<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hype&Hyper]]></title><description><![CDATA[Central and Eastern European magazine on strategy, trends in design, technology and urban life.]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/</link><image><url>https://hypeandhyper.com/favicon.png</url><title>Hype&amp;Hyper</title><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 5.66</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:09:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hypeandhyper.com/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA’s New Take on Power Dressing]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>For SANTA founder Yana Stanislavska, power is not about looking authoritative. It is about presence, self-definition and the freedom to occupy space on your own terms.</strong></p><p>Founded in Kyiv in 2019, SANTA has built its identity around strong silhouettes, sensuality and a distinctly theatrical approach to fashion. With its Fall-Winter</p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/how-to-take-up-space-yana-stanislavska-on-santas-new-take-on-power-dressing/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab0fecace749ccbae8a3849</guid><category><![CDATA[design]]></category><category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category><category><![CDATA[ukrainian fashion]]></category><category><![CDATA[santa]]></category><category><![CDATA[interview]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éva Tomanicz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_4-1.jpeg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_4-1.jpeg" alt="How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA&#x2019;s New Take on Power Dressing"><p><strong>For SANTA founder Yana Stanislavska, power is not about looking authoritative. It is about presence, self-definition and the freedom to occupy space on your own terms.</strong></p><p>Founded in Kyiv in 2019, SANTA has built its identity around strong silhouettes, sensuality and a distinctly theatrical approach to fashion. With its Fall-Winter 26/27 collection, the Ukrainian brand takes its long-standing fascination with power dressing further, exploring it through exaggerated volumes, sculptural fur, sharp tailoring, transparency and movement. We spoke to founder Yana Stanislavska about the evolution of SANTA, the relationship between structure and sensuality, and why the most powerful thing a garment can do is make a woman feel more like herself.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/IMG_5482-1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA&#x2019;s New Take on Power Dressing" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="3000" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/IMG_5482-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/IMG_5482-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/IMG_5482-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/IMG_5482-1.jpg 2181w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_11.jpeg" width="2000" height="1600" loading="lazy" alt="How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA&#x2019;s New Take on Power Dressing" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_11.jpeg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_11.jpeg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_11.jpeg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_11.jpeg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_12.jpeg" width="2000" height="2500" loading="lazy" alt="How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA&#x2019;s New Take on Power Dressing" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_12.jpeg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_12.jpeg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_12.jpeg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_12.jpeg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div></figure><p><strong>You founded SANTA in 2019. What did you want the brand to be when you started it, and how has that vision changed since then?</strong><br>When I started SANTA in 2019, I wanted to create clothes that could change the way a woman carries herself: pieces with a strong silhouette, a clear point of view, and a sense of presence. That idea has stayed with the brand from the beginning. Today, we are still interested in a broader idea of power: how it can exist through volume, transparency, movement, sensuality, even vulnerability. The brand has grown, but the woman at its center is still someone who does not disappear into the context around her because she defines it.</p><p><strong>You came to fashion from law. Has your background in a very structured profession influenced the way you design?</strong><br>Definitely. Law teaches you to think structurally: to understand how separate elements relate to one another and how changing one detail can affect the entire system. I think that way of thinking naturally transferred into design. I am very interested in construction and proportion. Even when a piece appears dramatic or intuitive, there is usually a very precise structure underneath it. </p><p><strong>Power dressing has been part of SANTA&#x2019;s DNA from the beginning. What does power mean to you in clothing today?</strong><br>For me, power dressing today is much less about looking authoritative in a conventional sense. It is not necessarily a suit, a uniform or something traditionally associated with status. Clothing can change your posture, the way you move and the amount of space you allow yourself to occupy. I am interested in pieces that reinforce that feeling without asking a woman to perform a certain version of strength. Power can be very structured and controlled, but it can also be sensual, exposed or playful. What matters is that it feels self-defined rather than prescribed.</p><p><strong>In this collection, power comes through construction, volume and proportion. What made you want to explore these elements now?</strong><br>We wanted to move the idea of power dressing away from its most familiar codes and ask how strength could be communicated through the physical presence of a garment. That led us to work more radically with scale. There are sharply constructed silhouettes and defined shoulders, but also very large fur volumes, sculptural outerwear and pieces that alter the proportions of the body. Against them, we placed lace, transparency, close-fitting forms and feathers that move with the body. The contrast became very important: weight against lightness, protection against exposure, precision against movement. That tension is really where the collection found its character.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_21.jpeg" class="kg-image" alt="How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA&#x2019;s New Take on Power Dressing" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1600" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_21.jpeg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_21.jpeg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_21.jpeg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_21.jpeg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_5.jpeg" class="kg-image" alt="How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA&#x2019;s New Take on Power Dressing" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="2500" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_5.jpeg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_5.jpeg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_5.jpeg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_5.jpeg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_15.jpeg" width="2000" height="1600" loading="lazy" alt="How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA&#x2019;s New Take on Power Dressing" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_15.jpeg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_15.jpeg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_15.jpeg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_15.jpeg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_13.jpeg" width="2000" height="1600" loading="lazy" alt="How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA&#x2019;s New Take on Power Dressing" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_13.jpeg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_13.jpeg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_13.jpeg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_13.jpeg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div></figure><p><strong>The &#x201C;main character&#x201D; idea has become almost a clich&#xE9; in fashion and social media. What does it mean to you beyond the Instagram version of confidence and self-expression?</strong><br>There is a difference between wanting to be seen and feeling that you do not need permission to take up space. The SANTA woman is not dressing for approval or adapting herself to someone else&#x2019;s expectations. She has her own point of view. Sometimes that is expressed through a dramatic silhouette, sometimes through something much quieter. The confidence comes from the person, not from the performance around her.</p><p><strong>Fur, feathers, lace and leather all appear in very different ways. How do you create balance between such strong materials?</strong><br>The balance comes from giving every material a specific function rather than using it simply for effect. Fur, for example, became almost an architectural tool in this collection. We used it to build exaggerated shoulders, rounded volumes and sculptural surfaces. Feathers work very differently: they introduce movement and instability into otherwise controlled silhouettes, forming peplums, hems, sleeves and long trains. Lace sits much closer to the body and creates an almost second-skin effect, while leather brings back a sense of definition and structure. Because the materials have such different physical qualities, the challenge was not to make them compete.</p><p><strong>SANTA has continued to grow internationally while producing in Ukraine during the full-scale war. How has this experience changed the way you think about building the brand?</strong><br>It has made us much more adaptable and, at the same time, much clearer about what we want to protect. Working in Ukraine now means accepting that circumstances can change very quickly &#x2014; production schedules, logistics and even the most basic working day can be interrupted. It has taught us to plan carefully without becoming dependent on a perfect plan. But it has also reinforced how important the team is. Continuing to develop the brand internationally while creating the collections here is not something I see as separate from SANTA&#x2019;s identity. The people, the knowledge and the production behind the clothes are part of the brand itself.</p><p><strong>What do you want a woman to feel when she puts on SANTA &#x2014; beyond simply looking powerful?</strong><br>I want her to feel more like herself, not like she has put on a costume of confidence. Ideally, a SANTA piece gives you a certain physical awareness: you stand differently, move differently, become more conscious of your own presence. For me, that is more interesting than simply &#x201C;looking powerful.&#x201D; It is the feeling that you are comfortable occupying your own space and that you do not need to make yourself smaller for it.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY5.jpg" width="2000" height="3000" loading="lazy" alt="How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA&#x2019;s New Take on Power Dressing" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY5.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY5.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY5.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY5.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY28.jpg" width="2000" height="3000" loading="lazy" alt="How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA&#x2019;s New Take on Power Dressing" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY28.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY28.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY28.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY28.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY31.jpg" width="2000" height="3000" loading="lazy" alt="How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA&#x2019;s New Take on Power Dressing" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY31.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY31.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY31.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY31.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY32.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" loading="lazy" alt="How to Take Up Space | Yana Stanislavska on SANTA&#x2019;s New Take on Power Dressing" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY32.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY32.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY32.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY32.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div></figure><p></p><p><strong>SANTA</strong> | <a href="https://santa-brands.com/?srsltid=AU7gw4VY3vKNo9_42bcExpJnwzVVzmB6jesmBmQBYlE6VUMmQc4tmqL7&amp;ref=hypeandhyper.com">web</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/santa.brands/?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Instagram</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hatalom új sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA újfajta power dressingjéről]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>A SANTA alap&#xED;t&#xF3;ja, Yana Stanislavska sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra a hatalom nem arr&#xF3;l sz&#xF3;l, hogy valaki tekint&#xE9;lyt sug&#xE1;rozzon. Sokkal ink&#xE1;bb a jelenl&#xE9;tr&#x151;l, az &#xF6;nmeghat&#xE1;roz&#xE1;sr&#xF3;l</strong></p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/a-hatalom-uj-sziluettje-yana-stanislavska-a-santa-ujfajta-power-dressingjerol/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab0f7edce749ccbae8a3808</guid><category><![CDATA[design]]></category><category><![CDATA[divat]]></category><category><![CDATA[ukrán divat]]></category><category><![CDATA[santa]]></category><category><![CDATA[interjú]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éva Tomanicz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_4.jpeg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_4.jpeg" alt="A hatalom &#xFA;j sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA &#xFA;jfajta power dressingj&#xE9;r&#x151;l"><p><strong>A SANTA alap&#xED;t&#xF3;ja, Yana Stanislavska sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra a hatalom nem arr&#xF3;l sz&#xF3;l, hogy valaki tekint&#xE9;lyt sug&#xE1;rozzon. Sokkal ink&#xE1;bb a jelenl&#xE9;tr&#x151;l, az &#xF6;nmeghat&#xE1;roz&#xE1;sr&#xF3;l &#xE9;s arr&#xF3;l a szabads&#xE1;gr&#xF3;l, hogy a saj&#xE1;t felt&#xE9;teleink szerint foglaljuk el a teret.</strong></p><p>A 2019-ben Kijevben alap&#xED;tott SANTA er&#x151;s sziluettekre, &#xE9;rz&#xE9;kis&#xE9;gre &#xE9;s a divathoz val&#xF3;, kifejezetten te&#xE1;tr&#xE1;lis megk&#xF6;zel&#xED;t&#xE9;sre &#xE9;p&#xED;tette fel identit&#xE1;s&#xE1;t. A 2026/27-es &#x151;szi-t&#xE9;li kollekci&#xF3;val az ukr&#xE1;n m&#xE1;rka tov&#xE1;bb viszi a power dressing ir&#xE1;nti, r&#xE9;g&#xF3;ta tart&#xF3; &#xE9;rdekl&#x151;d&#xE9;s&#xE9;t, amelyet elt&#xFA;lzott volumeneken, szoborszer&#x171; sz&#x151;rm&#xE9;ken, hat&#xE1;rozott szab&#xE1;svonalakon, &#xE1;ttetsz&#x151;s&#xE9;gen &#xE9;s mozg&#xE1;son kereszt&#xFC;l vizsg&#xE1;l. A SANTA fejl&#x151;d&#xE9;s&#xE9;r&#x151;l, a strukt&#xFA;ra &#xE9;s az &#xE9;rz&#xE9;kis&#xE9;g kapcsolat&#xE1;r&#xF3;l, valamint arr&#xF3;l besz&#xE9;lgett&#xFC;nk Yana Stanislavsk&#xE1;val, hogy mi&#xE9;rt lehet egy ruhadarab legfontosabb feladata az, hogy visel&#x151;je m&#xE9;g ink&#xE1;bb &#xF6;nmag&#xE1;nak &#xE9;rezze mag&#xE1;t.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/IMG_5482.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="A hatalom &#xFA;j sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA &#xFA;jfajta power dressingj&#xE9;r&#x151;l" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="3000" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/IMG_5482.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/IMG_5482.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/IMG_5482.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/IMG_5482.jpg 2181w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_11.jpeg" width="2000" height="1600" loading="lazy" alt="A hatalom &#xFA;j sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA &#xFA;jfajta power dressingj&#xE9;r&#x151;l" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_11.jpeg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_11.jpeg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_11.jpeg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_11.jpeg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_12.jpeg" width="2000" height="2500" loading="lazy" alt="A hatalom &#xFA;j sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA &#xFA;jfajta power dressingj&#xE9;r&#x151;l" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_12.jpeg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_12.jpeg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_12.jpeg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_12.jpeg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div></figure><p><strong>2019-ben alap&#xED;tottad a SANTA-t. Mit szerett&#xE9;l volna, hogy a m&#xE1;rka legyen, amikor elind&#xED;tottad, &#xE9;s hogyan v&#xE1;ltozott ez az elk&#xE9;pzel&#xE9;s az&#xF3;ta?</strong><br>Amikor 2019-ben elind&#xED;tottam a SANTA-t, olyan ruh&#xE1;kat szerettem volna l&#xE9;trehozni, amelyek megv&#xE1;ltoztatj&#xE1;k azt, ahogyan egy n&#x151; tartja mag&#xE1;t: er&#x151;teljes sziluettel, hat&#xE1;rozott karakterrel &#xE9;s er&#x151;s jelenl&#xE9;ttel rendelkez&#x151; darabokat. Ez a gondolat a kezdetekt&#x151;l a m&#xE1;rka r&#xE9;sze maradt. Ma is a hatalom t&#xE1;gabb &#xE9;rtelmez&#xE9;se &#xE9;rdekel benn&#xFC;nket: hogyan jelenhet meg a volumenben, az &#xE1;ttetsz&#x151;s&#xE9;gben, a mozg&#xE1;sban, az &#xE9;rz&#xE9;kis&#xE9;gben, s&#x151;t ak&#xE1;r a sebezhet&#x151;s&#xE9;gben is. A m&#xE1;rka sokat fejl&#x151;d&#xF6;tt, de a k&#xF6;z&#xE9;ppontj&#xE1;ban &#xE1;ll&#xF3; n&#x151; tov&#xE1;bbra is olyan valaki, aki nem olvad bele a k&#xF6;r&#xFC;l&#xF6;tte l&#xE9;v&#x151; k&#xF6;zegbe, mert &#x151; maga alak&#xED;tja azt.</p><p><strong>A divathoz a jog fel&#x151;l &#xE9;rkezt&#xE9;l. Befoly&#xE1;solta a tervez&#x151;i gondolkod&#xE1;sodat, hogy kor&#xE1;bban egy ennyire struktur&#xE1;lt szakm&#xE1;ban dolgozt&#xE1;l?</strong><br>Mindenk&#xE9;ppen. A jog arra tan&#xED;t, hogy struktur&#xE1;ltan gondolkodj: meg&#xE9;rtsd, hogyan kapcsol&#xF3;dnak egym&#xE1;shoz az egyes elemek, &#xE9;s hogyan v&#xE1;ltoztathatja meg az eg&#xE9;sz rendszert egyetlen r&#xE9;szlet m&#xF3;dos&#xED;t&#xE1;sa. &#xDA;gy &#xE9;rzem, ez a gondolkod&#xE1;s term&#xE9;szetes m&#xF3;don &#xE1;tker&#xFC;lt a tervez&#xE9;sbe is. Nagyon &#xE9;rdekel a konstrukci&#xF3; &#xE9;s az ar&#xE1;nyok. M&#xE9;g akkor is, ha egy ruhadarab els&#x151; l&#xE1;t&#xE1;sra dr&#xE1;mainak vagy intuit&#xED;vnak t&#x171;nik, &#xE1;ltal&#xE1;ban nagyon pontos strukt&#xFA;ra h&#xFA;z&#xF3;dik meg m&#xF6;g&#xF6;tte.</p><p><strong>A power dressing kezdett&#x151;l fogva r&#xE9;sze a SANTA DNS-&#xE9;nek. Mit jelent sz&#xE1;modra ma a hatalom az &#xF6;lt&#xF6;zk&#xF6;d&#xE9;sben?</strong><br>Sz&#xE1;momra a power dressing ma sokkal kev&#xE9;sb&#xE9; arr&#xF3;l sz&#xF3;l, hogy valaki hagyom&#xE1;nyos &#xE9;rtelemben tekint&#xE9;lyt sug&#xE1;rozzon. Nem felt&#xE9;tlen&#xFC;l egy koszt&#xFC;mr&#x151;l, egy egyenruh&#xE1;r&#xF3;l vagy valami olyasmir&#x151;l van sz&#xF3;, amit hagyom&#xE1;nyosan a st&#xE1;tuszhoz t&#xE1;rs&#xED;tunk. A ruh&#xE1;k megv&#xE1;ltoztathatj&#xE1;k a testtart&#xE1;sodat, a mozg&#xE1;sodat &#xE9;s azt is, hogy mennyi teret engedsz meg magadnak. Olyan darabok &#xE9;rdekelnek, amelyek meger&#x151;s&#xED;tik ezt az &#xE9;rz&#xE9;st an&#xE9;lk&#xFC;l, hogy egy bizonyos er&#x151;k&#xE9;pet kellene elj&#xE1;tszanod benn&#xFC;k. Az er&#x151; lehet nagyon struktur&#xE1;lt &#xE9;s kontroll&#xE1;lt, de lehet &#xE9;rz&#xE9;ki, kit&#xE1;rulkoz&#xF3; vagy j&#xE1;t&#xE9;kos is. Az a fontos, hogy bel&#xFC;lr&#x151;l meghat&#xE1;rozott legyen, &#xE9;s ne valamilyen el&#x151;&#xED;rt szerephez igazodjon.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_5.jpeg" class="kg-image" alt="A hatalom &#xFA;j sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA &#xFA;jfajta power dressingj&#xE9;r&#x151;l" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="2500" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_5.jpeg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_5.jpeg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_5.jpeg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_5.jpeg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_21.jpeg" class="kg-image" alt="A hatalom &#xFA;j sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA &#xFA;jfajta power dressingj&#xE9;r&#x151;l" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1600" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_21.jpeg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_21.jpeg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_21.jpeg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_21.jpeg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_15.jpeg" width="2000" height="1600" loading="lazy" alt="A hatalom &#xFA;j sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA &#xFA;jfajta power dressingj&#xE9;r&#x151;l" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_15.jpeg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_15.jpeg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_15.jpeg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_15.jpeg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_13.jpeg" width="2000" height="1600" loading="lazy" alt="A hatalom &#xFA;j sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA &#xFA;jfajta power dressingj&#xE9;r&#x151;l" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_13.jpeg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_13.jpeg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_13.jpeg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_CAMPAIGN_13.jpeg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div></figure><p><strong>Ebben a kollekci&#xF3;ban az er&#x151; a konstrukci&#xF3;n, a volumenen &#xE9;s az ar&#xE1;nyokon kereszt&#xFC;l jelenik meg. Mi&#xE9;rt &#xE9;ppen most kezdtetek ezekkel az elemekkel intenz&#xED;vebben foglalkozni?</strong><br>Szerett&#xFC;k volna elt&#xE1;vol&#xED;tani a power dressing fogalm&#xE1;t a legismertebb k&#xF3;djait&#xF3;l, &#xE9;s megvizsg&#xE1;lni, hogyan lehet az er&#x151;t mag&#xE1;nak a ruhadarabnak a fizikai jelenl&#xE9;t&#xE9;n kereszt&#xFC;l kifejezni. Ez arra vezetett benn&#xFC;nket, hogy radik&#xE1;lisabban kezdj&#xFC;nk el dolgozni a l&#xE9;pt&#xE9;kkel. &#xC9;lesen szabott sziluettek &#xE9;s hangs&#xFA;lyos v&#xE1;llak jelennek meg, de nagyon nagy volumen&#x171; sz&#x151;rm&#xE9;k, szoborszer&#x171; fels&#x151;ruh&#xE1;k &#xE9;s a test ar&#xE1;nyait megv&#xE1;ltoztat&#xF3; darabok is. Ezek mell&#xE9; csipk&#xE9;t, &#xE1;ttetsz&#x151; anyagokat, testhez simul&#xF3; form&#xE1;kat &#xE9;s a test mozg&#xE1;s&#xE1;t k&#xF6;vet&#x151; tollakat helyezt&#xFC;nk. Nagyon fontoss&#xE1; v&#xE1;ltak az ellent&#xE9;tek: a s&#xFA;ly a k&#xF6;nnyeds&#xE9;ggel, a v&#xE9;delem a kit&#xE1;rulkoz&#xE1;ssal, a precizit&#xE1;s a mozg&#xE1;ssal szemben. Tulajdonk&#xE9;ppen ebb&#x151;l a fesz&#xFC;lts&#xE9;gb&#x151;l sz&#xFC;letett meg a kollekci&#xF3; karaktere.</p><p><strong>A &#x201E;main character&#x201D; gondolata m&#xE1;ra szinte klis&#xE9;v&#xE9; v&#xE1;lt a divatban &#xE9;s a k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;gi m&#xE9;di&#xE1;ban. Mit jelent sz&#xE1;modra az Instagramon megjelen&#x151; &#xF6;nbizalmon &#xE9;s &#xF6;nkifejez&#xE9;sen t&#xFA;l?</strong><br>K&#xFC;l&#xF6;nbs&#xE9;g van ak&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt, hogy szeretn&#xE9;nk, ha &#xE9;szrevenn&#xE9;nek benn&#xFC;nket, &#xE9;s ak&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt, hogy &#xFA;gy &#xE9;rezz&#xFC;k, nincs sz&#xFC;ks&#xE9;g&#xFC;nk enged&#xE9;lyre ahhoz, hogy elfoglaljuk a nek&#xFC;nk j&#xE1;r&#xF3; teret. A SANTA n&#x151;je nem az&#xE9;rt &#xF6;lt&#xF6;zik, hogy elismer&#xE9;st kapjon, &#xE9;s nem igazodik m&#xE1;sok elv&#xE1;r&#xE1;saihoz. Megvan a saj&#xE1;t n&#xE9;z&#x151;pontja. Ez n&#xE9;ha egy dr&#xE1;mai sziluettben jelenik meg, m&#xE1;skor valami sokkal visszafogottabban. Az &#xF6;nbizalom az emberb&#x151;l fakad, nem a k&#xF6;r&#xFC;l&#xF6;tte zajl&#xF3; el&#x151;ad&#xE1;sb&#xF3;l.</p><p><strong>A sz&#x151;rme, a toll, a csipke &#xE9;s a b&#x151;r mind nagyon k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nb&#xF6;z&#x151; m&#xF3;dokon jelenik meg a kollekci&#xF3;ban. Hogyan teremtetek egyens&#xFA;lyt ennyi karakteres anyag k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt?</strong><br>&#xDA;gy, hogy minden anyagnak konkr&#xE9;t funkci&#xF3;t adunk, &#xE9;s nem puszt&#xE1;n a l&#xE1;tv&#xE1;ny kedv&#xE9;&#xE9;rt haszn&#xE1;ljuk &#x151;ket. A sz&#x151;rme p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;ul ebben a kollekci&#xF3;ban szinte &#xE9;p&#xED;t&#xE9;szeti eszk&#xF6;zz&#xE9; v&#xE1;lt. Elt&#xFA;lzott v&#xE1;llakat, lekerek&#xED;tett volumeneket &#xE9;s szoborszer&#x171; fel&#xFC;leteket &#xE9;p&#xED;tett&#xFC;nk bel&#x151;le. A toll eg&#xE9;szen m&#xE1;sk&#xE9;pp m&#x171;k&#xF6;dik: mozg&#xE1;st &#xE9;s kisz&#xE1;m&#xED;thatatlans&#xE1;got visz az egy&#xE9;bk&#xE9;nt kontroll&#xE1;lt sziluettekbe, peplumok, szeg&#xE9;lyek, ujjak &#xE9;s hossz&#xFA; usz&#xE1;lyok form&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban. A csipke sokkal k&#xF6;zelebb ker&#xFC;l a testhez, szinte m&#xE1;sodik b&#x151;rk&#xE9;nt m&#x171;k&#xF6;dik, m&#xED;g a b&#x151;r ism&#xE9;t a hat&#xE1;rozotts&#xE1;g &#xE9;s a strukt&#xFA;ra &#xE9;rzet&#xE9;t hozza vissza. Mivel az anyagok fizikai tulajdons&#xE1;gai ennyire k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nb&#xF6;z&#x151;ek, az volt a kih&#xED;v&#xE1;s, hogy ne kezdjenek egym&#xE1;ssal versengeni.</p><p><strong>A SANTA a nemzetk&#xF6;zi terjeszked&#xE9;s mellett a teljes k&#xF6;r&#x171; h&#xE1;bor&#xFA; idej&#xE9;n is Ukrajn&#xE1;ban gy&#xE1;rt. Hogyan v&#xE1;ltoztatta meg ez a tapasztalat azt, ahogyan a m&#xE1;rka &#xE9;p&#xED;t&#xE9;s&#xE9;r&#x151;l gondolkodsz?</strong><br>Sokkal alkalmazkod&#xF3;k&#xE9;pesebb&#xE9; tett benn&#xFC;nket, ugyanakkor azt is sokkal vil&#xE1;gosabb&#xE1; tette, hogy mit szeretn&#xE9;nk meg&#x151;rizni. Ma Ukrajn&#xE1;ban dolgozni azt jelenti, hogy el kell fogadnunk: a k&#xF6;r&#xFC;lm&#xE9;nyek nagyon gyorsan v&#xE1;ltozhatnak &#x2013; megszakadhatnak a gy&#xE1;rt&#xE1;si folyamatok, felborulhat a logisztika, &#xE9;s m&#xE9;g a legegyszer&#x171;bb munkanap is akad&#xE1;lyokba &#xFC;tk&#xF6;zhet. Megtan&#xED;tott benn&#xFC;nket arra, hogy alaposan tervezz&#xFC;nk, de ne f&#xFC;ggj&#xFC;nk att&#xF3;l, hogy minden t&#xF6;k&#xE9;letesen a terv szerint alakul. Ugyanakkor azt is meger&#x151;s&#xED;tette benn&#xFC;nk, mennyire fontos a csapat. A m&#xE1;rka nemzetk&#xF6;zi fejleszt&#xE9;s&#xE9;t &#xE9;s a kollekci&#xF3;k itthoni l&#xE9;trehoz&#xE1;s&#xE1;t nem tekintem a SANTA identit&#xE1;s&#xE1;t&#xF3;l k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xE1;ll&#xF3; folyamatoknak. A ruh&#xE1;k m&#xF6;g&#xF6;tt &#xE1;ll&#xF3; emberek, tud&#xE1;s &#xE9;s gy&#xE1;rt&#xE1;s maga is a m&#xE1;rka r&#xE9;sze.</p><p><strong>Mit szeretn&#xE9;l, mit &#xE9;rezzen egy n&#x151;, amikor felvesz egy SANTA-darabot &#x2013; azon t&#xFA;l, hogy er&#x151;teljesnek l&#xE1;tszik?</strong><br>Azt szeretn&#xE9;m, hogy ink&#xE1;bb &#xF6;nmag&#xE1;nak &#xE9;rezze mag&#xE1;t, &#xE9;s ne &#xFA;gy, mintha felvett volna egy &#xF6;nbizalomnak &#xE1;lc&#xE1;zott jelmezt. Ide&#xE1;lis esetben egy SANTA-darab bizonyos fok&#xFA; fizikai tudatoss&#xE1;got ad: m&#xE1;sk&#xE9;pp &#xE1;llsz, m&#xE1;sk&#xE9;pp mozogsz, &#xE9;s tudatosabb&#xE1; v&#xE1;lsz a saj&#xE1;t jelenl&#xE9;teddel kapcsolatban. Sz&#xE1;momra ez sokkal &#xE9;rdekesebb ann&#xE1;l, mint egyszer&#x171;en &#x201E;er&#x151;teljesnek l&#xE1;tszani&#x201D;. Arr&#xF3;l az &#xE9;rz&#xE9;sr&#x151;l sz&#xF3;l, hogy komfortosan elfoglalod a saj&#xE1;t teredet, &#xE9;s nem kell kisebbre h&#xFA;znod magad miatta.