BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Cities of Design Network - ECPv6.15.17//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Cities of Design Network X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://designcities.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Cities of Design Network REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Vienna BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20170326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20171029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180702 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20181108T211803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181108T214326Z UID:3179-1530403200-1530489599@designcities.net SUMMARY:A Modernist’s Guide to Kaunas DESCRIPTION:“Modernist’s Guide” is the newest route in the “It’s Kaunastic” series. Kaunas dedicated both it and “Wallographer’s Notes” to the city as UNESCO Creative City of Design. Love modernist architecture? The city hopes you’ve already put Kaunas on your destination list! An English-language map of the most important buildings of the Epoque will be waiting upon your arrival. The city was awarded the title in 2015; the main reason for that was the modernist architecture of the interwar period which itself is currently included UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List. \nKaunas – which will become the European Capital of Culture in 2022 – is increasingly focusing on its history that usually hides in the plain sight. “Modernist’s Guide” will make the acquaintance easier and direct you to further contacts. \nModernist’s Guide\, Kaunas\, Photo: Kaunas IN\, 2018 \nFurther Information\nThe digital copy of Modernist’s Guide is available in English here. \nFor any further questions get in contact with Andrijana Filinaité\, Kaunas City Municipal Administration\, Chief specialist of Cultural Heritage Division\, via email  URL:https://designcities.net/events/a-modernists-guide-to-kaunas/ CATEGORIES:Publication,Service ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1-PRINCIPAL-PHOTO.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20180628T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20180628T170000 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180628T081248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180712T142534Z UID:2565-1530172800-1530205200@designcities.net SUMMARY:WO18 – We Are The Next Generaton DESCRIPTION:‘WO18 – Week van het Ontwerpen’ puts creative and innovative student projects in the spotlight since 2004. For the past 14 years the event ‘Week van het Ontwerpen’ has become the main platform for inspiration and exchange of ideas between Belgian design courses and the industry\, focusing on themes such as creativity and design. The core event consists of an exhibition of the best student projects of the creative design courses. In 2017 the event consists of 5 exhibitions\, numerous events and workshops\, with more than 4.300 visitors. \nIn 2018\, the event will take place at the international Biennale Interieur as part of the city program from the 18th to the 22th of October and the following two weekends. \n‘Week van het Ontwerpen’ is a collaboration of Designregio Kortrijk\, Howest University College West Flanders\, city of Kortrijk\, Voka Flanders’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry\, Intercommunal Leiedal\, and Biennale Interieur who aim to highlight the prominent role of creative design education as a catalyst of regional development. \nFurther information\nBroelkaai 6 – 8500 Kortrijk\n056 51 91 83\ninfo@weekvanhetontwerpen.be \nRead on here \nPhoto Gallery\n  \n\n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jonas Verbeke\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jonas Verbeke\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jonas Verbeke URL:https://designcities.net/events/wo18-next-generaton/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/WATNG_campagnebeeld_2018.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181201 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20181123T214417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181203T210235Z UID:3247-1530144000-1543622399@designcities.net SUMMARY:The Last Master of Joseon DESCRIPTION:The Last Master of Joseon: Jang Seung Eop Chihwaseon Special Exhibition\nThis exhibition features over 60 works by Jang Seung Eop\, a master artist of the Joseon Dynasty\, owned by the Gansong Art Museum. Known for his free-wheeling lifestyle\, Jang is renowned as the “last genius painter” of the Joseon Dynasty. \nThis exhibition aims to explore the origin of contemporary Korean painting. His paintings are the combined result of various factors beyond his artistic genius\, that is: his passion for artistic creation even amid the chaotic social environment of the Joseon Dynasty’s final years\, the fact that his thoughts and actions did not conform to the established mores of the time\, and his love of alcohol (which was so great that Jang often refused to paint while sober). To get a better idea of what Korea was like in Jang’s time\, visitors can view scenes from the movie Chihwaseon\, a biopic on Jang Seung Eop\, which will also help them gain a deeper understanding of and appreciation for Jang’s paintings. \nFurther Information\nSee the official website here. \nPhoto Gallery\n\n \n \n \n \n SEOUL_The Last Master of Joseon exhibit © Seoul Design Foundation\n \n \n \n \n \n SEOUL_The Last Master of Joseon exhibit © Seoul Design Foundation\n \n \n \n \n \n SEOUL_The Last Master of Joseon exhibit © Seoul Design Foundation\n \n \n \n \n \n SEOUL_The Last Master of Joseon exhibit © Seoul Design Foundation\n \n \n \n \n \n SEOUL_The Last Master of Joseon exhibit © Seoul Design Foundation URL:https://designcities.net/events/the-last-master-of-joseon/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/SEOUL_The-Last-Master-of-Joseon-exhibit-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180629 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180628T082152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180713T065329Z UID:2574-1530144000-1530230399@designcities.net SUMMARY:Prototyping 2018 DESCRIPTION:The PROTOTYPING trade fair is designed for everyone in the field of product development. The focus is on the whole design process\, from the original idea through to setting up a business model and actual production in a pilot run or small series. You will find companies and research centres here with the technologoies\, materials\, tools & techniques to make your ideas materialise. \nFurther information\nDoorniksesteenweg 216\nT: +32(0)56 24 11 11\nM: prototyping@kortrijkxpo.com \nRead on here \nPhoto Gallery\n\n \n \n \n \n Prototyping 2017\n \n \n \n \n \n Prototyping 2017\n \n \n\n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/prototyping-2018/ CATEGORIES:Faire ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Prototyping-2018-logo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180627 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180628 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20181108T210236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181108T210300Z UID:3167-1530057600-1530143999@designcities.net SUMMARY:The Kaunas Street Art Map DESCRIPTION:There’s no such word as “wallographer” you say? True\, but how else should we call the observer of street art\, graffiti\, neo-frescoes\, site-specific artwork and other traces of art that can be found outside museum or gallery walls? With a new release in the “It’s Kaunastic” series\, the city invites you to become the wallographers of Kaunas and to embark on a never-ending tour – by the time you reach the final point of your walk\, new detail will have emerged\, and you will definitely want to snap a picture. It is also likely that one of the artworks included in the guide will have run its course. That’s why the walls and streets of Kaunas (in addition to drawings\, the guide contains a few sculptures and other objects that are integral to the city) are remarkable – they never sleep\, they don’t complain\, demand or declare. They live. 
