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Slovenian designers were inspired by a novel reinterpreting self-isolation
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Slovenian designers were inspired by a novel reinterpreting self-isolation

What does an artist do during quarantine? French writer Xaviér de Mainstre wrote an unusual travel diary in his novel A Journey Around My Room: he captured his forty-two-day isolation while discovering and documenting every corner of his room. Like the diary, published in 1790, we were able to experience
Hungarian success: a media designer won two Red Dot awards
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Hungarian success: a media designer won two Red Dot awards

Winners of the 2021 Red Dot Design Award, one of the most prestigious international awards in the international design scene, have been announced. Balázs Balogh, media designer and founder of the studio That’s it. excelled in two sections. In the Brand & Communication Design category, the winning design was the
Contemporary art in a puzzle
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Contemporary art in a puzzle

Canadian jigsaw puzzle company Four Point Puzzles brought together the enjoyment of contemporary art and the joy of doing puzzles in their latest product. In these “quasi-quarantine” times, we should look for things to do at home that not only keep us busy for a long time, but also give
Reality in a new perspective | László Sebestyén
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Reality in a new perspective | László Sebestyén

Three months have passed by without time. Shadows shifting shape depending on the given time of day in your sheltering home served as a compass as to what you should be doing almost exclusively. Only the here, only the now. The horizon narrowed down from wall to wall – you, in
Imaginary holiday | Casa Plenaire
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Imaginary holiday | Casa Plenaire

We still don’t know anything about summer, whether we can go on vacation or travel at all. For the time being, only our imagination can cross the borders, but it comes with some benefits: our dreams don’t depend on our wallets or distance. And now we can pick
Home | Braw Production
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Home | Braw Production

The quarantine brings major changes into our everydays, will influence our future lives and it also draws more attention to the climate change. The following quite emotionally-charged animated short film rich in gestures was made by an international team. The short movie is intended as a warning message for everyone,
An apartment converted into a park in a tower block
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An apartment converted into a park in a tower block

This park created in a 90 m2 apartment at the 27th floor of a 50-story skyscraper in the framework of an experimental project has everything it should, except for birdsong and blue sky. When I was a kid, I had a recurring dream about a flat filled with water. Later
Living (space) after the epidemic | An urbanist’s angle
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Living (space) after the epidemic | An urbanist’s angle

Although the lockdown will not last longer than a few weeks, maybe months, the impulse will probably leave a longer-lasting mark on our lives, way of living and living spaces, too. The time spent forcibly at home, home office, being locked in and together all have their lessons already at
Quarantine through the lens of photographers
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Quarantine through the lens of photographers

Everyone deals with the lockdown differently; there are some who focus on themselves and their environment, and there are those who focus others and on the outside world. Moment-like, slowed down scenes, relief, melancholy, escape, search for balance or self-therapy. This time, we picked our favorites from the shots of
HYPE | Weekly online program guide
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HYPE | Weekly online program guide

The leading art and design museums of the world simply can’t run out of ideas, they offer more and more fascinating online education materials in the form of illustrated training videos and complex courses. Speaking of learning, we would also like to recommend a 3D course soon to be
The spaces we lost - the quarantine office concept
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The spaces we lost - the quarantine office concept

Because of the coronavirus epidemic about 3 billion people need to stay at home at the moment and millions of them continue working. By 2020, home office is no longer an unknown solution in the broadest industrial, professional or geographical areas, but it is definitely a novelty to move entire
Lightning illustrations in a digital cookbook | Viki Hitka X Quarantine Canteen
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Lightning illustrations in a digital cookbook | Viki Hitka X Quarantine Canteen

While in lockdown, even those start cooking who have only entered the kitchen to warm up the ordered food until now. With the recipes of 20 Hungarian star chefs, Quarantine Canteen also helps these kitchen rookies, but it was primarily created for health care workers: the amount generated from selling
Odett X CsaK | Fehér fény
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Odett X CsaK | Fehér fény