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY5.jpg" width="2000" height="3000" loading="lazy" alt="A hatalom &#xFA;j sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA &#xFA;jfajta power dressingj&#xE9;r&#x151;l" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY5.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY5.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY5.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY5.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY28.jpg" width="2000" height="3000" loading="lazy" alt="A hatalom &#xFA;j sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA &#xFA;jfajta power dressingj&#xE9;r&#x151;l" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY28.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY28.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY28.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY28.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY31.jpg" width="2000" height="3000" loading="lazy" alt="A hatalom &#xFA;j sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA &#xFA;jfajta power dressingj&#xE9;r&#x151;l" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY31.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY31.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY31.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY31.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY32.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" loading="lazy" alt="A hatalom &#xFA;j sziluettje | Yana Stanislavska a SANTA &#xFA;jfajta power dressingj&#xE9;r&#x151;l" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY32.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY32.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY32.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/SANTA_RUNWAY32.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div></figure><p></p><p><strong>SANTA</strong> | <a href="https://santa-brands.com/?srsltid=AU7gw4VY3vKNo9_42bcExpJnwzVVzmB6jesmBmQBYlE6VUMmQc4tmqL7&amp;ref=hypeandhyper.com">web</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/santa.brands/?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Instagram</a><br></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miért turistáskodunk mások traumájában? | Dark tourism Kelet-Közép-Európában]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>H&#xE1;bor&#xFA;k, diktat&#xFA;r&#xE1;k, n&#xE9;pirt&#xE1;sok, politikai &#xFC;ld&#xF6;z&#xE9;s &#xE9;s katasztr&#xF3;f&#xE1;k helysz&#xED;nei ker&#xFC;lnek fel egyre t&#xF6;bb turistat&#xE9;rk&#xE9;pre. A dark tourism olyan helyekre</strong></p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/miert-turistaskodunk-masok-traumajaban-dark-tourism-kelet-kozep-europaban/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aab984bce749ccbae8a3720</guid><category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category><category><![CDATA[utazás]]></category><category><![CDATA[turizmus]]></category><category><![CDATA[történelem]]></category><category><![CDATA[bosznia-hercegovina]]></category><category><![CDATA[csehország]]></category><category><![CDATA[horvátország]]></category><category><![CDATA[ukrajna]]></category><category><![CDATA[bulgária]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éva Tomanicz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/nyito__natalya-letunova-gF8aHM445P4-unsplash.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/nyito__natalya-letunova-gF8aHM445P4-unsplash.jpg" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban"><p><strong>H&#xE1;bor&#xFA;k, diktat&#xFA;r&#xE1;k, n&#xE9;pirt&#xE1;sok, politikai &#xFC;ld&#xF6;z&#xE9;s &#xE9;s katasztr&#xF3;f&#xE1;k helysz&#xED;nei ker&#xFC;lnek fel egyre t&#xF6;bb turistat&#xE9;rk&#xE9;pre. A dark tourism olyan helyekre visz, ahol valaha trag&#xE9;dia t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nt &#x2013; de vajon mit keres&#xFC;nk ott: t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nelmi tud&#xE1;st, eml&#xE9;kez&#xE9;st, szem&#xE9;lyes kapcsol&#xF3;d&#xE1;st vagy egyszer&#x171;en a borzong&#xE1;s &#xE9;lm&#xE9;ny&#xE9;t? &#xC9;s hol h&#xFA;z&#xF3;dik a hat&#xE1;r a megeml&#xE9;kez&#xE9;s &#xE9;s a m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;nak n&#xE9;z&#x151;k&#xE9;nt val&#xF3; fogyaszt&#xE1;sa k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt?</strong></p><p>Van, aki P&#xE1;rizsba a m&#xFA;zeumok, R&#xF3;m&#xE1;ba az &#xF3;kori romok, Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ba pedig r&#xE9;szben &#xE9;ppen a r&#xE9;gi&#xF3; s&#xF6;t&#xE9;t t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nelme miatt &#xE9;rkezik. Az egykori kommunista &#xE1;llamok, a h&#xE1;bor&#xFA;k, a n&#xE9;pirt&#xE1;sok, a politikai terror, az elhagyott katonai l&#xE9;tes&#xED;tm&#xE9;nyek &#xE9;s a katasztr&#xF3;f&#xE1;k helysz&#xED;nei az elm&#xFA;lt &#xE9;vtizedekben saj&#xE1;tos turisztikai t&#xE9;rk&#xE9;pet rajzoltak ki a t&#xE9;rs&#xE9;gben. Egyesek sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra ezek t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nelmi eml&#xE9;khelyek, m&#xE1;soknak &#xE9;p&#xED;t&#xE9;szeti k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nlegess&#xE9;gek vagy izgalmas romok, &#xE9;s akadnak olyan utaz&#xF3;k is, akik eg&#xE9;szen egyszer&#x171;en az&#xE9;rt keresik fel &#x151;ket, mert k&#xED;v&#xE1;ncsiak arra, milyen egy olyan helyen &#xE1;llni, ahol valami sz&#xF6;rny&#x171;s&#xE9;g t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nt. Csernobil ennek tal&#xE1;n a legismertebb p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;ja. A nukle&#xE1;ris katasztr&#xF3;fa helysz&#xED;ne &#xE9;s a k&#xF6;zeli Pripjaty &#xFC;res lak&#xF3;h&#xE1;zai, rozsd&#xE1;s vid&#xE1;mparkja &#xE9;s a term&#xE9;szet &#xE1;ltal lassan visszafoglalt utc&#xE1;i az elm&#xFA;lt &#xE9;vekben a posztapokaliptikus l&#xE1;tv&#xE1;nyoss&#xE1;g saj&#xE1;tos v&#xE1;ltozat&#xE1;v&#xE1; v&#xE1;ltak. A helysz&#xED;n egyszerre lett t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nelmi eml&#xE9;k, fot&#xF3;t&#xE9;ma, tanulm&#xE1;nyozhat&#xF3; katasztr&#xF3;fa &#xE9;s turisztikai &#xE9;lm&#xE9;ny, mik&#xF6;zben a videoj&#xE1;t&#xE9;kok, filmek &#xE9;s az internetes k&#xE9;pek m&#xE1;r j&#xF3;val azel&#x151;tt kialak&#xED;tott&#xE1;k r&#xF3;la a kollekt&#xED;v k&#xE9;p&#xFC;nket, hogy a l&#xE1;togat&#xF3;k egy&#xE1;ltal&#xE1;n eljutottak volna oda.</p><p>A dark tourism, vagyis s&#xF6;t&#xE9;t turizmus kifejez&#xE9;st Malcolm Foley &#xE9;s John Lennon vezette be a turizmuskutat&#xE1;sba 1996-ban, ugyanebben az &#xE9;vben A. V. Seaton a thanatourism fogalm&#xE1;val &#xED;rt le hasonl&#xF3; jelens&#xE9;get. Maga a jelens&#xE9;g term&#xE9;szetesen sokkal r&#xE9;gebbi: az emberek &#xE9;vsz&#xE1;zadok &#xF3;ta l&#xE1;togatnak csatatereket, s&#xED;rokat, kiv&#xE9;gz&#xE9;sek helysz&#xED;neit &#xE9;s katakomb&#xE1;kat, &#xE9;s a hal&#xE1;l l&#xE1;tv&#xE1;ny&#xE1;nak k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ns&#xE9;ge m&#xE1;r az &#xF3;kori R&#xF3;m&#xE1;ban sem sz&#xE1;m&#xED;tott k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sebb &#xFA;jdons&#xE1;gnak.</p><p><strong>A k&#xED;v&#xE1;ncsis&#xE1;gt&#xF3;l a voyeurizmusig</strong><br>Az &#xF3;korral ellent&#xE9;tben mostanra a hal&#xE1;l a h&#xE9;tk&#xF6;znapi &#xE9;let&#xFC;nkben meglehet&#x151;sen l&#xE1;thatatlann&#xE1; v&#xE1;lt: k&#xF3;rh&#xE1;zakban, int&#xE9;zm&#xE9;nyekben &#xE9;s a szakemberek &#xE1;ltal kezelt terekben t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nik, mik&#xF6;zben a legt&#xF6;bb embernek ritk&#xE1;n kell k&#xF6;zvetlen&#xFC;l tal&#xE1;lkoznia vele. A rendk&#xED;v&#xFC;li hal&#xE1;l viszont eg&#xE9;szen m&#xE1;s. Egy rep&#xFC;l&#x151;g&#xE9;p-szerencs&#xE9;tlens&#xE9;g, egy n&#xE9;pirt&#xE1;s, egy gyilkoss&#xE1;g vagy egy nukle&#xE1;ris katasztr&#xF3;fa h&#xED;re milli&#xF3;k figyelm&#xE9;t k&#xE9;pes megragadni, &#xE9;s ha a helysz&#xED;n megmarad, id&#x151;vel turist&#xE1;k is megjelenhetnek rajta. A dark tourism kutat&#xF3;i szerint ennek egyik oka &#xE9;ppen az lehet, hogy az ilyen helyek a modern t&#xE1;rsadalomban elz&#xE1;rt hal&#xE1;lt hozz&#xE1;k vissza a nyilv&#xE1;noss&#xE1;gba.</p><p>&#xC9;s persze ott van a k&#xED;v&#xE1;ncsis&#xE1;g, amely &#xF6;nmag&#xE1;ban sem mindig olyan &#xE1;rtatlan, mint amilyennek szeretj&#xFC;k l&#xE1;tni. Mi t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nt pontosan? Milyen lehetett ott lenni? T&#xE9;nyleg &#xED;gy n&#xE9;zett ki? Mi maradt ut&#xE1;na? Vajon mit &#xE9;rezn&#xE9;nk, ha ott &#xE1;lln&#xE1;nk? A k&#xED;v&#xE1;ncsis&#xE1;g, a tanul&#xE1;s &#xE9;s a meg&#xE9;rt&#xE9;s mellett gyakran megjelenik a morbid dolgok ir&#xE1;nti &#xE9;rdekl&#x151;d&#xE9;s is, ahogy a borzong&#xE1;s vagy m&#xE1;sok szerencs&#xE9;tlens&#xE9;g&#xE9;nek n&#xE9;z&#xE9;se ir&#xE1;nti vonzalom. Ebb&#x151;l azonban m&#xE9;g nem k&#xF6;vetkezik, hogy mindenki, aki Auschwitzba, Csernobilba vagy egy egykori politikai b&#xF6;rt&#xF6;nbe l&#xE1;togat, voyeur. A k&#xED;v&#xE1;ncsis&#xE1;g &#xE9;s a tanul&#xE1;s nagyon gyakran egy&#xFC;tt j&#xE1;r, &#xE9;s ugyanaz a hely valakinek szem&#xE9;lyes zar&#xE1;ndoklat, m&#xE1;snak t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nelmi &#xE9;rdekl&#x151;d&#xE9;s, harmadiknak &#xE9;p&#xED;t&#xE9;szeti &#xE9;lm&#xE9;ny, negyediknek pedig egyszer&#x171;en valami olyan, amit szeretne saj&#xE1;t szem&#xE9;vel l&#xE1;tni. A dark tourism egyik neh&#xE9;zs&#xE9;ge &#xE9;ppen az, hogy a l&#xE1;togat&#xF3;k motiv&#xE1;ci&#xF3;it k&#xED;v&#xFC;lr&#x151;l szinte lehetetlen egy&#xE9;rtelm&#x171;en meg&#xED;t&#xE9;lni.</p><p>A probl&#xE9;ma ott kezd&#x151;dik, amikor a m&#xE1;sik ember hal&#xE1;la m&#xE1;r nem t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;netk&#xE9;nt vagy t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nelmi esem&#xE9;nyk&#xE9;nt jelenik meg, hanem l&#xE1;tv&#xE1;nyk&#xE9;nt. A voyeurizmus ebben az esetben azt jelenti, hogy valaki m&#xE1;s szenved&#xE9;s&#xE9;t &#xFA;gy n&#xE9;zz&#xFC;k, mint egy spekt&#xE1;kulumot, amelyhez nek&#xFC;nk semmilyen szem&#xE9;lyes k&#xF6;z&#xFC;nk nincs, m&#xE9;gis k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;s &#xE9;lvezetet vagy izgalmat tal&#xE1;lunk benne. A dark tourism egyik alapvet&#x151; etikai k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;se ez&#xE9;rt &#xE9;ppen az, hogy mikor besz&#xE9;lhet&#xFC;nk tan&#xFA;s&#xE1;gt&#xE9;telr&#x151;l, &#xE9;s mikor v&#xE1;lik a trag&#xE9;dia fogyaszthat&#xF3; l&#xE1;tv&#xE1;nyoss&#xE1;gg&#xE1;.</p><p>A k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;gi m&#xE9;dia ezt a hat&#xE1;rt m&#xE9;g l&#xE1;tv&#xE1;nyosabb&#xE1; tette. Egy romos &#xE9;p&#xFC;let, egy goly&#xF3;nyomokkal teli fal vagy egy eml&#xE9;km&#x171; ma egyetlen Instagram-poszt erej&#xE9;ig k&#xF6;nnyed&#xE9;n eszt&#xE9;tikai h&#xE1;tt&#xE9;rr&#xE9; v&#xE1;lhat, a l&#xE1;togat&#xF3; pedig saj&#xE1;t t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;net&#xE9;nek szerepl&#x151;j&#xE9;v&#xE9; v&#xE1;lik benne. A berlini Holokauszt-eml&#xE9;km&#x171;n&#xE9;l k&#xE9;sz&#xFC;lt j&#xE1;t&#xE9;kos fot&#xF3;k k&#xF6;r&#xFC;li vita p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;ul pontosan ezt a probl&#xE9;m&#xE1;t mutatja: hogyan lehet egyszerre egy t&#xE9;rben lenni turistak&#xE9;nt &#xE9;s eml&#xE9;kez&#x151;k&#xE9;nt, &#xE9;s mikor kezdi el az egyik szerep kiszor&#xED;tani a m&#xE1;sikat?</p><p><strong>Trag&#xE9;dia mint turisztikai term&#xE9;k</strong><br>A l&#xE1;togat&#xF3; felel&#x151;ss&#xE9;ge mellett ott van azok&#xE9; is, akik a helysz&#xED;nt bemutatj&#xE1;k. A dark tourism ma komoly turisztikai infrastrukt&#xFA;r&#xE1;t jelent: m&#xFA;zeumokat, eml&#xE9;khelyeket, l&#xE1;togat&#xF3;k&#xF6;zpontokat, vezetett t&#xFA;r&#xE1;kat, aj&#xE1;nd&#xE9;kboltokat, online tartalmakat &#xE9;s term&#xE9;szetesen &#xFC;zleti modelleket. A trag&#xE9;dia teh&#xE1;t bizonyos &#xE9;rtelemben turisztikai term&#xE9;kk&#xE9; v&#xE1;lik, &#xE9;s innent&#x151;l m&#xE1;r az is k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;s, hogyan csomagolj&#xE1;k. Azt m&#xE1;r helysz&#xED;n &#xFC;zemeltet&#x151;i d&#xF6;ntik el (m&#xE1;r ha konkr&#xE9;t int&#xE9;zm&#xE9;nyr&#x151;l besz&#xE9;l&#xFC;nk, &#xE9;s nem csak egy &#xFA;tsz&#xE9;li eml&#xE9;khelyr&#x151;l), milyen t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;netet hallunk. Lehet egy egykori b&#xF6;rt&#xF6;nb&#x151;l izgalmas romt&#xFA;ra, egy bunkerb&#x151;l hidegh&#xE1;bor&#xFA;s kaland, egy n&#xE9;pirt&#xE1;s eml&#xE9;khely&#xE9;b&#x151;l pedig oktat&#xE1;si t&#xE9;r. Lehet sokkolni, kontextust adni, az &#xE1;ldozatok t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;net&#xE9;re koncentr&#xE1;lni, vagy a l&#xE1;tv&#xE1;nyos r&#xE9;szleteket el&#x151;t&#xE9;rbe helyezni. A szakirodalom &#xE9;ppen ez&#xE9;rt a dark tourism egyik legfontosabb k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;sek&#xE9;nt kezeli az interpret&#xE1;ci&#xF3;t: azt, hogy a l&#xE1;togat&#xF3; milyen t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;netet kap, &#xE9;s milyen m&#xF3;don &#xE9;rtelmezi azt.</p><p><strong>Egy k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen s&#xF6;t&#xE9;t t&#xE9;rk&#xE9;p</strong><br>Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban mindez k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen &#xE9;rdekes, mert itt a 20. sz&#xE1;zad t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nelme szinte minden v&#xE1;rosban &#xE9;s t&#xE1;jban hagyott maga ut&#xE1;n olyan helyeket, amelyek ma egyszerre m&#x171;k&#xF6;dnek eml&#xE9;kk&#xE9;nt &#xE9;s turisztikai c&#xE9;lpontk&#xE9;nt. A kommunista monumentalit&#xE1;s, a diktat&#xFA;r&#xE1;k egykori b&#xF6;rt&#xF6;nei &#xE9;s titkos l&#xE9;tes&#xED;tm&#xE9;nyei, a h&#xE1;bor&#xFA;k &#xE9;s n&#xE9;pirt&#xE1;sok eml&#xE9;khelyei, az elhagyott katonai &#xE9;p&#xFC;letek &#xE9;s a trag&#xE9;di&#xE1;k ut&#xE1;n maradt romok mind egy olyan t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nelmi r&#xE9;teget alkotnak, amelyhez ma m&#xE1;r k&#xFC;lf&#xF6;ldi l&#xE1;togat&#xF3;k is kifejezetten a s&#xF6;t&#xE9;t oldal miatt &#xE9;rkeznek. Itt a dark tourism gyakran nem valami egzotikus, t&#xE1;voli hal&#xE1;l&#xE9;lm&#xE9;nyr&#x151;l sz&#xF3;l, hanem a k&#xF6;zelm&#xFA;lt olyan helyeir&#x151;l, amelyek m&#xE9;g mindig ott vannak k&#xF6;r&#xFC;l&#xF6;tt&#xFC;nk. Hogy ezekre a helyekre turistak&#xE9;nt, t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nelmi &#xE9;rdekl&#x151;d&#x151;k&#xE9;nt, eml&#xE9;kez&#x151;k&#xE9;nt vagy a saj&#xE1;t morbid k&#xED;v&#xE1;ncsis&#xE1;gunkat k&#xF6;vetve &#xE9;rkez&#xFC;nk, azt tal&#xE1;n nem is mindig lehet egym&#xE1;st&#xF3;l &#xE9;lesen elv&#xE1;lasztani. A k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;s ink&#xE1;bb az, hogy mit kezd&#xFC;nk ezzel a k&#xED;v&#xE1;ncsis&#xE1;ggal, amikor oda&#xE9;r&#xFC;nk.</p><p>Hat helysz&#xED;n k&#xF6;vetkezik, hat k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nb&#xF6;z&#x151; m&#xF3;dja annak, ahogyan a hal&#xE1;l, a trauma &#xE9;s a t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nelem turist&#xE1;v&#xE1; tesz minket &#x2013; vagy mi tessz&#xFC;k &#x151;ket turisztikai c&#xE9;lpontt&#xE1;.</p><p><strong>A kommunizmus UFO-ja</strong><br><em>Buzludzha, Bulg&#xE1;ria</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-full kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Buzludzha_adrien-milcent-NX7CNFfLOFo-unsplash.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1333" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/Buzludzha_adrien-milcent-NX7CNFfLOFo-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/Buzludzha_adrien-milcent-NX7CNFfLOFo-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/Buzludzha_adrien-milcent-NX7CNFfLOFo-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Buzludzha_adrien-milcent-NX7CNFfLOFo-unsplash.jpg 2400w"><figcaption><em>Unsplash / Adrian Milcent</em></figcaption></figure><p>A Balk&#xE1;n egyik legbizarrabb &#xE9;p&#xFC;lete egy 1441 m&#xE9;ter magas hegy tetej&#xE9;n &#xFC;l&#x151;, betonb&#xF3;l &#xE9;p&#xFC;lt UFO: a Buzludzha-eml&#xE9;km&#x171;vet 1981-ben avatt&#xE1;k fel a Bolg&#xE1;r Kommunista P&#xE1;rt monument&#xE1;lis eml&#xE9;km&#x171;vek&#xE9;nt. A rendszer buk&#xE1;sa ut&#xE1;n mag&#xE1;ra hagyt&#xE1;k, a bels&#x151; terek &#xE9;s mozaikok pusztul&#xE1;snak indultak, az egykor hatalmi szimb&#xF3;lum pedig ma a kommunista m&#xFA;lt egyik legl&#xE1;tv&#xE1;nyosabb romja. A s&#xF6;t&#xE9;t turizmus itt f&#x151;k&#xE9;nt egy politikai korszak &#xE9;s annak &#xE9;p&#xED;t&#xE9;szeti &#xF6;nreprezent&#xE1;ci&#xF3;ja k&#xF6;r&#xFC;l forog.</p><p><strong>A k&#xF6;zelm&#xFA;lt brutalit&#xE1;sa</strong><br><em>Srebrenica&#x2013;Poto&#x10D;ari, Bosznia-Hercegovina </em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/srebrenica_yousef-salhamoud-s4H353JUais-unsplash.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1333" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/srebrenica_yousef-salhamoud-s4H353JUais-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/srebrenica_yousef-salhamoud-s4H353JUais-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/srebrenica_yousef-salhamoud-s4H353JUais-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/srebrenica_yousef-salhamoud-s4H353JUais-unsplash.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Unsplash / Yousef Salhamoud</em></figcaption></figure><p>A Srebrenica&#x2013;Poto&#x10D;ari eml&#xE9;khely a boszniai h&#xE1;bor&#xFA; 1995-&#xF6;s n&#xE9;pirt&#xE1;s&#xE1;nak &#xE1;ll&#xED;t eml&#xE9;ket. A komplexum m&#xFA;zeuma szem&#xE9;lyes t&#xE1;rgyakon, fot&#xF3;kon &#xE9;s t&#xFA;l&#xE9;l&#x151;k visszaeml&#xE9;kez&#xE9;sein kereszt&#xFC;l mes&#xE9;l, a temet&#x151;ben pedig a meggyilkolt &#xE1;ldozatok s&#xED;rjai sorakoznak. T&#xF6;bb mint egymilli&#xF3;an kerest&#xE9;k fel a megnyit&#xE1;sa &#xF3;ta, vagyis Srebrenica egy&#xE9;rtelm&#x171;en a dark tourism egyik jelent&#x151;s helysz&#xED;ne &#x2013; mik&#xF6;zben itt k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen neh&#xE9;z elfelejteni, hogy a turizmus m&#xF6;g&#xF6;tt val&#xF3;di csal&#xE1;dok vesztes&#xE9;ge &#xE1;ll.</p><p><strong>A sziget, ahonnan nincs hov&#xE1; menek&#xFC;lni</strong><br><em>Goli Otok, Horv&#xE1;torsz&#xE1;g </em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/goli-otok_Aerial_image_of_Goli_otok_-view_from_the_south-.jpg" width="2000" height="1400" loading="lazy" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/goli-otok_Aerial_image_of_Goli_otok_-view_from_the_south-.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/goli-otok_Aerial_image_of_Goli_otok_-view_from_the_south-.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/goli-otok_Aerial_image_of_Goli_otok_-view_from_the_south-.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/goli-otok_Aerial_image_of_Goli_otok_-view_from_the_south-.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Goli_Otok.jpg" width="2000" height="1500" loading="lazy" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/Goli_Otok.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/Goli_Otok.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/Goli_Otok.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Goli_Otok.jpg 2048w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/goli-otok_Old_prison_-_Goli_Otok_-_panoramio.jpg" width="1440" height="1080" loading="lazy" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/goli-otok_Old_prison_-_Goli_Otok_-_panoramio.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/goli-otok_Old_prison_-_Goli_Otok_-_panoramio.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/goli-otok_Old_prison_-_Goli_Otok_-_panoramio.jpg 1440w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption><em>Wikipedia / <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_image_of_Goli_otok_(view_from_the_south).jpg?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Carsten Steger</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goli_Otok.jpg?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Marko Jukic</a>,</em> <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goli_Otok?ref=hypeandhyper.com#/media/File:Old_prison_-_Goli_Otok_-_panoramio.jpg">Zoran Kurelic Rabko</a></em></figcaption></figure><p>A horv&#xE1;torsz&#xE1;gi Goli Otok 1949 &#xE9;s 1956 k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt politikai fogolyt&#xE1;bork&#xE9;nt m&#x171;k&#xF6;d&#xF6;tt a Tito&#x2013;Szt&#xE1;lin-szak&#xED;t&#xE1;s ut&#xE1;ni Jugoszl&#xE1;vi&#xE1;ban, k&#xE9;s&#x151;bb pedig b&#xF6;rt&#xF6;nk&#xE9;nt haszn&#xE1;lt&#xE1;k eg&#xE9;szen 1988-as bez&#xE1;r&#xE1;s&#xE1;ig. K&#xF6;r&#xFC;lbel&#xFC;l 13 ezren ker&#xFC;ltek ide, sokan t&#xE1;rgyal&#xE1;s n&#xE9;lk&#xFC;l, k&#xE9;nyszermunk&#xE1;ra &#xE9;s politikai &#x201E;&#xE1;tnevel&#xE9;sre&#x201D;. Ma az egykor szigor&#xFA;an &#x151;rz&#xF6;tt komplexum romjai k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt lehet s&#xE9;t&#xE1;lni: a tengerparti nyaral&#xF3;helyek vil&#xE1;g&#xE1;t&#xF3;l n&#xE9;h&#xE1;ny kilom&#xE9;terre egy eg&#xE9;szen m&#xE1;s Jugoszl&#xE1;via maradv&#xE1;nyai &#xE1;llnak.</p><p><strong>Csontokb&#xF3;l &#xE9;p&#xED;tett enteri&#x151;r</strong><br><em>Sedlec Ossuary, Kutn&#xE1; Hora, Csehorsz&#xE1;g</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" loading="lazy" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_shutterstock_1832649973.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" loading="lazy" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_shutterstock_1832649973.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_shutterstock_1832649973.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_shutterstock_1832649973.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_shutterstock_1832649973.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption><em>Shutterstock / Sergey Kohl, Aleksandr Medvedkov</em></figcaption></figure><p>A Kutn&#xE1; Hora melletti Sedlec csontk&#xE1;poln&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban nagyj&#xE1;b&#xF3;l 40 ezer ember maradv&#xE1;nyait rendezt&#xE9;k m&#x171;v&#xE9;szi kompoz&#xED;ci&#xF3;kba: csontokb&#xF3;l k&#xE9;sz&#xFC;lt csill&#xE1;r, c&#xED;mer &#xE9;s piramis fogadja a l&#xE1;togat&#xF3;t. A l&#xE1;tv&#xE1;ny egyszerre morbid &#xE9;s leny&#x171;g&#xF6;z&#x151;, mik&#xF6;zben eredeti funkci&#xF3;ja &#xE9;ppen a muland&#xF3;s&#xE1;gra val&#xF3; eml&#xE9;keztet&#xE9;s volt. Tal&#xE1;n nincs m&#xE9;g egy hely, amely ennyire sz&#xF3; szerint mutatja meg, hogyan tud a hal&#xE1;lb&#xF3;l eszt&#xE9;tikai &#xE9;lm&#xE9;ny sz&#xFC;letni.</p><p><strong>Tito atomcsap&#xE1;sbiztos rejtekhelye</strong><br><em>Konjic, Bosznia-Hercegovina </em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_melisa-veladzic-MI0myEKKLzc-unsplash-1.jpg" width="2000" height="2425" loading="lazy" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/konjic_melisa-veladzic-MI0myEKKLzc-unsplash-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/konjic_melisa-veladzic-MI0myEKKLzc-unsplash-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/konjic_melisa-veladzic-MI0myEKKLzc-unsplash-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_melisa-veladzic-MI0myEKKLzc-unsplash-1.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-3FdRLlpqPMs-unsplash-1.jpg" width="2000" height="2685" loading="lazy" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-3FdRLlpqPMs-unsplash-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-3FdRLlpqPMs-unsplash-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-3FdRLlpqPMs-unsplash-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-3FdRLlpqPMs-unsplash-1.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-ceZOXwXv3s0-unsplash-1.jpg" width="2000" height="2738" loading="lazy" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-ceZOXwXv3s0-unsplash-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-ceZOXwXv3s0-unsplash-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-ceZOXwXv3s0-unsplash-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-ceZOXwXv3s0-unsplash-1.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-nN0OnVNyVA0-unsplash-1.jpg" width="2000" height="3000" loading="lazy" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-nN0OnVNyVA0-unsplash-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-nN0OnVNyVA0-unsplash-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-nN0OnVNyVA0-unsplash-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-nN0OnVNyVA0-unsplash-1.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption><em>Unslpash / Melisa Velad&#x17E;i&#x107;, Sporisevic Photography</em></figcaption></figure><p>A Konjic mellett, egy hegy m&#xE9;ly&#xE9;n megb&#xFA;j&#xF3; D-0 ARK bunker a jugoszl&#xE1;v &#xE1;llam egyik legnagyobb hidegh&#xE1;bor&#xFA;s titka volt. 1953 &#xE9;s 1979 k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt &#xE9;p&#xFC;lt, hogy nukle&#xE1;ris t&#xE1;mad&#xE1;s eset&#xE9;n Tito &#xE9;s a politikai-katonai vezet&#xE9;s ide h&#xFA;z&#xF3;dhasson vissza; a 6500 n&#xE9;gyzetm&#xE9;teres komplexumot &#xE9;vtizedeken &#xE1;t szigor&#xFA;an titkos&#xED;tott&#xE1;k. Ma vezetett t&#xFA;r&#xE1;kon l&#xE1;togathat&#xF3;, eredeti tereit pedig kort&#xE1;rs m&#x171;v&#xE9;szeti ki&#xE1;ll&#xED;t&#xE1;sok is belakj&#xE1;k.</p><p><strong>A jelenid&#x151;</strong><br><em>Bucsa, Ukrajna</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/bucsa_alex-fedorenko-va9I0Aecj_s-unsplash.jpg" width="2000" height="3000" loading="lazy" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/bucsa_alex-fedorenko-va9I0Aecj_s-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/bucsa_alex-fedorenko-va9I0Aecj_s-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/bucsa_alex-fedorenko-va9I0Aecj_s-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/bucsa_alex-fedorenko-va9I0Aecj_s-unsplash.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/bucsa_mykhailo-volkov-xmyh_HBJcZA-unsplash.jpg" width="2000" height="1326" loading="lazy" alt="Mi&#xE9;rt turist&#xE1;skodunk m&#xE1;sok traum&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban? | Dark tourism Kelet-K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;ban" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/bucsa_mykhailo-volkov-xmyh_HBJcZA-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/bucsa_mykhailo-volkov-xmyh_HBJcZA-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/bucsa_mykhailo-volkov-xmyh_HBJcZA-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/bucsa_mykhailo-volkov-xmyh_HBJcZA-unsplash.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption><em>Unsplash / Alex Fedorenko, Mikhailo Volkov</em></figcaption></figure><p>Bucsa eg&#xE9;szen m&#xE1;s kateg&#xF3;ria: itt a turist&#xE1;k egy m&#xE9;g nagyon k&#xF6;zeli h&#xE1;bor&#xFA; nyomait l&#xE1;tj&#xE1;k. A 2022-es orosz megsz&#xE1;ll&#xE1;s alatt civileket &#xF6;ltek meg &#xE9;s k&#xED;noztak meg, a Szent Andr&#xE1;s-templom ter&#xFC;let&#xE9;n pedig t&#xF6;megs&#xED;rt t&#xE1;rtak fel. Ma a helysz&#xED;n a &#x201E;Routes of Memory&#x201D; eml&#xE9;kezeti &#xFA;tvonal r&#xE9;sze, a templomn&#xE1;l eml&#xE9;kfal &#xE9;s ki&#xE1;ll&#xED;t&#xE1;s is m&#x171;k&#xF6;dik. Bucsa eset&#xE9;ben k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen &#xE9;lesen mer&#xFC;l fel a k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;s: mikor v&#xE1;lik az eml&#xE9;kez&#xE9;sb&#x151;l turizmus, &#xE9;s mit jelent turist&#xE1;nak lenni egy m&#xE9;g mindig h&#xE1;bor&#xFA;ban &#xE1;ll&#xF3; orsz&#xE1;gban?</p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WW8YYhUIK0s?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen title="Crime Scene: Bucha | How Russian soldiers ran a &#x2018;cleansing&#x2019; operation in the Ukrainian city"></iframe></figure><p></p><p></p><p><em>Nyit&#xF3;k&#xE9;p: Unsplash / Natalya Letunova</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Wars, dictatorships, genocides, political persecution and disasters are increasingly finding their way onto tourist maps. Dark tourism takes us to places where tragedy once happened &#x2013; but what are we looking for there: historical knowledge, remembrance, a personal connection, or simply the thrill of it? And where is the line</strong></p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/travellers-or-spectators-of-trauma-dark-tourism-in-central-and-eastern-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aab9fa7ce749ccbae8a37b9</guid><category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category><category><![CDATA[traveling]]></category><category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]></category><category><![CDATA[czechia]]></category><category><![CDATA[ukraine]]></category><category><![CDATA[croatia]]></category><category><![CDATA[bulgaria]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éva Tomanicz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/nyito__natalya-letunova-gF8aHM445P4-unsplash-1.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/nyito__natalya-letunova-gF8aHM445P4-unsplash-1.jpg" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe"><p><strong>Wars, dictatorships, genocides, political persecution and disasters are increasingly finding their way onto tourist maps. Dark tourism takes us to places where tragedy once happened &#x2013; but what are we looking for there: historical knowledge, remembrance, a personal connection, or simply the thrill of it? And where is the line between commemoration and consuming other people&#x2019;s trauma as spectators?</strong></p><p>Some people go to Paris for its museums, to Rome for its ancient ruins, and to Central and Eastern Europe partly because of the region&#x2019;s dark history. The former communist states, wars, genocides, political terror, abandoned military facilities and sites of disasters have, over the past decades, drawn a peculiar tourist map across the region. For some, these are historical sites, for others architectural curiosities or intriguing ruins, while there are also travellers who visit them simply because they want to know what it feels like to stand in a place where something terrible once happened. Chernobyl is perhaps the best-known example. The site of the nuclear disaster and the empty apartment blocks, rusting amusement park and streets slowly reclaimed by nature in nearby Pripyat have, in recent years, become a peculiar form of post-apocalyptic attraction. The site has simultaneously become a historical memorial, a photographic subject, a disaster to be studied and a tourist experience, while video games, films and images circulating online had already shaped our collective perception of it long before visitors ever made it there.</p><p>The term dark tourism was introduced into tourism studies by Malcolm Foley and John Lennon in 1996; in the same year, A. V. Seaton used the term thanatourism to describe a similar phenomenon. The phenomenon itself is, of course, much older: for centuries, people have visited battlefields, graves, sites of execution and catacombs, and audiences gathering to watch death were hardly a novelty in ancient Rome either.</p><p><strong>From Curiosity to Voyeurism</strong><br>Unlike in antiquity, death has by now become fairly invisible in our everyday lives: it takes place in hospitals, institutions and spaces managed by professionals, while most people rarely have to encounter it directly. Extraordinary death, however, is something else entirely. News of a plane crash, a genocide, a murder or a nuclear disaster can capture the attention of millions, and if the site remains, tourists may eventually start arriving there too. According to dark tourism researchers, one reason may be precisely that such places bring death, which is otherwise kept out of sight in modern society, back into the public sphere.</p><p>And then there is curiosity, which is not always as innocent as we like to think. What exactly happened? What would it have been like to be there? Did it really look like this? What was left behind? What would we feel if we were standing there? Alongside curiosity, learning and the desire to understand, there is often an interest in morbid things, as well as an attraction to the thrill of it or to watching other people&#x2019;s misfortune. This does not, however, mean that everyone who visits Auschwitz, Chernobyl or a former political prison is a voyeur. Curiosity and learning very often go hand in hand, and the same place can be a personal pilgrimage for one person, an object of historical interest for another, an architectural experience for a third, and simply something that a fourth wants to see with their own eyes. One of the difficulties of dark tourism is precisely that visitors&#x2019; motivations are almost impossible to judge clearly from the outside.</p><p>The problem begins when another person&#x2019;s death appears not as a story or historical event, but as a spectacle. In this case, voyeurism means looking at someone else&#x2019;s suffering as a spectacle to which we have no personal connection, yet which we nevertheless find strangely pleasurable or exciting. One of the fundamental ethical questions of dark tourism is therefore precisely when we are talking about bearing witness, and when tragedy becomes a consumable attraction.</p><p>Social media has made this boundary even more visible. A ruined building, a wall riddled with bullet holes or a memorial can easily become an aesthetic backdrop for the duration of a single Instagram post, with the visitor becoming a character in their own story. The controversy surrounding playful photographs taken at Berlin&#x2019;s Holocaust Memorial, for example, illustrates this problem precisely: how can we inhabit the same space as both tourist and person paying their respects, and when does one role begin to push the other aside?</p><p><strong>Tragedy as a Tourist Product</strong><br>Alongside the responsibility of the visitor, there is also the responsibility of those presenting the site. Dark tourism today involves a substantial tourism infrastructure: museums, memorials, visitor centres, guided tours, gift shops, online content and, of course, business models. In a sense, tragedy therefore becomes a tourism product, and from that point on, the question is also how it is packaged. The operators of a site decide (provided we are talking about a specific institution rather than simply a roadside memorial) what story we hear. A former prison can become an intriguing ruin to explore, a bunker a Cold War adventure, and a genocide memorial an educational space. A site can shock, provide context, focus on the stories of victims, or place spectacular details in the foreground. This is why scholarship treats interpretation as one of the most important questions in dark tourism: what story the visitor is given, and how they are encouraged to understand it.</p><p><strong>A Particularly Dark Map</strong><br>In Central and Eastern Europe, all of this is particularly interesting because the history of the 20th century has left behind places in almost every city and landscape that now function simultaneously as memorials and tourist destinations. Communist monumentalism, former prisons and secret facilities of dictatorships, memorials to wars and genocides, abandoned military buildings and ruins left behind by tragedies all form a historical layer that now also draws foreign visitors specifically because of its darker side. Here, dark tourism is often not about some exotic, distant experience of death, but about places from the recent past that are still all around us. Whether we arrive as tourists, people with a historical interest, visitors paying their respects or simply following our own morbid curiosity may not always be possible to separate clearly. The question is perhaps what we do with that curiosity once we get there.</p><p>Six sites follow, six different ways in which death, trauma and history turn us into tourists &#x2013; or we turn them into tourist destinations.</p><p><strong>The UFO of Communism</strong><br><em>Buzludzha, Bulgaria</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-full kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Buzludzha_adrien-milcent-NX7CNFfLOFo-unsplash.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1333" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/Buzludzha_adrien-milcent-NX7CNFfLOFo-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/Buzludzha_adrien-milcent-NX7CNFfLOFo-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/Buzludzha_adrien-milcent-NX7CNFfLOFo-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Buzludzha_adrien-milcent-NX7CNFfLOFo-unsplash.jpg 2400w"><figcaption><em>Unsplash / Adrian Milcent</em></figcaption></figure><p>One of the Balkans&#x2019; most bizarre buildings is a concrete UFO perched on top of a 1,441-metre-high mountain: the Buzludzha Monument was inaugurated in 1981 as a monumental tribute to the Bulgarian Communist Party. After the fall of the regime, it was abandoned, its interiors and mosaics began to deteriorate, and the once-powerful symbol has since become one of the most striking ruins of the communist past. Here, dark tourism revolves primarily around a political era and its architectural self-representation.</p><p><strong>The Brutality of the Recent Past</strong><br><em>Srebrenica&#x2013;Poto&#x10D;ari, Bosnia and Herzegovina</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/srebrenica_yousef-salhamoud-s4H353JUais-unsplash.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1333" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/srebrenica_yousef-salhamoud-s4H353JUais-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/srebrenica_yousef-salhamoud-s4H353JUais-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/srebrenica_yousef-salhamoud-s4H353JUais-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/srebrenica_yousef-salhamoud-s4H353JUais-unsplash.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Unsplash / Yousef Salhamoud</em></figcaption></figure><p>The Srebrenica&#x2013;Poto&#x10D;ari Memorial commemorates the 1995 genocide during the Bosnian War. The complex&#x2019;s museum tells its story through personal belongings, photographs and survivors&#x2019; testimonies, while the cemetery is lined with the graves of those who were killed. More than one million people have visited since it opened, making Srebrenica clearly one of the significant sites of dark tourism &#x2013; while here, it is particularly difficult to forget that behind the tourism are the losses of real families.</p><p><strong>The Island with Nowhere to Escape</strong><br><em>Goli Otok, Croatia</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/goli-otok_Aerial_image_of_Goli_otok_-view_from_the_south-.jpg" width="2000" height="1400" loading="lazy" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/goli-otok_Aerial_image_of_Goli_otok_-view_from_the_south-.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/goli-otok_Aerial_image_of_Goli_otok_-view_from_the_south-.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/goli-otok_Aerial_image_of_Goli_otok_-view_from_the_south-.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/goli-otok_Aerial_image_of_Goli_otok_-view_from_the_south-.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Goli_Otok.jpg" width="2000" height="1500" loading="lazy" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/Goli_Otok.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/Goli_Otok.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/Goli_Otok.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Goli_Otok.jpg 2048w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/goli-otok_Old_prison_-_Goli_Otok_-_panoramio.jpg" width="1440" height="1080" loading="lazy" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/goli-otok_Old_prison_-_Goli_Otok_-_panoramio.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/goli-otok_Old_prison_-_Goli_Otok_-_panoramio.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/goli-otok_Old_prison_-_Goli_Otok_-_panoramio.jpg 1440w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption><em>Wikipedia / <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_image_of_Goli_otok_(view_from_the_south).jpg?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Carsten Steger</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goli_Otok.jpg?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Marko Jukic</a>,</em> <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goli_Otok?ref=hypeandhyper.com#/media/File:Old_prison_-_Goli_Otok_-_panoramio.jpg">Zoran Kurelic Rabko</a></em></figcaption></figure><p>Goli Otok, in Croatia, operated as a political prison camp between 1949 and 1956 in Yugoslavia, following the Tito&#x2013;Stalin split, and was later used as a prison until it closed in 1988. Around 13,000 people were sent here, many without trial, for forced labour and political &#x201C;re-education&#x201D;. Today, visitors can walk among the ruins of the once heavily guarded complex: just a few kilometres from the world of seaside holiday resorts stand the remnants of a very different Yugoslavia.</p><p><strong>An Interior Built from Bones</strong><br><em>Sedlec Ossuary, Kutn&#xE1; Hora, Czechia</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" loading="lazy" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_shutterstock_1832649973.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" loading="lazy" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_shutterstock_1832649973.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_shutterstock_1832649973.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_shutterstock_1832649973.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/sedlec-ossuary_shutterstock_1832649973.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption><em>Shutterstock / Sergey Kohl, Aleksandr Medvedkov</em></figcaption></figure><p>In the Sedlec Ossuary near Kutn&#xE1; Hora, the remains of roughly 40,000 people have been arranged into artistic compositions: a chandelier, coat of arms and pyramid made from bones greet visitors. The sight is both morbid and mesmerising, while its original purpose was precisely to remind visitors of mortality. There may be no other place that shows quite so literally how death can become an aesthetic experience.</p><p><strong>Tito&#x2019;s Nuclear Bunker</strong><br><em>Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_melisa-veladzic-MI0myEKKLzc-unsplash-1.jpg" width="2000" height="2425" loading="lazy" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/konjic_melisa-veladzic-MI0myEKKLzc-unsplash-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/konjic_melisa-veladzic-MI0myEKKLzc-unsplash-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/konjic_melisa-veladzic-MI0myEKKLzc-unsplash-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_melisa-veladzic-MI0myEKKLzc-unsplash-1.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-3FdRLlpqPMs-unsplash-1.jpg" width="2000" height="2685" loading="lazy" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-3FdRLlpqPMs-unsplash-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-3FdRLlpqPMs-unsplash-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-3FdRLlpqPMs-unsplash-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-3FdRLlpqPMs-unsplash-1.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-ceZOXwXv3s0-unsplash-1.jpg" width="2000" height="2738" loading="lazy" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-ceZOXwXv3s0-unsplash-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-ceZOXwXv3s0-unsplash-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-ceZOXwXv3s0-unsplash-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-ceZOXwXv3s0-unsplash-1.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-nN0OnVNyVA0-unsplash-1.jpg" width="2000" height="3000" loading="lazy" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-nN0OnVNyVA0-unsplash-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-nN0OnVNyVA0-unsplash-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-nN0OnVNyVA0-unsplash-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/konjic_sporisevic-photography-nN0OnVNyVA0-unsplash-1.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption><em>Unslpash / Melisa Velad&#x17E;i&#x107;, Sporisevic Photography</em></figcaption></figure><p>Hidden deep inside a mountain near Konjic, the D-0 ARK bunker was one of the Yugoslav state&#x2019;s greatest Cold War secrets. Built between 1953 and 1979, it was designed to shelter Tito and the political and military leadership in the event of a nuclear attack; the 6,500-square-metre complex remained strictly classified for decades. Today, it can be visited on guided tours, while its original spaces have also been taken over by contemporary art exhibitions.</p><p><strong>The Present Tense</strong><br><em>Bucha, Ukraine</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/bucsa_alex-fedorenko-va9I0Aecj_s-unsplash.jpg" width="2000" height="3000" loading="lazy" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/bucsa_alex-fedorenko-va9I0Aecj_s-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/bucsa_alex-fedorenko-va9I0Aecj_s-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/bucsa_alex-fedorenko-va9I0Aecj_s-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/bucsa_alex-fedorenko-va9I0Aecj_s-unsplash.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/bucsa_mykhailo-volkov-xmyh_HBJcZA-unsplash.jpg" width="2000" height="1326" loading="lazy" alt="Travellers or Spectators of Trauma? | Dark Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/bucsa_mykhailo-volkov-xmyh_HBJcZA-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/bucsa_mykhailo-volkov-xmyh_HBJcZA-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/bucsa_mykhailo-volkov-xmyh_HBJcZA-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/bucsa_mykhailo-volkov-xmyh_HBJcZA-unsplash.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption><em>Unsplash / Alex Fedorenko, Mikhailo Volkov</em></figcaption></figure><p>Bucha is an entirely different category: here, tourists encounter the traces of a war that is still very recent. During the Russian occupation in 2022, civilians were killed and tortured, and a mass grave was uncovered on the grounds of the Church of St Andrew. Today, the site forms part of the &#x201C;Routes of Memory&#x201D; programme, with a memorial wall and exhibition at the church. In Bucha, the question becomes particularly acute: when does remembrance become tourism, and what does it mean to be a tourist in a country that is still at war?</p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WW8YYhUIK0s?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen title="Crime Scene: Bucha | How Russian soldiers ran a &#x2018;cleansing&#x2019; operation in the Ukrainian city"></iframe></figure><p></p><p></p><p><em>Opening picture: Unsplash / Natalya Letunova</em><br></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the follower count going out of fashion?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oatly, Klarna and waterdrop® discuss a new era of brand building in Budapest. ]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/is-the-follower-count-going-out-of-fashion/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa92ae3ce749ccbae8a36e5</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><category><![CDATA[PR]]></category><category><![CDATA[community]]></category><category><![CDATA[event]]></category><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><category><![CDATA[brand]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barnabás Heincz ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:29:49 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/TGP_Team-1.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/TGP_Team-1.jpg" alt="Is the follower count going out of fashion?"><p><strong>Oatly, Klarna and waterdrop&#xAE; discuss a new era of brand building in Budapest. </strong></p><p><em>The Good Persona&#x2019;s Community Culture conference makes its debut at Budapest&#x2019;s Toldi Cinema on 24 September, focusing on a fundamental shift in brand building: from capturing attention to creating genuine connections.</em></p><p>For years, the marketing playbook was straightforward: more reach, more impressions, more content, more followers. But while attention has never been easier to buy, keeping it has never been harder. <strong>Community Culture</strong>, The Good Persona&#x2019;s new conference taking place at Toldi Cinema on 24 September, sets out to ask a different question: <strong>what comes after attention?</strong></p><p>The 200-person, English-language event will bring together <strong>international experts from Oatly, Klarna and waterdrop&#xAE;</strong>, alongside community builders, creators and agency leaders, to explore why relationships, community and a sense of belonging are increasingly taking precedence over reach and follower counts in brand building. The conference approaches this shift through three key areas: community building, AI and the creator economy.</p><p><em>&#x201C;We believe the next generation of great brands won&#x2019;t win because they make better ads, but because they build better relationships. Attention on its own is fleeting. What interests us is how you turn that attention into a community &#x2013; and ultimately into a genuine connection with a brand,&#x201D;</em> says <strong>Csenge Tassonyi, Co-Founder of The Good Persona.</strong></p><p><strong>How can a global brand still feel local and human?</strong></p><p><strong>Leonore Cortes Holmstr&#xF6;m, Co-Lead Community Management at Oatly</strong>, and <strong>Dan Wozniak, Country Lead Hungary at Klarna</strong>, will each deliver a keynote exploring how global brands can turn presence into relevance &#x2013; and audiences into genuine communities.</p><p>Hungarian community builders will bring another perspective to the conversation. <strong>Viki K&#xF6;rnyei</strong>, Co-Founder of Latte Holding, the company behind Running Latte Club; <strong>Jade Hutton-Mills</strong>, Founder of HER.Collective; and <strong>Bianka Fuller</strong>, psychologist and content creator behind the &#xC9;nTervez&#x151; community, will discuss what it takes to turn an audience into a community &#x2013; and why the ability to do so is becoming an increasingly powerful competitive advantage for brands.</p><p><strong>When anyone can create anything, what is creativity worth in the age of AI?</strong></p><p>The AI section promises to go beyond yet another list of tools. <em>The AI Reset</em> will examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping the creative industry from three agency perspectives: social-first, design and tech, and PR and community building.</p><p>As execution becomes faster, cheaper and more accessible, the discussion will focus on a more fundamental question: <strong>what will continue to make ideas, creativity and human connection valuable?</strong></p><p><strong>Smaller audience, greater influence?</strong></p><p>The Creator section challenges another long-standing assumption: that the biggest follower count automatically means the greatest influence. The <em>Nobody Wants to Go Viral Anymore</em> panel will explore how genuine influence can be built within a niche &#x2013; and what happens when a smaller but deeply engaged audience becomes more valuable than viral reach.</p><p>The section concludes with <strong>Bettina Reibnegger, Global Marketing &amp; Communications Director at waterdrop&#xAE;</strong>, and her keynote, <em>From Performance to Presence: How waterdrop&#xAE; Scaled (and Rewired) Its Creator Strategy</em>. Drawing on waterdrop&#xAE;&#x2019;s own experience, Reibnegger will explore how creator strategy is shifting away from reach alone and towards long-term presence, relationships and a creator mindset.</p><p><em>&#x201C;We&#x2019;ve sat through too many conferences where the talks turned out to be little more than sales pitches. So we built the entire day around one question: what makes a brand something people actually want to belong to today? Follower count certainly isn&#x2019;t the answer,&#x201D;</em> says <strong>R&#xE9;ka Bittera, Co-Founder and Head of Engagement at The Good Persona.</strong></p><p>Community Culture takes place at <strong>Toldi Cinema in Budapest from 1 p.m. on 24 September</strong>, bringing together brand and marketing leaders, founders, creative professionals, community builders and creators. <strong>The full programme and speaker line-up are available on the conference website.</strong></p><p>The Good Persona has already been contributing to the international conversation around the future of brand building. The team returned to Cannes Lions this year, recently launched its own industry podcast, <em>The Good Persona Talks</em>, and the agency&#x2019;s founders have previously been named to the Hungarian Forbes 30 Under 30 list.</p><p><em>Community Culture</em> is the next step in that conversation: bringing international brands and experts together with some of the leading voices from Hungary&#x2019;s creative and community-building scene &#x2013; on one stage in Budapest.</p><!--kg-card-begin: markdown--><p><a href="https://hypeandhyper.com/a-kovetoszam-kiment-a-divatbol/"></a></p>
<!--kg-card-end: markdown-->]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A követőszám kiment a divatból?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Az Oatly, a Klarna és a Waterdrop a márkaépítés új korszakáról beszél Budapesten. ]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/a-kovetoszam-kiment-a-divatbol/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa92a49ce749ccbae8a36d9</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><category><![CDATA[PR]]></category><category><![CDATA[community]]></category><category><![CDATA[event]]></category><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><category><![CDATA[brand]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barnabás Heincz ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:29:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/TGP_Team.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/TGP_Team.jpg" alt="A k&#xF6;vet&#x151;sz&#xE1;m kiment a divatb&#xF3;l?"><p><strong>Az Oatly, a Klarna &#xE9;s a Waterdrop a m&#xE1;rka&#xE9;p&#xED;t&#xE9;s &#xFA;j korszak&#xE1;r&#xF3;l besz&#xE9;l Budapesten. </strong></p><p><strong>Szeptember 24-&#xE9;n a Toldi Moziban deb&#xFC;t&#xE1;l a The Good Persona Community Culture konferenci&#xE1;ja. A k&#xF6;z&#xE9;ppontban egy v&#xE1;ltoz&#xE1;s: hogyan mozdul el a m&#xE1;rka&#xE9;p&#xED;t&#xE9;s a figyelem megszerz&#xE9;s&#xE9;t&#x151;l a val&#xF3;di kapcsolatok fel&#xE9;.</strong></p><p>&#xC9;vekig ugyanaz volt a marketing receptje: t&#xF6;bb reach, t&#xF6;bb impression, t&#xF6;bb content, t&#xF6;bb k&#xF6;vet&#x151;. Csakhogy mik&#xF6;zben a figyelmet egyre k&#xF6;nnyebb megvenni, egyre nehezebb megtartani. A The Good Persona szeptember 24-&#xE9;n, a Toldi Moziban megrendezett <strong>Community Culture</strong> konferenci&#xE1;ja ez&#xE9;rt azt a k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;st teszi fel: <strong>mi j&#xF6;n a figyelem ut&#xE1;n?</strong></p><p>A 200 f&#x151;s, angol nyelv&#x171; esem&#xE9;nyen az <strong>Oatly, a Klarna &#xE9;s a Waterdrop nemzetk&#xF6;zi szakemberei</strong>, valamint k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;g&#xE9;p&#xED;t&#x151;k, kre&#xE1;torok &#xE9;s &#xFC;gyn&#xF6;ks&#xE9;gi vezet&#x151;k j&#xE1;rj&#xE1;k k&#xF6;r&#xFC;l, hogyan ker&#xFC;l a reach &#xE9;s a k&#xF6;vet&#x151;sz&#xE1;m helyett egyre ink&#xE1;bb a kapcsolat, a k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;g &#xE9;s a valahov&#xE1; tartoz&#xE1;s a m&#xE1;rka&#xE9;p&#xED;t&#xE9;s k&#xF6;z&#xE9;ppontj&#xE1;ba. A konferencia ezt a v&#xE1;ltoz&#xE1;st h&#xE1;rom oldalr&#xF3;l vizsg&#xE1;lja: a community building, az AI &#xE9;s a creator economy fel&#x151;l.</p><p><em>&#x201E;A k&#xF6;vetkez&#x151; gener&#xE1;ci&#xF3; nagy m&#xE1;rk&#xE1;i szerint&#xFC;nk nem az&#xE9;rt fognak nyerni, mert jobb rekl&#xE1;mokat k&#xE9;sz&#xED;tenek, hanem mert jobb kapcsolatokat &#xE9;p&#xED;tenek. A figyelem &#xF6;nmag&#xE1;ban elsz&#xE1;ll. Minket az &#xE9;rdekel, hogyan lesz bel&#x151;le k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;g, majd val&#xF3;di k&#xF6;t&#x151;d&#xE9;s egy m&#xE1;rk&#xE1;hoz&#x201D;</em> - mondta <strong>Tassonyi Csenge, a The Good Persona t&#xE1;rsalap&#xED;t&#xF3;ja.</strong></p><p><strong>Mit&#x151;l &#xE9;rz&#x151;dhet egy glob&#xE1;lis m&#xE1;rka m&#xE9;gis lok&#xE1;lisnak &#xE9;s emberinek?</strong></p><p><strong>Leonore Cortes Holmstr&#xF6;m, az Oatly Co-Lead Community Management vezet&#x151;je</strong> &#xE9;s <strong>Dan Wozniak, a Klarna magyarorsz&#xE1;gi Country Leadje</strong> k&#xE9;t k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n keynote-ban, k&#xE9;t glob&#xE1;lis m&#xE1;rka p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;j&#xE1;n kereszt&#xFC;l mutatj&#xE1;k meg, hogyan lehet a jelenl&#xE9;tb&#x151;l relevanci&#xE1;t, a k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ns&#xE9;gb&#x151;l pedig val&#xF3;di k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;get &#xE9;p&#xED;teni.</p><p>A nemzetk&#xF6;zi m&#xE1;rk&#xE1;k mellett hazai k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;g&#xE9;p&#xED;t&#x151;k is megosztj&#xE1;k tapasztalataikat: <strong>K&#xF6;rnyei Viki</strong>, a Running Latte Club m&#xF6;g&#xF6;tt &#xE1;ll&#xF3; Latte Holding t&#xE1;rsalap&#xED;t&#xF3;ja, <strong>Jade Hutton-Mills</strong>, a HER.Collective alap&#xED;t&#xF3;ja, valamint <strong>Fuller Bianka </strong>pszichol&#xF3;gus &#xE9;s tartalomk&#xE9;sz&#xED;t&#x151;, az &#xC9;nTervez&#x151; k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;g &#xE9;p&#xED;t&#x151;je. A besz&#xE9;lget&#xE9;s azt j&#xE1;rja k&#xF6;r&#xFC;l, hogyan lesz k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ns&#xE9;gb&#x151;l val&#xF3;di k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;g &#x2013; &#xE9;s mi&#xE9;rt v&#xE1;lik ez egyre nagyobb versenyel&#x151;nny&#xE9; a m&#xE1;rk&#xE1;k sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra.</p><p><strong>Amikor b&#xE1;rki l&#xE9;trehozhat b&#xE1;rmit: mit &#xE9;r a kreativit&#xE1;s az AI kor&#xE1;ban?</strong></p><p>Az AI blokk nem &#xFA;jabb eszk&#xF6;zlist&#xE1;t &#xED;g&#xE9;r. A <em>The AI Reset</em> h&#xE1;rom &#xFC;gyn&#xF6;ks&#xE9;gi perspekt&#xED;v&#xE1;b&#xF3;l - social-first, design &#xE9;s tech, valamint PR &#xE9;s k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;g&#xE9;p&#xED;t&#xE9;s - vizsg&#xE1;lja, hogyan &#xED;rja &#xE1;t az AI a kreat&#xED;v szakm&#xE1;t. Ha a kivitelez&#xE9;s egyre gyorsabb&#xE1;, olcs&#xF3;bb&#xE1; &#xE9;s k&#xF6;nnyebben hozz&#xE1;f&#xE9;rhet&#x151;v&#xE9; v&#xE1;lik, mit&#x151;l lesz tov&#xE1;bbra is &#xE9;rt&#xE9;kes egy &#xF6;tlet, a kreativit&#xE1;s &#xE9;s az emberi kapcsol&#xF3;d&#xE1;s?</p><p><strong>Kisebb k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ns&#xE9;g, nagyobb befoly&#xE1;s?</strong></p><p>A Creator blokk abb&#xF3;l indul ki, hogy a legnagyobb k&#xF6;vet&#x151;sz&#xE1;m m&#xE1;r nem felt&#xE9;tlen&#xFC;l jelenti a legnagyobb befoly&#xE1;st. A <em>Nobody Wants to Go Viral Anymore</em> panel azt vizsg&#xE1;lja, hogyan lehet niche-b&#x151;l val&#xF3;di befoly&#xE1;st &#xE9;p&#xED;teni, &#xE9;s mi t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nik, amikor a vir&#xE1;lis el&#xE9;r&#xE9;s helyett egy er&#x151;sen k&#xF6;t&#x151;d&#x151; k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ns&#xE9;g v&#xE1;lik &#xE9;rt&#xE9;kk&#xE9;.</p><p>A szekci&#xF3;t <strong>Bettina Reibnegger, a waterdrop&#xAE; Global Marketing &amp; Communications Directora</strong> z&#xE1;rja <em>From Performance to Presence: How waterdrop&#xAE; Scaled (and Rewired) Its Creator Strategy </em>c&#xED;m&#x171; keynote-j&#xE1;val. A waterdrop&#xAE; p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;j&#xE1;n kereszt&#xFC;l mutatja meg, hogyan ker&#xFC;l a puszta el&#xE9;r&#xE9;s helyett a hossz&#xFA; t&#xE1;v&#xFA; jelenl&#xE9;t, a kapcsolatok &#xE9;s a creator mindset a k&#xF6;z&#xE9;ppontba.</p><p><em>&#x201E;T&#xFA;l sok olyan konferenci&#xE1;n &#xFC;lt&#xFC;nk m&#xE1;r, ahol az el&#x151;ad&#xE1;sok val&#xF3;j&#xE1;ban csak sales pitch-ek voltak. Mi egyetlen k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;s k&#xF6;r&#xE9; &#xE9;p&#xED;tett&#xFC;k fel az eg&#xE9;sz napot: mit&#x151;l lesz ma egy m&#xE1;rka olyan, amihez az emberek tartozni akarnak? A k&#xF6;vet&#x151;sz&#xE1;m biztosan nem v&#xE1;lasz erre&#x201D;</em> - emelte ki <strong>Bittera R&#xE9;ka, a The Good Persona t&#xE1;rsalap&#xED;t&#xF3;ja &#xE9;s Head of Engagementje.</strong></p><p>A Community Culture szeptember 24-&#xE9;n 13 &#xF3;r&#xE1;t&#xF3;l v&#xE1;rja a m&#xE1;rka- &#xE9;s marketingvezet&#x151;ket, alap&#xED;t&#xF3;kat, kreat&#xED;v szakembereket, k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;g&#xE9;p&#xED;t&#x151;ket &#xE9;s kre&#xE1;torokat a budapesti Toldi Moziban. <strong>A teljes program &#xE9;s az el&#x151;ad&#xF3;k list&#xE1;ja a</strong><a href="https://thegoodpersona.com/community-culture?ref=hypeandhyper.com"><strong> konferencia weboldal&#xE1;n</strong></a><strong> &#xE9;rhet&#x151; el.</strong></p><p>A The Good Persona nem el&#x151;sz&#xF6;r kapcsol&#xF3;dik be a m&#xE1;rka&#xE9;p&#xED;t&#xE9;s j&#xF6;v&#x151;j&#xE9;r&#x151;l sz&#xF3;l&#xF3; nemzetk&#xF6;zi szakmai diskurzusba: a csapat id&#xE9;n is r&#xE9;szt vett a Cannes Lions fesztiv&#xE1;lon, nemr&#xE9;g elind&#xED;totta saj&#xE1;t szakmai podcastj&#xE1;t, a The Good Persona Talks-ot, az &#xFC;gyn&#xF6;ks&#xE9;g alap&#xED;t&#xF3;i pedig kor&#xE1;bban a magyar Forbes 30 Under 30 list&#xE1;j&#xE1;ra is felker&#xFC;ltek. A <em>Community Culture</em> ennek a gondolkod&#xE1;snak a k&#xF6;vetkez&#x151; l&#xE9;p&#xE9;se: nemzetk&#xF6;zi m&#xE1;rk&#xE1;kat &#xE9;s szakembereket, valamint a hazai kreat&#xED;v &#xE9;s k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;g&#xE9;p&#xED;t&#x151; szc&#xE9;na szerepl&#x151;it hozza egy sz&#xED;npadra Budapesten.</p><!--kg-card-begin: markdown--><p><a href="https://hypeandhyper.com/is-the-follower-count-going-out-of-fashion/"></a></p>
<!--kg-card-end: markdown-->]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chair Everyone Has Sat On | The Design Career of the White Plastic Chair]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Few pieces of furniture have as bad a reputation as the white plastic garden chair. It is too cheap to be taken seriously, too practical to get rid of, and too well designed to simply disappear. While the design world has spent decades celebrating Pantons, Eameses and Magistrettis, the Monobloc</strong></p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/the-chair-everyone-has-sat-on-the-design-career-of-the-white-plastic-chair/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa10566e3542755af8fdebb</guid><category><![CDATA[design]]></category><category><![CDATA[retro]]></category><category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category><category><![CDATA[chair]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éva Tomanicz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:56 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/nyito_vitra-monobloc-1.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/nyito_vitra-monobloc-1.jpg" alt="The Chair Everyone Has Sat On | The Design Career of the White Plastic Chair"><p><strong>Few pieces of furniture have as bad a reputation as the white plastic garden chair. It is too cheap to be taken seriously, too practical to get rid of, and too well designed to simply disappear. While the design world has spent decades celebrating Pantons, Eameses and Magistrettis, the Monobloc has quietly taken over the world&#x2019;s terraces: stackable, injection-moulded, lightweight, white, and with very little in the way of a distinctive personality. Yet one of the world&#x2019;s most ubiquitous chairs is one of the most consistent success stories in the history of design &#x2013; which is why we can now find it in museums, too.</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.neprajz.hu/madok/kutatasok-sorozatok/_kortars-mutargyak/kortars-mutargy---2022.-junius.html?ref=hypeandhyper.com">The Museum of Ethnography</a> chose a piece like this for its contemporary collection a few years ago for precisely this reason: according to the museum, the white plastic garden chair is so much a part of our everyday surroundings that it no longer even registers on our radar. In Hungary, its use became widespread in the 1990s, and domestic production also began around the same time. The museum&#x2019;s example was manufactured in 2005 at Miskolci M&#x171;anyagfeldolgoz&#xF3; Rt., based on a German design and distributed by Flair Hungary; in Hungary, it simply became known as the flair chair. Of course, we are hardly the only ones sitting on white plastic chairs in such numbers, as this is one of the world&#x2019;s most ubiquitous pieces of furniture, with the history of twentieth-century design, the triumph of plastic, the logic of mass production, the rise of consumer society and globalization all sitting behind its form &#x2013; quite literally.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/random-institute-0JW-JR7uzro-unsplash.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="The Chair Everyone Has Sat On | The Design Career of the White Plastic Chair" loading="lazy" width="1920" height="1281" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/random-institute-0JW-JR7uzro-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/random-institute-0JW-JR7uzro-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/random-institute-0JW-JR7uzro-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/random-institute-0JW-JR7uzro-unsplash.jpg 1920w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Unsplash/Random Institute</em></figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/krisjanis-kazaks-LTBC_jlzTXE-unsplash.jpg" width="1920" height="2880" loading="lazy" alt="The Chair Everyone Has Sat On | The Design Career of the White Plastic Chair" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/krisjanis-kazaks-LTBC_jlzTXE-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/krisjanis-kazaks-LTBC_jlzTXE-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/krisjanis-kazaks-LTBC_jlzTXE-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/krisjanis-kazaks-LTBC_jlzTXE-unsplash.jpg 1920w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/36880006742_2df14b2ecc_c.jpg" width="800" height="532" loading="lazy" alt="The Chair Everyone Has Sat On | The Design Career of the White Plastic Chair" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/36880006742_2df14b2ecc_c.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/36880006742_2df14b2ecc_c.jpg 800w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption><em>Unsplash/Kri&#x161;j&#x101;nis Kazaks; Flickr/Hertje Brodersen</em></figcaption></figure><p><strong>Invisible Design Icon</strong><br>There are few objects in the history of design that have broken so radically with the conventional path of product design. A classic piece of furniture usually has a designer, a manufacturer, a model name, a story, a material, and a character associated with a particular era or style. The white plastic chair, by contrast, seems to have made it its very purpose to have no particular story, even though it does.</p><p>The chair known in international design literature as the Monobloc was already presented by the <a href="https://www.design-museum.de/en/exhibitions/detailpages/monobloc-a-chair-for-the-world.html?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Vitra Design Museum at its 2017 exhibition</a> as the world&#x2019;s most widely used piece of furniture. The name Monobloc simply refers to the fact that the chair is formed from a single piece of material in a single manufacturing process. The technological idea is much older: as early as the 1920s, designers were experimenting with furniture made from a single piece of material, while from the 1950s onward, advances in plastics and molding technologies made it possible for this idea to truly become a mass-produced product. Names appear along the way that will sound familiar even to design enthusiasts: Verner Panton, Vico Magistretti, Helmut B&#xE4;tzner. The Panton Chair, the Selene and the Bofinger Chair were all important milestones on the road that eventually led to the plastic chair that nobody had previously regarded as a design object in the classical sense.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/renato-leal-hfOGfzb-zXg-unsplash.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="The Chair Everyone Has Sat On | The Design Career of the White Plastic Chair" loading="lazy" width="640" height="427" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/renato-leal-hfOGfzb-zXg-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/renato-leal-hfOGfzb-zXg-unsplash.jpg 640w"><figcaption><em>Unsplash/Renato Leal</em></figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/kseniia-lobko-Au2c7Hq5_0M-unsplash.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="The Chair Everyone Has Sat On | The Design Career of the White Plastic Chair" loading="lazy" width="1920" height="2880" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/kseniia-lobko-Au2c7Hq5_0M-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/kseniia-lobko-Au2c7Hq5_0M-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/kseniia-lobko-Au2c7Hq5_0M-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/kseniia-lobko-Au2c7Hq5_0M-unsplash.jpg 1920w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Unsplash/Kseniia Lobko</em></figcaption></figure><p><strong>From a Single Piece</strong><br>In 1972 French engineer Henry Massonnet introduced the Fauteuil 300, whose production time he managed to reduce to under two minutes using the new injection-molding technology. From that point on, the history of the plastic chair became increasingly less about form and more about manufacturing efficiency. From the 1980s onward, inexpensive, stackable models suitable for outdoor use began appearing one after another, and the Monobloc slowly took over terraces, beaches, caf&#xE9;s, wedding tents and gardens around the world. The Vitra exhibition spoke of more than one billion chairs, typically white, while emphasizing that the Monobloc&#x2019;s cultural significance extends beyond the fact that it provides an inexpensive place to sit. The object became a symbol of mass consumption, globalization and democratic design all at once. In other words, the chair that many people in a Hungarian pub might look at as if it had escaped from the reject corner of a garden furniture store is actually a descendant of a rather serious design family.</p><p><strong>The Democratization of Sitting</strong><br>The secret to the Monobloc&#x2019;s success is surprisingly simple: it is lightweight, inexpensive, durable, easy to clean, stackable, weather-resistant and easy to replace. This last quality is particularly important, since furniture has traditionally represented value, and we therefore take care of it. Wear is visible on an old wooden table, years leave their mark on an armchair&#x2019;s upholstery, and we can often tell exactly who made a carved chair. The white plastic chair, by contrast, already accounts for replaceability at the moment of its design. In terms of form, the plastic garden chair is also close to the old peasant armchairs: it has armrests, is comfortable, and supports the body. Yet while armchairs and other comfortable chairs were highly valued in peasant households, the plastic version democratized that same comfort while completely stripping the object of prestige. This paradox is one of the chair&#x2019;s most intriguing qualities. In this sense, the white plastic chair really is a democratic object: it erases the distinction between a &#x201C;guest chair,&#x201D; a &#x201C;garden chair,&#x201D; a &#x201C;pub chair&#x201D; and a &#x201C;chair pulled out of necessity.&#x201D;</p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_292680.jpg" width="2000" height="2443" loading="lazy" alt="The Chair Everyone Has Sat On | The Design Career of the White Plastic Chair" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_292680.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_292680.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_292680.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_292680.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_269408.jpg" width="2000" height="2852" loading="lazy" alt="The Chair Everyone Has Sat On | The Design Career of the White Plastic Chair" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_269408.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_269408.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_269408.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_269408.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption>Fortepan/Inkey <em>Tibor, Kany&#xF3; B&#xE9;la</em></figcaption></figure><p><strong>When Plastic Itself Meant Modernity</strong><br>If we want to understand why the white plastic chair spread so quickly in Hungary, it is worth taking a step back and looking at what plastic itself meant here. The <a href="https://www.neprajz.hu/madok/kiallitasok/muanyag.html?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Museum of Ethnography&#x2019;s 2006 exhibition <em>m&#x171;anyag</em> </a>was built around precisely this question. The exhibition started from the idea that modern life and plastic had, for a long time, meant almost the same thing: the plastic bottle, the milk bag and the garden chair may now be everyday clich&#xE9;s, while just a few decades ago plastic carried the promise of modernity, technological progress and a new way of life. There was something futuristic about plastic. It was lightweight, colorful, hygienic, moldable, suitable for serial production, and different from everything previous generations had known as a natural material. This became particularly visible in the material culture of the 1960s and 1970s: plastic slowly moved into every corner of people&apos;s lives. It is therefore clear that, in the history of Hungarian plastic culture, this white chair arrived in an environment where the use of plastic had already been part of the everyday experience of modernization for decades.</p><p><strong>The Throne of the Nineties</strong><br>One of the most important chapters in the Hungarian history of the white plastic chair began after the fall of state socialism. According to the Museum of Ethnography, its everyday use became widespread at this time, and domestic production also began then. The Flair Plaisire model that later entered the museum collection was manufactured by Miskolci M&#x171;anyagfeldolgoz&#xF3; Rt., distributed by Flair Hungary, and became known in Hungary as the Flair chair; it is still sold under this name in many places today.</p><p>Today, the white plastic chair often belongs to the aesthetic of &#x201C;this&#x2019;ll do,&#x201D; and although we use it, we probably would not put one in the middle of the living room. In the early 1990s, however, a plastic garden furniture set was one of the material signs of having arrived. A new era had begun, with new shops, goods, materials and lifestyle patterns. Garden furniture simultaneously became an object of freedom and leisure: the terrace, the garden, the weekend house, barbecuing, sunbathing and that post-regime-change feeling of life were all associated with it, at a time when consumer goods that had previously been difficult to access suddenly came much closer. So for a while it was still cool, and then there was simply too much of it. The status of objects works in a peculiar way: the harder something is to acquire, the more valuable it appears, and the more accessible it becomes to everyone, the faster it loses its distinctiveness. In the case of the white plastic chair, this process is almost textbook.</p><p><a href="https://moly.hu/konyvek/kollar-klemencz-laszlo-a-muanyag-kerti-szekek-elete?ref=hypeandhyper.com">L&#xE1;szl&#xF3; Koll&#xE1;r-Klemencz&#x2019;s prose piece <em>A m&#x171;anyag kerti sz&#xE9;kek &#xE9;lete</em></a> (<em>The Life of Plastic Garden Chairs</em>) captures precisely this strange multifunctional existence: the chair appears in social life, in relaxation and work, while painting walls, at pig slaughtering, sitting around on the terrace, over a beer &#x2013; and perhaps this is where it truly becomes an ethnographic object. The cultural significance of an object is often revealed precisely by how deeply it has become embedded in everyday use. One of the important findings of the Museum of Ethnography&#x2019;s 2006 plastic exhibition was also that mass-produced objects had long appeared only sporadically in museum collections, even though they form a defining layer of everyday culture. The museum therefore launched a dedicated collecting campaign, during which more than 1,200 everyday plastic objects entered a temporary background collection, together with personal stories and contexts of use.</p><p>This essentially means that, at a certain point, a museum has to start collecting what we still consider too banal to have any value, and the white plastic chair is exactly that.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-full kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/reden-okfLe__8XBQ-unsplash.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="The Chair Everyone Has Sat On | The Design Career of the White Plastic Chair" loading="lazy" width="1920" height="1440" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/reden-okfLe__8XBQ-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/reden-okfLe__8XBQ-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/reden-okfLe__8XBQ-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/reden-okfLe__8XBQ-unsplash.jpg 1920w"><figcaption><em>Unsplash/Reden</em></figcaption></figure><p><strong>The Design Snake Bites Its Own Tail</strong><br>While it increasingly became a symbol of cheap, impersonal mass production for everyday people, the design world was rediscovering it for itself. In 2017, the Vitra Design Museum already presented it as an exhibition object, together with its history, precedents and cultural meanings. Then, in 2024, <a href="https://www.moma.org/collection/works/468615?ref=hypeandhyper.com">MoMA also acquired one for its collection</a>, with the museum&#x2019;s object description simply reading: Unidentified Designer, Monobloc Chair. For contemporary design, the Monobloc is interesting precisely because behind all its apparent lack of refinement lies an astonishing degree of manufacturing rationality. Yet despite all this rationality, it is now difficult to separate the chair from the environmental problems associated with the material. The durability of plastic is both a blessing and a curse: the chair makes a good piece of outdoor furniture because it is difficult to destroy, while that same quality is what makes its mass production and disposal problematic. The history of the Monobloc thus perfectly encapsulates one of the fundamental contradictions of consumer society: we want an object to be cheap, lightweight, durable, accessible to everyone and easy to replace, while at the same time we are increasingly unwilling to accept its environmental cost. The next chapter of its history is therefore less about how to produce the same object even more cheaply and quickly, and much more about how to design such a mass-produced product for a longer life cycle, recyclability or recycled raw materials. The Monobloc&#x2019;s original promise was accessibility; the next design challenge must be to make that promise more sustainable.</p><p></p><p><em>Opening picture: J&#xFC;rgen Lindemann: 40 Monoblocs / Vitra Museum</em><br> </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mindenki ezen ül | A fehér műanyag szék designkarrierje]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Kev&#xE9;s b&#xFA;tordarabnak van olyan rossz sajt&#xF3;ja, mint a feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag kerti sz&#xE9;knek. T&#xFA;l olcs&#xF3; ahhoz, hogy komolyan vegy&#xFC;k, t&#xFA;l praktikus, hogy megszabaduljunk t&#x151;le, &#xE9;s t&#xFA;l j&</strong></p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/mindenki-ezen-ul-a-feher-muanyag-szek-designkarrierje/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa04b85e3542755af8fde17</guid><category><![CDATA[design]]></category><category><![CDATA[formatervezés]]></category><category><![CDATA[műanyag]]></category><category><![CDATA[retró]]></category><category><![CDATA[szék]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éva Tomanicz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:37 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/nyito_vitra-monobloc.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/nyito_vitra-monobloc.jpg" alt="Mindenki ezen &#xFC;l | A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k designkarrierje"><p><strong>Kev&#xE9;s b&#xFA;tordarabnak van olyan rossz sajt&#xF3;ja, mint a feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag kerti sz&#xE9;knek. T&#xFA;l olcs&#xF3; ahhoz, hogy komolyan vegy&#xFC;k, t&#xFA;l praktikus, hogy megszabaduljunk t&#x151;le, &#xE9;s t&#xFA;l j&#xF3;l siker&#xFC;lt, hogy egyszer&#x171;en elt&#x171;nj&#xF6;n. Mik&#xF6;zben a designvil&#xE1;g &#xE9;vtizedek &#xF3;ta Pantonokat, Eameseket &#xE9;s Magistrettiket &#xFC;nnepel, a Monobloc csendben elfoglalta a vil&#xE1;g teraszait: egym&#xE1;sra rakhat&#xF3;, fr&#xF6;ccs&#xF6;nt&#xF6;tt, k&#xF6;nny&#x171;, feh&#xE9;r, &#xE9;s nem nagyon van l&#xE1;tv&#xE1;nyos szem&#xE9;lyis&#xE9;ge. Pedig a vil&#xE1;g egyik legelterjedtebb sz&#xE9;ke a design t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;net&#xE9;nek egyik legk&#xF6;vetkezetesebb sikersztorija, ami miatt m&#xE1;r m&#xFA;zeumban is l&#xE1;thatjuk.</strong></p><p>A <a href="https://www.neprajz.hu/madok/kutatasok-sorozatok/_kortars-mutargyak/kortars-mutargy---2022.-junius.html?ref=hypeandhyper.com">N&#xE9;prajzi M&#xFA;zeum</a> n&#xE9;h&#xE1;ny &#xE9;ve &#xE9;ppen ez&#xE9;rt v&#xE1;lasztott egy ilyen darabot a kort&#xE1;rs gy&#x171;jtem&#xE9;ny&#xE9;be: a m&#xFA;zeum szerint a feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag kerti sz&#xE9;k annyira hozz&#xE1;tartozik a mindennapi k&#xF6;rnyezet&#xFC;nkh&#xF6;z, hogy m&#xE1;r az ingerk&#xFC;sz&#xF6;b&#xFC;nket sem &#xE9;ri el. Magyarorsz&#xE1;gon haszn&#xE1;lata a kilencvenes &#xE9;vekben terjedt el sz&#xE9;les k&#xF6;rben, &#xE9;s ugyanekkor indult meg a hazai gy&#xE1;rt&#xE1;sa is. A m&#xFA;zeumi p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;ny n&#xE9;met terv alapj&#xE1;n, a Miskolci M&#x171;anyagfeldolgoz&#xF3; Rt.-n&#xE9;l k&#xE9;sz&#xFC;lt 2005-ben, a Flair Hungary-forgalmaz&#xE1;sban; itthon egyszer&#x171;en flair sz&#xE9;kk&#xE9;nt v&#xE1;lt ismertt&#xE9;. Persze nem csak a r&#xE9;gi&#xF3;ban &#xFC;l&#xFC;nk ennyien a feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;keken, hiszen ez a vil&#xE1;g egyik legelterjedtebb b&#xFA;tordarabja, amelynek form&#xE1;ja m&#xF6;g&#xF6;tt a huszadik sz&#xE1;zad designforradalma, a m&#x171;anyag diadala, a t&#xF6;megtermel&#xE9;s logik&#xE1;ja, a fogyaszt&#xF3;i t&#xE1;rsadalom kialakul&#xE1;sa &#xE9;s a globaliz&#xE1;ci&#xF3; egyar&#xE1;nt ott &#xFC;l &#x2013; sz&#xF3; szerint.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/random-institute-0JW-JR7uzro-unsplash.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Mindenki ezen &#xFC;l | A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k designkarrierje" loading="lazy" width="1920" height="1281" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/random-institute-0JW-JR7uzro-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/random-institute-0JW-JR7uzro-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/random-institute-0JW-JR7uzro-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/random-institute-0JW-JR7uzro-unsplash.jpg 1920w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Unsplash/Random Institute</em></figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/krisjanis-kazaks-LTBC_jlzTXE-unsplash.jpg" width="1920" height="2880" loading="lazy" alt="Mindenki ezen &#xFC;l | A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k designkarrierje" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/krisjanis-kazaks-LTBC_jlzTXE-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/krisjanis-kazaks-LTBC_jlzTXE-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/krisjanis-kazaks-LTBC_jlzTXE-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/krisjanis-kazaks-LTBC_jlzTXE-unsplash.jpg 1920w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/36880006742_2df14b2ecc_c.jpg" width="800" height="532" loading="lazy" alt="Mindenki ezen &#xFC;l | A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k designkarrierje" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/36880006742_2df14b2ecc_c.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/36880006742_2df14b2ecc_c.jpg 800w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption><em>Unsplash/Kri&#x161;j&#x101;nis Kazaks; Flickr/Hertje Brodersen</em></figcaption></figure><p><strong>L&#xE1;thatatlan designikon</strong><br>A design t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;net&#xE9;ben kev&#xE9;s t&#xE1;rgy van, amely ilyen radik&#xE1;lisan szak&#xED;tott a formatervez&#xE9;s megszokott &#xFA;tj&#xE1;val. Egy klasszikus b&#xFA;tordarabnak &#xE1;ltal&#xE1;ban van tervez&#x151;je, gy&#xE1;rt&#xF3;ja, modellneve, t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete, anyaga, egy bizonyos korszakhoz vagy st&#xED;lushoz kapcsolhat&#xF3; karaktere. A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;knek ezzel szemben mintha &#xE9;ppen az lenne a l&#xE9;nyege, hogy ne legyen k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sebb t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete, pedig van.</p><p>A nemzetk&#xF6;zi designirodalomban Monobloc n&#xE9;ven ismert sz&#xE9;ket a <a href="https://www.design-museum.de/en/exhibitions/detailpages/monobloc-a-chair-for-the-world.html?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Vitra Design Museum 2017-es ki&#xE1;ll&#xED;t&#xE1;sa</a> m&#xE1;r a vil&#xE1;g legsz&#xE9;lesebb k&#xF6;rben haszn&#xE1;lt b&#xFA;tordarabjak&#xE9;nt mutatta be. A Monobloc elnevez&#xE9;s egyszer&#x171;en arra utal, hogy a sz&#xE9;k egyetlen darab anyagb&#xF3;l, egyetlen gy&#xE1;rt&#xE1;si folyamatban form&#xE1;zva k&#xE9;sz&#xFC;l. A technol&#xF3;giai gondolat enn&#xE9;l j&#xF3;val r&#xE9;gebbi: m&#xE1;r a h&#xFA;szas &#xE9;vekben k&#xED;s&#xE9;rleteztek olyan b&#xFA;torokkal, amelyek egyetlen anyagdarabb&#xF3;l &#xE1;lltak, az &#xF6;tvenes &#xE9;vekt&#x151;l pedig a m&#x171;anyagok &#xE9;s a form&#xE1;z&#xE1;si technol&#xF3;gi&#xE1;k fejl&#x151;d&#xE9;se tette lehet&#x151;v&#xE9;, hogy ez az elk&#xE9;pzel&#xE9;s val&#xF3;ban t&#xF6;megterm&#xE9;kk&#xE9; v&#xE1;ljon. A t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;netben olyan nevek bukkannak fel, amelyek a designkedvel&#x151;k sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra ismer&#x151;sen csengenek: Verner Panton, Vico Magistretti, Helmut B&#xE4;tzner. A Panton Chair, a Selene &#xE9;s a Bofinger Chair mind fontos &#xE1;llom&#xE1;sok voltak azon az &#xFA;ton, amely v&#xE9;g&#xFC;l elvezetett ahhoz a m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;khez, amelyet kor&#xE1;bban soha senki nem tekintett klasszikus &#xE9;rtelemben vett designobjektumnak.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/renato-leal-hfOGfzb-zXg-unsplash.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Mindenki ezen &#xFC;l | A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k designkarrierje" loading="lazy" width="640" height="427" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/renato-leal-hfOGfzb-zXg-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/renato-leal-hfOGfzb-zXg-unsplash.jpg 640w"><figcaption><em>Unsplash/Renato Leal</em></figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/kseniia-lobko-Au2c7Hq5_0M-unsplash.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Mindenki ezen &#xFC;l | A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k designkarrierje" loading="lazy" width="1920" height="2880" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/kseniia-lobko-Au2c7Hq5_0M-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/kseniia-lobko-Au2c7Hq5_0M-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/kseniia-lobko-Au2c7Hq5_0M-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/kseniia-lobko-Au2c7Hq5_0M-unsplash.jpg 1920w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Unsplash/Kseniia Lobko</em></figcaption></figure><p><strong>Egy darabb&#xF3;l</strong><br>Henry Massonnet francia m&#xE9;rn&#xF6;k 1972-ben mutatta be a Fauteuil 300-at, amelynek gy&#xE1;rt&#xE1;si idej&#xE9;t az &#xFA;j fr&#xF6;ccs&#xF6;nt&#xE9;si technol&#xF3;gi&#xE1;val k&#xE9;t perc al&#xE1; tudta cs&#xF6;kkenteni. Innent&#x151;l kezdve a m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete egyre kev&#xE9;sb&#xE9; a form&#xE1;r&#xF3;l, hanem ink&#xE1;bb a gy&#xE1;rt&#xE1;s hat&#xE9;konys&#xE1;g&#xE1;r&#xF3;l sz&#xF3;lt. A nyolcvanas &#xE9;vekt&#x151;l sorra jelentek meg az olcs&#xF3;, egym&#xE1;sba rakhat&#xF3;, k&#xFC;lt&#xE9;ri haszn&#xE1;latra alkalmas modellek, &#xE9;s a Monobloc lassan ellepte a vil&#xE1;g teraszait, strandjait, k&#xE1;v&#xE9;z&#xF3;it, esk&#xFC;v&#x151;i s&#xE1;trait &#xE9;s kertjeit. A Vitra ki&#xE1;ll&#xED;t&#xE1;sa t&#xF6;bb mint egymilli&#xE1;rd, jellemz&#x151;en feh&#xE9;r sz&#xE9;kr&#x151;l besz&#xE9;lt, mik&#xF6;zben hangs&#xFA;lyozta, hogy a Monobloc kultur&#xE1;lis jelent&#x151;s&#xE9;ge t&#xFA;lmutat azon, hogy olcs&#xF3;n lehet rajta &#xFC;lni. A t&#xE1;rgy egyszerre lett a t&#xF6;megfogyaszt&#xE1;s, a globaliz&#xE1;ci&#xF3; &#xE9;s a demokratikus design jelk&#xE9;pe. Vagyis az a sz&#xE9;k, amelyre a magyar kocsm&#xE1;ban sokan &#xFA;gy n&#xE9;znek, mintha egy kertib&#xFA;tor-&#xE1;ruh&#xE1;z selejtes sark&#xE1;b&#xF3;l menek&#xFC;lt volna ki, val&#xF3;j&#xE1;ban egy meglehet&#x151;sen komoly designcsal&#xE1;d lesz&#xE1;rmazottja.</p><p><strong>Az &#xFC;l&#xE9;s demokratiz&#xE1;l&#xE1;sa</strong><br>A Monobloc siker&#xE9;nek titka egyszer&#x171;: k&#xF6;nny&#x171;, olcs&#xF3;, strapab&#xED;r&#xF3;, j&#xF3;l tiszt&#xED;that&#xF3;, rak&#xE1;solhat&#xF3;, id&#x151;j&#xE1;r&#xE1;s&#xE1;ll&#xF3;, k&#xF6;nnyen p&#xF3;tolhat&#xF3;. Ez az utols&#xF3; tulajdons&#xE1;g k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen fontos, hiszen a b&#xFA;torok hagyom&#xE1;nyosan &#xE9;rt&#xE9;ket k&#xE9;pviselnek, ez&#xE9;rt vigy&#xE1;zunk r&#xE1;juk. Egy r&#xE9;gi faasztalon l&#xE1;tszik a haszn&#xE1;lat, egy karossz&#xE9;k huzat&#xE1;n ott marad az &#xE9;vek lenyomata, egy faragott sz&#xE9;kr&#x151;l pedig pontosan tudhatjuk, ki k&#xE9;sz&#xED;tette. A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k ezzel szemben m&#xE1;r a tervez&#xE9;se pillanat&#xE1;ban sz&#xE1;mol a cser&#xE9;lhet&#x151;s&#xE9;ggel. A N&#xE9;prajzi M&#xFA;zeum megfigyel&#xE9;se szerint &#xE9;ppen ez teszi k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen &#xE9;rdekess&#xE9;. A m&#x171;anyag kerti sz&#xE9;k formailag a r&#xE9;gi paraszti karossz&#xE9;kekhez is k&#xF6;zel &#xE1;ll: karf&#xE1;s, k&#xE9;nyelmes, a testet megt&#xE1;maszt&#xF3; &#xFC;l&#x151;alkalmatoss&#xE1;g. De m&#xED;g a paraszti h&#xE1;ztart&#xE1;sokban a karf&#xE1;s, k&#xE9;nyelmes sz&#xE9;keket nagy becsben tartott&#xE1;k, a m&#x171;anyag v&#xE1;ltozat ugyanezt a k&#xE9;nyelmet demokratiz&#xE1;lta, mik&#xF6;zben teljesen megszabad&#xED;totta a t&#xE1;rgyat a preszt&#xED;zst&#x151;l, &#xE9;s megsz&#xFC;ntette a k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nbs&#xE9;get a &#x201E;vend&#xE9;gsz&#xE9;k&#x201D;, a &#x201E;kerti sz&#xE9;k&#x201D;, a &#x201E;kocsmai sz&#xE9;k&#x201D; &#xE9;s a &#x201E;sz&#xFC;ks&#xE9;gb&#x151;l el&#x151;vett sz&#xE9;k&#x201D; k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt. Ez a paradoxon a sz&#xE9;k egyik legizgalmasabb tulajdons&#xE1;ga.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_292680.jpg" width="2000" height="2443" loading="lazy" alt="Mindenki ezen &#xFC;l | A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k designkarrierje" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_292680.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_292680.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_292680.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_292680.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_269408.jpg" width="2000" height="2852" loading="lazy" alt="Mindenki ezen &#xFC;l | A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k designkarrierje" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_269408.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_269408.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_269408.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_269408.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption>Fortepan/Inkey Tibor, Kany&#xF3; B&#xE9;la</figcaption></figure><p><strong>Amikor a m&#x171;anyag maga volt a moderns&#xE9;g</strong><br>Ha meg akarjuk &#xE9;rteni, mi&#xE9;rt terjedt el a feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k Magyarorsz&#xE1;gon olyan gyorsan, &#xE9;rdemes egy l&#xE9;p&#xE9;ssel h&#xE1;tr&#xE9;bb menni, &#xE9;s megn&#xE9;zni, mit jelentett n&#xE1;lunk maga a m&#x171;anyag. A <a href="https://www.neprajz.hu/madok/kiallitasok/muanyag.html?ref=hypeandhyper.com">N&#xE9;prajzi M&#xFA;zeum 2006-os, <em>m&#x171;anyag</em></a> c&#xED;m&#x171; ki&#xE1;ll&#xED;t&#xE1;sa &#xE9;ppen erre a k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;sre &#xE9;p&#xFC;lt. A ki&#xE1;ll&#xED;t&#xE1;s abb&#xF3;l indult ki, hogy a modern &#xE9;let &#xE9;s a m&#x171;anyag hossz&#xFA; id&#x151;n kereszt&#xFC;l szinte ugyanazt jelentette: a pillepalack, a tejeszacsk&#xF3; &#xE9;s a kerti sz&#xE9;k ma m&#xE1;r h&#xE9;tk&#xF6;znapi t&#xE1;rgyk&#xF6;zhelyek, mik&#xF6;zben n&#xE9;h&#xE1;ny &#xE9;vtizeddel kor&#xE1;bban a m&#x171;anyag a korszer&#x171;s&#xE9;g, a technol&#xF3;giai fejl&#x151;d&#xE9;s &#xE9;s az &#xFA;j &#xE9;letforma &#xED;g&#xE9;ret&#xE9;t hordozta. A m&#x171;anyagban volt valami futurisztikus. K&#xF6;nny&#x171; volt, sz&#xED;nes, higi&#xE9;nikus, form&#xE1;lhat&#xF3;, sorozatban gy&#xE1;rthat&#xF3;, &#xE9;s elt&#xE9;rt mindatt&#xF3;l, amit a kor&#xE1;bbi gener&#xE1;ci&#xF3;k term&#xE9;szetes anyagk&#xE9;nt ismertek. A hatvanas &#xE9;s hetvenes &#xE9;vek t&#xE1;rgykult&#xFA;r&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban ez k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen l&#xE1;tv&#xE1;nyosan jelent meg: a m&#x171;anyag lassan bek&#xF6;lt&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt az &#xE9;let minden zug&#xE1;ba. Innen m&#xE1;r l&#xE1;that&#xF3;, hogy a magyar m&#x171;anyagkult&#xFA;ra t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;net&#xE9;ben ez a feh&#xE9;r sz&#xE9;k m&#xE1;r egy olyan t&#xE1;rgyi k&#xF6;rnyezetbe &#xE9;rkezett, ahol a m&#x171;anyag haszn&#xE1;lata &#xE9;vtizedek &#xF3;ta a moderniz&#xE1;ci&#xF3; mindennapi tapasztalat&#xE1;nak r&#xE9;sze volt.</p><p><strong>A kilencvenes &#xE9;vek tr&#xF3;nja</strong><br>A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k magyar t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;net&#xE9;nek egyik legfontosabb fejezete m&#xE1;r a rendszerv&#xE1;lt&#xE1;s ut&#xE1;n kezd&#x151;d&#xF6;tt. A N&#xE9;prajzi M&#xFA;zeum szerint a h&#xE9;tk&#xF6;znapi haszn&#xE1;lata ekkor terjedt el sz&#xE9;les k&#xF6;rben, &#xE9;s a hazai gy&#xE1;rt&#xE1;s is ekkor indult meg. A k&#xE9;s&#x151;bb m&#xFA;zeumba ker&#xFC;lt Flair Plaisire modellt a Miskolci M&#x171;anyagfeldolgoz&#xF3; Rt. gy&#xE1;rtotta, a Flair Hungary forgalmazta, &#xE9;s itthon Flair-sz&#xE9;kk&#xE9;nt v&#xE1;lt ismertt&#xE9;, m&#xE9;g ma is sok helyen &#xE1;rulj&#xE1;k ezen a n&#xE9;ven.</p><p>Ma a feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k sokszor a &#x201E;j&#xF3; lesz ez is&#x201D; eszt&#xE9;tik&#xE1;j&#xE1;hoz tartozik, &#xE9;s ugyan haszn&#xE1;ljuk, de val&#xF3;sz&#xED;n&#x171;leg nem tesz&#xFC;nk ki a nappali k&#xF6;zep&#xE9;re. A kilencvenes &#xE9;vek elej&#xE9;n viszont a m&#x171;anyag kerti garnit&#xFA;ra a meg&#xE9;rkez&#xE9;s egyik t&#xE1;rgyi jele volt. &#xDA;j korszak j&#xF6;tt, &#xFA;j boltokkal, &#xE1;rukkal, anyagokkal, &#xFA;j &#xE9;letm&#xF3;dmint&#xE1;kkal. A kerti b&#xFA;tor pedig egyszerre lett a szabads&#xE1;g &#xE9;s a szabadid&#x151; t&#xE1;rgya: a terasz, a kert, a h&#xE9;tv&#xE9;gi h&#xE1;z, a grillez&#xE9;s, a napoz&#xE1;s &#xE9;s az a rendszerv&#xE1;lt&#xE1;s ut&#xE1;ni &#xE9;let&#xE9;rz&#xE9;s kapcsol&#xF3;dott hozz&#xE1;, amelyben a kor&#xE1;bban nehezen hozz&#xE1;f&#xE9;rhet&#x151; fogyaszt&#xE1;si javak hirtelen sokkal k&#xF6;zelebb ker&#xFC;ltek. Teh&#xE1;t egy ideig m&#xE9;g men&#x151; volt, azt&#xE1;n t&#xFA;l sok lett bel&#x151;le. A t&#xE1;rgyak st&#xE1;tusza k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;s m&#xF3;don m&#x171;k&#xF6;dik: min&#xE9;l nehezebb megszerezni valamit, ann&#xE1;l &#xE9;rt&#xE9;kesebbnek t&#x171;nik, &#xE9;s min&#xE9;l t&#xF6;bb ember sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra hozz&#xE1;f&#xE9;rhet&#x151;v&#xE9; v&#xE1;lik, ann&#xE1;l gyorsabban vesz&#xED;t a k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nlegess&#xE9;g&#xE9;b&#x151;l. A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k eset&#xE9;ben ez a folyamat szinte tank&#xF6;nyvi.</p><p><a href="https://moly.hu/konyvek/kollar-klemencz-laszlo-a-muanyag-kerti-szekek-elete?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Koll&#xE1;r-Klemencz L&#xE1;szl&#xF3; <em>A m&#x171;anyag kerti sz&#xE9;kek &#xE9;lete</em></a> c&#xED;m&#x171; pr&#xF3;z&#xE1;ja pontosan ezt a furcsa t&#xF6;bbfunkci&#xF3;s &#xE9;letet ragadja meg: a sz&#xE9;k egyszerre jelenik meg t&#xE1;rsadalmi &#xE9;letben, pihen&#xE9;sben &#xE9;s munk&#xE1;ban, falfest&#xE9;sn&#xE9;l, diszn&#xF3;v&#xE1;g&#xE1;son, teraszon &#xFC;ld&#xF6;g&#xE9;lve, s&#xF6;r mellett &#x2013; &#xE9;s tal&#xE1;n itt v&#xE1;lik igaz&#xE1;n n&#xE9;prajzi t&#xE1;rggy&#xE1;. Egy t&#xE1;rgy kultur&#xE1;lis jelent&#x151;s&#xE9;g&#xE9;t ugyanis sokszor &#xE9;ppen az mutatja meg, hogy mennyire be&#xE9;p&#xFC;lt a haszn&#xE1;latba. A N&#xE9;prajzi M&#xFA;zeum 2006-os m&#x171;anyagki&#xE1;ll&#xED;t&#xE1;s&#xE1;nak egyik fontos felismer&#xE9;se is az volt, hogy a t&#xF6;megtermel&#xE9;s t&#xE1;rgyai sok&#xE1;ig csak esetlegesen jelentek meg a m&#xFA;zeumi gy&#x171;jtem&#xE9;nyekben, mik&#xF6;zben a h&#xE9;tk&#xF6;znapi kult&#xFA;ra meghat&#xE1;roz&#xF3; r&#xE9;teg&#xE9;t alkotj&#xE1;k. A m&#xFA;zeum ez&#xE9;rt k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n gy&#x171;jt&#xE9;si kamp&#xE1;nyt is ind&#xED;tott, amelynek sor&#xE1;n t&#xF6;bb mint 1200 h&#xE9;tk&#xF6;znapi m&#x171;anyag t&#xE1;rgy ker&#xFC;lt be egy ideiglenes h&#xE1;tt&#xE9;rkollekci&#xF3;ba, szem&#xE9;lyes t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;netekkel &#xE9;s haszn&#xE1;lati kontextusokkal egy&#xFC;tt.</p><p>Ez tulajdonk&#xE9;ppen azt jelenti, hogy egy bizonyos ponton a m&#xFA;zeumnak el kell kezdenie gy&#x171;jteni azt, amit mi m&#xE9;g t&#xFA;l ban&#xE1;lisnak &#xE9;rz&#xFC;nk, ahhoz, hogy &#xE9;rt&#xE9;ke legyen, &#xE9;s a feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k pontosan ilyen.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-full kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/reden-okfLe__8XBQ-unsplash.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Mindenki ezen &#xFC;l | A feh&#xE9;r m&#x171;anyag sz&#xE9;k designkarrierje" loading="lazy" width="1920" height="1440" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/reden-okfLe__8XBQ-unsplash.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/reden-okfLe__8XBQ-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/reden-okfLe__8XBQ-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/reden-okfLe__8XBQ-unsplash.jpg 1920w"><figcaption><em>Unsplash/Reden</em></figcaption></figure><p><strong>A designk&#xED;gy&#xF3; a saj&#xE1;t fark&#xE1;ba harap</strong><br>Mik&#xF6;zben a h&#xE9;tk&#xF6;znapi ember sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra egyre ink&#xE1;bb az olcs&#xF3;, szem&#xE9;lytelen t&#xF6;megtermel&#xE9;s szimb&#xF3;lum&#xE1;v&#xE1; v&#xE1;lt, a designvil&#xE1;g &#xA0;&#xFA;jra felfedezte mag&#xE1;nak. A Vitra Design Museum 2017-ben m&#xE1;r ki&#xE1;ll&#xED;t&#xE1;si t&#xE1;rgyk&#xE9;nt mutatta be, t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;net&#xE9;vel, el&#x151;zm&#xE9;nyeivel &#xE9;s kultur&#xE1;lis jelent&#xE9;seivel egy&#xFC;tt. 2024-ben pedig <a href="https://www.moma.org/collection/works/468615?ref=hypeandhyper.com">a MoMA is beszerzett egyet a gy&#x171;jtem&#xE9;ny&#xE9;be</a>, a m&#xFA;zeumi t&#xE1;rgy megnevez&#xE9;se r&#xE1;ad&#xE1;sul egyszer&#x171;en ennyi: Unidentified Designer, Monobloc Chair. A kort&#xE1;rs design sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra a Monobloc &#xE9;ppen az&#xE9;rt &#xE9;rdekes, mert l&#xE1;tsz&#xF3;lagos ig&#xE9;nytelens&#xE9;ge m&#xF6;g&#xF6;tt elk&#xE9;peszt&#x151; gy&#xE1;rt&#xE1;si racionalit&#xE1;s h&#xFA;z&#xF3;dik. Minden &#xE9;sszer&#x171;s&#xE9;g ellen&#xE9;re azonban ma m&#xE1;r nehezen v&#xE1;laszthat&#xF3; el az anyag k&#xF6;rnyezeti probl&#xE9;m&#xE1;it&#xF3;l. A m&#x171;anyag tart&#xF3;ss&#xE1;ga egyszerre &#xE1;ld&#xE1;s &#xE9;s &#xE1;tok: a sz&#xE9;k az&#xE9;rt j&#xF3; k&#xFC;lt&#xE9;ri b&#xFA;tor, mert nehezen pusztul el, mik&#xF6;zben &#xE9;ppen ugyanez teszi problematikuss&#xE1; a t&#xF6;meges gy&#xE1;rt&#xE1;s&#xE1;t &#xE9;s eldob&#xE1;s&#xE1;t. A Monobloc t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete &#xED;gy t&#xF6;k&#xE9;letesen &#xF6;sszefoglalja a fogyaszt&#xF3;i t&#xE1;rsadalom egyik alapvet&#x151; ellentmond&#xE1;s&#xE1;t: azt akarjuk, hogy egy t&#xE1;rgy olcs&#xF3; legyen, k&#xF6;nny&#x171;, tart&#xF3;s, mindenki sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra hozz&#xE1;f&#xE9;rhet&#x151; &#xE9;s gyorsan p&#xF3;tolhat&#xF3;, mik&#xF6;zben egyre kev&#xE9;sb&#xE9; tudjuk elfogadni annak k&#xF6;rnyezeti &#xE1;r&#xE1;t. T&#xF6;rt&#xE9;net&#xE9;nek k&#xF6;vetkez&#x151; fejezete m&#xE1;r kev&#xE9;sb&#xE9; arr&#xF3;l sz&#xF3;l, hogyan lehet m&#xE9;g olcs&#xF3;bban &#xE9;s gyorsabban el&#x151;&#xE1;ll&#xED;tani ugyanazt a t&#xE1;rgyat, sokkal ink&#xE1;bb arr&#xF3;l, hogyan lehet egy ilyen t&#xF6;megterm&#xE9;ket hosszabb &#xE9;letciklusra, &#xFA;jrahasznos&#xED;that&#xF3;s&#xE1;gra vagy &#xFA;jrahasznos&#xED;tott alapanyagra tervezni. A Monobloc eredeti &#xED;g&#xE9;rete a hozz&#xE1;f&#xE9;rhet&#x151;s&#xE9;g volt; a k&#xF6;vetkez&#x151; designfeladat ennek az &#xED;g&#xE9;retnek a fenntarthat&#xF3;bb&#xE1; t&#xE9;tele kell, hogy legyen.</p><p></p><p><em>Nyit&#xF3;k&#xE9;p: J&#xFC;rgen Lindemann: 40 Monoblocs / Vitra Museum</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cauldron as a Hungarian Time Machine | The Cultural History of the Big Black Pot]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Why is it that the hotter the heatwave gets, the stronger the urge among Hungarians to light a fire and bring the bogr&#xE1;cs up from the cellar? We are capable of turning this enamelled pot into an entire day-long programme: all it takes is a garden, a few</strong></p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/the-cauldron-as-a-hungarian-time-machine-the-cultural-history-of-the-big-black-pot/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a96ca64adb0ed7e64c7f2b9</guid><category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category><category><![CDATA[gastronomy]]></category><category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category><category><![CDATA[food history]]></category><category><![CDATA[hungarian gastronomy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éva Tomanicz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Ne-vtelen-terv-ma-solata-ma-solata.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Ne-vtelen-terv-ma-solata-ma-solata.png" alt="The Cauldron as a Hungarian Time Machine | The Cultural History of the Big Black Pot"><p><strong>Why is it that the hotter the heatwave gets, the stronger the urge among Hungarians to light a fire and bring the bogr&#xE1;cs up from the cellar? We are capable of turning this enamelled pot into an entire day-long programme: all it takes is a garden, a few people, a pile of firewood and one big black pot. Then someone chops onions, someone else starts the fire, someone thinks too much water has gone in, and someone announces at three in the afternoon that it will be ready by six. Naturally, at six, we are nowhere near done.</strong></p><p>Today, bogr&#xE1;csoz&#xE1;s &#x2013; cooking in a bogr&#xE1;cs &#x2013; is gastronomy, a social event and folklore all at once. There is a little DIY in it, a little armchair expertise, a little competition, plenty of p&#xE1;linka, and that particular Hungarian conviction that the same dish can be ruined in at least five different ways, while the truly good version is, of course, made differently in every family. Yet the history of the bogr&#xE1;cs began in a much more prosaic place: it was the cooking vessel of people who had no kitchen.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-full kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_96241--1-.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="The Cauldron as a Hungarian Time Machine | The Cultural History of the Big Black Pot" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1345" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_96241--1-.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_96241--1-.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_96241--1-.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_96241--1-.jpg 2400w"><figcaption><em>Photo: Fortepan/Magyar F&#xF6;ldrajzi M&#xFA;zeum/Erd&#xE9;lyi M&#xF3;r c&#xE9;ge, 1908</em></figcaption></figure><p><strong>Older than its name</strong><br>It is worth starting the history of the bogr&#xE1;cs with its name. If only because it immediately becomes clear that the Hungarian bogr&#xE1;cs is not quite the ancient Hungarian invention that it might appear to be in the national gastronomic imagination. According to the <a href="https://uesz.nytud.hu/index.html?displaymode=web&amp;hom=&amp;searchmode=exact&amp;searchstr=bogr%C3%A1cs&amp;utm_=&amp;ref=hypeandhyper.com">New Hungarian Etymological Dictionary</a>, <em>bogr&#xE1;cs</em> comes from the Ottoman Turkish <em>bakra&#xE7;</em>, meaning &#x201C;copper cauldron&#x201D;, probably via South Slavic. The Turkish word derives from <em>bak&#x131;r</em>, meaning &#x201C;copper&#x201D;, and the word is documented in the Hungarian language from around 1703.</p><p><a href="https://mek.oszk.hu/02100/02115/html/5-1061.html?ref=hypeandhyper.com">The history of the vessel</a>, however, goes back much further than the word itself. Among the archaeological finds of the Carpathian Basin, we find cauldrons and rounded-bottom cooking vessels made of clay dating back to the period of the Hungarian Conquest. Clay cauldrons were characteristic objects of Hungarian pottery between the 10th and 13th centuries. This is an important distinction: Hungarians did not start spending their lives over a cauldron in 1703; the cooking technique is older, the name is younger. And using a cauldron made perfect sense in a world where food preparation was not necessarily tied to a kitchen. If you are on the move, herding animals, fishing, hunting, or simply working in the fields all day, carrying an entire kitchen around is a rather poor strategy. One vessel, however, is easy enough to take with you, and you can find a fire almost anywhere.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_236895--1-.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="The Cauldron as a Hungarian Time Machine | The Cultural History of the Big Black Pot" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1270" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_236895--1-.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_236895--1-.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_236895--1-.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_236895--1-.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Photo: Fortepan/Csicsery-R&#xF3;nay Istv&#xE1;n, 1916</em></figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_193786--1-.jpg" width="2000" height="1991" loading="lazy" alt="The Cauldron as a Hungarian Time Machine | The Cultural History of the Big Black Pot" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_193786--1-.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_193786--1-.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_193786--1-.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_193786--1-.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_26400.jpg" width="2000" height="1499" loading="lazy" alt="The Cauldron as a Hungarian Time Machine | The Cultural History of the Big Black Pot" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_26400.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_26400.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_26400.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_26400.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption><em>Photos: Fortepan/G&#xE1;bor Viktor, 1961; Fotrepan/Fortepan, 1939</em></figcaption></figure><p><strong>Why did we cook when others grilled?</strong><br>One of the more interesting aspects of the bogr&#xE1;cs&#x2019;s history in Hungary is that while the culture of cooking over an open fire is present throughout the gastronomy of Central and Southeastern Europe, grilling over embers, spit-roasting and, later, the culture of the grill became much more dominant in the surrounding countries. Across the Balkans, various grilled and spit-roasted meats have become almost obligatory elements of national cuisines. From Serbian &#x107;evapi to Romanian mici, from Croatian to Bosnian grilled dishes, an entire region has built a strong identity around cooking over glowing embers. Spit-roasting and grilling certainly existed in Hungary too, but the iconic tool of outdoor cooking nevertheless remained the cauldron.</p><p><a href="https://www.origo.hu/tafelspicc/2013/07/fozo-nepnek-nem-kell-grillracs-bogracs-flekken-grill-barbecue?ref=hypeandhyper.com">T&#xE1;felspicc</a> raised the question more than a decade ago: why did we never become a nation of grillers? There is no single answer, but the role of Hungarian pastoral culture can hardly be ignored. For centuries, herders moved across vast areas of the Great Hungarian Plain, having to provide their own meals out on the puszta. The bogr&#xE1;cs fitted perfectly into this way of life: it was portable, durable, and capable of preparing an entire meal in a single vessel. The fire burning beneath a bogr&#xE1;cs suspended from a <em>szolgafa</em> or tripod was essentially a mobile kitchen.</p><p>In the Hungarian gastronomic imagination, it is now difficult to separate the bogr&#xE1;cs from goulash. <em>Bogr&#xE1;csguly&#xE1;s</em> &#x2013; goulash cooked in a cauldron &#x2013; almost seems like a genre of its own, even though the bogr&#xE1;cs is not a recipe so much as a technique, and a vessel used over an open fire. What goes into it is determined by the place, the period, social circumstances and whatever ingredients happen to be available. On the Great Hungarian Plain, goulash and various meat-based one-pot dishes became dominant. In areas rich in rivers and fish, <em>hal&#xE1;szl&#xE9;</em>, Hungarian fish soup, found its way into the bogr&#xE1;cs. Shepherds cooked with bacon, pasta, potatoes and dried meat. In peasant households, the cauldron was even more versatile: it was used for cooking large quantities of food, during pig slaughtering, for making plum jam and for numerous other household tasks.</p><p><strong>Munk&#xE1;csy, J&#xF3;kai and the hierarchy of the puszta</strong><br>Shepherds were not thinking in terms of today&#x2019;s bogr&#xE1;cs menus: there was no &#x201C;beef stew in a cauldron with pickled cucumbers&#x201D;, and nobody was probably asking whether it should be made with red wine or beer. Food primarily had to be cheap, preservable and easy to prepare. Dried meat, bacon, onions, flour, potatoes, pulses, dried pasta &#x2013; the ingredients included many things that kept for a long time, were easy to transport, and could feed a lot of people with very little. This last point is particularly important: a significant proportion of bogr&#xE1;cs dishes became soupy, juicy, one-pot meals because liquid added volume to the food. That little meat did not end up on one person&#x2019;s plate; it was cooked into one large communal dish. In M&#xF3;r J&#xF3;kai&#x2019;s novel <em>S&#xE1;rga r&#xF3;zsa</em> (<em>The Yellow Rose</em>), for example, life on the puszta revolves quite literally around a bogr&#xE1;cs, with an eating order as strict as the way lions, hyenas and vultures share a carcass in Africa: the pasta porridge is cooked in the cauldron, then the bogr&#xE1;cs is brought out, placed on a three-legged stand, and the group eats from it together. First the gentlemen, then the young herders and the head herder get their share, while whatever is left at the end belongs to the cart driver. But J&#xF3;kai is not the only one: the <a href="https://nagyszotar.nytud.hu/dictsearch.html?query=bogr%C3%A1cs&amp;utm=&amp;ref=hypeandhyper.com">Great Dictionary of the Hungarian Language</a> also beautifully traces this history through literary examples. J&#xF3;zsef Gvad&#xE1;nyi already mentions &#x201C;bogr&#xE1;ts k&#xE1;poszta&#x201D; &#x2013; cabbage cooked in a bogr&#xE1;cs &#x2013; in 1788, while goulash meat and other dishes prepared in the cauldron appear in the 19th century. Later, the bogr&#xE1;cs also appears in the works of Zsigmond M&#xF3;ricz and Gyula Kr&#xFA;dy as one of the characteristic props of rural and communal eating.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Munka-csy_A_bogra-cs.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="The Cauldron as a Hungarian Time Machine | The Cultural History of the Big Black Pot" loading="lazy" width="1455" height="1080" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/Munka-csy_A_bogra-cs.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/Munka-csy_A_bogra-cs.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Munka-csy_A_bogra-cs.jpg 1455w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Mih&#xE1;ly Munk&#xE1;csy: The Cauldron, 1864, photo: Wikipedia</em></figcaption></figure><p>The bogr&#xE1;cs did not only make its way into literature, but into visual art as well. In 1864, at the age of twenty, Mih&#xE1;ly Munk&#xE1;csy painted <em>A bogr&#xE1;cs</em> (<em>The Cauldron</em>). The scene shows a woman preparing food for harvest workers while a dog &#x2013; more precisely, a dog chasing a mouse &#x2013; knocks over a cast-iron bogr&#xE1;cs full of food. What makes the painting particularly interesting is that there is none of the national pathos with which we so readily surround the bogr&#xE1;cs today. Instead, it appears simply as an object of everyday life, work and eating.</p><p><strong>From necessity to weekend programme</strong><br>In the 20th century, the bogr&#xE1;cs gradually lost the function that had originally made it indispensable, as the modern kitchen moved indoors. The gas stove, followed by the electric stove and all sorts of other technologies, offered faster, cleaner and more predictable ways of cooking. We no longer hung the bogr&#xE1;cs over a fire because there was no alternative. By the second half of the century, the bogr&#xE1;cs slowly moved into the garden, onto the weekend plot and to the holiday house. It became a fixture of weekend homes, allotments and family gatherings, when cooking turned into an event &#x2013; and with it was born the kind of bogr&#xE1;csoz&#xE1;s we know today. Modern bogr&#xE1;csoz&#xE1;s already has its own choreography: lighting the fire, choosing the right wood, the question of the onions, the amount of meat, the timing of the paprika, and the water, of which there is, naturally, always either too much or too little. And around the bogr&#xE1;cs stands the assembled crowd, patiently waiting for their dinner to simmer for hours, the very opposite of fast food.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_19657.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="The Cauldron as a Hungarian Time Machine | The Cultural History of the Big Black Pot" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1510" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_19657.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_19657.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_19657.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_19657.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Photo: Fortepan/Fortepan, 1931</em></figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_9725.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="The Cauldron as a Hungarian Time Machine | The Cultural History of the Big Black Pot" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1478" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_9725.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_9725.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_9725.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_9725.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Photo: Fortepan/Fortepan, 1982</em></figcaption></figure><p>The history of the bogr&#xE1;cs is, in essence, a story of a peculiar cultural transformation. In post-regime-change and 21st-century Hungary, an entire event culture has grown up around it: village days, food festivals, cooking competitions, fish soup competitions, mutton stew competitions and all kinds of local gastronomic celebrations. In this communal role, the bogr&#xE1;cs has once again returned to what it used to do: bring people together around a single dish. Only now, it is no longer because everyone is forced to eat from the same pot, but because it feels good. Curiously, bogr&#xE1;csoz&#xE1;s has thus become one of modern Hungary&#x2019;s strongest forms of &#x201C;tradition-preserving&#x201D; leisure. Cooking fish soup, goulash, stew or lecs&#xF3; is often less about the food itself than about the event. The recipe has its place in family memory, but at least as important is who cooked it first, who won the competition last year, who likes it hot, and who always turns up with the same bogr&#xE1;cs. Meanwhile, the bogr&#xE1;cs has returned to the centre of the cultural imagination. From Munk&#xE1;csy&#x2019;s 1864 painting to J&#xF3;kai&#x2019;s scenes of life on the puszta, from ethnographic collections to today&#x2019;s festivals, the same simple object has travelled through Hungarian culture.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Opening picture: Fortepan/Ungv&#xE1;ri Gy&#xF6;rgy, 1908</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bogrács mint magyar időgép | A nagy fekete fazék kultúrtörténete]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Mi&#xE9;rt van az, hogy min&#xE9;l nagyobb a k&#xE1;nikula, a magyarokban ann&#xE1;l er&#x151;sebb a bizserg&#xE9;s, hogy t&#xFC;zet rakjanak &#xE9;s felhozz&#xE1;k a pinc&#xE9;b&#x151;l a bogr&#xE1;csot? Ek&#xF6;r&#xE9;</strong></p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/a-bogracs-mint-magyar-idogep-a-nagy-fekete-fazek-kulturtortenete/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a96ca36adb0ed7e64c7f2af</guid><category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category><category><![CDATA[gasztronómia]]></category><category><![CDATA[főzés]]></category><category><![CDATA[gasztrotörténelem]]></category><category><![CDATA[magyar gasztronómia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éva Tomanicz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:37 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/nyito.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/nyito.png" alt="A bogr&#xE1;cs mint magyar id&#x151;g&#xE9;p | A nagy fekete faz&#xE9;k kult&#xFA;rt&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete"><p><strong>Mi&#xE9;rt van az, hogy min&#xE9;l nagyobb a k&#xE1;nikula, a magyarokban ann&#xE1;l er&#x151;sebb a bizserg&#xE9;s, hogy t&#xFC;zet rakjanak &#xE9;s felhozz&#xE1;k a pinc&#xE9;b&#x151;l a bogr&#xE1;csot? Ek&#xF6;r&#xE9; a zom&#xE1;ncozott ed&#xE9;ny k&#xF6;r&#xE9; k&#xE9;pesek vagyunk eg&#xE9;sz napos programot rittyenteni: el&#xE9;g hozz&#xE1; egy kert, n&#xE9;h&#xE1;ny ember, egy rak&#xE1;s fa &#xE9;s egy nagy fekete ed&#xE9;ny. Azt&#xE1;n valaki hagym&#xE1;t apr&#xED;t, valaki t&#xFC;zet rak, valaki szerint t&#xFA;l sok v&#xED;z ker&#xFC;lt bele, valaki pedig m&#xE1;r d&#xE9;lut&#xE1;n h&#xE1;romkor kijelenti, hogy hatra k&#xE9;sz lesz. Hatkor term&#xE9;szetesen m&#xE9;g sehol sem tartunk.</strong></p><p>A bogr&#xE1;csoz&#xE1;s ma egyszerre gasztron&#xF3;mia, t&#xE1;rsas&#xE1;gi esem&#xE9;ny &#xE9;s folkl&#xF3;r. Van benne egy kis bark&#xE1;csol&#xE1;s, egy kis fotelszak&#xE9;rtelem, egy kis verseny, sok p&#xE1;linka, &#xE9;s az a saj&#xE1;tos magyar meggy&#x151;z&#x151;d&#xE9;s, hogy ugyanazt az &#xE9;telt legal&#xE1;bb &#xF6;tf&#xE9;lek&#xE9;ppen lehet elrontani, de az igaz&#xE1;n j&#xF3; v&#xE1;ltozatot term&#xE9;szetesen minden csal&#xE1;dban m&#xE1;sk&#xE9;pp k&#xE9;sz&#xED;tik. Pedig a bogr&#xE1;cs t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete enn&#xE9;l sokkal pr&#xF3;zaibb helyr&#x151;l indult: olyan emberek ed&#xE9;nye volt, akiknek nem volt konyh&#xE1;juk.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-full kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_96241--1-.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="A bogr&#xE1;cs mint magyar id&#x151;g&#xE9;p | A nagy fekete faz&#xE9;k kult&#xFA;rt&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1345" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_96241--1-.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_96241--1-.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_96241--1-.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_96241--1-.jpg 2400w"><figcaption><em>Fot&#xF3;: Fortepan/Magyar F&#xF6;ldrajzi M&#xFA;zeum/Erd&#xE9;lyi M&#xF3;r c&#xE9;ge, 1908</em></figcaption></figure><p><strong>R&#xE9;gebbi, mint a neve</strong><br>A bogr&#xE1;cs t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;net&#xE9;t &#xE9;rdemes a nev&#xE9;vel kezdeni. M&#xE1;r csak az&#xE9;rt is, mert r&#xF6;gt&#xF6;n kider&#xFC;l, hogy a magyar bogr&#xE1;cs nem eg&#xE9;szen olyan &#x151;si magyar tal&#xE1;lm&#xE1;ny, mint amilyennek a nemzeti gasztron&#xF3;miai k&#xE9;pzeletben t&#x171;nik. Az <a href="https://uesz.nytud.hu/index.html?displaymode=web&amp;hom=&amp;searchmode=exact&amp;searchstr=bogr%C3%A1cs&amp;utm_=&amp;ref=hypeandhyper.com">&#xDA;j Magyar Etimol&#xF3;giai Sz&#xF3;t&#xE1;r szerint</a> a <em>bogr&#xE1;cs</em> az oszm&#xE1;n-t&#xF6;r&#xF6;k <em>bakra&#xE7;</em>, azaz &#x201E;r&#xE9;z&#xFC;st&#x201D; &#xE1;tv&#xE9;tele, val&#xF3;sz&#xED;n&#x171;leg d&#xE9;lszl&#xE1;v k&#xF6;zvet&#xED;t&#xE9;ssel. A t&#xF6;r&#xF6;k sz&#xF3; a <em>bak&#x131;r</em>, vagyis &#x201E;r&#xE9;z&#x201D; sz&#xF3;b&#xF3;l sz&#xE1;rmazik, a magyar nyelvben 1703 k&#xF6;r&#xFC;l m&#xE1;r adatolhat&#xF3;.</p><p><a href="https://mek.oszk.hu/02100/02115/html/5-1061.html?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Az ed&#xE9;ny t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete </a>azonban j&#xF3;val r&#xE9;gebbre ny&#xFA;lik vissza, mint a sz&#xF3;&#xE9;. A K&#xE1;rp&#xE1;t-medence r&#xE9;g&#xE9;szeti leletei k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt a honfoglal&#xE1;s kor&#xE1;t&#xF3;l tal&#xE1;lunk &#xFC;st&#xF6;ket, illetve cser&#xE9;pb&#x151;l k&#xE9;sz&#xFC;lt, dombor&#xFA; fenek&#x171; f&#x151;z&#x151;ed&#xE9;nyeket. A cser&#xE9;p&#xFC;st&#xF6;k a 10&#x2013;13. sz&#xE1;zadban a magyar fazekass&#xE1;g jellegzetes darabjai voltak. Ez fontos k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nbs&#xE9;g: a magyarok teh&#xE1;t nem 1703-ban kezdt&#xE9;k el az &#xFC;st f&#xF6;l&#xF6;tt t&#xF6;lt&#xF6;tt &#xE9;letet, a f&#x151;z&#xE9;si technika r&#xE9;gebbi, a neve fiatalabb. &#xC9;s az &#xFC;st haszn&#xE1;lata logikus volt egy olyan vil&#xE1;gban, ahol az &#xE9;telk&#xE9;sz&#xED;t&#xE9;s nem felt&#xE9;tlen&#xFC;l volt a konyh&#xE1;hoz k&#xF6;tve. Ha az ember &#xFA;ton van, &#xE1;llatot &#x151;riz, hal&#xE1;szik, vad&#xE1;szik vagy egyszer&#x171;en a mez&#x151;n dolgozik eg&#xE9;sz nap, meglehet&#x151;sen rossz strat&#xE9;gia egy komplett konyh&#xE1;t mag&#xE1;val vinni, egy ed&#xE9;ny viszont sim&#xE1;n elf&#xE9;r, t&#x171;z pedig szinte mindenhol akad.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_236895--1-.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="A bogr&#xE1;cs mint magyar id&#x151;g&#xE9;p | A nagy fekete faz&#xE9;k kult&#xFA;rt&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1270" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_236895--1-.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_236895--1-.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_236895--1-.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_236895--1-.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Fot&#xF3;: Fortepan/Csicsery-R&#xF3;nay Istv&#xE1;n, 1916</em></figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_193786--1-.jpg" width="2000" height="1991" loading="lazy" alt="A bogr&#xE1;cs mint magyar id&#x151;g&#xE9;p | A nagy fekete faz&#xE9;k kult&#xFA;rt&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_193786--1-.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_193786--1-.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_193786--1-.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_193786--1-.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_26400.jpg" width="2000" height="1499" loading="lazy" alt="A bogr&#xE1;cs mint magyar id&#x151;g&#xE9;p | A nagy fekete faz&#xE9;k kult&#xFA;rt&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_26400.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_26400.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_26400.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_26400.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div><figcaption><em>Fot&#xF3;k: Fortepan/G&#xE1;bor Viktor, 1961; Fotrepan/Fortepan, 1939</em></figcaption></figure><p><strong>Mi&#xE9;rt f&#x151;zt&#xFC;nk, amikor m&#xE1;sok s&#xFC;t&#xF6;ttek?</strong><br>A bogr&#xE1;cs magyarorsz&#xE1;gi t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;net&#xE9;nek egyik &#xE9;rdekesebb r&#xE9;sze, hogy mik&#xF6;zben a szabad t&#x171;z kult&#xFA;r&#xE1;ja eg&#xE9;sz K&#xF6;z&#xE9;p- &#xE9;s D&#xE9;lkelet-Eur&#xF3;pa gasztron&#xF3;mi&#xE1;j&#xE1;ban jelen van, a k&#xF6;rnyez&#x151; orsz&#xE1;gokban sokkal er&#x151;sebb lett a par&#xE1;zs f&#xF6;l&#xF6;tti s&#xFC;t&#xE9;s, a ny&#xE1;rson s&#xFC;t&#xE9;s &#xE9;s k&#xE9;s&#x151;bb a grill hagyom&#xE1;nya. A Balk&#xE1;non a k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nb&#xF6;z&#x151; grillezett &#xE9;s ny&#xE1;rson s&#xFC;lt h&#xFA;sok m&#xE1;ra a nemzeti gasztron&#xF3;mi&#xE1;k szinte k&#xF6;telez&#x151; elemei. A szerb csevapt&#xF3;l a rom&#xE1;n miccsig, a horv&#xE1;t &#xE9;s bosny&#xE1;k grill&#xE9;telekig egy eg&#xE9;sz r&#xE9;gi&#xF3; &#xE9;p&#xED;tett er&#x151;s identit&#xE1;st a par&#xE1;zs f&#xF6;l&#xF6;tti s&#xFC;t&#xE9;sre. Magyarorsz&#xE1;gon term&#xE9;szetesen szint&#xE9;n l&#xE9;tezett ny&#xE1;rson s&#xFC;t&#xE9;s &#xE9;s grillez&#xE9;s, de a szabadt&#xE9;ri &#xE9;telk&#xE9;sz&#xED;t&#xE9;s ikonikus eszk&#xF6;ze m&#xE9;gis az &#xFC;st maradt.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.origo.hu/tafelspicc/2013/07/fozo-nepnek-nem-kell-grillracs-bogracs-flekken-grill-barbecue?ref=hypeandhyper.com">T&#xE1;felspicc</a> m&#xE1;r egy &#xE9;vtizeddel ezel&#x151;tt is felvetette a k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;st: mi&#xE9;rt nem lett&#xFC;nk grillnemzet? A v&#xE1;lasz nem egyetlen okra vezethet&#x151; vissza, de a magyar p&#xE1;sztorkult&#xFA;ra szerepe aligha ker&#xFC;lhet&#x151; meg. Az Alf&#xF6;ld&#xF6;n &#xE9;vsz&#xE1;zadokon &#xE1;t hatalmas ter&#xFC;leteken mozogtak p&#xE1;sztorok, akiknek az &#xE9;tkez&#xE9;st a puszt&#xE1;n kellett megoldaniuk. A bogr&#xE1;cs t&#xF6;k&#xE9;letesen illeszkedett ehhez az &#xE9;lethez: mozgathat&#xF3;, strapab&#xED;r&#xF3;, &#xE9;s egyetlen ed&#xE9;nyben el lehetett k&#xE9;sz&#xED;teni benne egy eg&#xE9;sz &#xE9;tkez&#xE9;st. A szolgaf&#xE1;ra vagy h&#xE1;roml&#xE1;bra akasztott bogr&#xE1;cs alatt &#xE9;g&#x151; t&#x171;z tulajdonk&#xE9;ppen egy mobil konyha volt.</p><p>A magyar gasztron&#xF3;miai eml&#xE9;kezetben ma m&#xE1;r neh&#xE9;z sz&#xE9;tv&#xE1;lasztani a bogr&#xE1;csot &#xE9;s a guly&#xE1;st. A &#x201E;bogr&#xE1;csguly&#xE1;s&#x201D; szinte &#xF6;n&#xE1;ll&#xF3; m&#x171;fajnak t&#x171;nik, pedig a bogr&#xE1;cs nem recept, sokkal ink&#xE1;bb egy technika, &#xE9;s egy ed&#xE9;ny, amelyet t&#x171;z f&#xF6;l&#xF6;tt haszn&#xE1;lunk. Hogy mi ker&#xFC;l bele, azt a hely, a korszak, a t&#xE1;rsadalmi helyzet &#xE9;s az &#xE9;ppen hozz&#xE1;f&#xE9;rhet&#x151; alapanyag hat&#xE1;rozza meg. Az Alf&#xF6;ld&#xF6;n a guly&#xE1;s &#xE9;s a k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nf&#xE9;le h&#xFA;sos egyt&#xE1;l&#xE9;telek v&#xE1;ltak meghat&#xE1;roz&#xF3;v&#xE1;. A foly&#xF3;k &#xE9;s halban gazdag vid&#xE9;kek mellett a hal&#xE1;szl&#xE9; ker&#xFC;lt a bogr&#xE1;csba. A p&#xE1;sztorok szalonn&#xE1;val, t&#xE9;szt&#xE1;val, krumplival, sz&#xE1;r&#xED;tott h&#xFA;ssal f&#x151;ztek. A paraszti h&#xE1;ztart&#xE1;sokban pedig az &#xFC;st enn&#xE9;l is sokoldal&#xFA;bb volt: nagy mennyis&#xE9;g&#x171; &#xE9;tel f&#x151;z&#xE9;s&#xE9;re, diszn&#xF3;&#xF6;l&#xE9;skor, lekv&#xE1;rf&#x151;z&#xE9;skor &#xE9;s sz&#xE1;mos m&#xE1;s h&#xE1;zimunk&#xE1;hoz is haszn&#xE1;lt&#xE1;k.</p><p><strong>Munk&#xE1;csy, J&#xF3;kai &#xE9;s a pusztai hierarchia</strong><br>A p&#xE1;sztorok nem a mai bogr&#xE1;csos men&#xFC;kben gondolkodtak: nem volt &#x201E;marhap&#xF6;rk&#xF6;lt bogr&#xE1;csban, kov&#xE1;szos ubork&#xE1;val&#x201D;, &#xE9;s val&#xF3;sz&#xED;n&#x171;leg senki nem k&#xE9;rdezte, hogy v&#xF6;r&#xF6;sborral vagy s&#xF6;rrel k&#xE9;sz&#xFC;lj&#xF6;n-e. Az &#xE9;telnek els&#x151;sorban olcs&#xF3;nak, tart&#xF3;s&#xED;that&#xF3;nak &#xE9;s egyszer&#x171;en elk&#xE9;sz&#xED;thet&#x151;nek kellett lennie. Sz&#xE1;r&#xED;tott h&#xFA;s, szalonna, hagyma, liszt, krumpli, h&#xFC;velyesek, sz&#xE1;r&#xED;tott t&#xE9;szta &#x2013; az alapanyagok k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt sok olyan szerepelt, amely hossz&#xFA; ideig el&#xE1;llt, k&#xF6;nnyen sz&#xE1;ll&#xED;that&#xF3; volt, &#xE9;s kev&#xE9;sb&#x151;l is sok embernek lehetett enni adni. Ez ut&#xF3;bbi k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen fontos, a bogr&#xE1;csos &#xE9;telek jelent&#x151;s r&#xE9;sze az&#xE9;rt lett leveses, szaftos, egyt&#xE1;l&#xE9;telszer&#x171;, mert a folyad&#xE9;k t&#xE9;rfogatot adott az &#xE9;telnek, az a kev&#xE9;s h&#xFA;s nem egy ember t&#xE1;ny&#xE9;rj&#xE1;n landolt, hanem belef&#x151;tt egy nagy k&#xF6;z&#xF6;s &#xE9;telbe. J&#xF3;kai M&#xF3;r <em>S&#xE1;rga r&#xF3;zsa</em> c&#xED;m&#x171; reg&#xE9;ny&#xE9;ben p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;ul a pusztai vil&#xE1;g &#xE9;tkez&#xE9;se eg&#xE9;szen konkr&#xE9;tan bogr&#xE1;cs k&#xF6;r&#xE9; szervez&#x151;dik, olyan szigor&#xFA; &#xE9;tkez&#xE9;si sorrenddel, mint ahogy Afrik&#xE1;ban az oroszl&#xE1;nok, a hi&#xE9;n&#xE1;k &#xE9;s a kesely&#x171;k osztoznak a koncokon: a k&#xE1;s&#xE1;s t&#xE9;szta az &#xFC;stben k&#xE9;sz&#xFC;l, majd a bogr&#xE1;csot kihozz&#xE1;k, h&#xE1;roml&#xE1;b&#xFA; bakra teszik, &#xE9;s a t&#xE1;rsas&#xE1;g k&#xF6;z&#xF6;sen eszik bel&#x151;le. El&#x151;sz&#xF6;r az urak, azt&#xE1;n a bojt&#xE1;rok &#xE9;s a sz&#xE1;mad&#xF3; esznek bel&#x151;le, ami pedig a v&#xE9;g&#xE9;n marad, a talig&#xE1;s&#xE9;.<strong> </strong>De nem J&#xF3;kai az egyetlen: a <a href="https://nagyszotar.nytud.hu/dictsearch.html?query=bogr%C3%A1cs&amp;utm=&amp;ref=hypeandhyper.com">Magyar Nyelv Nagysz&#xF3;t&#xE1;ra</a> irodalmi p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;kb&#xF3;l is sz&#xE9;pen kirajzolja ezt a t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;netet. Gvad&#xE1;nyi J&#xF3;zsefn&#xE9;l m&#xE1;r 1788-ban megjelenik a &#x201E;bogr&#xE1;ts k&#xE1;poszta&#x201D;, a 19. sz&#xE1;zadban pedig a guly&#xE1;sh&#xFA;s &#xE9;s m&#xE1;s bogr&#xE1;csban k&#xE9;sz&#xFC;lt &#xE9;telek is felbukkannak. K&#xE9;s&#x151;bb M&#xF3;ricz &#xE9;s Kr&#xFA;dy sz&#xF6;vegeiben is ott van a bogr&#xE1;cs mint a vid&#xE9;ki &#xE9;s k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;gi &#xE9;tkez&#xE9;s egyik jellegzetes kell&#xE9;ke.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Munka-csy_A_bogra-cs.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="A bogr&#xE1;cs mint magyar id&#x151;g&#xE9;p | A nagy fekete faz&#xE9;k kult&#xFA;rt&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete" loading="lazy" width="1455" height="1080" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/Munka-csy_A_bogra-cs.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/Munka-csy_A_bogra-cs.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/Munka-csy_A_bogra-cs.jpg 1455w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Munk&#xE1;csy Mih&#xE1;ly Munk&#xE1;csy: A bogr&#xE1;cs, 1864, fot&#xF3;: Wikipedia</em></figcaption></figure><p>A bogr&#xE1;cs nemcsak az irodalomba ker&#xFC;lt be, hanem a k&#xE9;pz&#x151;m&#x171;v&#xE9;szetbe is. Munk&#xE1;csy Mih&#xE1;ly 1864-ben, h&#xFA;sz&#xE9;vesen festette <em>A bogr&#xE1;cs</em> c&#xED;m&#x171; k&#xE9;p&#xE9;t. A jeleneten egy asszony k&#xE9;sz&#xED;ti az arat&#xF3;k &#xE9;tel&#xE9;t, mik&#xF6;zben egy kutya &#x2013; pontosabban egy egeret kerget&#x151; kutya &#x2013; feld&#xF6;nti az &#xE9;tellel teli vasbogr&#xE1;csot. A k&#xE9;p az&#xE9;rt k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen &#xE9;rdekes, mert nincs benne semmi abb&#xF3;l a nemzeti p&#xE1;toszb&#xF3;l, amellyel ma k&#xF6;nnyen k&#xF6;r&#xFC;lvessz&#xFC;k a bogr&#xE1;csot, hanem az egyszer&#x171; h&#xE9;tk&#xF6;znapok, a munka &#xE9;s az &#xE9;tkez&#xE9;s t&#xE1;rgyak&#xE9;nt.</p><p><strong>A sz&#xFC;ks&#xE9;gletb&#x151;l h&#xE9;tv&#xE9;gi program</strong><br>A 20. sz&#xE1;zadban azt&#xE1;n a bogr&#xE1;cs elvesz&#xED;tette azt a funkci&#xF3;j&#xE1;t, amely miatt eredetileg n&#xE9;lk&#xFC;l&#xF6;zhetetlen volt, a modern konyha bek&#xF6;lt&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt a h&#xE1;zba. A g&#xE1;zt&#x171;zhely, majd a villanyt&#x171;zhely &#xE9;s mindenf&#xE9;le egy&#xE9;b technol&#xF3;gia gyorsabb, tiszt&#xE1;bb &#xE9;s kisz&#xE1;m&#xED;that&#xF3;bb m&#xF3;dot k&#xED;n&#xE1;lt a f&#x151;z&#xE9;sre. A bogr&#xE1;csot m&#xE1;r nem az&#xE9;rt akasztottuk a t&#x171;z f&#xF6;l&#xE9;, mert nem volt m&#xE1;s.<strong> </strong>A sz&#xE1;zad m&#xE1;sodik fel&#xE9;re a bogr&#xE1;cs lassan &#xE1;tk&#xF6;lt&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt a kertbe, a telekre, a nyaral&#xF3;ba. Megjelent a h&#xE9;tv&#xE9;gi h&#xE1;zak, kiskertek &#xE9;s csal&#xE1;di &#xF6;sszej&#xF6;vetelek kell&#xE9;kei k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt, amikor a f&#x151;z&#xE9;sb&#x151;l esem&#xE9;ny lett &#x2013; &#xE9;s ezzel megsz&#xFC;letett az a bogr&#xE1;csoz&#xE1;s, amit ma ismer&#xFC;nk. A mai bogr&#xE1;csoz&#xE1;snak m&#xE1;r saj&#xE1;t koreogr&#xE1;fi&#xE1;ja van: t&#x171;z meggy&#xFA;jt&#xE1;sa, a megfelel&#x151; fa kiv&#xE1;laszt&#xE1;sa, a hagyma k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;se, a h&#xFA;s mennyis&#xE9;ge, a paprika id&#x151;z&#xED;t&#xE9;se &#xE9;s a v&#xED;z, amib&#x151;l term&#xE9;szetesen mindig t&#xFA;l sok vagy t&#xFA;l kev&#xE9;s van. A bogr&#xE1;cs mellett pedig ott tipr&#xF3;dik a t&#xE1;rsas&#xE1;g, akik t&#xFC;relmesen v&#xE1;rj&#xE1;k, hogy a fast food ellent&#xE9;tek&#xE9;nt hossz&#xFA; &#xF3;r&#xE1;kig rotyogjon a vacsor&#xE1;juk.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_19657.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="A bogr&#xE1;cs mint magyar id&#x151;g&#xE9;p | A nagy fekete faz&#xE9;k kult&#xFA;rt&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1510" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_19657.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_19657.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_19657.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_19657.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Fot&#xF3;: Fortepan/Fortepan, 1931</em></figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/09/fortepan_9725.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="A bogr&#xE1;cs mint magyar id&#x151;g&#xE9;p | A nagy fekete faz&#xE9;k kult&#xFA;rt&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1478" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/09/fortepan_9725.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/09/fortepan_9725.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/09/fortepan_9725.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/09/fortepan_9725.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Fot&#xF3;: Fortepan/Fortepan, 1982</em></figcaption></figure><p>A bogr&#xE1;cs t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete tulajdonk&#xE9;ppen egy k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;s kultur&#xE1;lis &#xE1;talakul&#xE1;s t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nete. A rendszerv&#xE1;lt&#xE1;s ut&#xE1;ni &#xE9;s 21. sz&#xE1;zadi Magyarorsz&#xE1;gon eg&#xE9;sz esem&#xE9;nykult&#xFA;ra &#xE9;p&#xFC;lt k&#xF6;r&#xE9;: falunapok, gasztrofesztiv&#xE1;lok, f&#x151;z&#x151;versenyek, hal&#xE1;szl&#xE9;f&#x151;z&#x151; versenyek, birkap&#xF6;rk&#xF6;ltf&#x151;z&#x151; rendezv&#xE9;nyek &#xE9;s mindenf&#xE9;le helyi gasztron&#xF3;miai &#xFC;nnepek. A bogr&#xE1;cs ebben a k&#xF6;z&#xF6;ss&#xE9;gi szerep&#xE9;ben ism&#xE9;t visszat&#xE9;rt ahhoz, amit valaha tudott: &#xF6;sszehozott embereket egyetlen &#xE9;tel k&#xF6;r&#xE9;. Csak most m&#xE1;r nem az&#xE9;rt, mert mindenki ugyanabb&#xF3;l az ed&#xE9;nyb&#x151;l volt k&#xE9;nytelen enni, hanem mert j&#xF3;lesik. K&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;s m&#xF3;don a bogr&#xE1;csoz&#xE1;s &#xED;gy a modern Magyarorsz&#xE1;g egyik leger&#x151;sebb &#x201E;hagyom&#xE1;ny&#x151;rz&#x151;&#x201D; szabadid&#x151;s tev&#xE9;kenys&#xE9;g&#xE9;v&#xE9; v&#xE1;lt. A hal&#xE1;szl&#xE9;, a guly&#xE1;s, a p&#xF6;rk&#xF6;lt vagy a lecs&#xF3; elk&#xE9;sz&#xED;t&#xE9;se sokszor m&#xE1;r kev&#xE9;sb&#xE9; az &#xE9;telr&#x151;l, mint az esem&#xE9;nyr&#x151;l sz&#xF3;l. A receptnek helye van a csal&#xE1;di eml&#xE9;kezetben, de legal&#xE1;bb ennyire fontos, ki f&#x151;zte el&#x151;sz&#xF6;r, ki nyerte meg tavaly a versenyt, ki szereti cs&#xED;p&#x151;sen, &#xE9;s ki az, aki mindig ugyanazzal a bogr&#xE1;ccsal &#xE9;rkezik. A bogr&#xE1;cs k&#xF6;zben visszaker&#xFC;lt a kultur&#xE1;lis k&#xE9;pzelet k&#xF6;z&#xE9;ppontj&#xE1;ba is. Munk&#xE1;csy 1864-es festm&#xE9;ny&#xE9;t&#x151;l J&#xF3;kai pusztai jelenet&#xE9;ig, a n&#xE9;prajzi gy&#x171;jtem&#xE9;nyekt&#x151;l a mai fesztiv&#xE1;lokig ugyanaz az egyszer&#x171; t&#xE1;rgy v&#xE1;ndorol v&#xE9;gig a magyar kult&#xFA;r&#xE1;n.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Nyit&#xF3;k&#xE9;p: Fortepan/Ungv&#xE1;ri Gy&#xF6;rgy, 1908</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evolution or Revolution? A Two-Hundred-Year-Old Icon in the 21st Century | Interview with Norbert Ruf, Creative Director of Thonet]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Two hundred years of design, technological innovation, and timeless elegance &#x2014; this is Thonet&#x2019;s legacy. From the iconic chairs of Vienna&#x2019;s coffeehouses to the tubular-steel era of the Bauhaus and the contemporary reinterpretations of today, the brand has always lived at the intersection of innovation and</strong></p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/evolution-or-revolution-a-two-hundred-year-old-icon-in-the-21st-century-interview-with-norbert-ruf-creative-director-of-thonet/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a913817adb0ed7e64c7f27b</guid><category><![CDATA[design]]></category><category><![CDATA[thonet]]></category><category><![CDATA[interview]]></category><category><![CDATA[furniture design]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éva Tomanicz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S33V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_FF_769b-5.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S33V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_FF_769b-5.jpg" alt="Evolution or Revolution? A Two-Hundred-Year-Old Icon in the 21st Century | Interview with Norbert Ruf, Creative Director of Thonet"><p><strong>Two hundred years of design, technological innovation, and timeless elegance &#x2014; this is Thonet&#x2019;s legacy. From the iconic chairs of Vienna&#x2019;s coffeehouses to the tubular-steel era of the Bauhaus and the contemporary reinterpretations of today, the brand has always lived at the intersection of innovation and craftsmanship. Now, under the creative direction of Norbert Ruf, Thonet is not only preserving its past but writing a new chapter &#x2014; translating its classic values into the language of the 21st century through collaborations with designers such as Jil Sander, Marco Dess&#xED;, and Studio Irvine.</strong></p><p><strong>The Thonet DNA is incredibly strong &#x2014; from craftsmanship to simplicity and longevity. How do you approach the challenge of keeping that DNA intact while translating it into contemporary design?</strong> <br>We understand DNA not as a style, but as a set of values that form our foundation. If these principles manifest themselves, the product naturally feels like a Thonet product.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Norbert_Ruf_Thonet_credit_Philipp_Thonet.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Evolution or Revolution? 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A Two-Hundred-Year-Old Icon in the 21st Century | Interview with Norbert Ruf, Creative Director of Thonet" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S_32_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_FF_117bw.jpg" width="2000" height="2666" loading="lazy" alt="Evolution or Revolution? A Two-Hundred-Year-Old Icon in the 21st Century | Interview with Norbert Ruf, Creative Director of Thonet" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_S_32_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_FF_117bw.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_S_32_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_FF_117bw.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_S_32_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_FF_117bw.