Wallographer’s Notes is paired with Modernist’s Guide\, a map of the modernist architecture of Kaunas – a dedication to Kaunas UNESCO Creative City of Design. \nFurther Information\nThe digital copy is available in English hereWallographers-notes-EN-WEB2. \nFor any further questions get in contact with ANDRIJANA FILINAITĖ\,Kaunas City Municipal Administration\, Chief specialist of Cultural Heritage Division\, via email \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n Wallographer’s Notes (map)\, Photo: Kaunas IN\, 2018\n \n \n \n \n \n Wallographer’s Notes\, Photo: Kaunas IN\, 2018\n \n \n\n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/the-kaunas-street-art-map/ CATEGORIES:Education,Service ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1.-PRINCIPAL-PHOTO.-Wallographers-Notes.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180623 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181112 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180628T083616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180919T210658Z UID:2578-1529712000-1541980799@designcities.net SUMMARY:PLAY Kortrijk DESCRIPTION:PLAY is a headstrong city festival from 23 June to 11 November 2018\, that will take over the centre of Kortrijk with contemporary works of art. \nYou can immerse yourself in the unique world of national and international visual art at diverse indoor and outdoor locations in the city. During PLAY\, the city not only serves as a canvas; bit by bitt he festival simultaneously dissects our relationship with `play`. How does play influence our social behaviour? How does `play`reflect the evolution of our society? How important is play for our motor and cognitive development? \nKortrijk is a playground and home for creative talent and is also a quality player in the Belgian cultural and arts landscape. A city with a generous dose of daring\, sense of creative entrepreneurship and above all\, the (play)room to experiment. \nKORTRIJK\, PLAYGROUND FOR CREATIVE TALENT \nKortrijk is growing\, flourishing and above all\, does not stand still. And it is precisely this continuous urban metamorphosis that makes the West Flanders city the dream décor for PLAY. Not only a breeding ground for regional\, national and international talent\, but also a springboard that offers opportunities. This unexpected creative melting pot carefully connects different disciplines such as art\, design\, education and entrepreneurship. In November 2017\, Kortrijk became a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network\, a collection of 180 world cities that use creativity as a lever for sustainable development. A year earlier\, Kortrijk was officially named a child and youth-friendly city. In order to obtain this label\, the city – together with local young people – completed an intensive participatory process that examined what child and youth-friendly Kortrijk needed. What’s more Kortrijk was chosen as European City of Sport 2018\, thanks to the impressive range of sports it offers\, the quality sports events it hosts and its large number of sports clubs. Kortrijk is a playground and home for creative talent and is also a quality player in the Belgian cultural and arts landscape. A city with a generous dose of daring\, sense of creative entrepreneurship and above all\, the (play)room to experiment. \nREDISCOVER YOUR CITY \nPLAY consists of more than 40 indoor and outdoor installations by national and international artists interested in the interactive aspect of art and the relationship between an artwork and the observer\, the space and urban developments. The city festival offers unique artistic experiences that give visitors the opportunity to reflect on their personal actions and to view human behaviour in a different light. The artists use humour and play to focus our attention on diverse social codes and subjective ideas about human behaviour. In recent years\, the boundary between art and urban planning has blurred: both contribute to a positive transformation of the public space using play\, involvement and citizens’ participation. PLAY encourages visitors to discover\, or rediscover\, Kortrijk and demonstrates how the urban environment plays a leading role in our daily lives. \nINTERACTIVE ART ROUTE \nPLAY consists of an art route of installations with a powerful visual impact\, many of which are also interactive. The aim is for the exhibition visitor to cast off his/her role of passive spectator and to share in an intense experience as a co-actor/ co-author/co-pilot. Visitors can also enjoy a selection of documentary films that examine the ‘play’ phenomenon from a humanist and scientific perspective. \nFurther information\nGet in contact here\nPress contact here \nINFO POINTS\nTexture\, Noordstraat 28\, 8500 Kortrijk\n1302\, Begijnhof\, 8500 Kortrijk\nMuziekcentrum Track\, Conservatoriumplein\, 8500 Kortrijk \nPhoto Gallery\n\n \n \n \n \n Modified Soccer Bench\, Photo: Jeppe Hein\n \n \n \n \n \n I am prepared for you\, Photo: Markus Sixay\n \n \n \n \n \n When all the world is hopeless jumble\n \n \n \n \n \n Soccer Pitch \n \n \n \n \n \n Soccer Pitch \n \n \n \n \n \n Soccer Pitch URL:https://designcities.net/events/play-kortrijk/ CATEGORIES:Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Bed-Jennifer-Rubell-drone_kl.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180615 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180618 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180611T080617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180611T081325Z UID:2465-1529020800-1529279999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Invitation to SDAY2017 Exhibition in Katowice Poland DESCRIPTION:In association and cooperation with the UNESCO Creative Cities Network\, SDAY is organized and managed by Shenzhen City of Design Promotion Association. It is the first project within UCCN that aims to reward young and talented designers for their contribution to the development of cities around the world. \nSDAY has been successfully held for three editions since its launch in 2013. From Recovery: the Power of Design to Transformation: the Mission of Design\, every SDAY shows young designers’ infinite possibilities to the world. The theme of SDAY 2017 is Craftsmanship: The Spirit of Design. 260 entrants\, including professionals and students from 21 creative cities in the network\, have reached the final judging process\, which lasted two days\, with nearly 600 pieces of work. 21 entrants and 3 nominators were chosen as winners. \nShenzhen Design Awards for Young Talents (SDAY) 2017 Exhibition will take place in Katowice Poland during the UNESCO Creative Cities Network XII Annual Meeting. The exhibition will be showcasing nearly 100 excellent works of 68 finalists from Shenzhen\, Beijing\, Macao\, St. Etienne (France)\, Detroit (U.S.)\, Puebla (Mexico)\, Dundee (Scotland) etc. We hope that the exhibition will provide a platform for UCCN to have a deep conversation and share new ideas\, latest information\, and novel design. \nThe next SDAY is planning to call for entries around June in 2019. This time we sincerely invite every creative city especially Cities of Design to participate as nominators and encourage the creative and talented young designers from these cities to present their best and latest projects. We hope that SDAY can provide a platform for the future development of emmerging designers and assist young talents in building their career. Stay tuned! \nFurther information\nFor latest update please visit www.szday.org! \nFor more information please contact per mail. \nPhoto Gallery\n\n \n \n \n \n Photo: SDPA\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: SDPA\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: SDPA\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: SDPA\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: SDPA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: SDPA URL:https://designcities.net/events/invitation-sday2017-exhibition-katowice-poland/ CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/3-SDAY2017-exhibition-in-Shenzhen-01-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180618 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180125T081112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180711T185327Z UID:1499-1528848000-1529279999@designcities.net SUMMARY:springfestival - Electronic Art & Music DESCRIPTION:Springfestival Graz transforms the city into a vibrant center of pop-culture. Internationally acclaimed electronic top acts\, superstar DJs\, visual artists\, club-culture pioneers together with electronic Music rookies and underground heroes groove the city in numerous clubs and venues every year. Thus\, Graz is declared as a huge party-Zone for a couple of days. Acts take place at various locations. \n\n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stefan Lozar\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stefan Leitner\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stefan Leitner\n \n \n \n \n \n Ben Ufo\, Photo: Steve Dykes\n \n \n \n \n \n Helmut List Halle\, Photo: Stefan Lind\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stefan Leitner\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stefan Leitner\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Stefan Leitner\n \n \n \n \n \n\nUnique venues and a distinct festival character have helped establish springfestival as a cultural hub and hotspot within an incredible UNESCO City of Design. Through five days and nights of expressive stimulation\, the festival celebrates house and techno music\, digital art and boundary-pushing creativity. \nA lineup filled with world-leading DJs and highly-rated new thinkers sits comfortably in the midst of unusual surroundings\, with venues inside a mountain\, a former factory and out in the open air. \n  \n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content \n More Information \n\nVideo: Sara & Andy – Daysatreef\nMusik: Mollono Bass \nFor further information see http://www.springfestival.at. URL:https://designcities.net/events/spring-festival-graz/ CATEGORIES:Event,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/helmut_list_halle_springfestival_2016_©stefan_lind_-37.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180618 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180123T074157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180614T103516Z UID:1450-1528848000-1529279999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Bilbao International Art & Fashion DESCRIPTION:On June 13\, Bilbao International Art & Fashion (BIAAF) will unveil the exhibition of emerging fashion of the Sixth Edition of BIAAF\, the reference contest of art and fashion in Europe. The exhibition displays the work of the 31 finalists of the Sixth Edition of the international competition that takes place every two years. \nIn this edition BIAAF (Bilbao International Art & Fashion) has broken all possible records and has become an international reference for emerging design with 1.673 enrolled participants\, coming from 90 different countries. All of them have presented creations related to the world of art. \nA large representation of young talent will attend the inauguration\, with special delegations from the following international schools: Shenkar (Israel)\, Kyoto Seika University (Japan)\, Central Saint Martins\, London College of Fashion y Royal College of Arts (United Kingdom)\, Sask (Belgium) e IED Barcelona\, among others. \n3 Winners\nDuring the inauguration the three winning designers will receive their awards: \n1. Gabriela Grajales (Colombia)\, best outfit designer \nThis collection takes as its model the structural principles of the Islamic mosaic and the transforming character of a mythological sea creature\, obtaining geometrical and colourful textures that allow the readaptation of toxic material. The designs are made using recycled Nespresso coffee capsules. \n2. Jimmy Junichi (United Kingdom)\, best accessory designer \nThis collection of “Reconstruction” is intended to redesign classic shoes with new construction methods but keeping traditional craftsmanship. Inspired by the sculptures of artists like Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore\, and car design such as Mercedes Benz sculpture experiments and Bugatti type 57\, the shoes are made using vegetable tanned baby calf\, polyethylene modelling board\, epoxy pate\, original patent lacquer and leather hardener. \n3. Eneko Iturbe (Basque Country)\, special category\, best Basque designer \nInspired by the pictorial works of Spanish artist Vaquero Palacios\, Terre is a collection of classical lines with a traditional touch\, although it’ s a contemporary work. It gathers not only the essence of its concept and inspiration\, but also the emotions and feelings the designer went through while developing this work. Traditional wools used in classical tailoring\, two-tone iridiscent rayon linings\, jaquard designs as well as shirtmaker’s silk in printed and bold colours compose the fabric range. \nExhibition\nThe exhibition is designed by Zorrozua y Asociados\, and will be held at Azkuna Zentroa. \nThe contest is nowadays the flagship of a global platform for emerging talents of fashion design\, and it aspires to create an innovative breeding ground for creative fashion entrepreneurs in Bilbao. Throughout its various editions it has detected local and international talent\, aiming to be a tractor project for creative business in Biscay and to facilitate the use of design as a way to achieve a sustained economic development. Its challenge: give business opportunities to local and international emerging designers. \nFurther information\nAbout the contest and award ceremony see http://biaaf.com. \nContact for Media\n \nDate: June 13\, 2018\, 8 pm\nPlace: AzkunaZentroa (CAC1\, Pl. Arriquibar 4\, Bilbao)\nIn the case of wanting to personally interview winners and finalists of this edition or if you have any questions about this information\, please contact: Eduardo Iracheta\, Communication Manager of BIAAF\, info@biaaf.com / +34 660083108 \nPhoto Gallery\n\n \n \n \n \n Photo: BIAAF\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: © Txetxu Berruezo Zárate (José Luis)\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: © Txetxu Berruezo Zárate (José Luis)\n \n \n \n \n \n Photoa: © Txetxu Berruezo Zárate (José Luis) URL:https://designcities.net/events/bilbao-international-art-fashion/ CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018_Bilbao_ArtFashion.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180611 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180612 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180809T200710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180809T200739Z UID:2747-1528675200-1528761599@designcities.net SUMMARY:LAB.2030 Design Action.bdg DESCRIPTION:LAB.2030 | Design Action.bdg: Fostering the Creation of Innovative Ideas for Social Development\n  \n\nThe Bandung Creative City Forum (BCCF) is a collaborative-hub facilitating the exchange of creative ideas and knowledge\, aimed at encouraging entrepreneurial initiatives and promoting the creative sector within Bandung. This independent group of volunteers is a catalyst for generating low-cost\, effective improvements and urban solutions for local issues. \nWorkshop Design.Action.bdg\nFor the last 5 years\, the BCCF has supported and organised a variety of social-advancement initiatives\, working with residents to develop their areas in order to generate economic growth and improved communal facilities. Due to the success of the BCCF approach to social and environmental change\, the team now holds an annual workshop called Design Action.bdg. This collaborative opportunity allows creative minds to generate innovative ways to solve issues within the municipality. In consolidation with ‘design thinking’ the BCCF believes in action – Design Action. Their goal is to use ideas to create prototypes for potential solutions. \nFunded by the city and other private sponsorships\, the event gains national and international interest\, and has successfully inspired other cities to set up similar initiatives. As well as addressing urban issues\, the event offers a stage for social equality due to the large number of female and young participants. The workshop has successfully encouraged local government to make improvements to social services and facilities\, as well as focus their attention on the need for environmental sustainability measures. URL:https://designcities.net/events/lab-2030-design-action-bdg/ CATEGORIES:Education,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Bandung_Image_Lab2030.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180607 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180609 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180125T134547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180530T130144Z UID:1520-1528329600-1528502399@designcities.net SUMMARY:Fifteen Second Festival 2018 DESCRIPTION:What started 2014 as a contemporary marketing conference has grown into an interdisciplinary business festival gathering thinkers and makers from all around the world. In 2017\, over 4100 curious people decided to join Fifteen Seconds Festival and came to Graz. \nOver 5.000 visionaries from various fields such as marketing\, advertising\, media\, technology\, HR and leadership connect at this festival. Among the 100 international speakers for 2018 are Ben Hammersley\, Futurist & Writer – Wired\, Kodi Foster\, SVP Data Strategy – Viacom\, Melissa Rosenthal\, Executive Vice President – Cheddar\, and Jia Jiang\, Entrepreneur & Author – Rezeption Therapy. \nMeet people that change the way you think! \nEllen Petry Leanse\, Leadership Coach Stanford University\, says: “A stellar community of big-thinking innovators who will inspire and wow you. This festival is on my A-list.”\nJim Piercy\, Creative Director\, The Wall Street Journal “I can’t wait to return in 2018.”\n \nThe sincere goal is to enable people to do better. Where to improve depends on every single person and the current business challenges one faces. People are invited to come and receive thought-provoking impulses for positive change. \nThere are 100 international speakers invited. Five stages are open for discussions. Generally speaking\, the program attracts a highly diverse audience. See which attendees of the respective disciplines already joined FIFTEEN SECONDS with their companies and whom will be in Graz 2018 here. \nFurther information\nFor further information click see the website of the festival here. \nPress Contact: Nino Groß\nCommunications Management\npr@fifteenseconds.co\n+43 664 883 60 743 \nNow see Fifteen Second Festival 2017 – Aftermovie \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n More Information \n Unblock this video Accept required service and unblock all videos URL:https://designcities.net/events/fifteen-second-festival-2018/ LOCATION:Stadthalle Graz\, Messeplatz 1\, Graz\, Styria\, 8010\, Austria CATEGORIES:Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Fifteen-Seconds-Logo-Black-RGB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180701 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180123T073702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190603T200826Z UID:1448-1527811200-1530403199@designcities.net SUMMARY:Artshop Bilbao DESCRIPTION:The City Council of Bilbao\, through the public entity Bilbao Ekintza\, and in collaboration with the University of the Basque Country (UPV / EHU) and the Bilbao Arte Foundation will held the the eighth edition of ARTESHOP BILBAO in June 2018. \nARTESHOP BILBAO takes advantage of the synergy between commercial and artistic activity\, fostering creative capacity in the shops\, creating an unusual space for artistic expression and improving the shopping experience. With this objective\, students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of the Basque Country exhibit their own art works made expressly for the commercial establishments of the city that participate in the project. \nThe date for 2018 is not confirmed\, but the event usually takes place in June. URL:https://designcities.net/events/artshop-bilbao/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018_Arteshop_Bilbao.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180530 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180531 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180609T105911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180609T110055Z UID:2448-1527638400-1527724799@designcities.net SUMMARY:Créer Montréal action plan DESCRIPTION:In April 2018\, Montréal mayor\, Valérie Plante\, presented the city’s 2018–2022 economic development strategy\, entitled Accélérer Montréal (accelerating Montréal)\, which comprises eight action plans\, including one for design: Créer Montréal (creating Montréal). Officially launched on May 30\, this three-year plan developed by Montréal’s Bureau du design provides for investments of $ 3.8 million spread over five major focuses of intervention. Emulating orientations that have made the city successful thus far and helped Montréal obtain and renew its status as a UNESCO City of Design\, the plan comes at an opportune moment. The time is ripe to accelerate the strategic and cross-disciplinary integration of design into all municipal practices. \nThe city stimulates creative design and promotes the reputation of Montréal designers both at home and abroad by pursuing a single objective – to use local design talent to enhance sustainable economic and urban development and create a first-rate environment throughout its territory. \nHighlights\nThe action plan’s key measure affirms the value placed on design quality: the Bureau du design will coordinate the development and implementation of an Agenda for Design and Architectural Quality (Agenda montréalais pour la qualité en design et en architecture). This collective effort will emphasize the importance of design as a factor in quality of life and assist communities\, the city\, and its boroughs in creating high-quality buildings and public spaces. It will also facilitate the development and maintenance of effective and efficient design processes. \nThe Bureau du design will support the development of the Montréal design market\, in particular by funding departments and boroughs in their own design projects that provide access to emerging designers. It will also invest in opportunities provided by the UNESCO Creative Cities Network by supporting the participation of Montréal designers. And it will help to develop specialized training courses aimed at enhancing the entrepreneurial skills of Montréal designers. \nThe Bureau du design will continue to guide different departments of both the city and its boroughs by training design champions and providing them with coaching tools and practical guides. It will also continue to promote the importance and impacts of design on quality of life by raising awareness and providing information about design and architectural issues among both the general public and city employees. \nRecall the Bureau du design’s mission:\n\nWork with designers to make the city better [design\, build].\nDevelop the market for Montréal designers and architects and promote their talent.\nProvide guidance for private and public design commissions.\n\nWe invite designers\, architects\, and other professionals in the field to meet with us and take part in consultative activities to develop the agenda for design and architectural quality. More details on the project will be forthcoming in the months ahead. To read the action plan Créer Montréal (French only here\, available in English soon). For further information see here. \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/creer-montreal-action-plan/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/PLan_Web_1200X675_Creer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180529 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180530 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180606T105546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181002T203349Z UID:2406-1527552000-1527638399@designcities.net SUMMARY:Visit.alvaraalto.fi web service for friends of architecture and travel DESCRIPTION:The recently opened web service Visit.alvaraalto.fi provides friends of architecture and culture with a compilation of Alvar Aalto’s unique architectural landmarks and different kinds of tourist services around Finland. \nThe website has a selection of the best Aalto architecture and high-quality tourist services\, which form interesting Aalto routes around Finland. In addition to the renowned classic buildings and the lesser known architectural objects\, the tourist can feast on experiences of local nature\, culture and delicacies. \nIn Helsinki\, there are several Aalto objects. The selection on the website includes\, among others\, the Finlandia Hall\, Rautatalo (“Iron house”)\, the Helsinki Hall of Culture\, as well as Alvar Aalto’s atelier and home. \nThe website also offers a vast selection of objects in other parts of Finland. Examples of these are the famous Säynätsalo Town Hall in the landscapes of Päijänne\, the Muuratsalo Experimental House that was also the summer home of Alvar Aalto\, and the Alvar Aalto museum\, where the visitor can attend exhibitions and dive into the architect’s extensive range of works and life. \nThe routes have been planned and realised in co-operation with experts from the Alvar Aalto Foundation\, tourist area guides and local entrepreneurs. The national tourist route project\, co-ordinated by the Alvar Aalto Foundation\, has received funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture’s productisation of cultural tourism project fund. \nThe web service is available in Finnish and English. \nFurther information\nGo and click on the website here. URL:https://designcities.net/events/visit-alvaraalto-fi-web-service-friends-architecture-travel/ CATEGORIES:Service ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Finlandia-talo-2016-1__webiso.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181126 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180611T084031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181003T195708Z UID:2475-1527465600-1543190399@designcities.net SUMMARY:Singapore Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia DESCRIPTION:“No More Free Space?” has opened to the public at the 16th International Architectural Exhibition. Set against the backdrop of Singapore’s compact urban environment\, the exhibition features 12 Singapore-based projects. \nThe exhibition tells the story of how\, in spite of the lack of free space\, Singapore-based architects\, urban planners and place-makes have creatively found ways to bring delightful free spaces to the city’s everday life \n\n \n \n \n \n\nDo also visit designsingapore.org to find out more about Singapore’s design events\, exhibitions and programmes! \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/singapore-pavilion-la-biennale-di-venezia/ CATEGORIES:Biennale,Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Singapore-Pavillon.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180523 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180526 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180609T112248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180609T112248Z UID:2457-1527033600-1527292799@designcities.net SUMMARY:C2 Montréal DESCRIPTION:C2 Montréal brings together commerce and creativity to explore trends\, opportunities\, disruptions and major shifts on the horizon. Each year\, in a collaborative environment specifically designed to provoke collisions and spark new ideas\, C2 Montréal inspires 5\,000 executives across continents and industries to challenge their biases\, shift their perspective and explore completely new ways of doing business. \nSee the website here. \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/c2-montreal-4/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2016-05-24_16011014_Photo_by_Jimmy_Hamelin_C2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180528 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180123T073357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180606T112518Z UID:1440-1526601600-1527465599@designcities.net SUMMARY:Bilbao Art District DESCRIPTION:Bilbao Art District is a public-private initiative (Bilbao City Council – Biscay Provincial Council – art stakeholders) which seeks to support and promote the visual arts sector in Bilbao\, converting the city into a meeting point for the different artistic entities and disciplines\, as well as bringing art closer to the public. \nThe project has arisen out of the city’s expansion district\, around the main Museums and a large number of artistic initiatives\, and has extended to other areas with considerable artistic activity in a two-kilometre radius. A space where art can be enjoyed following different routes\, walking through the collections of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao\, the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum\, the Ría de Bilbao Maritime Museum\, the Sala Rekalde exhibition space\, etc; around the art galleries; open-air sculptures by contemporary authors such as Dalí\, Chillida\, Koons\, Kappoor and Bougeois\, amongst others; works by architects such as Pelli\, Isozaki\, Ferrater\, Soriano\, Moneo\, Siza\, Gehry\, Calatrava\, etc. \nThe Arts in their many guises have been\, and are\, one of the main axes Bilbao has focused on for its transformation\, and this initiative has consolidated this effort\, which began with the opening of the Guggenheim Museum. \nIn this context\, 2013 saw the birth of Bilbao Art District\, an initiative that draws on the combined participation of Bilbao City Council\, the Biscay Provincial Council\, art galleries and other stakeholders in the sector. The Guggenheim Museum\, the Museum of Fine Arts\, the Rekalde Room\, and the Maritime Museum are also involved. \n\n \n \n \n \n © Bilbao Art District Twitter\n \n \n \n \n \n © Aurtenetxeacontainers.com\n \n \n \n \n \n © Scgallery.es\n \n \n \n \n \n © Bilbao Art District Facebook\n \n \n \n \n \n © Bilbao Art District Facebook\n \n \n \n \n \n © Bilbao Art District Facebook\n \n \n\nIt counts the following among its objectives: \n\nBoosting Bilbao’s artistic identity based on a high-quality offer of visual arts\, which also helps to strengthen the city’s artistic and cultural interest.\nStrengthening and improving the competitiveness of the Bilbao visual arts sector\, supporting the stakeholders in the city and facilitating the attraction of new business opportunities that foster the existing artistic offer.\nPromoting the recognition of Bilbao in international art circuits.\nPreparing Bilbao as a meeting point for creators\, personalities and experts in the world of art\, especially on specific dates.\nRaising awareness and attracting new publics to art.\n\nIt works with the sector throughout the year to achieve the aforementioned objectives\, but in May and October\, specifically\, it develops a special programme for the public and the sector as a whole in the city. \nFor further information see http://www.bilbaoartdistrict.com. URL:https://designcities.net/events/bilbao-art-district/ CATEGORIES:Event,Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Art_District.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180521 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180508T101015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180508T101032Z UID:2270-1526601600-1526860799@designcities.net SUMMARY:OpenHouseHelsinki 2018 DESCRIPTION:Photo: Open House \nOpenHouseHelsinki allows visitors into places which normally are not available to the public. OpenHouseHelsinki organizes guided walks in fascinating interior spaces\, interesting parts of the city as well as old and new architectural points of interest. The walks are guided by designers and specialists\, and free of cost. \nRead more about openhousehelsinki here. \n  \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/openhousehelsinki-2018/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/OpenHouse_2018.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180517 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180518 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180517T091249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180517T124532Z UID:2303-1526515200-1526601599@designcities.net SUMMARY:PechaKucha Nights Cholula DESCRIPTION:Since 2003 PechaKucha\, a simple presentation format where 20 images are shown each for 20 seconds while the presenter speaks about its project\, has gathered some of the most brilliant minds around the world and now is time for Puebla. This PechaKucha will center in promoters of the Creative and Design industries across the country with heavy focus in local activities. \nFurther Information\nhttps://www.pechakucha.org \nContact Details\nSee the guacamay festival on facebook here and the pechakucha-night here \nhttps://coolhuntermx.com \nhttp://pueblamxdesign.puebla.gob.mx \nPhoto Gallery\n\n \n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/pechakucha-nights-cholula-puebla/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PechaKucha-Flyer-2018-©-Miriam-León-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180505 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180625 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180320T111154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180626T182611Z UID:1726-1525478400-1529884799@designcities.net SUMMARY:Shaping Human Cities DESCRIPTION:Urban experiments from eleven European cities conceptualized and realized by designers\, initiatives\, activists\, students and residents are open for discussion. In an interactive exhibition the possibilities and challenges of getting involved are to be discovered. Why do we feel comfortable or uncomfortable in a city? What makes it livable? Do we have the freedom to shape our city? What makes a city our city? \nThe exhibition SHAPING HUMAN CITIES was designed by students of the Master’s programme Exhibition Design at the University of Applied Sciences\, FH JOANNEUM and from 5 May to 24 June 2018 urban experiments are presented\, which took place within the framework of the Human Cities Project in these cities. Interactive stations are installed in the GrazMuseum where the experiments can be experienced in a playful way. \nOne of them is LET´S TAKE ACTION.\nIt gives tips on how to become active in your own urban environment and thereby improve the urban space. \nWANNA PLAY?\nConsists of eleven miniature golf courses that invite you to play. Each lane is assigned to one Human City and one of their experiments. The courses incorporate the spatial and creative circumstances of the experiments and pose a challenge for the players. \nWANNA TASTE?\nInvites up to 20 guests on four Sundays to taste the Human Cities projects in eleven courses. \nWANNA TRAVEL?\nIntroduces the 11 cities of the Human Cities network. \nIn addition\, an app with an interactive\, digital catalogue is available for download. Here\, photos\, videos\, comments\, etc. can be uploaded and commented upon. \nLocation & opening hours\nGrazMuseum\, Sackstrasse 18\, A-8010 Graz\nWed – Mon\, 10 am – 5 pm \nAbout Human Cities\nHuman Cities_Challenging the City Scale is a European research project with partners from eleven European cities. The Human Citizens face these questions collaboratively and meet to develop ideas and solutions for a better quality of life in urban areas. \nLearn more here. \n\n \n \n \n \n Photo: Cara Mielzarek\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Cara Mielzarek\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Cara Mielzarek\n \n \n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content \n More Information URL:https://designcities.net/events/shopping-human-cities/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bildschirmfoto-2018-03-20-um-12.09.15.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180505 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180604 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20170626T083133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180817T194820Z UID:1160-1525478400-1528070399@designcities.net SUMMARY:Designmonat Graz 2018 DESCRIPTION:Celebrating: 10 x Designmonat Graz \n\n \n2009\, 2010\, 2011\, 2012\, 2013\, 2014\, 2015\, 2016\, 2017\, 2018 – for the 10th time in a row\, Designmonat Graz was transforming the city into an urban design zone. For 4 weeks and with a dense design program. All started on May 4th with the opening event and the Designers’ night with DJ DSL. \nHow much Tolerance does design need?\nDesign triggers emotions which are located between aversion and approval\, enthusiasm and disappointment\, outrage and indifference. Yet\, who is the one to say what is beautiful? Who says what works for whom and why? And who judges good taste – and why? Additionally\, Design is a question of tolerance; therefore\, Designmonat Graz focuses on the topic of tolerance. It challenges and demands tolerance. And it also challenges you: with an interesting program\, with an unusual graphic design and with a lot of design within 4 weeks! \nOpening\nDesignmonat Graz 2018 and the exhibition at Joanneumsviertel Graz were opened by Barbara Eibinger-Miedl\, Minister for Economy\, Tourism\, Europe\, Science and Research\, and the Mayor of Graz Siegfried Nagl. \nMay 04\, 19:30  Opening! at Joanneumsviertel\nMay 04             Selected – “Out of the Frame” at Neue Galerie Graz\, Joanneumsviertel\nMay 25-27        Fesch’Markt’ at Seifenfabrik\, Angergasse 41 \nProgramme Outlook\nBesides SELECTED\, the largest exhibition in the field of product design\, also the format Design in the City are again part of the festival. Also exhibitions in designforum Steiermark and in Schloss Hollenegg for Design\, the Design Battle at the carpentry of Josef Prödl as well as programme items in the focus region Pöllau-Hartberg. \nPhoto Gallery\n\n \n \n \n \n Opening Event on May 4\, Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Opening Event of Designmonat Graz 2018 on May 4\, Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition “SELECTED”\, location: Joanneumsviertel\, Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition “SELECTED”\, location: Joanneumsviertel\, Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition to see at Joanneumsviertel\, Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition to see at Joanneumsviertel\, Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Designers’ Party at List-Halle\, Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Opening of “Design in the City” with Eberhard Schrempf and Hans Schullin\, Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n\n\nDesignmonat Graz 2018 – Review\n  \n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content \n More Information \n\nDesignmonat Graz 2018 – Opening\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content \n More Information \n\nDesignmonat Graz 2018 – Design in the City\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content \n More Information \n\n\n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/designmonat-2018/ CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibition,Festival,Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DMG18-Cis-Allgemein-ENGL.gif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180505 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180601 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180501T094310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180706T101856Z UID:1800-1525478400-1527811199@designcities.net SUMMARY:WORLD WIDE THINGS COLLECTION DESCRIPTION:Where we develop a huge marketplace for the UNESCO Cities of Design.\nWhere we connect designers\, products\, manufacturers and distributors.\nWhere we collect great design from the Creative Cities Network. \n  \n  \n \n  \nThe WORLD WIDE THINGS COLLECTION is a worldwide marketplace for a fine selection of prime design products; additionally\, it comprises different formats such as exhibitions\, shops\, conferences\, meetings and conventions. In other words\, this collection acts as a “Hyperloop” as it displays products created in the UNESCO Cities of Design and moreover\, facilitates the dissemination of ideas\, designs and best practices. Last but not least\, the design products presented in the exhibitions are for sale. \nAbout\nThe project was developed by Anne Thomas (MTL)\, Pierre Laramée (MTL) and Eberhard Schrempf (GRZ) in 2017 and firstly launched as a pilot project within Designmonat Graz in May 2018. The curators’ vision is to create a channel\, of which both the creative community and the economy benefit. \nThis project is meant to visualize the diversity of good ideas and products and to utilize the potential for cooperation and exchange among the UNESCO Creative Cities Network; thus\, designers\, producers and retailers are provided the possibilities to display their products on a global platform and are connected with the creative community. \nExhibition\nThe first exhibition shows 53 products from Mexico City\, Montréal and Graz and was opened within Designmonat Graz 2018\, May 4\, at the Universal Museum Joanneum in Graz\, Austria. It will last until May 31. The exhibition design refers to the “Hyperloop” concept\, which enables trains to run quieter and smoother than conventional trains and at a much higher speed; the same is true for the design products: they are displayed smoothly and without friction on a table board and are shown in the exhibition as well as on this website here. The exhibition design is developed as open-source-material and therefore easy and quick to rebuild; moreover\, other UNESCO Cities of Design are invited to use this concept in order to set up a similar exhibition in their cities; the manual for the exhibition design is available on request. \nFinal Sale of Products: From May 27 until May 31 you’ll get a 15 % discount on each item bought. \nPhoto Gallery\n\n \n \n \n \n Opening Event of Designmonat Graz 2018 on May 4\, Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition to see at Joanneumsviertel\, Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition to see at Joanneumsviertel\, Photo: Jorj Konstantinov\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Philipp Podesser\n \n \n\n\nFor more information see here. URL:https://designcities.net/events/wwtc/ CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibition,Museum,Shop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Loop_Logo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180501 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180518T112217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180518T112442Z UID:2318-1525046400-1525132799@designcities.net SUMMARY:Barrio de Santiago Mural Paintings DESCRIPTION:Trough public and private initiative thousands of families changed their every day perception of their barrio (neighborhood) thanks to dozens of mural paintings that reflect their dreams inner desires and even fears. Social transformation and betterment can occur when unification happens between different social layers such as artists\, entrepreneurs\, government and residents. \nFor more information click here. \nPhoto Gallery\n\n \n \n \n \n Photo: Cristian Jiménez \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Cristian Jiménez \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Cristian Jiménez \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo: Cristian Jiménez URL:https://designcities.net/events/barrio-de-santiago-mural-paintings/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DSCF9400_kl.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180426 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180429 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180609T113012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180609T113918Z UID:2459-1524700800-1524959999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Montréal International Design Show 2018 DESCRIPTION:The Montreal International Design Show is a reference for all design lovers who wish to buy\, or simply find inspiration! Architecture\, decoration\, works of art\, luminaires\, accessories\, landscaping\, furniture\, stationery\, local products. \nGiant showcase of creativity and talent\, the show will help you find everything you need to decorate your homes and work environments\, and create places reflecting your personality. The SIDIM is your next cultural outing! \nGet more information at the official website here. \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/montreal-international-design-show/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/SIDIM.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180313 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180319 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180205T134356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180424T062729Z UID:1431-1520899200-1521417599@designcities.net SUMMARY:Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film DESCRIPTION:The Diagonale is conceived as a forum for the presentation and discussion of Austrian cinematic production. The goal and task of the Diagonale is a nuanced\, multifaceted and critical exploration of Austrian cinema as well as drawing the industry into the media spotlight and thereby into public discourse. Accordingly\, it is the filmmakers and their works that lie at the heart of the festival\, which\, by means of a tailored program selection\, offers the rare opportunity to become acquainted with Austrian film in all its diversity\, to trace current artistic trends and\, to make some (re-) discoveries along the way. \nSome impressions\n\n \n \n \n \n © Diagonale Paul Pibernig\n \n \n \n \n \n Cinema Kiz Royal © Diagonale Miriam Raneburger\n \n \n \n \n \n Opening 2017 © Diagonale Alexi Pelekanos\n \n \n \n \n \n Cinema UCI © Diagonale Paul Pibernig\n \n \n \n \n \n Diagonale 2017 © Diagonale Paul Pibernig\n \n \n \n \n \n Cinema Kiz Royal © Diagonale Paul Pibernig\n \n \n \n \n \n © Diagonale Paul Pibernig\n \n \n \n \n \n Cinema Rechbauer © Diagonale Alexi Pelekanos\n \n \n \n \n \n Graz Clocktower © Diagonale Paul Pibernig\n \n \n\n\nProgram Structure\n\n\nThe Diagonale program structure is characterized by its diversity. Beginning with the Competition Program\, it draws from approximately 500 recent submissions and selects some outstanding films and documentaries\, as well as the best short films\, animations\, and experimental works and videos. Many of the productions from this feature will have their world premiere in Graz\, or their first showing in Austria. \n\nIn addition to the current selection\, the Retrospective presents feature-length Austrian films and documentaries that enjoyed regular cinematic releases during the last year. Further highlights include a Historical Program and Spotlight on\, which showcases the work of a particular Austrian filmmaker\, producer\, or screenwriter. The festival’s section In Reference\, discloses programmatic correspondences; here\, Austrian cinema enters into a filmic conversation with itself and selected international positions. The festival also shows European co-productions with Austrian participation\, highlighting Austria as a film-producing country in the international context. In addition\, the festival offers a comprehensive Supporting and Education Program\, consisting of talks and debates on cultural and political topics\, as well as exhibitions and workshops. \nAnd when it comes to celebrating cinema\, the festival never falls short. There are plenty of occasions to enjoy\, including the Opening Gala\, the presentation of awards for performance and screenplays\, numerous receptions\, as well as the parties and concerts of Durch die Nacht\, where stimulating festival days are celebrated late into the night. In the Award Ceremony\, the festival is brought to a close with Austria’s most prestigious film distinctions\, including the main prize for Best Austrian Feature and Best Austrian Documentary Film\, each offering 21\,000 Euros in prize money. \nText: © www.diagonale.at/en  \nFor more information see here. URL:https://designcities.net/events/diagonale/ LOCATION:Graz\, Graz\, 8010\, Austria CATEGORIES:Event,Festival,Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Diagonale_Logo_Varianten_2018-10.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180319 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180215T085716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180424T063607Z UID:1655-1520208000-1521417599@designcities.net SUMMARY:Singapore Design Week - SDW 2018! DESCRIPTION:Now into its 5th edition\, the Singapore Design Week (SDW) 2018 will run from 5 to 18 March 2018. The annual SDW brings together a collection of local and international design activities in Singapore. Organised by the DesignSingapore Council\, the SDW is open to the design community\, businesses\, design students\, public sector officers and the general public. \nAs one of Asia’s premier design festivals\, SDW champions design thought leadership by bringing the design\, business\, and public policy worlds together to answer how they can intersect better to bring about needed innovation and solutions to build businesses\, engage communities and enrich people’s lives. It is a hub where the best design talents and businesses from Singapore and Asia converge to be showcased to the world; and a platform where Singaporeans and visitors can experience the value of design through delightful activities. \nThrough SDW\, the Council hopes to enhance the synergy among our design partners\, and in turn boost Singapore’s profile and attractiveness as a global city for design. More information can be found at: www.designsingapore.org/SDW. \nKey Event Highlights \n\nThe inaugural Brainstorm Design will be held from 6 to 8 March. Led by the editorial teams of Fortune\, TIME and Wallpaper*\, Brainstorm Design will bring together more than 60 global thought leaders in business\, design and public policy to discuss how design can help build businesses\, improve sustainability\, engage communities and enrich people’s lives. Selected speakers will also be involved in side engagement events organised by Dsg to multiply the impact of Brainstorm Design to a wider audience\, including design students.\nSingaPlural 2018\, the anchor event of SDW\, will be held in the National Design Centre (NDC)\, the nexus for all things design\, from 5 to 18 March. Organised by the Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) and supported by Dsg\, it is curated by award-winning homegrown design studio Produce. SingaPlural will bring creatives\, including Gabriel Tan Studio and Trigger Design\, and brands such as Ewins\, Formica and Kvadrat\, to explore the concept of play as an important experimental process that precedes design work.\nWallpaper* Handmade 2018 exhibition\, in partnership with Dsg\, will include a special showcase of seven Singapore pieces that will debut at Gillman Barracks from 8 March\, before being exhibited during the Milan Design Week in April.\nInternational Furniture Fair Singapore (IFFS)\, SDW’s long-standing trade show will\, for the first time\, partner Chantal Hamaide\, founder of French design magazine Intramuros\, to curate a key showcase – CARTE BLANCHE – at IFFS.\nSDW’s partners HJGHER\, LOPELAB and the National Heritage Board (NHB) will add buzz to the festival through District Activations – in the form of Design District Dialogue in Holland Village\, the Singapore Urban Design Festival in Tanjong Pagar\, and the BBB Arts Sprawl in the Bras Basah.Bugis precinct\, which is co-presented with Dsg. Together with Dsg and NHB\, Shophouse & Co. will present The City Ramble Design Trails\, which include guided tours of places with architectural and heritage value\, and self-guided trails.\nThe Red Dot Design Museum’s Market of Artists And Designers (MAAD) at the i Light Marina Bay\, is supported by Dsg and URA. It will showcase some 50 makers from Singapore\, Hong Kong\, Japan\, Taiwan and Malaysia and offer more than 10 workshops covering art\, craft and design.\n\n  \nFor more information\, please visit www.designsingapore.org/sdw.\nThe official press release is to be found Singapore Design Week 2018 Press Release_130218. \n  \nLast year’s performance “Singapore Design Week 2017”\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n More Information \n Unblock this video Accept required service and unblock all videos \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nMedia Contacts\n\n\n\n\n\nBridgette See\nCommunications & International Relations\nDesignSingapore Council\nBridgette_SEE@mci.gov.sg\nD +65 6837 9343 \n\n\nJuliet Lim \nCommunications & International Relations\nDesignSingapore Council\nJuliet_Lim@mci.gov.sg\nD +65 6837 9869 \n\n\n\n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/swd2018/ CATEGORIES:Design Week,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2018_SDW-neu.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180305 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180224T125740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180309T132358Z UID:1484-1519776000-1520207999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Elevate Festival DESCRIPTION:© Clara Wildberger \n  \nElevate is an annual interdisciplinary festival held in various central venues around the Schlossberg in Graz\, Austria. With its unique combination of critical political discourse and contemporary music and art\, the Elevate Festival stands out of the “usual” festival circus. Amongst the guests are Human rights experts\, climate researchers and activists from all over the world\, who gather in Graz once a year with musicans and artists\, illuminating pertinent issues of our future. The organisational body is a not-for-profit association. Therefore all the discourse and film programme of the festival is free of charge. \nPolitical Discourse & Activism\nWith an extensive programme of discussions\, workshops\, lectures\, and film screenings\, the Elevate Festival wishes to foster a better understanding of the most important issues of our time. People from all over the world get together to exchange their ideas and views\, to analyse complex issues and problems\, work out approaches to global solutions and take a public stand on political events. \nDemocratisation\, civil society\, climate change and human rights – with issues such as these the Elevate Festival has always strived to analyse current social\, economic and ecological developments. But more importantly\, its aim is to present alternatives\,which can contribute to a better future for everyone. The emphasis on creating a dialogue across the generational\, ideological and other lines that divide us. \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n © Clara Wildberger\n \n \n \n \n \n © Elevate Festival\n \n \n \n \n \n Discourse © Elevate Festival\n \n \n \n \n \n © Elevate Festival\n \n \n \n \n \n Dom im Berg © Clara Wildberger\n \n \n \n \n \n Elevate Festival © Clara Wildberger\n \n \n \n \n \n Music Orpheus © Clara Wildberger\n \n \n \n \n \n Diskurse © Elevate Festival\n \n \n\n  \nMusic and Arts\nPresenting an eclectic array of styles\, the performing artists at Elevate have one thing in common: the courage to break away from conventions\, seeking for adventurous aesthetics far removed from the mainstream. Elevate offers a musical journey away from well-known Best-Of-Sets\, challenging both artists and audiences alike. \nFor a few days\, Elevate creates an environment in which trance meets reflection\, empathy meets disturbance and rhythm meets emancipation – an open space for new experiences some where between critical distance and unrestrained surrender. \n  \nFor further information see https://elevate.at. \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/elevate-festival/ CATEGORIES:Event,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2017_ElevateFestival_Orpheum_c_ClaraWildberger.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180222 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180222T093222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180222T095327Z UID:1699-1519171200-1519257599@designcities.net SUMMARY:MODERNISM FOR THE FUTURE DESCRIPTION:Kaunas Modernist and society \n  \n“Emotional attachment is one of the key aspects of heritage appreciation. We need to create emotional shock to wake up these places\, to create new stories and new ways of forging an emotional attachment”. Kaunas’ status as a temporary capital City (1919–1940) provoked a huge construction boom: government institutions\, museums\, educational institutions\, business offices\, hotels\, industrial territories\, housing\, etc. were built. The area of the City expanded by a factor of seven. More than 6\,000 buildings from this period survive until today. This process corresponds with huge changes in European and Global architecture. In the 1930s\, in a very short period of time\, the Modernist Movement became the de facto international style. The revolutionary seeds sown by Le Corbusier\, Walter Gropius\, Mies van der Rohe and other world-class architects and schools of architecture\, found fertile soil in dozens of places around the world. Unlike the public and civil purposes of other built heritage the Modernist Movement buildings are still inhabited by thousands of people in Kaunas. According to the architectural critic Wayne Attoe\, “Histories are constructed as sequences of deviant\, “progressive” building\,” who asks us to take a closer look at everyday spaces. \n\n\n\n\n\nA culturally\, emotionally and economically meaningful future of the Modernist Movement’s heritage is impossible without the consideration of everyday spaces. The status of European Capital of Culture in 2022 could be a powerful impulse for Kaunas to create a success story of its Modernist Movement inheritance\, examples of which Kaunas has in abundance. We have to build up the emotional attachment with our citizens. We have to empower small communities that already appreciate this heritage\, and to coordinate and accelerate this process. In 2018 20th century heritage interpretation and education centre “Modernism for the Future” is being established and is taking up this responsibility. The aim of the centre will be to act as a mediator between heritage and different groups of society (heritage communities and those of owners\, tourists\, citizens etc.)\, and set up a strategy for explaining\, interpreting and promoting the City’s modernism\, and the Modernist Movement in general.\n\n\nPlans and international events for 2018\n\n\n\n\n“Modernism for the European Year of Cultural Heritage” \n“Historic urban landscape of Modern Movement and value”: June 25–29\, 2018 \n“Forum of historic cities and sites of Modern Movement in East Europe”: September 11\, 2018 \nKaunas Conference “Modernism for the Future”: September 12–13\, 2018 \n\n  \n\n \n \n \n \n Kaunas Modernist and society © Renata Kilinskaite\n \n \n \n \n \n Principal Photo © Martinas Plepys\n \n \n\n\nFurther Information\n\n\n\n\nSee the website here. \nContact Person: Žilvinas Rinkšelis Mail: zilvinas@kaunas2022.eu \n\n  \n\n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/modernist-for-the-future/ CATEGORIES:Conference,Exhibition,Research,Training ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1-Martynas-Plepys.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180319 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180208T093043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180424T064305Z UID:1609-1518566400-1521417599@designcities.net SUMMARY:Architecture of Optimism: The Kaunas Phenomenon\, 1918–1940 DESCRIPTION:The modernist architecture of Kaunas is a reflection of the optimistic political\, social\, economic and cultural ideals of the 1920s and 1930s\, when Kaunas served as the provisional capital of the newly restored independent Republic of Lithuania. The city’s metamorphosis during this period was nothing short of a miracle. Kaunas radically changed its identity: in less than twenty years\, residents built more than 12\,000 buildings and transformed Kaunas into a modern\, elegant European capital city. After World War II and throughout the Soviet occupation that followed\, Kaunas’ heritage of pre-war modernist architecture served as a vivid memory of former statehood\, a symbolic window to the West\, and a benchmark for architectural excellence for Soviet-era architects. For Kaunas today\, that heritage has become the foundation of the city’s identity and an expression of its genius loci. This exhibition is more than just the story of one city. It speaks to the perpetual birth and collapse of dreams\, about creative endeavours and the appeal of rewarding optimism\, and about the migration\, locality and commonality of ideas and forms. \nDates\nOpening ceremony of the exhibition on February 14\, 6 p.m. at National Gallery of Art  at Vilnius\, Konstitucijos pr. 22 \nIn 2018 the exhibition travels to four other places: \n\nUNESCO HQ\, Paris:  April\, 4 – 9\nAuditorium Parco della Musica\, Rome: May\, 5 – 12\nEstonian National Library\, Tallinn: May\, 24 – June\, 16\nMuseum of Architecture\, Wroclaw: June\, 28 – October\, 16\n\nContact details and additional information:\nCurators of the exhibition: Ms. Marija Drėmaitė\, Ms. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė and Mr. Vaidas Petrulis.\nKaunas UNESCO City of Design: Ms. Andrijana Filinaitė. \nExhibition is organised by the Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO and funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania. Strategic Partner – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania URL:https://designcities.net/events/architecture-optimism-kaunas-phenomenon-1918-1940/ CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/OPTIMISM-Q.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20180124T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20180212T170000 DTSTAMP:20260618T155733 CREATED:20180129T081938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180427T123814Z UID:1535-1516780800-1518454800@designcities.net SUMMARY:Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles launches an International Competition for interactive mapping projects DESCRIPTION:Content\nCreators and artists working in all disciplines\, residing in Canada or abroad are invited to propose interactive mapping projects for the building façade next to Saint-Laurent metro station in the Quartier des Spectacles\, Montreal\, a site passed by thousands of people every day. \nMontreal’s cultural heart\, the Quartier des Spectacles\, showcases innovative projects from every video discipline. Its outdoor spaces are canvases for exploring and displaying new forms of work for urban public space. Several building façades in the Quartier des Spectacles are dedicated to architectural video projections. \nThe purpose of this competition is to explore\, in prototype form\, new approaches to interactivity using the façades. \nProcedure\nA first round of selections will be made based on preliminary concepts. Five semi-finalists will receive a $1\,500 CAD grant for developing a prototype for presentation to the jury and the general public during the MUTEK_IMG event in April\, 2018. Project leaders will also give a presentation on their creative approach\, as part of a conference on mapping. \nNext\, three finalists will be selected. They will receive a $3\,500 CAD grant and an invitation to a workshop with experts in the field\, to help advance their prototype toward presentation of an improved version during the MAPP_MTL festival in October 2018. Two $5\,000 CAD grand prizes will be awarded during that event: the Jury Prize and the Audience Award. The PQDS will enter into a licensing agreement with each finalist\, as follows: by accepting the $3\,500 CAD grant\, the finalist licences the PQDS to present the prototype produced for the Quartier des Spectacles at a later date\, without additional remuneration. Finalists will retain intellectual property rights in their prototype. In addition\, the PQDS will be granted the right of first refusal for the future development and production of a more complete version of the work. \nDeadline\nThe proposal must be submitted no later than Monday\, February 12\, 2018\, at noon. \nFurther Information\nTo know all criteria and how to submit\, see the call for proposals here. \nMore about the Quartier des Spectacles are to find here. URL:https://designcities.net/events/montreals-quartier-des-spectacles-launches-international-competition-interactive-mapping-projects/ CATEGORIES:Competition,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/espace-commun-unintended-emissions-photo-martine-doyon-2.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR