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Bárdos László

Call For Applications – EDGE Award

Call For Applications – EDGE Award

For the fourth time, Építészfórum (epiteszforum.hu), Hungary’s leading online architecture magazine, is organizing the Architecture Festival (Építészfesztivál) in Budapest. This year, the event returns in a renewed format with an international focus under the name EDGE Architecture Festival Budapest (EDGE Fest). The conference will spotlight progressive, forward-thinking architectural
A Taste of Italy

A Taste of Italy

Zwack is celebrating the widespread launch of Unicum Orange Bitter with a Mediterranean-inspired commercial. Starting this April, the latest addition to the Zwack Unicum lineup will be available on the shelves of major retail chains. To mark the occasion, the company has created a visually stunning advertisement set to debut
Balaton Modern
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Balaton Modern

When you get off the ferry at Badacsony, you hardly notice the building designed by Ferenc Callmeyer, which opened its doors as the Tátika Restaurant in 1962. Its exciting cantilevered floor hung five meters above the water, where a confectionery and bar were operating. A valuable late-modern creation, beautifully integrated
META-Petőfi recites
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META-Petőfi recites

This is the tenth year that we commemorate the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in some form on Hype. The ideals of the Hungarian Civic Revolution and War of Independence have been a constant and much-loved theme since the magazine's inception, and we prepare for them under all circumstances. This year
Animated Picnic in May
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Animated Picnic in May

On the website of the Hungarian National Gallery you can read a super painting analysis of Pál Szinyei Merse’s painting entitled Picnic in May. If someone hasn’t read it yet, make sure to visit the site and spin through the material as it contains a wealth of interesting
Pilvax Café—like you've never seen before
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Pilvax Café—like you've never seen before

This year is the ninth year in which we commemorate the 1848-49 Revolution and War of Independence with creative material. A year ago, at the beginning of the restrictions due to the coronavirus, we were still traveling in the country looking for the most successful sculptures to create our revolutionary
Uncertainty, gratitude, waiting
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Uncertainty, gratitude, waiting

If I had to describe the year in three words, these are the ones that would come to my mind first. Uncertainty, because with the pandemic, nothing went the way it was supposed to or as we imagined it this year. The virus affected nearly everything, which we had to
#STAYHOME | Everyone is home

#STAYHOME | Everyone is home

The Simpson family rushes home, you should, too: Marty McFly must not meet anybody … that is: Kevin is ready to stay home: Neo doesn’t go out, either: Let’s learn from the Signs:
Shine bright!
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Shine bright!

This year marks the eighth year of commemorating the Hungarian Revolution in one way or another. The ideology of the Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-49 has been a permanent and preferred topic since the launch of our magazine, for which we prepare in all circumstances. This year, we
Tokyo 2020 - kinetic sport pictograms
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Tokyo 2020 - kinetic sport pictograms

It is perhaps the most exciting professional challenge to work with a team in charge of the image of the Olympics: to design a complex visual system that people are most likely to remember for years, and hopefully it will serve as an example for future design works and sports
Rosetta | Rendezvous with Comet 67P/C-G
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Rosetta | Rendezvous with Comet 67P/C-G

10 years after the launch of Rosetta space mission, on this day, at 9:35 AM, Philae lander separates from the probe of the European Space Agency (ESA) so that 7 hours later it can land on the 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet. ESA is only informed about the events taking
Colors and personalities
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Colors and personalities

This year’s March 15 is the third in the life of Hype, and, at the same time, the fourth creative piece (War of Independence Now [https://hypeandhyper.com/szabadsagharc-most/], Our Vibrant Heroes [https://hypeandhyper.com/ragyogo-hoseink/], Revolutionary Note [https://hypeandhyper.com/forradalmi-banko/]) created for the anniversary of this memorable
When the holidays are over
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When the holidays are over

… mass graves of Christmas trees start to appear on street corners, at the trash bins, and even in bus stops. Or, to be more accurate, what is left of them, as they are not exactly in the condition they were in their glory days. And of course, there are some
Revolutionary Note
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Revolutionary Note

March 15 marks an extremely important date in Hype’s life, as the successes of last year’s creative materials ‘War of Independence Now [https://hypeandhyper.com/szabadsagharc-most/]‘ and ‘Our Vibrant Heroes [https://hypeandhyper.com/ragyogo-hoseink/]‘ motivated us to create something nice for the 166th anniversary of this very memorable
Our vibrant heroes
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Our vibrant heroes

Although it’s been two days already, and thanks to this year’s late winter, the middle of March will not be remembered for events or revolutionary memorials, we still tried to commemorate the heroes of the 1848-1849 Revolution in several ways [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=466685376733424&
One for today! | May 1
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One for today! | May 1

One for today! | May 1 Hurray! Beer and hot dogs, programs for the audience, and spinning-whirling (possibly uninsured) vomiting agents a.k.a. carousels. Labor Day is here again! For this year’s red-letter holiday (unluckily) falling on the middle of the week, we will call it a day after
Flood 2013
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Flood 2013

The greatest flood of all times is approaching! Help if you can! Application for flood defense [http://fovaros.katasztrofavedelem.hu/index2.php?pageid=katasztrofatipusok&contentid=az_arvizi_vedekezes_helyszinei] The happenings of Thursday inspired us, as well. Umbrella guy in smoking on Antall József quay:
A Wednesday night in the city
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A Wednesday night in the city

Wednesday night example: anything could happen at night in the city: A llama on the zebra!“The llama and its owner also went to an ATM – they must have needed some cash for the rest of the night. One of the commenters of the image spreading all over Facebook saw
The Black Panther
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The Black Panther

Gyula Grosics, a member of the Golden Team, Olympic champion, silver medal-winning world champion, and the Athlete of the Nation deceased at the age of 88. The legendary goalkeeper, made out of an altar boy “accidentally”, went by the name “the Black Panther” owing to his acrobatic goalkeeping performance [https:
Tüskecsarnok '94-'14
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Tüskecsarnok '94-'14

After two decades, Tüskecsarnok in Lágymányos was handed over and today finally the first game was also held in the hall. Now we have created the fictitious poster drawings of the hall designed by A&D Studio, displaying the materials of a handover from 1996 in the year of the
HYPEANDHYPER X BUDAPEST ESSENTIALS
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HYPEANDHYPER X BUDAPEST ESSENTIALS

In 2015, our team consisting only of a handful of very committed people had the honor of working together with the organizers of Budapest Essentials on this year’s festival. The task of hype was to bring visuals to the parties, which you will see on three or, if all
The revolutionaries of March
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The revolutionaries of March

The same as in every year, HYPE commemorates the events of 1848 this year, too. 2016 marked the fourth year of creating works inspired by the emblematic figures of the revolution and the war of independence. While in the previous years, we mainly focused on Sándor Petőfi, Lajos Kossuth and
Our troops are fighting.
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Our troops are fighting.

Although up until now HYPE only published revolutionary articles [https://hypeandhyper.com/tag/marcius-15/] in March about the national holiday, this year, owing to an enquiry, the events of October 23 will also be featured. The basic question was how we could display the fall events starting on October 23
Unicum 225
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Unicum 225

You are sure to have encountered the new advertising spot of Unicum in the past few days, which is, just like the ones before, some fine work. As also shown by previous materials, the ad, which commemorates the 225th anniversary of Unicum this year, is once again characterized by positivity
Metro line 4 turns 5
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Metro line 4 turns 5

It is hard to believe that five years have already passed since its handover, but how could these couple of years be compared with the time needed for its construction? The youngest and maybe most controversial metro line of Budapest celebrates the fifth anniversary of its handover today. We have
The revolutionaries of March
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The revolutionaries of March

The same as in every year, HYPE commemorates the events of 1848 this year, too. 2016 marked the fourth year of creating works inspired by the emblematic figures of the revolution and the war of independence. While in the previous years, we mainly focused on Sándor Petőfi, Lajos Kossuth and
Wichmann 32
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Wichmann 32

“The bear-drinking audience sits at planed wood tables in a plain room with hardwood floors in half-light. The acoustics of the room result in unbearable noise, conversations are only possible by applying a proper decibel – this is how I imagine the cacophony of Orczy café back in the day.”– Mátyás
Revolutionary sites
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Revolutionary sites

This year marks the fifth year celebrating the events of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in one way or another. While the past years have largely been about the main actors of the revolution, this year I wanted to bring the sites into the focus, too. This is how this
Petőfi anywhere
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Petőfi anywhere

This year marks the sixth year celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in one way or another. We cannot emphasize enough how excited we are for the re-start of hype and this March date is very important for us also because of the topic. The ideology of the revolution of
Records on the Danube
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Records on the Danube

In October 2018, the negative records were broken: the water level decreased under the lowest level ever recorded at  several points of the Danube. In the Budapest section, the lowest water level ever recorded was 51 cm, registered on November 6, 1947. After the flood of 2013, which once again
Liget: From dusk until dawn_02
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Liget: From dusk until dawn_02

In the second part of our “Liget” series, I chose to present Petőfi Hall [https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet%C5%91fi_Csarnok] and the building of the New National Gallery [http://www.intezmenyek.ligetbudapest.org/hu/places/jovo/uj-nemzetigaleria] built on its place. The dusk of Pecsa. One of
Without the past there is no future_01
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Without the past there is no future_01

> “Without the past there is no future; the richer your past the more threads you have that tie you to a future.” We would like to start off our new weekly series with this quote of Mihály Babits. The article was made as a result of an order, as we
Without the past there is no future_02
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Without the past there is no future_02

> “Without the past there is no future; the richer your past the more threads you have that tie you to a future.” We continue our series with the county seat of Hajdú-Bihar county: Debrecen. The city that was the capital of the country and, as Kossuth put it: “it has
Without the past there is no future_03
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Without the past there is no future_03

> “Without the past there is no future; the richer your past the more threads you have that tie you to a future.” The third part of our series focuses on the largest city of the Dunántúl region: Pécs. The county seat of Baranya county has always been a diverse settlement
Fabulous gloves
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Fabulous gloves

On account of the cold weather and as a way of fighting the “ugly Christmas sweaters”, we have made a fictive crocheted glove series inspired by some of the favorite storybook characters of our childhood. Without being exhaustive, let’s see some of the gloves that would for sure make
Ride with us!
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Ride with us!

This year marks the seventh year celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in one way or another. The ideology of the revolution of 1848-49, as we have also highlighted last year [https://hypeandhyper.com/petofi-barhol/] has virtually became inseparable with our magazine, since this was the first topic in March
Without the past there is no future_04
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Without the past there is no future_04

> “Without the past there is no future; the richer your past the more threads you have that tie you to a future.” The fourth part of our series is about our capital city, Budapest. In the case of this continuously developing city, instead of having to think about what to
The Kelenföld bus garage turns 70 this year
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The Kelenföld bus garage turns 70 this year

It is built of shell fields of an elliptic paraboloid shape supported by reinforced concrete arches with a wingspan of 82 meters – a world record at the time of the structure’s handover. This is the Kelenföld autobus garage, the building of which constructed with a stretched shell structure and
This is where we used to play
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This is where we used to play

The first-ever playgrounds of Hungary debuted in the 1920s, but these were quarters in parks where kids could run freely. Between the two World Wars swings, slides and seesaws also appeared on the playgrounds. In the 1960s the first plans were born about themed playgrounds which served 4 decades of
The 1st Ikarus Meet-up at Ferihegy
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The 1st Ikarus Meet-up at Ferihegy

On the 6th and 7th of June, 2019 the Aviation Cultural Center together with BKK Zrt. (transport company in Budapest) is showcasing the legendary models of the Ikarus factory at Aeropark, in an unprecedented line-up. This is the first time in the Ikarus meet-up history, where BKV Zrt. is planning
LEGO covers

LEGO covers

FlashArt‘s latest cover also features one of the image structures of István Felsmann built out of legos, proving that lego is so eternal and timeless that it is not only a permanent part of the games industry, but of art, as well. What can be expressed with it? Almost