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When you leave the center of Budapest and head deep into the heart of the X. District, you will soon notice huge buildings from which so
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Show your marketable product at the OTTHONDesign Ősz event!
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Knowledge in Motion pays tribute to the work of László Moholy-Nagy
The campaign to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of László Moholy-Nagy, organized by MOME with the help of sponsors, started last summer with a
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Solar-powered camper van built by university students
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Christo’s big dream fulfilled: the Arc de Triomphe is wrapped
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Self-reflection and analytical thinking in Dorottya Kránicz’s works
Sensitive, honest, and genuine with a touch of irony and humor. In her work, alongside everyday situations, Hungarian folk traditions and questions of motherhood are also
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New EP with utopistic sound and visuals | ONAKOM
Deep, textured images and atmospheres on the border of experimental sound design, downtempo and bass: Tamás Birinyi worked as a graphic and motion designer in a
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Animation film director Kati Glaser creates an inimitable universe with her Urban Legends series: everything possible— and impossible—can happen in this colorful world in only 3 minutes.
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The preservation of pre-digital typefaces has gained momentum over the past quarter of a century, and in the last few years more and more type revival
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Last April, in the early stages of the pandemic, we made a series of articles entitled Living (space) after the epidemic. We asked an architect, a
The flavor network
From the color and texture of the food on our plates to the network of traditions and habits encoded in us as well as personal preferences,
Innovative utilization of vacant buildings in Budapest
Many exciting examples were born of the creative, community-focused utilization of deserted buildings which seem to multiply by the day in the Hungarian capital, too. In
Designer strategies in the world of smart homes: the age of invisible technologies
We might not be the world’s leading smart home users, but there is a growing interest in smart home systems in Hungary and the Eastern European region,
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Vacuum-packed dishes, illusionary restaurants and a city full of couriers—as a sector hit especially hard by the pandemic, the hospitality industry had to adopt new strategies,
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Digital design tools have divided architects for as long as they have existed. Many believe that paper-based drawings are still not outweighed by renders showing an
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