Guest Country Poland — Archiv 2018 — Vienna Design Week

Guest Country Poland

Witamy w Polsce!

Through each year's changing focus, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK provides a detailed look at the design creations of a different European country. In 2018 Poland has not only been Guest Country at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, it has also celebrated the 100th anniversary of regaining its independence. This has represented an appropriate accasion for exploring the Austrian design scene through contemporary references, visiting diagnostic designers, and surveying the landscape from the zenith of outstanding logo design work. From the platform of protest posters to extensive showcases of group shows to the gleaming silver Passionswege contribution: Sensational Polish design has been part of all festival formats in 2018.

Maciej Blaźniak

Guest Country

Exhibition

THE ABCS OF POLISH DESIGN

Adam Mickiewicz Institut, Polnisches Institut Wien

28.9.–7.10.2018

The multifaceted nature of Poland’s design landscape is well known, and there’s good reason that it received an especial amount of attention as the Guest Country of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. And the diversity in the showcase presentation reflected this fact, which monopolized the attention of viewers … more

Bartosz Stawiarski

Guest Country

Exhibition

SYMBOL TO LOGO

Polnisches Institut Wien, Adam Mickiewicz Institut

28.9.–7.10.2018

Logos as far as the eye can see. The guest country exhibition at the Polish Institute Vienna, SYMBOL TO LOGO, shone a light on the history of logo design in Communist Poland, which is relatively unknown in Austria. As a mosaic that filled the space and showed symbols commissioned by the state next … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Gapp

Guest Country

Talk

POLISH DESIGN AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

30.9.2018, 3pm–4pm

“What’s the essence of Polish design? And what sets it apart?” The answers to these questions formulated in the runup to the festival, provided by experts from the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK’s Guest Country, were for the most part unanimous. Because all designers work to conquer international markets while … more

Jan Lutyk

Debut

Work-in-Progress

DESIGN EMERGENCY ROOM

Akademie der bildenden Künste Warschau, Fakultät für Design, Adam Mickiewicz Institut

28.9.–7.10.2018

Good design prevents problems before they arise. Inspired by the Festival Headquarters’ location in the former Sophienspital, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw students wearing doctor’s white coats listened and ascertained symptoms, then prescribed personalized prophylactics and ad hoc treatments. As … more

Studio Rygalik

Passionswege

Presentation

STUDIO RYGALIK with Jarosinski & Vaugoin

STUDIO RYGALIK, Jarosinski & Vaugoin, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

28.9.–6.10.2018

The birth of a child is certainly one of the most beautiful things in life. While the preparations in both families of this Passionswege duo coinciding with their festival participation wasn’t intended, it proved to be a happy circumstance. It was, however, no accident that Jean-Paul Vaugoin … more

Falbanka

PLATFORM

Presentation

PATCH – IT – MORE – AND LIVE WITH LESS!

Falbanka

28.9.–7.10.2018

Recycling and upcycling are design principles that have become standard elements of the sustainability idea. With the objective of mending the fractures in our throw-away society with smart patches, the Polish design studio Falbanka has developed along these values decorative jacquard patches that … more

Mateusz Halawa

Protest

Exhibition

STUDIO PROTEST: DEMOKRACJA ILUSTROWANA & GRAFICZNE POGOTOWIE

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Erwin K. Bauer

28.9.–7.10.2018

After entering the grounds of the Festival Headquarters in the former Sophienspital, visitors were immediately confronted with this year’s theme of protest. Set up as islands of posters, for example, was a selection of political subjects from the Guest Country, Poland, where a new poster culture … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Noisternig

Protest

Talk

THE ROLE OF DESIGN AND DIGITALIZATION IN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

6.10.2018, 1pm

While protest and the tools used for it have changed little over the years, there’s now a much greater variety in the channels of communication, thanks to digitalization. At the same time, algorithms determine what we learn about the messages we receive and from whom we receive them – filtering or … more

Kollektiv Fischka

Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 1: PASSIONSWEGE IN BRILLANTENGRUND AND GOING OUT FOR A LIMO AFTER WORK

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Alexa Brauner

28.9.–6.10.2018

From leather, yarn, and silver to urban and rural space, from traditional craft companies to new life designs: That was the thematic arc this tour to stations of the Passionswege and Stadtarbeit formats followed through the Focus District Neubau. Currently, work represents an important pillar of … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Wideshot

Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 4: BRAND-NEW SIGHTS IN THE CITY CENTER

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, ARCH ON TOUR

2.10.2018, 3.45pm

There’s a great deal to discover in the center of Vienna – particularly in terms of architecture, virtual reality, design, and ceramics. The tour began at the Wideshot agency, which presented, along with its studio, projects in the area of virtual reality and a recently released short film. At its … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / 11th Dimension

Virtual & Augmented Reality

Experience

DE PROFUNDIS

Adam Mickiewicz Institut

28.9.–7.10.2018

How it must feel to immerse oneself in the mystic and archaic topoi from the works of the painter Zdzisław Beksińsk, who passed away in 2005, was illustrated by the Polish studio 11th Dimension’s virtual reality installation. Accompanied by atmospheric music and ambient noises, users roam the … more

Tale of Tales

Virtual & Augmented Reality

Experience

CRICOTERIE

Adam Mickiewicz Institut, Tale of Tales

28.9.–7.10.2018

CRICOTERIE is a virtual reality application and installation that immerses the user in the bizarre world of the late Polish stage director Tadeusz Kantor. CRICOTERIE isn’t a digital version of any particular play, but a collection of objects and characters to be freely manipulated by the user. In … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar