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Pastel-retro Sims
The photos of Mária Švarbová can be recognized from quite afar. The former archeologist-restorer transformed her camera into a time machine, and took us on a ride.
Written by photographer László Sebestyén
Looking at her pictures, I feel that I have been here before, I’ve seen this before, it
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Preserving memories | The Memory
Nowadays, we store thousands of recordings of our loved ones on our mobile, which fills us with relief. “Yes, we got it, we recorded it”: a child’s first steps, grandma’s birthday, the first apartment together and we could list more. At the same time, the question arises as
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You can find Poirot too in the Budapest Zoo
Many things can happen on an average weekend in the crowded zoo: including a monkey handing out bananas to the visitors, Tarzan hanging on a rope from the top of the Elephant House, butterflies escaping the butterfly house through a door left open, and if that wouldn’t be enough,
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"We're identifying the East" | The printed HYPE magazine is coming!
A very exciting new chapter begins in the life of HYPEANDHYPER: in addition to the bilingual online magazine, the first printed, English-language HYPE publication will be published in May 2021. New format, new brand identity, new contents in the spirit of Eastern European identity: we talked to founder Gergely Fáy
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Artist duo | Anna Hidvégi and Kira Koroknai
They work in a unique, recurrent dynamic—they pull each other through the challenges occurring in the course of design in given work processes. While one of them stands out with her fresh perspective she brought from London, the other is also competent in photographing and publishing projects. They have
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Creativity with a mission to help | Inez Priger
“The greatest lesson you have learned this year”—read the mockup of the first post shared on the Instagram page of the card game dubbed “Körvonal”. Even though the game was not inspired by the pandemic and the situation coming with it specifically, the launch could not have been more
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Live free outdoors! | autosvadkemping.hu
A rooftop tent, the sandy shore of the Danube with splendid panorama for the weekend, for four—a sort of absolutely affordable “nomadic luxury” even during the pandemic. The couple that formerly co-managed the Pikkpack shoe brand, designer Sári Gulyás and sociologist András Balogh and their two daughters became enthusiastic
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It feels like smoothing out our clothes with bare hands | Orbit
A small, compact and colorful iron controlled by a mobile app for the fans of traveling: meet Orbit, the concept of which was developed by industrial designers Ádám Miklósi and Kristóf Koczka with their usual sophistication.
The designer duo has already worked on several projects in the past few years,
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Twenty years of typography—ArtHungry’s call and publication series has started
Application to this year’s first ArtHungry call titled TypoHungry—Typography in Hungary in the XXI century has opened today, with the aim of finding the best Hungarian typographic works of the past twenty years. The projects selected by the professional jury will be published in a comprehensive album, which
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Experience ritual instead of sweet whim | Zaandra Cake x Elevate
Is it possible to make a lactose and gluten-free or vegan cake that looks and tastes exactly like the original version made with sugar, cow’s milk and wheat flour available in a classic pastry shop? There is a little cake shop in Győr, Hungary, where it is, indeed, possible,
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Artist duo | Forms Design
Their small apartment doubles as their office, and so their work never stops, not even when cooking or doing laundry. While one of them is quite firm and confident, the other tends to get lost in details—they still have great chemistry. The armchair dubbed Mix won the ArtHungry award
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HYPEANDHYPER’s favorites | Highlights of Hungary 2020
Highlights of Hungary announced the list of fifty-five nominees selected by the curators in mid-January, consisting of prominent representatives of culture, sports, science, civil and state organizations as well as the business world. Now it is our turn to vote for the stories that inspire us the most until February
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The rhtym of organic geometry on Lanzarote | Tamás Birinyi x Alex Banks
A melancholic, mercury-like kaleidoscope of flowing lava comes to life with volcanic pulsation in Alex Banks’ latest music video. The British producer commissioned Tamás Birinyi to design an album cover and a music video for his latest track and EP, Tephra.
Tamás Birinyi has worked with several DJs and producers
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Contrasting intimacy | Ákos Major
A sense of childhood safety, being at home, and a feeling of complete inner peace for one hour in every two weeks. The shots of photographer Ákos Major’s latest series titled Apa csavarog (Dad’s walks) documenting the artist’s walks in Paks invite us on a journey beyond
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Contemporary streetwear for the best nights | Jägermeister
When will we be able to finally enjoy a night out with our friends? When can we put on our coolest clothes that have been stored in the wardrobe for long months? Even though the pandemic is not over yet, Jägermeister’s first ever international streetwear collection „BEST NIGHTS” brings
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Artist duo | itthon.
What one writes down, the other completes or corrects. There is a great dynamic between the two of them, owing to which their roles fulfilled in their work together also evolve organically and evidently. Even though the objects they design are manufactured in Ada by local craftsmen, Adrienn Király and
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Keep the Night Alive | Jägermeister
Where have those carefree, fun nights gone? The endless evenings spent in the city from Thursday till Sunday? Everyone is all cooped up at home after 8 o’clock and if they are lucky, they have someone to wind down with and to have a drink at the end of
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Four new posters for saving neon signs | CSŐ!
Sadly, only a very few of the beloved illuminating signs once shaping the cityscape remained in operable condition today. However, thanks to Luca Patkós’s project CSŐ!, the situations seems to improve: the first neon light—FÜRDŐ— that was renovated from the proceeds of the sold CSŐ! posters was completed
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Best of HYPE 2020
As a way of closing this anything-but-easy year blown apart by the pandemic, our team has compiled the shortlist of the Best of the Best articles released on HYPEANDHYPER this year featuring Hungarian projects. Check out the list and read your favorites again!
Object Fetish warm-up! – In pursuit of the
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Best of CEE 2020
As a Central and Eastern European design and lifestyle magazine, HYPEANDHYPER’s goal is to collect and showcase the unique stories, characters, objects and landscapes that determine and shape this part of the world. Now our editors have picked out their favorite regional projects that have been published on HYPE
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Artist duo | NEONGREY
One of them is extremely thorough, precise and patient, while the other is a bit restless, and is constantly trying to shake things up a bit. They are the perfect combination of carpenter and visual merchandizer. They met at IKEA, but today they are creating their objects and furniture in
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Screen printed contemporary masterpieces | Heart & Cherry Limited Editions
Unfortunately, printed graphics receive little attention in the Hungarian art scene, yet this technique plays a central role in allowing a broad audience to access the work of famous artists amongst others. Zita Sárvári, the former head curator of Deák Erika Gallery and Société launched her latest project titled Heart
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Contemporary artworks on iconic Levi’s® Trucker jackets
The Levi’s® Trucker denim jacket has been serving as a canvas for the artists of the world since its launch in 1967, from Venice Beach in Los Angeles to Brazilian favelas. From November, the iconic jackets will also give room to the creativity of six contemporary Hungarian artists in
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Trip Vibes | Szentendre, Hungary
Colorful single or double-story houses, churches, narrow alleys, cobblestone streets along the Danube – truly lovely, small town vibe and a lot of artistic references in just a 30-minute drive from the capital. No wonder it is one of the favorite weekend spots of the citizens of Budapest in addition to
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Highlights of Hungary 2020 | Noémi Háfra
For the first time in the history of Highlights, an athlete has joined the colorful ambassador’s team. Currently playing at FTC-Rail Cargo, junior world champion handballer Noémi Háfra threw herself into finding her nominees with huge momentum despite it being pre-season.
Noémi Háfra is driven by a pursuit for
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Highlights of Hungary 2020 | Dávid Marsalkó
Dávid Marsalkó, the founder of multiple Fonogram award-winner hip hop band Halott Pénz will bring projects from Pécs, the importance of taking social responsibility and the spirit of sustainability into this year’s Highlights of Hungary through his nominees.
Halott Pénz usually fills all his time – Dávid’s past 8-9
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Trip Vibes | Tihany, Hungary
Whether someone likes the southern or northern shore of Lake Balaton mainly depends on their holidays as children – spent at grandparents, youth camps and other retreats. It’s Siófok’s shallow waters and charming clubs versus the calm hillside with amazing wine-tasting opportunities. It is a little bit like the
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Highlights of Hungary 2020 | Plastic Cup
According to the counter of Plastic Cup (PET Kupa), up until this moment a total of 119 tons of waste have been removed from Hungarian waters, primarily from the Tisza river. This is already an outstanding accomplishment in itself, but what truly makes them Highlights-worthy is their incredible awareness-raising ability
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Highlights of Hungary 2020 | Vivien Mádai
Television program producer, editor and presenter Vivien Mádai has been invited to the ambassadors’ team of Highlights of Hungary for the second time in 2020.
According to Vivien, it is a huge opportunity that thanks to Highlights, less known projects, even small businesses in the countryside that deserve the spotlight
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SQUARE-ANGLE – Péter Kántor
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai.
Péter Kántor was born
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Highlights of Hungary 2020 | Levente Trellay
As a co-owner of Konyha and Telep, Levente Trellay is a dominant figure of Hungarian cultural life. He has been a Highlights ambassador several times, and the same way as before, he is looking for synergies between the countryside and Budapest, as well as initiatives involving Hungarians living both within
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Get a piece of Labrosse’s special Budapest
Dancing flowers, guys having breakfast on a snake’s back, a snail taking a coffee and cigarette break, a red-hooded tagger, an octopus watering plants: only some of the extraordinary Labrosse characters that have been taking over iconic buildings in Budapest each week from the summer of 2019. Even though
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Highlights of Hungary 2020 | Richárd Farkas
Richárd Farkas, the “Young Chef Talent of the Year” award-winning chef of Pajta bistro is the first Highlights of Hungary ambassador coming from the field of gastronomy.
For Richárd Farkas, the stories from Vas and Zala counties are of key importance: as a local patriot he primarily aims to present
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Trip Vibes | Kőbánya, Budapest
Even though Kőbánya makes most people think of panel housing estates and old, abandoned factories first, this is one of the greenest districts of Budapest. It also gives home to the geometrical center of the capital, and what’s even more surprising: the highest point of Óhegy park is almost
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Highlights of Hungary 2020 | József Martinkó
József Martinkó, the editor-in-chief of Octogon magazine has taken a role in Highlights’ ambassador team for the fifth time this year.
József Martinkó considers it his responsibility to support young Hungarian up-and-coming designers, thus a few worthy designers are always included amongst his nominees. His personal preferences include literature and
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Highlights of Hungary 2020 | Ákos Takács
Ákos Takács and his team, aka Red Bull Pilvaker was the winner of Highlights of Hungary in 2016. Ákos was invited to be an ambassador for the second time in 2020, and he says he already has three-four solid nominees for this year’s competition.
A marketing manager by trade,
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Highlights of Hungary 2020 | Franciska Törőcsik
Highlights of Hungary 2020 started at the end of September – the team is already working in full swing so that they can indeed present the fifty-five most prominent Hungarian creative achievements of the year to the audience. From now on, each week we’ll introduce a Highlights ambassador here, on
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Highlights of Hungary 2020 | Miki357
We spread the news about the new members of Highlights of Hungary’s team a few weeks ago: since then, the ambassadors have already started their work and will soon decide on the candidates. The same as in previous years, we can once again expect heated debates between the members
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Trip Vibes | Pilisborosjenő, Hungary
Lovely forest paths, a special castle ruin, impressive rock towers – the popular hiking destination located at the border of Pilisborosjenő has everything that makes a hike truly enjoyable, even for kids. All you need is a bottle of water, a box full of sliced apples, some cookies and a tasty
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Nagykép a gasztronómiáról | Piqniq Budapest
Piqniq Budapest launches its first online campaign with the title Tanulj, fejlődj! – Nagykép a gasztronómiáról (Learn and improve! – Big picture of gastronomy). The players of Hungarian gastronomy will be introducing in the framework of the initiative realized with the collaboration of Mastercard with the involvement of almost a hundred experts
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“It’s like we were sitting on a rocket” | Elevate
Budapesti Városarculati Nonprofit Kft. (BVA) announced the call for the further development and supplementation of its existing visual identity in spring 2020. More than forty applications were submitted to the call, including the project of Elevate, ultimately winning the competition. We asked the founders, Zoltán Horváth and Paris Noble about
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Perfect “errorism”
Stock-taking in the kitchen – what should we cook? In the majority of the cases, my fridge only contains components that will for sure not make up a decent meal. You will never make a dinner out of mustard, red wine and eight-by-ten film. I did, however, get inspired by János
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Hass, alkoss, gyarapíts! – this year’s Highlights of Hungary has started
The new team of Highlights of Hungary met in the framework of a cordial session on Tuesday evening, with the participation of HYPEANDHYPER – as a former candidate in 2018 and this year’s media partner. This year’s ambassadors were announced and introduced at the meeting, who will be looking
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Margaret Ann Dowling announced as MOME’s new Head of Brand
As part of the change of model taking place at the university, MOME’s communication will also be renewed soon. The goal is to increase the publicity of the university and to position it as a leading creative industry and innovation hub of the Central European region. To achieve this
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World-class form and content – MOME renews
MOME’s new campus was handed over a year ago, resulting not only in the change of the physical environment: an entirely new approach and structure is being formed in Zugliget, while also keeping the changes of our world in mind. The management of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
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Textile of night lights woven with optical fibers | MetropoLight
Glowing strips of long avenues and skyscrapers of modern, buzzing metropolises draw traditional patterns by calling to life the technology of the future. Jeanette Szirmay’s interactive light textile, MetropoLight, is a unique interaction of man and machine in the spirit of long exposure. Interview!
You have been working on
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The first book on the art of a Hungarian tattooist | Grindesign
Typically figures without pupils, bats, wolves, crows and of course skulls, all in black and grey. The unique works of Róbert Borbás aka Grindesign are the modern interpretations of the illustrations of Gustave Doré and the etchings of Albrecht Dürer, in the form of tattoos on top. And since August,
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When a graphic designer starts to make music | ONAKOM
Exciting patterns of sounds and animation algorithms line up to form systems – this is a unique synthesis of the drums, the bass, the colors, waves and other textures, in music and graphics all at once. Tamás Birinyi has been intrigued by music and the visual display of the same for
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Budapest by Labrosse | Margaret Island Water Tower
A snail twirling on one hundred and fifty-two steps hisses and obsesses, the experience embraces the entire stage. The audience of the fresh rock band thinned by the virus is replaced by the famished and raving crowd in the greenery of the island – hands in the air, eyes high as
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A doctoral dissertation on Anaptár won Best of the Best at this year’s Red Dot
Anna Farkas aka Anagraphic started to design and realize her childhood dream,
Anaptár, a special informative poster calendar based on data visualization
eleven years ago. As a way of proving its uniqueness, the calendar indicating
the alteration of sunrises and the distance between the Earth and the Moon,
amongst others,
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Puskás Arena’s wayfinding system receives a Red Dot award
A Hungarian project triumphed at Red Dot, the world’s most prestigious
communication design contest. It was the wayfinding system and visual identity
of Puskás Arena, the most modern multifunctional experience stadium with the
greatest capacity in Central Europe that received the prominent award. Graphasel
Design Studio received the recognition
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Coffee with oat milk until nine in the morning
The photographs of Mexican-born Gabriel Cabrera now living in Canada invite us
into an exciting visual world. As if we combined the world of James Bond and
Twin Peaks in a glass, just to drink the cocktail in a single sip after adding a
good amount of ice.
Written by:
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Nikon One x BMW | HYPNOPOLIS
It is the year 2063. Journalist Hope Reiser is woken from a thirty-year sleep
penalty she has served for the murder of her husband. The young woman, convinced
that she’s innocent, is trying to find her way in this completely alien future.
We can follow this exciting storyline in
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We walked through Déli Railway Terminal | Othernity
The venue of the latest “Othernity” walk organized by the Contemporary
Architecture Center on last Sunday, and thus the latest stop of our series is
Déli Railway Terminal, symbolizing both the happy start of summer vacations
spent at Lake Balaton and the not so happy end of the same for
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Budapest by Labrosse | II. János Pál pápa square
Lightning rod-induced electric boogie and world record cell division on the top
floor, making spatial geometric shapes running on legs to escape the children
going berserk look like nothing. Mr. Striped Long-Neck in a narcoleptic swoon at
quarter past six sharp. In the meantime, black bull hooves are tapping on
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“The future of the sector is written in the present”
The HFDA Spot online platform debuting in June 2020 was called to life by a
survey conducted last year aimed at assessing the needs of the companies
operating in the Hungarian fashion and design industry, facilitating the online
meeting of clients and manufacturers by serving as a bridge between them,
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Watch it, winter, we’re coming! | Slē
The love project born out of the sketches made during the #weeklydesignchallenge
[https://www.instagram.com/weeklydesignchallenge/?hl=en] movement started on
Instagram, the Slē sledge slid right up to the “Best of the Best” award of Red
Dot in 2019, so that following many developments and experiments, the first
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Moholy-Nagy 125 | MOME
MOME celebrates the 125th anniversary of the birth of its eponym with an
unconventional audiovisual campaign under the title “Light of future”
László Moholy-Nagy, the major intellectual and technical innovator and
world-famous Hungarian artist was born on July 20 125 years ago. His oeuvre is
well-known in many countries of
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MEOW! | Capa Center
Cats are not only the most favorite subjects of the legends of the past, but the
digital flood of images of the 21st century, too. In Capa Center’s 8F Gallery,
we can explore the secrets of the popularity of the animals living with us but
forever remaining a mystery
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Venerable threads
Slovakian craft maker Kristína Šipulová takes weaving traditions on a whole new
perspective.Conserving, sharing, transmitting. Three focal points of a promising
œuvre of delicately crafted natural materials and clean lines. We met Kristína
Šipulová during the Bratislava Design Week in 2018 and have been following her
journey in the
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Twenty years | Amber Smith x Simon Says
In the middle of the nineties, José Tábori-Simon, aka Simon Says was an active
player of the music sector as the singer-songwriter of the band Fanzine, in
addition to his graphics studies at the university of visual arts. After
publishing a few albums, their band finally broke up in 2000,
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Following the traces burnt into stone | 100 Sparks
What happened in the tropical jungle of Ipolytarnóc 17 million years ago? Our
planet, before mankind. The shadow of a bear-dog behind the white sandstone
cliffs, while the giant palm leaves are flapped by the cool evening wind rising
at sunset. The soft breath of a saber-toothed tiger can be
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On the edge of the virtual world
Mexican-born and Madrid-based photographer Paloma Rincón guides us into a
strange world with her shots. She balances on the intersections of sculpture
art, graphic design and photography, bordering on kitsch. On her food photos,
she uses food products as elements of composition for the sake of a greater
purpose in
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If A38 were a beer
Everyone has a good story about a party place or pub in Budapest. Good parties,
friends’ gatherings, celebrations or something unexpected and funny. Just like a
familiar scent or some cool music, these places also make us reminisce about
good memories and we are attached to them. But of course
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I want to be hungry
Francesco Tonelli, the Caravaggio of food photography.
Written by: photographer László Sebestyén
Looking at the photos of the 53-year-old Italian former chef-current
photographer now living in America the message gets through perfectly: I want to
be hungry. His simple, clean, and right-to-the-point shots guide us into an
exciting world, in
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Object Fetish Part 4 | Milk pourer made of plastic
The story of one of the most popular (now retro) household items made of plastic
in the 1970s: the object serving the purpose of storing and pouring bagged milk
and that of its designers.
Written by Piroska Novák
I met Gyula Ernyey back in February, at the restaurant
[https://hu-hu.
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Budapest by Labrosse | Dunapark House
On those afternoons under the striped sunshades sometimes earless guys come
around. Oh no! One eye crying, one looking. There you go, a Tetris-like mass
scene on the third floor – the color doesn’t matter, the folks adjust. The
Voodoo doll family standing on the balcony disrupts the order quietly.
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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
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Artist duo | Zita Csaba and Ákos Polgárdi
Their story started with a night of talking and drinking beer until the morning
in Fekete Kutya. Who courted whom first? It doesn’t matter anymore, as now they
share an office, a home, a bookcase designed by the two of them and recently a
beautiful child, too: Soma. We
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ImagiLabs | Girls can be “squares” too
Boys most probably become interested in programming due to the video and other
computer games they play, but as girls are less susceptible to these games, they
are a bit excluded from this field. This is what ImagiLabs aims to change – they
develop cool gadgets that can be programmed from
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A classic pencil can be digital, too
French startup iskn collaborated with the prestigious Faber-Castel to create a
digital drawing board allowing us to draw on any paper, with any pencil. In
contrast with the similar products available on the market, pencils do not slip
on the surface of Repaper at all, making it seem as if
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The foxes are coming to life | Clever Fox’s Tales
After three successful books and the cool interactive adaptation of BOOKR Kids,
Róbert Farkas once again dreamt big during the lockdown and started to transform
his kids books on astrophysics, starring a fox family into an animation series.
As a child, Róbert Farkas aspired to be an astronaut, and has
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A flying car from 1959 | Curtiss-Wright
The trend (or rather craze) of experimenting with flying cars did not just
emerge in the past few years. In the 1960s, Curtiss-Wright corporation excelling
in air travel started to develop a special vehicle in collaboration with the US
Army, as after World War II, they thought the amphibious vehicle
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Moholy Design Grant X HYPE | Veronika Szalai
In 2019, eight young designers and design theorists could participate in the
six-month Moholy-Nagy László Design Grant, managed by the Hungarian Design
Council and financed by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office and the
Ministry of Human Capacities. In the course of the program, the grantees could
implement their self-developed projects
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Play Dead Studio X Skanzen | Virtual exhibition „in the making”
An exhibition always gives a lasting experience, as we can finally see the
artworks and relics in the real space that we could only browse in albums
before. Can an online exhibition give the same impression? With what
technologies can we create a realistic effect in virtuality? We interviewed Döme
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A touchless touch | Glamos
“I should have bought the touchscreen version…” – a thought that has probably
popped up several times in our minds. Two ex-Samsung engineers from CoreDAR
[http://coredar.com/] proposed a solution to this problem and the issue of
touchlessness gaining more and more importance today. The inventors created the
world’s
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Japanese storefronts through the lens of a Polish illustrator
Tokyo-based Polish illustrator-animator Mateusz Urbanowicz
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8BjDleMFNvnikjAI6GdBPg] has been painting
Japanese storefronts since 2017. He published a book collecting his works under
the title “Tokyo Storefronts”
[https://www.amazon.com/Tokyo-Storefronts-Urbanowicz-%E3%83%9E%E3%83%86%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%
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The remaining masts of sunken worlds
In memoriam of the former Hungarian commercial maritime shipping
Photos and copy:László Sebestyén [https://fotosebestyen.hu/]
There is an abandoned building at Szabadság tér, one of the most gorgeous
squares of the city: the Adria Palace. The Neo-Baroque castle has been rising
above the square since 1902, and served
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Moholy Design Grant X HYPE | Zsófia Lévai
In 2019, eight young designers and design theorists could participate in the
six-month Moholy-Nagy László Design Grant, managed by the Hungarian Design
Council and financed by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office and the
Ministry of Human Capacities. In the course of the program, the grantees could
implement their self-developed projects
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Barisieur | Let fresh coffee wake you up
Even if the alarm buzz doesn’t do the trick, the smell of freshly brewed coffee
is sure to wake us up – and combining these two in a single product is the best
idea ever, especially if it looks and functions like the one below. London-based
design studio Joy Resolve
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Budapest by Labrosse | The Postal Palace in Buda
Nine seventeen. A “Home Alone”-like rush – the complete population is in a
berserk race. The long-legged crocodile takes the leap on two, while the
ladybugs quickly take a shower in wolf tears. A giant spider, how lucky. But
wait! Someone yells to the sky from the top: “Heartburn on
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Manuela X Valter Berecz | Wednesday mood
The weather was cold and windy. It was a Wednesday. There were only the two of
them, and that afternoon silence. Barefoot on the endlessly undulating tennis
court. Yesterday placed into a collage. A whole, once again. Fashion designer
Manuela Maráczy and photographer Valter Berecz recently visited the town of
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Moholy Design Grant X HYPE | Fruzsina Zalavári
In 2019, eight young designers and design theorists could participate in the
six-month Moholy-Nagy László Design Grant, managed by the Hungarian Design
Council and financed by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office and the
Ministry of Human Capacities. In the course of the program, the grantees could
implement their self-developed projects
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design LAB | The online meetings start soon
The Hungarian Fashion and Design Agency launches incubation program design LAB
to promote fruitful collaborations between manufacturers and designers, who can
apply for the program with a joint project. To facilitate the establishment of
successful collaborations, the Agency organizes a virtual “Speed Dating” event,
in the framework of which the
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IKEA | Your very own bee apartment
Although the lockdown will end soon, hopefully crafts and home DIY projects will
stay with us, especially if we can support a good cause with them. Scientists
have been warning us about the drastically dropping numbers of bees in the world
for many years now. This is alarming also because
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Sneaker sculptures built of Lego bricks | Tom Yoo
Korean-American painter and sculptor Tom Yoo has been creating his Lego
sculptures portraying Nike sneakers, especially the iconic Air Jordans since
2015. Warning: eye candy on the horizon!
Each artwork portraying sneakers takes approx. a week for Yoo to complete, with
their prices ranging between USD 2000 and 3000. The
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Anjuna | Flavors of summer
Mango-maracuja, Sicilian pistachio, raspberry-lime – perfect flavor combinations
and vivid colors in the spirit of the summer feeling. So far, the Anjuna ice
pops established in 2015 were only available in the stores of the brand in
Budapest and near Lake Balaton From now on, however, they will also be available
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VZOR | Past perfect
VZOR steers the global interest towards a real icon of Polish design history.
How niche-carving branding pushes a fizzy, extravagant mid-century armchair to a
glorious tomorrow? Story about dreams, innovation, sculptural bents and powerful
colours.
Written by Farkasdy Melinda
1958, Łodz, Poland. Roman Modzelewski, professor of Łodz Academy of Fine
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design LAB | Connecting manufacturers and designers
The Hungarian Fashion and Design Agency established an incubation program under
the name design LAB to promote collaboration between Hungarian manufacturers and
creative experts of the design industry, while also aiming to alleviate the
consequences of the economic situation caused by the pandemic in addition to the
strategic objective of
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Moholy Design Grant X HYPE | Apol Temesi
In 2019, eight young designers and design theorists could participate in the
six-month Moholy-Nagy László Design Grant, managed by the Hungarian Design
Council and financed by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office and the
Ministry of Human Capacities. In the course of the program, the grantees could
implement their self-developed projects
design
Object Fetish Part 3 | UNISET-212 commercial tableware, the timeless
Tomato soup with alphabet pasta getting cold, schnitzel with sticky rice and
peas, the faded and soaked-out pieces of canned cherry, floating in a pink,
sugary juice on the plate. The small plate, similarly to the portion plates used
for serving soup and the main course, is made of snow-white
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – Sándor Kányádi
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
Sándor
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – Géza Ottlik
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
Géza
fashion
Artist duo | NUBU
They have been working together for ten years. They design taut concepts many
times inspired by art, always keeping their characteristic style in mind. Judit
is in charge of the operation of the entire fashion company, she is responsible
for everything from design to production, while Adél participates in certain
digital
Cyberpunk 2077 | design a PC case mod
Characters with various superpowers, cheap human life and dark underworld,
controlled by shameless private companies. Everyone is an enemy here. The not
even slightly optimistic vision is perhaps only brightened up by the appearance
of Keanu Reeves. Fans have been waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 developed by Polish
CD Projekt RED
design
Brain Bar 2020 postponed
The coronavirus epidemic infuses almost every segment of our lives – our world
is facing entirely new challenges. To this end, the biggest European festival on
future will expressly focus on restarting after the crisis under the title
Reboot!, now in September instead of the previously announced date in June. The
news
Záridő photo competition | Laboratory Group
Laboratory Group launched their “Záridő” (meaning ‘shutter speed’, but literally
translated as ‘lock time’ – the translator’s comment.) photo competition on
April 27, inviting participants to capture what the situation brought about by
the pandemic means to them.
In the current situation caused by the coronavirus, we spend more time
design
Moholy Design Grant X HYPE | Júlia Oravecz
In 2019, eight young designers and design theorists could participate in the
six-month Moholy-Nagy László Design Grant, managed by the Hungarian Design
Council and financed by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office and the
Ministry of Human Capacities. In the course of the program, the grantees could
implement their self-developed projects
tech
Pura-Case | sanitization with ozone
Viruses and bacteria can survive for long periods on our clothes, too. And now
due to Covid-19, we need to pay even more attention to hygiene. This is where
the new, wardrobe-sized and completely futuristic structure using ozone to
purify our clothes comes into the picture.
The Italian Carlo Ratti
architecture
Budapest by Labrosse | Citadella
Attention, attention, arms stretch in the bottom of the statue in the summer
heat – only the elbows mind the new, lengthy and cascading state. No poise at
all. Nudity and lurking everywhere: even trees have eyes here. In the meantime,
people gasp on Verejték utca, and a frog guitar plays
design center
Moholy Design Grant X HYPE | Kitti Mayer
In 2019, eight young designers and design theorists could participate in the
six-month Moholy-Nagy László Design Grant, managed by the Hungarian Design
Council and financed by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office and the
Ministry of Human Capacities. In the course of the program, they could implement
their self-developed projects or
art
Pink bliss, from appropriate distance
Somehow everything is so wistfully sterile and luscious in this pink-red
symmetry affecting all of our senses. Almost as if someone was to slap on our
wrist or cover our eyes at every turn saying “no, you can’t have this.” No one
dares to look the other in the
fashion
TISZA joins #fashionrevolution
Under the flag of Fashion Revolution Week, TISZA also wants to introduce the
subcontractors and workers behind the brand whom they are very proud of and
without whom their quality products could not exist. By doing so, they want to
call attention to the importance of domestic production and to
design
MaternityPins | Zsófi Szabó X POPpins
MaternityPins was designed for proud moms and dads-to-be who would like to
share the good news with their environment. The clean design focuses on labels
and communicating this state. The pin collection of designer Zsófi Szabó and
POPpins.
For moms and dads-to-be, the state of pregnancy is a special period
design
Object fetish warm-up! – In pursuit of the coronavirus set
The Object Fetish series that debuted in spring 2019 will launch again soon, in
which design theorists Kitti Mayer and Piroska Novák will go after the
emblematic objects. Until then, here is a brief yet relevant investigation as a
warm-up.
Written by Piroska Novák
In the past few weeks, many
design
Moholy Design Grant X HYPE | Demeter Fogarasi
In 2019, eight young designers and design theorists could participate in the
six-month László Moholy-Nagy Design Grant, managed by the Hungarian Design
Council and financed by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office and the
Ministry of Human Capacities. In the course of the program, the grantees could
implement their self-developed projects
design
Free among the leaves | Landyachtz
Plants in beautiful compositions, textured leaves with hands and legs, faceless
feminine figures – Renaissance subtlety, in black and white. The “Plant studies”
graphics of one of our editors, Réka Vikárius have been recently printed on the
cool boards of Canadian skateboard brand Landyachtz.
Réka is a forever pathfinder – she always
digital
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
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – Péter Esterházy
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
Péter
design
Downloadable Happiness
We’ve been spending most of our days at home for weeks now. Spring is in full
bloom outside, nature is waking up, and almost all our days are the same within
the four walls. Unmade beds, dirty plates in piles… Where is the great
happiness? Believe me, it’s
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – Sándor Márai
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
Sándor
design
Tisza SPORT in new colors
Last year, in collaboration with the two time Red Dot Design
[https://www.red-dot.org/] award-winning Flying Objects
[http://www.flyingobjects.hu/] design studio, the Tisza team brought back an
almost 35-year-old design to life: this way, Tisza SPORT could become fresh and
attractive once again, in line with today’
design
Minimalist UNO
The simplest and one of the most enjoyable card games on the market. It is built
on easily comprehensible rules, as a result, it can be learnt quickly even by
kindergarteners, so really everyone can enjoy it. We can take it to excursions
and trips, but it can be the
art
Pastel-retro Sims
The photos of Mária Švarbová can be recognized from quite afar. The former
archeologist-restorer transformed her camera into a time machine, and took us on
a ride.
Written by photographer László Sebestyén
Looking at her pictures, I feel that I have been here before, I’ve seen this
before, it
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – István Örkény
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
István
design
CSŐ! | The neon sign "FÜRDŐ" got a refresh
Luca Patkós’s CSŐ! project, the aim of which is to save and preserve neon signs
in Budapest for posterity, has entered into a new life stage recently: owing to
all the posters purchased, the first restored sign, FÜRDŐ (Bath) located under
Kürt utca 4., is all finished up and
design
Zsolt Unger | „This is about responsibility”
Unger and Partners, Zsolt Unger’s company specialized on premium brands pursues
the design and physical implementation of diverse high quality products and
services with approximately 52 brands on the Hungarian market currently. Their
portfolio includes the brand image and sometime overall concept of wineries,
cosmetics companies, mineral water or
art
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
architecture
Archition | architectural visuals with a twist
Long takes, calming geometry, interesting reflections and last, but not least,
cool music – statics on the move. Archition, the joint project of Bálint Jaksa
and Csaba Kriston puts filmmaking with architecture in the focus in a new
perspective.
Bálint Jaksa [http://balintjaksa.com/] has been long dreaming about capturing
the
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – János Háy
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
János
architecture
Budapest by Labrosse | Lindenbaum House
Even Hulk can’t stand this noise, he’s all flattened out, as the snake with pink
hands has been blasting Heartbreak Hotel since ages. What’s up Elvis? A subtle
cry comes from the boarded-up window, the abandoned flower escapes the “death
zone”. Wolves, golden mermaids, golden peacocks – standing
design
Tipton | Glasses for all the heroes!
Tipton Global Kft. offers the entirety of glasses produced by it this year to
health care workers, and the distributors of lenses also joined their
initiative. Complemented with an eye test, the doctors and nurses can get new,
high quality glasses within a short period of time, completely free of
design
Ádám Miklósi | Face shield for health care workers
Ádám Miklósi has designed a cheap face shield that can be manufactured in large
quantities for health care workers and law enforcement officers. The designer is
looking for manufacturers and collaborating partners!
There are many doctors in the family and amongst the friends of Ádám Miklósi
[https://www.facebook.com/
design
Elevate | Strategy and design
The studio in Győr was only founded a few years ago, but they already have very
exciting projects, including the image of Brain Bar 2019, amongst others. While
initially they worked from a shared e-mail address and many times contacted
their clients personally in relation to jobs, the time of
design
MOME Car Design
It is many times said that car design is the most complex field of industrial
design. Designing a car is such a complicated task that dozens of designers work
on it formed into several layers, from creating the concept to designing the
last handle or the casing of the engine
design
Create freely! Design for the future!
The period of application for the Moholy-Nagy László Design Scholarship has
started. Young designers and design theorists are welcome to apply until April
1, 2020. Creators younger than 35 years of age with a specialized degree (BA,
BSc, MA, MSc) in art, design and design theory can apply for the
digital
Insta láv | CsaK
Csaba Klement known for his cute GIFs and illustrations (@csabaklement
[https://www.instagram.com/csabaklement/]) raises specific topics for his
Instagram followers from time to time – most recently, the topic of love was on
table. “Every theme came naturally so far. The one with mythology was made
before my vacation
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – Péter Kuczka
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
Péter
architecture
Budapest by Labrosse | “Dugattyús” house
Cipoe is right below the tip of toe of the Chewbacca guarding the connective of
the H figure, and the disgraced Chinese cat-woman has been sitting next to it
since Tuesday – sympathy is the pain. Perhaps only Rainbow girl could spice
things up a little, or not, because chitty chitty
art
Pastel symmetry, sensitized memories
Written by photographer László Sebesytén
Budapest. Rome. Siófok. Three locations, one intention. Looking for what is gone
– giving body to the non-existent.
Marietta Varga [https://www.mariettavarga.com/home#1] (@mattivarga
[https://www.instagram.com/mattivarga/?hl=en]) took on a difficult task: all
three sections of her exhibition
[https:
art
The casket of Korean culture
Recently, we can hear and read about South Korea the most in relation to the
sweeping success of the movie Parasite at the Oscar gala, but it is also worth
getting to know more fields of Korean art and transmission of culture, for
example through the exhibitions of the Korean
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – Ádám Nádasdy
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
Ádám
art
Miklós Kiss | Ball.Room. reloaded
The emograms of Ball.Room., which were exhibited at the Gwangju Design Biennial
in South-Korea last September and which received a huge international media
coverage will be displayed at Incheon from the middle of January. An interactive
installation incorporated into a precise system, with Miklós Kiss’s usual
conceptual approach.
art
INSTA LÁV | lifeannalized
Annaliza Kiss has always loved cartoons; she loves the emotional depictions of
characters so much that when something funny, unbelievable or sad happens to
her, she imagines what it would look like as a frame in a cartoon. She also
looks for the positive aspect of every happening in life:
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – Géza Képes
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
Géza
design
Hidden Characters | EKF2023
After Pécs, another Hungarian city will be the European Capital of Culture (EKF)
in 2023, the modern image of which with a multilayer message and an européer
perspective was designed by Hidden Characters
[https://www.behance.net/hiddencharacters]. We interviewed Dániel Nagy and Péter
Orbán.
After designing the public transport
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – Attila Bartis
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
Attila
architecture
Budapest by Labrosse | Gresham Palace
Impromptu pool party at a cool rooftop terrace, a guy takes a selfie with a botched Rapunzel. A pink elephant with a lazy eye and ear from approaches from Mérleg utca, in the eyes and out through the mouth, socks and panties are drying. A Crybaby comes from the right,
design
From shower gel bottles to deep-sea wildlife
The students of the Department of Design and Art of Moholy-Nagy University of
Art and Design presented their jewelry as part of an extraordinary performance
in the Film Studio of the new campus on December 18, 2019. Instead of the
regular end-of-the-semester exhibition, we could participate in an experimental
design
art
HYPE | Weekly program guide
Although it’s almost the end of January, the year is just about to really start
off – at least in terms of programs. Each day of this week offers something
exciting: bag-making workshops, exhibition opening in Ludwig Museum, discussions
about ethical design and the life of freelancers abroad, introduction into
design
HFDA design SPEED X HYPE | Viaplant
HFDA launched its mentor program titled design SPEED together with the renowned
Italian Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) at the end of the summer, for six
stable Hungarian designers possibly having some foreign experience who are
committed to the further development of their companies. Each week until the end
of
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – Miklós Mészöly
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
Miklós
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – Kálmán Mikszáth
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
Kálmán
architecture
Highlights of Hungary | 55 new candidates
Highlights of Hungary [https://www.highlightsofhungary.hu/hu] builds the
value-creating community of Hungary – the audience can vote for the latest
selection from today. The candidates prove on a common platform that a bio
garden at Hernádszentandrás, the Wagner-days, the “Other condition in
obstetrics” movement, Hungarian nature photographer Bence Máté,
art
MOME | After Bauhaus
The Hungarian Academy in Rome opens a new exhibition under the name “After
Bauhaus” on January 16, 2020. The exhibition presents the works of students
created in the Bauhaus-related courses of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and
Design in the 2019 spring semester. The exhibited works of the students of the
design
HFDA design SPEED X HYPE | KOMONKA
HFDA launched its mentor program titled design SPEED together with the renowned
Italian Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) at the end of the summer, for six
stable Hungarian designers possibly having some foreign experience who are
committed to the further development of their companies. Each week until the end
of
architecture
Akademeia High School I Warsaw
You don’t have to travel to Scandinavia to find exemplary educational
institutions: Akademeia High School in Warsaw competes with the most progressive
schools of the world both in terms of mentality and architecture.
Written by Orsolya Gyöngy
According to the results of the latest PISA study, Polish education is
design
The Blickfang-award winner VERTIGO
The VERTIGO shelf-system is can easily be configurated by customer needs, it is
a peculiar static construction, which can be positioned at any point in a given
space, it is airy and light, and looks good anywhere. The furniture designed by
Józsa István won the Blickfang award last week. We
art
Budapest by Labrosse | Anker house
Skater who jumps into the decent without fearing death, ollleee! It brakes,
dislocates, will it be saved?! Alright, relax. A cute, pink, plate-face stares
afar, not even the long-armed figure standing next to him can jolt him out –
what a feat! Bing-bang five zero zero o’clock, the black and
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – Budapest
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest. Forrai Ferenc
[http://forraiferenc.hu/]’s series.
146 years
design
DUCSAI | KLOCC STONE
It might seem a little rigid, modern yet it creates a perfect shield by
combining leather and felt, and it’s a delicately curved shape. Besides
protecting our personal objects, it gives safety and confidence to the wearer –
it gives a unique look to everyday life with it being beautiful,
art
The KISKAKAS is at Toldiban again
The KISKAKAS (Little Rooster) is crowing again, the event of MOME Anim, aka the
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Animation department, is on at Toldi
again. On the 27th of November, the audience can watch the diploma films of the
MA graduates of 2019 as the special edition of
art
DOT for You I EXCLUSIVE IRKA 2020
The DOT for You designs brand is celebrating it’s 5th birthday this year, and
for the occasion, they created a uniquely beautiful, limited collection, which
will be introduced at the TOBE Gallery on the 4th of December at a pop-up fare.
DOT for You was founded by Erika Baglyas
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – Zoltán Zelk
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
Zoltán
art
SQUARE-ANGLE – György Petri
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
György
design
HFDA design SPEED X HYPE I POSITION Collective
HFDA launched its mentor program titled design SPEED together with the renowned
Italian Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) at the end of the summer, for six
stable Hungarian designers possibly having some foreign experience who are
committed to the further development of their companies. Each week until the end
of
design
HFDA design SPEED X HYPE | Multifelt Factory
HFDA launched its mentor program titled design SPEED together with the renowned
Italian Istituto Europeo di Designnal (IED) at the end of the summer, for six
stable Hungarian designers possibly having some foreign experience who are
committed to the further development of their companies. Each week until the end
of
design
HFDA design SPEED X HYPE | Sixay Furniture
HFDA launched its mentor program titled design SPEED together with the renowned
Italian Istituto Europeo di Designnal (IED) at the end of the summer, for six
stable Hungarian designers possibly having some foreign experience who are
committed to the further development of their companies. Each week until the end
of
design
HFDA design SPEED X HYPE | YOZA
HFDA launched its mentor program titled design SPEED together with the renowned
Italian Istituto Europeo di Designnal (IED) at the end of the summer, for six
stable Hungarian designers possibly having some foreign experience who are
committed to the further development of their companies. Each week until the end
of
design
The face, the pool, two towers and a ruin
Modern housing estates are harsh. Haszkovó is no different. Their story
intertwined with unbearability, greyness and soullessness. Can something giving
home to twenty thousand people be grey and unbearable? Is it possible that these
stereotypes only prevent us from looking at these housing estates as true cities
and thus from
OCTOGON x Tipton I Bauhaus100
Tipton and Octogon magazine designed a spectacle frame for the one hundredth
anniversary of Bauhaus. They pay tribute together to the movement which turned
100 this year with a new limited series collection.
“The mind is like an umbrella. It’s most useful when open.” – said Walter
Gropius, the father
art
SETUP
The SETUP exhibition organized by Kristóf Szabó – KristofLab examines the
impacts of technology and interactivity on visual arts. The exhibition will be
opened on October 11 in MAMŰ Gallery. The works of the artists featured in the
exhibition have already been showcased around the world, from Tokyo to Budapest
and
Róbert Farkas’ Budapest in Monocle magazine
The graphic designer and illustrator working under the name Astronaut
[https://www.facebook.com/isellfoxes/] has made special maps
[https://robertfarkas.net/maps] highlighting the main locations in relation to
several films – first about Twin Peaks. A few years after, he was contacted by
Computer Arts [https://www.facebook.com/
Slē, the sleigh of sleighs
Slē, designed by Ádám Miklósi, was awarded the “Best of the Best”
acknowledgement of the most prestigious international design award, the Red Dot,
in 2019, which was awarded to only 35 designers out of the total of 4218
applications this year. Ádám accepted the award in October in Singapore –
catwalk,
Graduation Projects 2019
Graduation Projects is the design diploma muster of the Visegrad countries,
coordinated by the polish Zamek Cieszyn, and the Hungarian Design Council is
also a professional partner of the initiative. Diploma applications can be
submitted until November 3 for this year’s call (after the extension of
deadline), in the
Budapest by Labrosse I Bedő House
Budapest by Labrosse I Bedő House
Bizarre kissing scene forming a heart made of heads right on the first floor,
the black dog is trying to catch the blue worm head. Life in motion, the
hullabaloo wiggles and ripples. Coffee is just within a window-arm reach: I MUST
HAVE IT!
Bomo essence in Síp utca
On November 4, 2019, the third Bomo Art [https://www.bomoart.com/] shop, Bomo
Art Petit opened in Budapest.
In the neighborhood of Gozsdu Courtyard, in the whirl of Síp utca, a shop
offering the créme de la créme of Bomo [https://www.bomoart.com/], accompanied
by special books, stationery,
WAMP – The joy of creation
The exciting and impressive building of Bálna Budapest gives home to the largest
design fair of Budapest in November once again, welcoming all who are not
satisfied with the easily accessible mass products offered by fast fashion, and
who also consider the experience of shopping important through meeting the
designers
TISZA SPORT – a new take on a classic sneaker
In the cherished vintage warehouse of Tisza, a specific pair of shoes came to
hand so many times that after a while, they felt the model deserved to be put
into mass production after a thorough refresh…
In cooperation with the two time Red Dot Design [https://www.red-dot.org/
design
Madzag I NEW WAVE
Our dog means a lot of things to us: it is our play pal, running partner,
psychologist and the most loyal friend at the same time. Taking such a wonderful
pet in our home is not only a privilege, but a responsibility at once, which can
have its challenges in
design
SQUARE-ANGLE - Chain Bridge
The earth tilted, borders are being drawn in sharp angles by black ink, the
purple shade of a scarf, perhaps, on top of the strict lines. If above me, if
below, like an island in the sky. I live here. Budapest.
A series by Ferenc Forrai [http://forraiferenc.hu/].
The
