sweden. The jury has chosen 17 works which will be presented in Łódź Art Center. The results will be announced during the opening of the Festival, on 15 October 2009.



REVIEW OF DESIGN SCHOOLS



For the second time, we will present a review of design schools from Poland and other countries. This year, we will see:

Polish schools:

Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, Academy of Humanities and Economics in Łódź, Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Technical University of Silesia – Department of Architecture in Gliwice.


schools from other countries:


Art Academy of Latvia, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (Germany), Northern Illinois University School of ART (USA), L’Ecole Design Nantes Atlantique (France), Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (Israel), Art Academy of Helsinki (Finland), Modus Design School Milano (Italy)   
ACCOMPANYING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
This year, for the first time we have created special zones for festival exhibitions - Tymienieckiego Zone and City Centre Zone, 46 accompanying exhibitions altogether.



DANIEL LIBESKIND



This year, we have a special attraction - a meeting with Daniel Libeskind, which will take place during the second week of the festival. This internationally famous architect, one of the originators of the deconstructivist architecture movement, will take part in a discussion accompanying ArchFilmFest - the review of films about architecture, during which the audience will have the opportunity to get to know his completed projects (film: Deconstructivist Architects, USA, 2001). Libeskind’s visit is a part of the international campaign organised by RHEINZINK: ‘Follow your inspiration’.


FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR



•    Festival organisers have invited three curators to the Main Programme: Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Marek Cecuła, and Tomek Rygalik;
•    special guest of the Festival: Daniel Libeskind;
•    design will spread onto the entire area of Łódź, thanks to two active zones - Tymienieckiego Zone and Śródmieście Zone - in which the Accompanying Exhibitions will be presented;
•    Festival guests can have a rest in the design cafe - Portiernia Design Cafe, Łódź Art Center, no. 3 Tymienieckiego Street.


AS USUAL


•    long festival weekend (15-18 October) - openings, parties and accompanying events;
•    Łódź Art Center - the main Festival Centre, the most interesting exhibitions and events, a festival cafe, unique atmosphere and special guests;
•    exhibitions in Łódź galleries and museums;
•    Main Programme MY WAY, Review of Schools, accompanying exhibitions, make me! contest, lectures, workshops, meetings and concerts.



ŁÓDŹ DESIGN - INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FESTIVAL started in 2007.


The main programme of the first edition included the exhibition entitled DOM POLSKI (Polish House), which presented achievements of Polish architecture and design of the last ten years, with a special focus on industrial production. The accompanying programme included PARTY PRINT, an exhibition of club posters, the WEŹ TO UŻYJ (Use It) exhibition, and discussion panels, film shows, and the presentation of 2006/2007 graduation projects. Over 5000 people visited the first edition of the Festival. It also received considerable attention from the media.
The second edition of the Festival took part in mid-October 2008, and it was much larger than the previous one. Three festival centres were organized, and, apart from ŁAC, the project attracted also C.H. MANUFAKTURA and the ATAK DESIGN showroom.

The main programme comprised the international PLAY&JOKE exhibitions and two foreign exhibitions. The accompanying programme included numerous exhibitions in ŁAC and all around the city, as well as: THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF DESIGN SCHOOLS, and 25 lectures and workshops, dealing with design and trends, which gathered about 1600 participants. One of the most important events of the festival was the MAKE ME! contest for young designers, inaugurated then, with the main award of PLN 20 000 funded by the National Centre for Culture.
The Festival, where over 100 designers were presented, was visited by 18000 people and more than 120 reporters, including the representatives of the international press.