They were supposed to record the music video for the new song in March, but were forced to cancel the shooting as a result of the coronavirus epidemic. This is how finally Csaba Klement known for his cute GIFs ended up creating the animation inspired by Alice in Wonderland for
HYPE | Weekly online program guide
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HYPE | Weekly online program guide

Now everyone holds the interviews, exhibition openings and professional conversations from their homes, and, oddly enough, it seems as if we were seeing each other in a closer and more humane situation in the virtual space than ever before. We picked out several platforms for the week where Hungarian and
Contemporary movies from Central Europe
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Contemporary movies from Central Europe

Although movie theaters have closed down for a while, we don’t have to give up on watching movies. Here’s a top 5 selection featuring the best contemporary films from the region that you can still watch from your couch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And Then We Danced [https://www.imdb.com/
Ksenia Wallenstein | Ceramics in memory of the quarantine
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Ksenia Wallenstein | Ceramics in memory of the quarantine

There are some who think that the covid-19 pandemic will not leave a severe mark in the history of humanity (saying it’s practically nothing compared to the plague), but those currently experiencing it can feel more and more as if they are the part of a very significant historical
Negative space
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Negative space

“I am standing in the middle of the city, time has let go of my hand, or I let go of its hand, I’m not sure. There is silence and sunshine. This duo is quite rare in a big city. Work gained a new meaning. Joggings, pajamas and jeans
Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Daily routine
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Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Daily routine

HYPE’s editorial staff also went into home office mode. And although this form of life is not completely strange to us, we miss the usual office get-togethers (having coffee or lunch together) quite much. And what are we, editorial staff members doing at home, confined within four walls? We
Design and architectural documentaries for the time of the quarantine
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Design and architectural documentaries for the time of the quarantine

We found a new way of spending our time productively in isolation: let’s watch the documentaries we have been postponing for months… Creative minds need inspiration during the quarantine, too: maybe this is when their greatest idea ever will conceive in their minds. ABSTRACT – The Art of Design (2019)
Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Daily flow
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Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Daily flow

HYPE’s editorial staff also went into home office mode. And although this form of life is not completely strange to us, we miss the usual office get-togethers (having coffee or lunch together) quite much. And what are we, editorial staff members doing at home, confined within four walls? We
Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Food
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Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Food

HYPE’s editorial staff also went into home office mode. And although this form of life is not completely strange to us, we miss the usual office get-togethers (having coffee or lunch together) quite much. And what are we, editorial staff members doing at home, confined within four walls? We
Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Music
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Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Music

HYPE’s editorial staff also went into home office mode. And although this form of life is not completely strange to us, we miss the usual office get-togethers (having coffee or lunch together) quite much. And what are we, editorial staff members doing at home, confined within four walls? We
Designers vs. coronavirus
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Designers vs. coronavirus

We compiled our favorite designers’ reactions to the coronavirus into a little bunch. Labrosse Dani’s [https://www.daniellabrosse.art/] illustrations call attention to the fact that even though the disease is most probably not harmful for young and healthy people, we should still stay at home if we can,
Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Books
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Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Books

HYPE’s editorial staff also went into home office mode. And although this form of life is not completely strange to us, we miss the usual office get-togethers (having coffee or lunch together) quite much. And what are we, editorial staff members doing at home, confined within four walls? We
Home office time | Interior designers’ tips
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Home office time | Interior designers’ tips

There are some who have worked from home before all this, and there are some to whom staying as productive as one was in the office means a completely new and unknown challenge. The quarantine forces everyone to create their own home work stations – if so, let’s bring out
Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Series
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Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Series

HYPE’s editorial staff also went into home office mode. And although this form of life is not completely strange to us, we miss the usual office get-togethers (having coffee or lunch together) quite much. And what are we, editorial staff members doing at home, confined within four walls? We
Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Movies
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Creatives in quarantine | Recommended by the editors of HYPE – Movies

HYPE’s editorial staff also went into home office mode. And although this form of life is not completely strange to us, we still miss the usual office get-togethers (having coffee or lunch together) quite much. And what are we, editorial staff members doing at home, confined within four walls?