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S_32_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_FF_117bw.jpg 2362w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div></figure><p><strong>Many heritage brands struggle between reverence for the past and the need to evolve. How do you find that balance within Thonet?</strong> <br>We do not see ourselves as a museum. We respect and value our past, and we reflect on it. Michael Thonet was driven by an attitude of resourcefulness and inventiveness rather than a formal approach. He aimed to create value for his customers at every level, and this is what we continue to strive for today.</p><p><strong>Is there a particular Thonet icon that continues to inspire you today?</strong><br>That is a difficult question, for if I were to name one classic, I would be obliged to omit many others. Of course, I also have a close connection with more recent products. If I had to choose one, it would probably be the S 64 cantilever chair by Marcel Breuer. This product demonstrates that it has a past, a present and a future. With this design, Breuer brought together two aspects of the Thonet brand: the bentwood and cane weaving tradition, combining them with tubular steel. The S 64 offers high quality, aesthetic appeal and comfort. I have a lot of Thonet furniture at home, though, and I enjoy it every day.</p><p><strong>Working for a brand with such a legendary past must be both inspiring and intimidating. How do you begin each new project?</strong> <br>We see design less as an activity and more as an attitude. And we see our products as an expression of that attitude. Each designer we work with brings their own ideas and personal touch to the table. But what unites us is not so much a formal expression as a common understanding: when it comes to working with the classics, a mindful approach to design and fine details is absolutely essential. This is the only way to create a product that respects and does justice to the original, whilst responding to and understanding today&apos;s new demands. This is true both for re-editions of our iconic classics but also when selecting new designs for the current collection.</p><p><strong>How much freedom do you have to experiment within the Thonet DNA? Where&#x2019;s the line between evolution and revolution?</strong> <br>Thonet has invented technologies, evolved them and combined technologies from the past with new ones. Curiosity and experimentation are therefore at the heart of Thonet. However, there is a difference between concept/experiment and a product. It is in the transition from concept to product that the magic lies.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_Biegen_214_Claus_Setzer_04.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" loading="lazy" alt="Evolution or Revolution? 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A Two-Hundred-Year-Old Icon in the 21st Century | Interview with Norbert Ruf, Creative Director of Thonet" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_PHT1954.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_PHT1954.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_PHT1954.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_PHT1954.jpg 2362w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div></figure><p><strong>What role do new materials or technologies &#x2014; sustainability, digital fabrication, modular systems &#x2014; play in Thonet&#x2019;s future direction?</strong> <br>The evolution from steam-bent wood to tubular steel shows that Thonet always had a forward-thinking approach, embracing the spirit of the times and its potential. Reflecting on the present day and its possibilities therefore seems a natural thing to do.</p><p><strong>The way we live and work has changed dramatically. How does Thonet respond to shifting lifestyles &#x2014; such as remote work, smaller spaces, or hybrid environments?</strong> <br>Their hybrid nature is at the core of our products. In other words, they are designed to be used in different environments and feel equally at home in residential and contract settings. Furthermore, many of our products originate from a time of lower technological saturation. This means they survived the era when products and furniture had a direct relationship. For example, our S 285 desk was designed to be used with a typewriter, and is just as suitable for use with a laptop or an iPad today.</p><p><strong>Thonet pieces are not only furniture but cultural icons. How do you ensure that the brand continues to resonate with younger generations?</strong> It is not necessarily only about the products, but also about contextualization and communication. It has to be right for today&#x2019;s usage, feel right in today&#x2019;s scenarios and be communicated through today&#x2019;s channels.</p><p><strong>What aspects of your own creative or cultural background have you brought into Thonet? What drew you to the brand personally?</strong> <br>How many companies&#x2019; products can you say you actually grew up with? When I had the great honour of being asked to join Thonet, of course I accepted. Having worked for Wilkhahn, Avarte, deSede and Dedon, Thonet for me represented a step towards the roots of European furniture culture, offering me the opportunity to weave together the past, present and future.</p><p><strong>Outside of furniture, what inspires your aesthetic sensibility &#x2014; art, architecture, music, nature?</strong> <br>Yes, yes, yes and yes &#x2013; and lots more besides, such as literature or conversations&#x2026;</p><p><strong>How do you stay creatively curious after many years in the industry?</strong> <br>In my opinion, the question should be the other way around: how can you not stay curious when the world is constantly changing and you have the chance to reflect this in your work?</p><p><strong>How do you define the role of a creative director today &#x2014; especially in a company with such a long and respected legacy?</strong> <br>Knowing and understanding the history, translating it, and making it accessible and relevant for today and tomorrow.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S_34_V_S_33_V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_1140_Eiche_FF_235bw-1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Evolution or Revolution? A Two-Hundred-Year-Old Icon in the 21st Century | Interview with Norbert Ruf, Creative Director of Thonet" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1333" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_S_34_V_S_33_V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_1140_Eiche_FF_235bw-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_S_34_V_S_33_V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_1140_Eiche_FF_235bw-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_S_34_V_S_33_V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_1140_Eiche_FF_235bw-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/Thonet_S_34_V_S_33_V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_1140_Eiche_FF_235bw-1.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw-2.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Evolution or Revolution? 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He began his career with the design teams of Wilkhahn and Avarte, later gaining international recognition as creative director for deSede and Dedon. Since 2020, he has served as Creative Director at Thonet, where he fuses the brand&#x2019;s two-hundred-year heritage with a contemporary perspective. For him, design is a way of thinking &#x2014; a dialogue between past and present in which innovation is never an end in itself, but always rooted in purpose and usability. Under Ruf&#x2019;s direction, Thonet&#x2019;s classic pieces gain new meaning, while the brand confidently embraces the future &#x2014; at the intersection of sustainability, technology, and creative collaboration.</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-wide"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_Programm_214_A_Hatzius_Interieur_2-2.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Evolution or Revolution? A Two-Hundred-Year-Old Icon in the 21st Century | Interview with Norbert Ruf, Creative Director of Thonet" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1507" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_Programm_214_A_Hatzius_Interieur_2-2.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_Programm_214_A_Hatzius_Interieur_2-2.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_Programm_214_A_Hatzius_Interieur_2-2.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/Thonet_Programm_214_A_Hatzius_Interieur_2-2.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 1200px"></figure>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evolúció vagy forradalom? Egy kétszáz éves ikon a 21. században | Interjú Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreatívigazgatójával]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>K&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;v formatervez&#xE9;s, technol&#xF3;giai &#xFA;j&#xED;t&#xE1;s &#xE9;s id&#x151;t&#xE1;ll&#xF3; elegancia &#x2013; ez a Thonet &#xF6;r&#xF6;ks&#xE9;ge. A b&#xE9;csi k&#xE1;v&#xE9;h&#xE1;zak ikonikus</strong></p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/evolucio-vagy-forradalom-egy-ketszazeves-ikon-a-21-szazadban-interju-norbert-ruffal-a-thonet-kreativigazgatojaval/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f0bf9adb0ed7e64c7f21d</guid><category><![CDATA[design]]></category><category><![CDATA[interjú]]></category><category><![CDATA[thonet]]></category><category><![CDATA[bútorgyártás]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éva Tomanicz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S33V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_FF_769b-3.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S33V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_FF_769b-3.jpg" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val"><p><strong>K&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;v formatervez&#xE9;s, technol&#xF3;giai &#xFA;j&#xED;t&#xE1;s &#xE9;s id&#x151;t&#xE1;ll&#xF3; elegancia &#x2013; ez a Thonet &#xF6;r&#xF6;ks&#xE9;ge. A b&#xE9;csi k&#xE1;v&#xE9;h&#xE1;zak ikonikus sz&#xE9;keit&#x151;l a Bauhaus ac&#xE9;lcs&#x151;-korszak&#xE1;n &#xE1;t eg&#xE9;szen a kort&#xE1;rs design &#xFA;jra&#xE9;rtelmez&#xE9;seiig a m&#xE1;rka mindig is az innov&#xE1;ci&#xF3; &#xE9;s a k&#xE9;zm&#x171;ves trad&#xED;ci&#xF3; hat&#xE1;r&#xE1;n mozgott. Ma, Norbert Ruf kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3; vezet&#xE9;s&#xE9;vel a Thonet nem csup&#xE1;n m&#xFA;ltj&#xE1;t &#xE1;polja, hanem &#xFA;j fejezetet &#xED;r: klasszikus &#xE9;rt&#xE9;keit Jil Sander, Marco Dess&#xED; vagy a Studio Irvine tervez&#x151;ivel egy&#xFC;ttm&#x171;k&#xF6;dve ford&#xED;tja le a 21. sz&#xE1;zad nyelv&#xE9;re.</strong></p><p><strong>A Thonet DNS-e rendk&#xED;v&#xFC;l er&#x151;s &#x2013; a k&#xE9;zm&#x171;vess&#xE9;gt&#x151;l kezdve az egyszer&#x171;s&#xE9;gen &#xE1;t a tart&#xF3;ss&#xE1;gig. Hogyan k&#xF6;zel&#xED;tik meg azt a kih&#xED;v&#xE1;st, hogy meg&#x151;rizz&#xE9;k ezt a DNS-t, mik&#xF6;zben kort&#xE1;rs form&#xE1;ban &#xE9;rtelmezz&#xE9;k &#xFA;jra?</strong><br>Mi a DNS-t nem st&#xED;lusk&#xE9;nt, hanem olyan alap&#xE9;rt&#xE9;kek &#xF6;sszess&#xE9;gek&#xE9;nt &#xE9;rtelmezz&#xFC;k, amelyek a m&#x171;k&#xF6;d&#xE9;s&#xFC;nk alapj&#xE1;t k&#xE9;pezik. Ha ezek az elvek megjelennek egy term&#xE9;kben, az term&#xE9;szetes m&#xF3;don Thonet-darabnak &#xE9;rz&#x151;dik.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Norbert_Ruf_Thonet_credit_Philipp_Thonet.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1333" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Norbert_Ruf_Thonet_credit_Philipp_Thonet.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Norbert_Ruf_Thonet_credit_Philipp_Thonet.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Norbert_Ruf_Thonet_credit_Philipp_Thonet.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/Norbert_Ruf_Thonet_credit_Philipp_Thonet.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet__Programm_S_32__Interieur_8.jpg" width="2000" height="2826" loading="lazy" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet__Programm_S_32__Interieur_8.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet__Programm_S_32__Interieur_8.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet__Programm_S_32__Interieur_8.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet__Programm_S_32__Interieur_8.jpg 2362w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw.jpg" width="2000" height="2667" loading="lazy" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S_32_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_FF_117bw.jpg" width="2000" height="2666" loading="lazy" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_S_32_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_FF_117bw.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_S_32_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_FF_117bw.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_S_32_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_FF_117bw.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S_32_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_FF_117bw.jpg 2362w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div></figure><p><strong>Sok hagyom&#xE1;nyos m&#xE1;rka nehezen tal&#xE1;lja meg az egyens&#xFA;lyt a m&#xFA;lt ir&#xE1;nti tisztelet &#xE9;s a meg&#xFA;jul&#xE1;s sz&#xFC;ks&#xE9;gess&#xE9;ge k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt. Hogyan tal&#xE1;lj&#xE1;k meg ezt az egyens&#xFA;lyt a Thonetn&#xE9;l?</strong><br>Nem tekint&#xFC;nk magunkra m&#xFA;zeumk&#xE9;nt. Tisztelj&#xFC;k &#xE9;s &#xE9;rt&#xE9;kelj&#xFC;k a m&#xFA;ltunkat, &#xE9;s folyamatosan reflekt&#xE1;lunk r&#xE1;. Michael Thonetet nem a formai megk&#xF6;zel&#xED;t&#xE9;s, hanem a lelem&#xE9;nyess&#xE9;g &#xE9;s az &#xFA;j&#xED;t&#xE1;s ir&#xE1;nti attit&#x171;d vez&#xE9;relte. Az volt a c&#xE9;lja, hogy minden szinten &#xE9;rt&#xE9;ket teremtsen a v&#xE1;s&#xE1;rl&#xF3;i sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra &#x2013; &#xE9;s mi ma is erre t&#xF6;reksz&#xFC;nk.</p><p><strong>Van olyan Thonet-ikon, amely k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen inspir&#xE1;lja?</strong><br>Ez neh&#xE9;z k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;s, hiszen ha egy klasszikust megnevezn&#xE9;k, sok m&#xE1;sikat mell&#x151;zn&#xF6;m kellene. Term&#xE9;szetesen a k&#xF6;zelebbi id&#x151;kb&#x151;l sz&#xE1;rmaz&#xF3; term&#xE9;kekhez is er&#x151;s k&#xF6;t&#x151;d&#xE9;sem van. Ha m&#xE9;gis v&#xE1;lasztanom kellene, val&#xF3;sz&#xED;n&#x171;leg Marcel Breuer S 64-es konzolos sz&#xE9;k&#xE9;t mondan&#xE1;m. Ez a darab t&#xF6;k&#xE9;letesen megmutatja, hogy van m&#xFA;ltja, jelene &#xE9;s j&#xF6;v&#x151;je. Breuer ezzel a Thonet m&#xE1;rka k&#xE9;t vil&#xE1;g&#xE1;t kapcsolta &#xF6;ssze: a hajl&#xED;tott fa &#xE9;s a n&#xE1;dfon&#xE1;s hagyom&#xE1;ny&#xE1;t a kr&#xF3;mozott ac&#xE9;lcs&#x151;vel. Az S 64 magas min&#x151;s&#xE9;get, eszt&#xE9;tikumot &#xE9;s k&#xE9;nyelmet k&#xED;n&#xE1;l. Sok Thonet b&#xFA;tordarabom van otthon is, &#xE9;s mindennap &#xF6;r&#xF6;m&#xF6;met lelem benn&#xFC;k.</p><p><strong>Egy ilyen legend&#xE1;s m&#xFA;lt&#xFA; m&#xE1;rk&#xE1;n&#xE1;l dolgozni egyszerre lehet inspir&#xE1;l&#xF3; &#xE9;s f&#xE9;lelmetes. Hogyan kezd hozz&#xE1; egy &#xFA;j projekthez?</strong><br>A tervez&#xE9;s sz&#xE1;munkra kev&#xE9;sb&#xE9; egy tev&#xE9;kenys&#xE9;g, ink&#xE1;bb hozz&#xE1;&#xE1;ll&#xE1;s k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;se. Term&#xE9;keink pedig ennek a hozz&#xE1;&#xE1;ll&#xE1;snak a megnyilv&#xE1;nul&#xE1;sai. Minden tervez&#x151;, akivel egy&#xFC;tt dolgozunk, saj&#xE1;t &#xF6;tleteit &#xE9;s szem&#xE9;lyes k&#xE9;zjegy&#xE9;t viszi a k&#xF6;z&#xF6;s munk&#xE1;ba. Ami azonban &#xF6;sszek&#xF6;t minket, nem formai azonoss&#xE1;g, hanem k&#xF6;z&#xF6;s meg&#xE9;rt&#xE9;s: ha a klasszikusokhoz ny&#xFA;lunk, a tudatos tervez&#xE9;s &#xE9;s a r&#xE9;szletek ir&#xE1;nti &#xE9;rz&#xE9;kenys&#xE9;g elengedhetetlen. Csak &#xED;gy lehet olyan term&#xE9;ket l&#xE9;trehozni, amely tiszteletben tartja az eredetit, ugyanakkor megfelel &#xE9;s reag&#xE1;l a mai ig&#xE9;nyekre. Ez igaz a klasszikus darabok &#xFA;jrakiad&#xE1;saira &#xE9;pp&#xFA;gy, mint az aktu&#xE1;lis kollekci&#xF3; &#xFA;j darabjainak kiv&#xE1;laszt&#xE1;s&#xE1;ra.</p><p><strong>Milyen m&#xE9;rt&#xE9;k&#x171; szabads&#xE1;ga van k&#xED;s&#xE9;rletezni a Thonet DNS-&#xE9;n bel&#xFC;l? Hol h&#xFA;z&#xF3;dik a hat&#xE1;r az evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; &#xE9;s a forradalom k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt?</strong><br>A Thonet mindig is technol&#xF3;gi&#xE1;kat tal&#xE1;lt fel, fejlesztett tov&#xE1;bb &#xE9;s &#xF6;tv&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt egym&#xE1;ssal. A k&#xED;v&#xE1;ncsis&#xE1;g &#xE9;s a k&#xED;s&#xE9;rletez&#xE9;s teh&#xE1;t a Thonet sz&#xED;v&#xE9;ben rejlik. Ugyanakkor k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nbs&#xE9;g van a koncepci&#xF3; vagy k&#xED;s&#xE9;rletez&#xE9;s &#xE9;s a v&#xE9;gterm&#xE9;k k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt. A var&#xE1;zslat &#xE9;ppen a koncepci&#xF3;b&#xF3;l term&#xE9;kk&#xE9; v&#xE1;l&#xE1;s pillanat&#xE1;ban t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nik.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide"><div class="kg-gallery-container"><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_Biegen_214_Claus_Setzer_04.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" loading="lazy" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_Biegen_214_Claus_Setzer_04.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_Biegen_214_Claus_Setzer_04.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_Biegen_214_Claus_Setzer_04.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/Thonet_Biegen_214_Claus_Setzer_04.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_Biegen_214_M_Krizanovic_02.jpg" width="2000" height="1331" loading="lazy" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_Biegen_214_M_Krizanovic_02.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_Biegen_214_M_Krizanovic_02.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_Biegen_214_M_Krizanovic_02.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/Thonet_Biegen_214_M_Krizanovic_02.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_Claus_Setzer_Wooden_Chairs_2.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" loading="lazy" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_Claus_Setzer_Wooden_Chairs_2.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_Claus_Setzer_Wooden_Chairs_2.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_Claus_Setzer_Wooden_Chairs_2.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/Thonet_Claus_Setzer_Wooden_Chairs_2.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div><div class="kg-gallery-row"><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_Fertigung_Stahlrohr_02_Credit_Thonet-GmbH_Friends-of-friends.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" loading="lazy" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_Fertigung_Stahlrohr_02_Credit_Thonet-GmbH_Friends-of-friends.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_Fertigung_Stahlrohr_02_Credit_Thonet-GmbH_Friends-of-friends.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_Fertigung_Stahlrohr_02_Credit_Thonet-GmbH_Friends-of-friends.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/Thonet_Fertigung_Stahlrohr_02_Credit_Thonet-GmbH_Friends-of-friends.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div><div class="kg-gallery-image"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_PHT1954.jpg" width="2000" height="3000" loading="lazy" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_PHT1954.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_PHT1954.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_PHT1954.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_PHT1954.jpg 2362w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></div></div></div></figure><p><strong>Milyen szerepet j&#xE1;tszanak az &#xFA;j anyagok &#xE9;s technol&#xF3;gi&#xE1;k &#x2013; p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;ul a fenntarthat&#xF3;s&#xE1;g, a digit&#xE1;lis gy&#xE1;rt&#xE1;s vagy a modul&#xE1;ris rendszerek &#x2013; a Thonet j&#xF6;v&#x151;j&#xE9;ben?</strong><br>A g&#x151;zzel hajl&#xED;tott fa &#xE9;s az ac&#xE9;lcs&#x151; k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tti fejl&#x151;d&#xE9;si &#xED;v is azt mutatja, hogy a Thonet mindig is el&#x151;re tekintett, nyitott az adott kor szellemis&#xE9;g&#xE9;re &#xE9;s lehet&#x151;s&#xE9;geire. Ez&#xE9;rt a jelen kor adotts&#xE1;gain &#xE9;s lehet&#x151;s&#xE9;gein val&#xF3; gondolkod&#xE1;s teljesen term&#xE9;szetes sz&#xE1;munkra.</p><p><strong>Az &#xE9;letm&#xF3;dunk &#xE9;s a munkav&#xE9;gz&#xE9;s&#xFC;nk dr&#xE1;maian megv&#xE1;ltozott. Hogyan reag&#xE1;l a Thonet az &#xFA;j &#xE9;letst&#xED;lusokra &#x2013; p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;ul a t&#xE1;vmunk&#xE1;ra, a kisebb terekre vagy a hibrid k&#xF6;rnyezetekre?</strong><br>Term&#xE9;keink hibrid jellege alapvet&#x151; r&#xE9;sze identit&#xE1;suknak. M&#xE1;s sz&#xF3;val: &#xFA;gy tervezz&#xFC;k &#x151;ket, hogy k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nb&#xF6;z&#x151; k&#xF6;rnyezetekben is meg&#xE1;llj&#xE1;k a hely&#xFC;ket, otthonosan mozogjanak lak&#xF3;- &#xE9;s k&#xF6;z&#xFC;leti terekben egyar&#xE1;nt. Emellett sok term&#xE9;k&#xFC;nk olyan korszakb&#xF3;l sz&#xE1;rmazik, amikor a technol&#xF3;giai tel&#xED;tetts&#xE9;g j&#xF3;val alacsonyabb volt. Ez azt jelenti, hogy ezek a darabok t&#xFA;l&#xE9;lt&#xE9;k azt a kort, amikor a t&#xE1;rgyaknak m&#xE9;g k&#xF6;zvetlen kapcsolatuk volt a haszn&#xE1;l&#xF3;val. P&#xE9;ld&#xE1;ul az S 285-&#xF6;s &#xED;r&#xF3;asztalt eredetileg &#xED;r&#xF3;g&#xE9;phez tervezt&#xE9;k, de ma ugyan&#xFA;gy alkalmas laptophoz vagy iPadhez is.</p><p><strong>A Thonet b&#xFA;torai nem csup&#xE1;n haszn&#xE1;lati t&#xE1;rgyak, hanem kultur&#xE1;lis ikonok is. Hogyan gondoskodnak arr&#xF3;l, hogy a m&#xE1;rka tov&#xE1;bbra is megsz&#xF3;l&#xED;tsa a fiatalabb gener&#xE1;ci&#xF3;kat?</strong><br>Ez nem kiz&#xE1;r&#xF3;lag a term&#xE9;kekr&#x151;l sz&#xF3;l, hanem a kontextusr&#xF3;l &#xE9;s a kommunik&#xE1;ci&#xF3;r&#xF3;l is. Fontos, hogy a b&#xFA;torok a mai haszn&#xE1;lathoz illeszkedjenek, j&#xF3;l &#xE9;rezz&#xE9;k magukat a mai k&#xF6;rnyezetekben, &#xE9;s a mai csatorn&#xE1;kon kereszt&#xFC;l sz&#xF3;laljanak meg.</p><p><strong>Saj&#xE1;t kreat&#xED;v vagy kultur&#xE1;lis h&#xE1;tter&#xE9;b&#x151;l milyen elemeket hozott a Thonethez? Mi vonzotta szem&#xE9;lyesen a m&#xE1;rk&#xE1;hoz?</strong><br>H&#xE1;ny olyan c&#xE9;g van, amelynek a term&#xE9;kein t&#xE9;nylegesen feln&#x151; az ember? Amikor az a megtiszteltet&#xE9;s &#xE9;rt, hogy felk&#xE9;rtek, csatlakozzak a Thonethez, term&#xE9;szetesen igent mondtam. Dolgoztam m&#xE1;r a Wilkhahn, az Avarte, a deSede &#xE9;s a Dedon sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra is, de a Thonet nekem az eur&#xF3;pai b&#xFA;torkult&#xFA;ra gy&#xF6;kereihez val&#xF3; visszat&#xE9;r&#xE9;st jelentette &#x2013; egy lehet&#x151;s&#xE9;get arra, hogy a m&#xFA;ltat, a jelent &#xE9;s a j&#xF6;v&#x151;t &#xF6;sszef&#x171;zzem.</p><p><strong>A b&#xFA;torokon k&#xED;v&#xFC;l mik inspir&#xE1;lj&#xE1;k m&#xE9;g? P&#xE9;ld&#xE1;ul a m&#x171;v&#xE9;szetek, az &#xE9;p&#xED;t&#xE9;szet, a zene vagy a term&#xE9;szet?</strong><br>Igen, igen, igen &#xE9;s igen &#x2013; &#xE9;s m&#xE9;g sok minden m&#xE1;s is, p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;ul az irodalom vagy egy j&#xF3; besz&#xE9;lget&#xE9;s.</p><p><strong>Hogyan marad kreat&#xED;v &#xE9;s k&#xED;v&#xE1;ncsi ennyi az ipar&#xE1;gban t&#xF6;lt&#xF6;tt &#xE9;v ut&#xE1;n?</strong><br>Szerintem a k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;st ink&#xE1;bb meg kellene ford&#xED;tani: hogyan ne maradn&#xE9;k k&#xED;v&#xE1;ncsi, amikor a vil&#xE1;g folyamatosan v&#xE1;ltozik, &#xE9;s lehet&#x151;s&#xE9;gem van mindezt a munk&#xE1;mban t&#xFC;kr&#xF6;zni?</p><p><strong>Hogyan hat&#xE1;rozn&#xE1; meg egy kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3; szerep&#xE9;t ma &#x2013; k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen egy ilyen hossz&#xFA; &#xE9;s nagy m&#xFA;lt&#xFA; v&#xE1;llalatn&#xE1;l?</strong><br>Ismerni &#xE9;s meg&#xE9;rteni a t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nelmet, leford&#xED;tani &#xE9;s a jelent, valamint a j&#xF6;v&#x151;t sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra is el&#xE9;rhet&#x151;v&#xE9; &#xE9;s relev&#xE1;nss&#xE1; tenni.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S_34_V_S_33_V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_1140_Eiche_FF_235bw-1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1333" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_S_34_V_S_33_V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_1140_Eiche_FF_235bw-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_S_34_V_S_33_V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_1140_Eiche_FF_235bw-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_S_34_V_S_33_V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_1140_Eiche_FF_235bw-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/Thonet_S_34_V_S_33_V_Cento_corn_lotus_ray_1140_Eiche_FF_235bw-1.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw-2.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="2667" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw-2.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw-2.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw-2.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/Thonet_S64V_Nussbaum_DARK_MELANGE_S1200_Eiche_LUM50_FF_406bw-2.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><p></p><h3 id="norbert-ruf">Norbert Ruf<br></h3><p><em>A n&#xE9;met sz&#xE1;rmaz&#xE1;s&#xFA; designszakember t&#xF6;bb mint h&#xFA;sz &#xE9;ve form&#xE1;lja az eur&#xF3;pai b&#xFA;torkult&#xFA;r&#xE1;t. P&#xE1;ly&#xE1;j&#xE1;t a Wilkhahn &#xE9;s az Avarte tervez&#x151;csapatain&#xE1;l kezdte, k&#xE9;s&#x151;bb a deSede &#xE9;s a Dedon m&#xE1;rk&#xE1;k kreat&#xED;v ir&#xE1;ny&#xED;t&#xF3;jak&#xE9;nt szerzett nemzetk&#xF6;zi elismer&#xE9;st. 2020 &#xF3;ta a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;ja, ahol a m&#xE1;rka k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves &#xF6;r&#xF6;ks&#xE9;g&#xE9;t kort&#xE1;rs szeml&#xE9;lettel &#xF6;tv&#xF6;zi. Sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra a design a gondolkod&#xE1;s egy m&#xF3;dja: p&#xE1;rbesz&#xE9;d m&#xFA;lt &#xE9;s jelen k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt, amelyben az innov&#xE1;ci&#xF3; sosem &#xF6;nc&#xE9;l&#xFA;, hanem mindig a haszn&#xE1;lati &#xE9;rt&#xE9;kb&#x151;l indul ki. Ruf ir&#xE1;ny&#xED;t&#xE1;sa alatt a Thonet klasszikus darabjai &#xFA;j &#xE9;rtelmet nyernek, mik&#xF6;zben a m&#xE1;rka b&#xE1;tran nyit a j&#xF6;v&#x151; fel&#xE9; &#x2013; a fenntarthat&#xF3;s&#xE1;g, a technol&#xF3;gia &#xE9;s az &#xFA;j egy&#xFC;ttm&#x171;k&#xF6;d&#xE9;sek metsz&#xE9;spontj&#xE1;n.</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-wide"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Thonet_Programm_214_A_Hatzius_Interieur_2-2.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Evol&#xFA;ci&#xF3; vagy forradalom? Egy k&#xE9;tsz&#xE1;z &#xE9;ves ikon a 21. sz&#xE1;zadban | Interj&#xFA; Norbert Ruffal, a Thonet kreat&#xED;vigazgat&#xF3;j&#xE1;val" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1507" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Thonet_Programm_214_A_Hatzius_Interieur_2-2.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Thonet_Programm_214_A_Hatzius_Interieur_2-2.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/Thonet_Programm_214_A_Hatzius_Interieur_2-2.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/Thonet_Programm_214_A_Hatzius_Interieur_2-2.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 1200px"></figure>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[„Számomra a vászon soha nem határ volt, sokkal inkább kiindulópont” | Interjú Karolina Bielawska lengyel festővel]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Karolina Bielawska fest&#x151;, a term&#xE9;szeti szimb&#xF3;lumokat &#x2013; foly&#xF3;kanyarulatokat, sarki f&#xE9;nyt, f&#x171;zf&#xE1;kat &#x2013; &#xE9;rzelmek &#xE9;s eml&#xE9;kek hordoz&#xF3;ik&#xE9;nt haszn&#xE1;lja, de a v&#xE1;rosi r&#xE9;tegek &#xE9;s</strong></p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/szamomra-a-vaszon-soha-nem-hatar-volt-sokkal-inkabb-kiindulopont-interju-karolina-bielawska-lengyel-festovel/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7ee6bb2dcc9b2780b9d1e0</guid><category><![CDATA[design]]></category><category><![CDATA[festőművészet]]></category><category><![CDATA[interjú]]></category><category><![CDATA[lengyel művészet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hype&Hyper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:00:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/03.-Features_Puro_2024.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/03.-Features_Puro_2024.jpg" alt="&#x201E;Sz&#xE1;momra a v&#xE1;szon soha nem hat&#xE1;r volt, sokkal ink&#xE1;bb kiindul&#xF3;pont&#x201D; | Interj&#xFA; Karolina Bielawska lengyel fest&#x151;vel"><p><strong>Karolina Bielawska fest&#x151;, a term&#xE9;szeti szimb&#xF3;lumokat &#x2013; foly&#xF3;kanyarulatokat, sarki f&#xE9;nyt, f&#x171;zf&#xE1;kat &#x2013; &#xE9;rzelmek &#xE9;s eml&#xE9;kek hordoz&#xF3;ik&#xE9;nt haszn&#xE1;lja, de a v&#xE1;rosi r&#xE9;tegek &#xE9;s atmoszf&#xE9;r&#xE1;k is szervesen &#xE9;p&#xFC;lnek be munk&#xE1;iba. </strong></p><p><em>Szerz&#x151;: Ih&#xE1;sz N&#xF3;ra</em></p><p>A maz&#xFA;riai t&#xE1;j, eur&#xF3;pai utaz&#xE1;sai, valamint a felmen&#x151;kt&#x151;l &#xF6;r&#xF6;k&#xF6;lt munkamor&#xE1;l &#xE9;s k&#xE9;zm&#x171;vess&#xE9;g-tisztelet mind form&#xE1;lj&#xE1;k gondolkod&#xE1;s&#xE1;t a fest&#xE9;szet idej&#xE9;r&#x151;l &#xE9;s ter&#xE9;r&#x151;l. Interj&#xFA;nkban minderr&#x151;l, a k&#xE9;k k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nb&#xF6;z&#x151; &#xE1;rnyalatainak &#xFA;jra &#xE9;s &#xFA;jra visszat&#xE9;r&#x151; jelenl&#xE9;t&#xE9;r&#x151;l, valamint a lengyel-magyar m&#x171;v&#xE9;szeti szc&#xE9;na kapcsol&#xF3;d&#xE1;si pontjair&#xF3;l besz&#xE9;lgett&#xFC;nk.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/08.-Karolina-Bielawska_portrait_2024.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201E;Sz&#xE1;momra a v&#xE1;szon soha nem hat&#xE1;r volt, sokkal ink&#xE1;bb kiindul&#xF3;pont&#x201D; | Interj&#xFA; Karolina Bielawska lengyel fest&#x151;vel" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="3000" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/08.-Karolina-Bielawska_portrait_2024.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/08.-Karolina-Bielawska_portrait_2024.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/08.-Karolina-Bielawska_portrait_2024.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/08.-Karolina-Bielawska_portrait_2024.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption>Karolina Bielawska, port&#xE9;, Charlotte &#x17B;oliborz, Warsaw, fot&#xF3;: Olga Tuz, 2024</figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/04.-Weave_Charlotte_2024jpg.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201E;Sz&#xE1;momra a v&#xE1;szon soha nem hat&#xE1;r volt, sokkal ink&#xE1;bb kiindul&#xF3;pont&#x201D; | Interj&#xFA; Karolina Bielawska lengyel fest&#x151;vel" loading="lazy" width="1900" height="1069" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/04.-Weave_Charlotte_2024jpg.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/04.-Weave_Charlotte_2024jpg.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/04.-Weave_Charlotte_2024jpg.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/04.-Weave_Charlotte_2024jpg.jpg 1900w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Karolina Bielawska, &quot;The Weave&quot;, Charlotte &#x17B;oliborz, Warsaw, fot&#xF3;: Bartosz Zalewski, 2024</em></figcaption></figure><p><strong>Vars&#xF3; l&#xFC;ktet&#x151; nagyv&#xE1;rosi k&#xF6;zege vesz k&#xF6;r&#xFC;l, mik&#xF6;zben a munk&#xE1;idban rendre visszat&#xE9;rnek a term&#xE9;szet mot&#xED;vumai: foly&#xF3;kanyarulatok, sarki f&#xE9;ny, f&#x171;zf&#xE1;k. A maz&#xFA;riai t&#xE1;j mennyire &#xE9;l tov&#xE1;bb ezekben a k&#xE9;pekben, &#xE9;s milyen term&#xE9;szeti terek inspir&#xE1;lnak ma legink&#xE1;bb?</strong><br>Maz&#xFA;ri&#xE1;ban n&#x151;ttem fel, tavak &#xE9;s erd&#x151;k k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt, ami k&#xE9;ts&#xE9;gtelen&#xFC;l form&#xE1;lta az &#xE9;rz&#xE9;kenys&#xE9;gemet, de a munk&#xE1;imban nem a gyerekkorom t&#xE1;jait jelen&#xED;tem meg egy az egyben. A term&#xE9;szeti szimb&#xF3;lumokat ink&#xE1;bb &#xE9;rzelmek &#xE9;s eml&#xE9;kek hordoz&#xF3;ik&#xE9;nt haszn&#xE1;lom. B&#xE1;r ma m&#xE1;r Vars&#xF3;ban &#xE9;lek, nem &#xE9;rzem &#xFA;gy, hogy elszakadtam volna a term&#xE9;szett&#x151;l. A saj&#xE1;t z&#xF6;ld o&#xE1;zisaim ink&#xE1;bb a v&#xE1;roson k&#xED;v&#xFC;l tal&#xE1;lhat&#xF3;k: a Kampinos Nemzeti Park, illetve a Visztula &#xE9;s a Narew foly&#xF3;k k&#xF6;rny&#xE9;ke. 2025-ben k&#xE9;sz&#xED;tettem el az els&#x151; monument&#xE1;lis szobromat, amelyet a sarki f&#xE9;ny inspir&#xE1;lt. A lengyel Zorza zenei fesztiv&#xE1;l sz&#xE1;m&#xE1;ra l&#xE9;trehozott k&#xE9;t ac&#xE9;l &#x201E;l&#xE1;ng&#x201D; az energia mozg&#xE1;s&#xE1;t &#xE9;s a f&#xE9;nyt testes&#xED;ti meg. Emellett a mindennapi rutinom is szorosan kapcsol&#xF3;dik a term&#xE9;szethez: hossz&#xFA; &#xF3;r&#xE1;kat t&#xF6;lt&#xF6;k a kuty&#xE1;mmal mez&#x151;k&#xF6;n &#xE9;s erd&#x151;kben s&#xE9;t&#xE1;lva, valamint nemr&#xE9;g elkezdtem lovagolni is.</p><p><strong>Hol &#xE9;rzed magad igaz&#xE1;n otthon? Mennyire r&#xE9;sze az &#xE9;letednek az utaz&#xE1;s, ak&#xE1;r gal&#xE9;ri&#xE1;s egy&#xFC;ttm&#x171;k&#xF6;d&#xE9;sek, ak&#xE1;r egyszer&#x171; kikapcsol&#xF3;d&#xE1;s miatt?</strong><br>B&#xE1;r Vars&#xF3; a mindennapi b&#xE1;zisom, &#xE9;s itt zajlik a m&#x171;termi &#xE9;letem, egy r&#xE9;szem mindig a maz&#xFA;riai t&#xE1;j nyitotts&#xE1;g&#xE1;ban gy&#xF6;kerezik. Ez ink&#xE1;bb egy ment&#xE1;lis &#xE1;llapot: egyfajta t&#xE9;r, ahol f&#xF3;kusz&#xE1;ltnak &#xE9;rzem magam, &#xE9;s ahol val&#xF3;ban otthon vagyok. Az utaz&#xE1;s a m&#x171;v&#xE9;szeti gyakorlatom szerves r&#xE9;sze, &#xED;gy el&#xE9;g gyakran mozgok Eur&#xF3;p&#xE1;n bel&#xFC;l. Ezek az utak &#xE1;ltal&#xE1;ban a szakmai egy&#xFC;ttm&#x171;k&#xF6;d&#xE9;sek &#xE9;s a szem&#xE9;lyes felt&#xF6;lt&#x151;d&#xE9;s ir&#xE1;nti v&#xE1;gy tal&#xE1;lkoz&#xE1;s&#xE1;b&#xF3;l sz&#xFC;letnek. Legyen sz&#xF3; pihen&#xE9;sr&#x151;l, ki&#xE1;ll&#xED;t&#xE1;sr&#xF3;l vagy gal&#xE9;riaprojektr&#x151;l, minden utaz&#xE1;st &#xFA;j tapasztalatok gy&#x171;jt&#xE9;s&#xE9;nek tekintek. Amikor kil&#xE9;pek a megszokott k&#xF6;rnyezetemb&#x151;l, lehet&#x151;s&#xE9;gem ny&#xED;lik megfigyelni m&#xE1;s v&#xE1;rosi r&#xE9;tegeket &#xE9;s atmoszf&#xE9;r&#xE1;kat, amelyek k&#xE9;s&#x151;bb visszasziv&#xE1;rognak a festm&#xE9;nyeimbe is. Sz&#xE1;momra m&#xE9;g egy r&#xF6;vid utaz&#xE1;s is egyfajta csendes kutat&#xE1;sk&#xE9;nt m&#x171;k&#xF6;dik. Mostan&#xE1;ban viszont tal&#xE1;n az ist&#xE1;ll&#xF3;ban &#xE9;rzem magam a legjobban, a lovak k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt (nevet).</p><p><strong>J&#xE1;rt&#xE1;l m&#xE1;r Magyarorsz&#xE1;gon? Hogyan l&#xE1;tod a lengyel &#xE9;s a magyar m&#x171;v&#xE9;szeti szc&#xE9;na kapcsol&#xF3;d&#xE1;sait, &#xE9;s van-e olyan magyar alkot&#xF3;, akinek a munk&#xE1;it k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen k&#xF6;zel &#xE9;rzed magadhoz?</strong><br>2021-ben j&#xE1;rtam Budapesten, a Q Contemporary megnyit&#xF3;ja alkalm&#xE1;b&#xF3;l. Bevallom, teljesen beleszerettem a Rudas F&#xFC;rd&#x151;be. Kor&#xE1;bban, 2018-ban a Glassyard Gallery egyik csoportos ki&#xE1;ll&#xED;t&#xE1;s&#xE1;n is r&#xE9;szt vettem, &#xE9;s az&#xF3;ta is rendk&#xED;v&#xFC;l fontosnak &#xE9;rzem a k&#xF6;z&#xE9;p-eur&#xF3;pai kontextust a saj&#xE1;t munk&#xE1;im szempontj&#xE1;b&#xF3;l. Nagyon er&#x151;s kapcsol&#xF3;d&#xE1;st l&#xE1;tok a lengyel &#xE9;s a magyar m&#x171;v&#xE9;szeti szc&#xE9;na k&#xF6;z&#xF6;tt &#x2013; hasonl&#xF3; posztszocialista &#xE9;rz&#xE9;kenys&#xE9;g, valamint az avantg&#xE1;rd &#xE9;s a konceptu&#xE1;lis m&#x171;v&#xE9;szet m&#xE9;ly hagyom&#xE1;nya k&#xF6;t &#xF6;ssze benn&#xFC;nket. A magyar m&#x171;v&#xE9;szek k&#xF6;z&#xFC;l m&#xE9;ly tisztelettel tekintek Maurer D&#xF3;ra munk&#xE1;ss&#xE1;g&#xE1;ra. K&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen azt csod&#xE1;lom az alkot&#xF3;i gyakorlat&#xE1;ban, ahogyan a mozg&#xE1;s, az elmozdul&#xE1;s &#xE9;s az &#xE9;rz&#xE9;kel&#xE9;s relativit&#xE1;s&#xE1;nak k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;seit rendk&#xED;v&#xFC;li fegyelemmel vizsg&#xE1;lja. Az, hogy ezeket az &#xF6;sszetett, szinte matematikai folyamatokat minimalista, m&#xE9;gis k&#xF6;lt&#x151;i vizu&#xE1;lis nyelvv&#xE9; tudja alak&#xED;tani, eg&#xE9;szen kiv&#xE9;teles. K&#xFC;l&#xF6;n inspir&#xE1;l az is, ahogyan a t&#xE9;rrel dolgozik, ez sz&#xE1;momra a v&#xE1;szon hat&#xE1;rainak &#xFA;jragondol&#xE1;s&#xE1;hoz is fontos viszony&#xED;t&#xE1;si pont. Emellett nagy rajong&#xF3;ja vagyok Keresztes Zs&#xF3;fia biomorf szobrainak is. K&#xF6;zel &#xE1;ll hozz&#xE1;m az a decentraliz&#xE1;lt, dekonstru&#xE1;lt gondolkod&#xE1;s, ahogyan a textualit&#xE1;s &#xE9;s a testis&#xE9;g k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;seit sz&#xFC;rre&#xE1;lis, hibrid l&#xE9;nyein kereszt&#xFC;l vizsg&#xE1;lja. Nagyl&#xE9;pt&#xE9;k&#x171; install&#xE1;ci&#xF3;i szinte egy&#xFC;tt &#xE9;lnek a ki&#xE1;ll&#xED;t&#xF3;t&#xE9;rrel, mintha k&#xF6;zvetlen&#xFC;l a falakb&#xF3;l n&#x151;n&#xE9;nek ki.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/02.-Interlacing_Galeria-Wschod_2025.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201E;Sz&#xE1;momra a v&#xE1;szon soha nem hat&#xE1;r volt, sokkal ink&#xE1;bb kiindul&#xF3;pont&#x201D; | Interj&#xFA; Karolina Bielawska lengyel fest&#x151;vel" loading="lazy" width="1900" height="1425" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/02.-Interlacing_Galeria-Wschod_2025.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/02.-Interlacing_Galeria-Wschod_2025.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/02.-Interlacing_Galeria-Wschod_2025.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/02.-Interlacing_Galeria-Wschod_2025.jpg 1900w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Karolina Bielawska, &quot;Interlacing&quot;, Galeria Wsch&#xF3;d, Warsaw, fot&#xF3;: Bartosz Zalewski, 2025</em></figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/01.-Aurora_Zorza_2025.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201E;Sz&#xE1;momra a v&#xE1;szon soha nem hat&#xE1;r volt, sokkal ink&#xE1;bb kiindul&#xF3;pont&#x201D; | Interj&#xFA; Karolina Bielawska lengyel fest&#x151;vel" loading="lazy" width="1425" height="1900" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/01.-Aurora_Zorza_2025.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/01.-Aurora_Zorza_2025.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/01.-Aurora_Zorza_2025.jpg 1425w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption>Karolina Bielawska, &quot;Dance of Aurora&quot;, Zorza Festival, fot&#xF3;: Bartosz Zalewski, 2025</figcaption></figure><p><strong>Egy kor&#xE1;bbi interj&#xFA;ban eml&#xED;tetted, hogy m&#xE1;r gyerekkorod &#xF3;ta a fest&#xE9;szeten kereszt&#xFC;l kommunik&#xE1;lsz, &#xE9;s m&#x171;v&#xE9;szi &#xE9;rz&#xE9;kenys&#xE9;ged term&#xE9;szetes m&#xF3;don alakult ki. Mivel foglalkoznak vagy foglalkoztak a sz&#xFC;leid, felmen&#x151;id? Van m&#xE1;s m&#x171;v&#xE9;sz a csal&#xE1;dban? Szak&#xED;tott&#xE1;l-e b&#xE1;rmilyen hagyom&#xE1;nnyal, hogy a saj&#xE1;t utadat j&#xE1;rhasd?</strong><br>A m&#x171;v&#xE9;szet val&#xF3;ban mindig is az els&#x151;dleges nyelv volt sz&#xE1;momra, ami&#xF3;ta csak vissza tudok eml&#xE9;kezni, &#xE9;s ebben a csal&#xE1;di k&#xF6;zegemnek is nagy szerepe volt, b&#xE1;r nem felt&#xE9;tlen&#xFC;l a professzion&#xE1;lis m&#x171;v&#xE9;szeten kereszt&#xFC;l. A sz&#xFC;leim nem m&#x171;v&#xE9;szek akad&#xE9;miai &#xE9;rtelemben, de rendk&#xED;v&#xFC;l er&#x151;s gyakorlati &#xE9;s eszt&#xE9;tikai &#xE9;rz&#xE9;kenys&#xE9;ggel rendelkeznek. Ami a felmen&#x151;imet illeti, nem mondan&#xE1;m, hogy b&#xE1;rmilyen hagyom&#xE1;nyt meg kellett volna szak&#xED;tanom. Ink&#xE1;bb azt &#xE9;rzem, hogy egyfajta munkamor&#xE1;lt &#xE9;s a k&#xE9;zm&#x171;vess&#xE9;g tisztelet&#xE9;t &#xF6;r&#xF6;k&#xF6;ltem. A csal&#xE1;domban mindig er&#x151;s hangs&#xFA;ly volt az &#xF6;n&#xE1;ll&#xF3;s&#xE1;gon &#xE9;s azon, hogy mindenki megtal&#xE1;lja a saj&#xE1;t &#xFA;tj&#xE1;t. Ha valamit&#x151;l elt&#xE9;rtem, az ink&#xE1;bb a r&#xE9;gi&#xF3;mra jellemz&#x151; hagyom&#xE1;nyos szakmai p&#xE1;lya volt: a bizonytalan m&#x171;v&#xE9;szi l&#xE9;t v&#xE1;laszt&#xE1;sa egy konvencion&#xE1;lisabb &#xE9;let&#xFA;t helyett. A k&#xF6;zvetlen csal&#xE1;domban nincs m&#xE1;s hivat&#xE1;sos m&#x171;v&#xE9;sz, ami bizonyos &#xE9;rtelemben m&#xE9;g t&#xF6;bb szabads&#xE1;got adott. Nem kellett senki nyomdokaiba l&#xE9;pnem vagy egy megl&#xE9;v&#x151; &#xF6;r&#xF6;ks&#xE9;ghez igazodnom; a saj&#xE1;t vizu&#xE1;lis vil&#xE1;gomat gyakorlatilag a semmib&#x151;l &#xE9;p&#xED;thettem fel.</p><p><strong>Nemcsak hagyom&#xE1;nyos v&#xE1;sznakkal &#xE9;s ki&#xE1;ll&#xED;t&#xF3;t&#xE9;rrel dolgozol: munk&#xE1;id a v&#xE1;rosi t&#xE9;rben is megjelennek, legyen sz&#xF3; a Charlotte bisztr&#xF3; ker&#xE1;mi&#xE1;ir&#xF3;l, a Puro hotel falair&#xF3;l vagy a Saska K&#x119;pa negyedben l&#xE1;that&#xF3; ac&#xE9;linstall&#xE1;ci&#xF3;dr&#xF3;l. Ahogy egy kor&#xE1;bbi interj&#xFA;ban is fogalmazt&#xE1;l, t&#xE9;ged az &#x201E;in-between&#x201D; &#xE1;llapot &#xE9;rdekel. Mely m&#xE9;diumok &#xE9;s terek foglalkoztatnak jelenleg a legink&#xE1;bb, &#xE9;s mi&#xE9;rt rezon&#xE1;l ennyire m&#xE9;lyen veled ez az &#xE1;tmenetis&#xE9;g?</strong><br>Sz&#xE1;momra a v&#xE1;szon soha nem hat&#xE1;r volt, sokkal ink&#xE1;bb kiindul&#xF3;pont. Az olyan projektek, mint a Charlotte, a Puro vagy a Saska K&#x119;pa negyedben tal&#xE1;lhat&#xF3; install&#xE1;ci&#xF3;, arra tettek k&#xED;s&#xE9;rletet, hogy a m&#x171;v&#xE9;szetet a mindennapi &#xE9;let ritmus&#xE1;ba integr&#xE1;ljam, olyasmiv&#xE9;, amivel az ember v&#xE9;letlen&#xFC;l tal&#xE1;lkozik, nem pedig kiz&#xE1;r&#xF3;lag a gal&#xE9;ri&#xE1;k steril csendj&#xE9;n kereszt&#xFC;l. Az elm&#xFA;lt &#xE9;vekben k&#xFC;l&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen az ipari &#xE9;s nyers m&#xE9;diumok kezdtek &#xE9;rdekelni, ahogy egyre nagyobb, &#xE9;p&#xED;t&#xE9;szeti l&#xE9;pt&#xE9;k&#x171; form&#xE1;k fel&#xE9; mozdulok, amelyek k&#xF6;zvetlen p&#xE1;rbesz&#xE9;dbe l&#xE9;pnek a k&#xF6;rnyezet&#xFC;kkel.</p><p><strong>Munk&#xE1;idban visszat&#xE9;r&#x151; elemek a k&#xE9;k k&#xFC;l&#xF6;nb&#xF6;z&#x151; &#xE1;rnyalatai. Mi&#xE9;rt vonz&#xF3;dsz ennyire ehhez a sz&#xED;nhez? Mi&#xE9;rt tartod ennyire kifejez&#x151;nek a fest&#xE9;szetben? Van-e sz&#xE1;modra fontos m&#x171;v&#xE9;szett&#xF6;rt&#xE9;neti referencia a k&#xE9;khez kapcsol&#xF3;d&#xF3;an (p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;ul az Yves Klein Blue)?</strong><br>A k&#xE9;k az a sz&#xED;n, amelyhez &#xF6;szt&#xF6;n&#xF6;sen t&#xE9;rek vissza, mintha egy visszat&#xE9;r&#x151; impulzus lenne. Sz&#xE1;momra ez a legmegfoghatatlanabb &#xE9;s legink&#xE1;bb t&#xE1;gas sz&#xED;n. A t&#xE1;vols&#xE1;got, a leveg&#x151;t &#xE9;s a vizet id&#xE9;zi, ugyanakkor egyfajta pszichol&#xF3;giai m&#xE9;lys&#xE9;get is hordoz. A fest&#xE9;szetben rendk&#xED;v&#xFC;l kifejez&#x151;nek tartom: nem csup&#xE1;n sz&#xED;n, hanem egy t&#xE9;r, amelybe bele lehet l&#xE9;pni. Ami a m&#x171;v&#xE9;szett&#xF6;rt&#xE9;netet illeti, b&#xE1;r Yves Klein k&#xE9;kje ikonikus, hozz&#xE1;m tal&#xE1;n m&#xE9;g k&#xF6;zelebb &#xE1;llnak azok a k&#xF6;ztes k&#xE9;k &#xE1;rnyalatok, amelyek folyamatosan v&#xE1;ltoznak a f&#xE9;ny &#xE9;s az anyag text&#xFA;r&#xE1;ja szerint, p&#xE9;ld&#xE1;ul amikor a bitumen s&#xF6;t&#xE9;t, neh&#xE9;z fel&#xFC;let&#xE9;vel keverednek.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/05.-Willow_NADA-Warsaw_2024.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201E;Sz&#xE1;momra a v&#xE1;szon soha nem hat&#xE1;r volt, sokkal ink&#xE1;bb kiindul&#xF3;pont&#x201D; | Interj&#xFA; Karolina Bielawska lengyel fest&#x151;vel" loading="lazy" width="1425" height="1900" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/05.-Willow_NADA-Warsaw_2024.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/05.-Willow_NADA-Warsaw_2024.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/05.-Willow_NADA-Warsaw_2024.jpg 1425w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption>Karolina Bielawska, &quot;Willow&quot;, NADA Villa Warsaw, fot&#xF3;: Bartosz Zalewski, 2024</figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/06.-Connective-Tissue_Galeria-Wschod-Gallery_2023.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201E;Sz&#xE1;momra a v&#xE1;szon soha nem hat&#xE1;r volt, sokkal ink&#xE1;bb kiindul&#xF3;pont&#x201D; | Interj&#xFA; Karolina Bielawska lengyel fest&#x151;vel" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="1800" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/06.-Connective-Tissue_Galeria-Wschod-Gallery_2023.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/06.-Connective-Tissue_Galeria-Wschod-Gallery_2023.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/06.-Connective-Tissue_Galeria-Wschod-Gallery_2023.jpg 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption>Karolina Bielawska, &quot;Connective Tissue&quot;, Galeria Wsch&#xF3;d, Warsaw, fot&#xF3;: Bartosz Zalewski, 2024</figcaption></figure><p><strong>Szerinted ma melyek a kort&#xE1;rs fest&#x151;k legnagyobb kih&#xED;v&#xE1;sai?</strong><br>Egy olyan vil&#xE1;gban &#xE9;l&#xFC;nk, amelyet a gyorsan fogy&#xF3;, pillanatnyi k&#xE9;pek tel&#xED;tenek, mik&#xF6;zben a fest&#xE9;szet term&#xE9;szet&#xE9;n&#xE9;l fogva egy eg&#xE9;szen m&#xE1;s id&#x151;t ig&#xE9;nyel: lass&#xFA;, meditat&#xED;v jelenl&#xE9;tet. Egy m&#xE1;sik jelent&#x151;s kih&#xED;v&#xE1;s a technol&#xF3;gi&#xE1;val &#xE9;s a mesters&#xE9;ges intelligenci&#xE1;val folytatott p&#xE1;rbesz&#xE9;d. Folyamatosan fel kell tenn&#xFC;nk a k&#xE9;rd&#xE9;st: mit tud adni egy fizikai festm&#xE9;ny &#x2013; text&#xFA;r&#xE1;j&#xE1;val, illat&#xE1;val, anyagi s&#xFA;ly&#xE1;val &#x2013;, amit egy digit&#xE1;lis k&#xE9;p nem k&#xE9;pes? Sz&#xE1;momra a v&#xE1;lasz a megism&#xE9;telhetetlens&#xE9;gben rejlik: az anyagok visszaford&#xED;thatatlan nyomaiban &#xE9;s abban, ahogyan kisz&#xE1;m&#xED;thatatlan m&#xF3;don reag&#xE1;lnak egym&#xE1;sra. V&#xE9;g&#xFC;l pedig ott van a m&#x171;kereskedelmi piac nyom&#xE1;sa is. A szakmai fejl&#x151;d&#xE9;s, a nemzetk&#xF6;zi egy&#xFC;ttm&#x171;k&#xF6;d&#xE9;sek &#xE9;s a saj&#xE1;t m&#x171;v&#xE9;szi intu&#xED;ci&#xF3;hoz val&#xF3; h&#x171;s&#xE9;g balansz&#xE1;nak megtal&#xE1;l&#xE1;sa &#xE1;lland&#xF3; egyens&#xFA;lykeres&#xE9;s. Arr&#xF3;l sz&#xF3;l, hogy az ipar&#xE1;g zajai ne nyomj&#xE1;k el azt a csendes, l&#xE9;nyegi munk&#xE1;t, ami a m&#x171;teremben, egyed&#xFC;l t&#xF6;rt&#xE9;nik.</p><p><strong>Mi az az eszk&#xF6;z, anyag, m&#xE9;dium vagy t&#xE9;r, amit m&#xE9;g sosem haszn&#xE1;lt&#xE1;l, de sz&#xED;vesen kipr&#xF3;b&#xE1;ln&#xE1;l? Mi&#xE9;rt?</strong><br>Nagyon szeretem a zen&#xE9;t. Ha &#xFA;j m&#xE9;diumot kellene mondanom, az a hang lenne, b&#xE1;r val&#xF3;j&#xE1;ban nem tervezek hanggal vagy zen&#xE9;vel dolgozni; ink&#xE1;bb arr&#xF3;l van sz&#xF3;, hogy m&#xE9;lyen tisztelem, amit k&#xE9;pes l&#xE9;trehozni. Hihetetlen, hogy egy dal n&#xE9;h&#xE1;ny m&#xE1;sodperc alatt teljesen m&#xE1;s t&#xE9;rbe tud helyezni, &#xE9;s azonnal nosztalgi&#xE1;t, meghatotts&#xE1;got vagy &#xF6;r&#xF6;m&#xF6;t tud kiv&#xE1;ltani. Sz&#xE1;momra a zene ereje ebben az elk&#xE9;peszt&#x151;, er&#x151;fesz&#xED;t&#xE9;s n&#xE9;lk&#xFC;li &#xE9;rzelmi kapcsol&#xF3;d&#xE1;sban rejlik, ami mindig is vonzott.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/07.-Back-to-School_Cracow_2023-1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201E;Sz&#xE1;momra a v&#xE1;szon soha nem hat&#xE1;r volt, sokkal ink&#xE1;bb kiindul&#xF3;pont&#x201D; | Interj&#xFA; Karolina Bielawska lengyel fest&#x151;vel" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="2500" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/07.-Back-to-School_Cracow_2023-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/07.-Back-to-School_Cracow_2023-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/07.-Back-to-School_Cracow_2023-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/07.-Back-to-School_Cracow_2023-1.jpg 2080w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption>Karolina Bielawska, &quot;Salto&quot;, II aJan III Sobieski ut&#xE1;n elnevezett k&#xF6;z&#xE9;piskol&#xE1;ban, Krakk&#xF3;ban, fot&#xF3;: Szymon Soko&#x142;owski, 2023</figcaption></figure><p></p><p><em>Karolina Bielawska: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/karolinibielawska/?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Instagram</a> </em><br><em>Nyit&#xF3;k&#xE9;p: Karolina Bielawska, &quot;Features&quot;, Puro Hotel Warsaw Old Town, fot&#xF3;: Szymon Soko&#x142;owski, 2024</em></p><p><br></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[“The Canvas Has Never Been a Boundary, but Rather a Starting Point” | Interview with Polish Painter Karolina Bielawska]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Painter Karolina Bielawska uses natural symbols &#x2013; river bends, the Northern Lights and willow trees &#x2013; as carriers of emotions and memories, while urban layers and atmospheres are also organically incorporated into her work.</strong></p><p><em>Author: N&#xF3;ra Ih&#xE1;sz</em></p><p>The landscape of Masuria, her travels across Europe, as</p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/the-canvas-has-never-been-a-boundary-but-rather-a-starting-point-interview-with-polish-painter-karolina-bielawska/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7eea882dcc9b2780b9d257</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><category><![CDATA[painter]]></category><category><![CDATA[polish art]]></category><category><![CDATA[interview]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hype&Hyper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:00:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/03.-Features_Puro_2024-1.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/03.-Features_Puro_2024-1.jpg" alt="&#x201C;The Canvas Has Never Been a Boundary, but Rather a Starting Point&#x201D; | Interview with Polish Painter Karolina Bielawska"><p><strong>Painter Karolina Bielawska uses natural symbols &#x2013; river bends, the Northern Lights and willow trees &#x2013; as carriers of emotions and memories, while urban layers and atmospheres are also organically incorporated into her work.</strong></p><p><em>Author: N&#xF3;ra Ih&#xE1;sz</em></p><p>The landscape of Masuria, her travels across Europe, as well as the work ethic and respect for craftsmanship inherited from her ancestors all shape her thinking about the time and space of painting. In our interview, we talked about all of this, the recurring presence of different shades of blue, and the points of connection between the Polish and Hungarian art scenes.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/08.-Karolina-Bielawska_portrait_2024-1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201C;The Canvas Has Never Been a Boundary, but Rather a Starting Point&#x201D; | Interview with Polish Painter Karolina Bielawska" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="3000" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/08.-Karolina-Bielawska_portrait_2024-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/08.-Karolina-Bielawska_portrait_2024-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/08.-Karolina-Bielawska_portrait_2024-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/08.-Karolina-Bielawska_portrait_2024-1.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption>Karolina Bielawska, portrait, Charlotte &#x17B;oliborz, Warsaw, photo: Olga Tuz, 2024</figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/04.-Weave_Charlotte_2024jpg-1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201C;The Canvas Has Never Been a Boundary, but Rather a Starting Point&#x201D; | Interview with Polish Painter Karolina Bielawska" loading="lazy" width="1900" height="1069" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/04.-Weave_Charlotte_2024jpg-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/04.-Weave_Charlotte_2024jpg-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/04.-Weave_Charlotte_2024jpg-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/04.-Weave_Charlotte_2024jpg-1.jpg 1900w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><p><strong>You are surrounded by the vibrant urban environment of Warsaw, while natural motifs regularly reappear in your work: river bends, the Northern Lights, willow trees. How much of the Masurian landscape lives on in these paintings, and what natural spaces inspire you most today?</strong><br>I grew up in Masuria, surrounded by lakes and forests, which undoubtedly shaped my sensitivity, but in my work I do not depict the landscapes of my childhood literally. Instead, I use natural symbols as carriers of emotions and memories. Although I now live in Warsaw, I do not feel that I have become disconnected from nature. My own green oases are found outside the city: Kampinos National Park, as well as the areas around the Vistula and Narew rivers. In 2025, I created my first monumental sculpture, inspired by the Northern Lights. The two steel &#x201C;flames&#x201D; created for the Polish Zorza music festival embody the movement of energy and light. My daily routine is also closely connected to nature: I spend long hours walking with my dog through fields and forests, and I have also recently started horseback riding.</p><p><strong>Where do you truly feel at home? How much of travel is part of your life, whether because of gallery collaborations or simply for leisure?</strong><br>Although Warsaw is my everyday base and the centre of my studio life, a part of me is always rooted in the openness of the Masurian landscape. It is more of a mental state: a kind of space where I feel focused and where I am truly at home. Travel is an integral part of my artistic practice, so I move around Europe quite frequently. These trips usually emerge from a meeting point between professional collaborations and the desire for personal renewal. Whether it is a holiday, an exhibition or a gallery project, I see every journey as an opportunity to gather new experiences. When I step outside my familiar surroundings, I have the chance to observe different urban layers and atmospheres, which later seep back into my paintings. For me, even a short trip functions as a kind of quiet research. These days, though, I probably feel most at home in the stable, among the horses (laughs).</p><p><strong>Have you ever been to Hungary? How do you see the connections between the Polish and Hungarian art scenes, and is there a Hungarian artist whose work you feel particularly close to?</strong><br>I visited Budapest in 2021, for the opening of Q Contemporary. I have to admit, I completely fell in love with the Rudas Baths. Earlier, in 2018, I also took part in a group exhibition at Glassyard Gallery, and since then I have continued to feel that the Central European context is extremely important to my own work. I see a very strong connection between the Polish and Hungarian art scenes &#x2013; we are united by a similar post-socialist sensibility, as well as a deep tradition of avant-garde and conceptual art. Among Hungarian artists, I have a deep respect for the work of D&#xF3;ra Maurer. What I particularly admire in her practice is the way she examines questions of movement, displacement and the relativity of perception with extraordinary discipline. Her ability to transform these complex, almost mathematical processes into a minimalist yet poetic visual language is truly exceptional. I am also particularly inspired by the way she works with space; for me, this is an important point of reference when reconsidering the boundaries of the canvas. I am also a great admirer of Zs&#xF3;fia Keresztes&#x2019;s biomorphic sculptures. I feel close to the decentralised, deconstructed way in which she explores questions of textuality and corporeality through her surreal, hybrid creatures. Her large-scale installations almost seem to live together with the exhibition space, as if they were growing directly out of the walls.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/02.-Interlacing_Galeria-Wschod_2025-1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201C;The Canvas Has Never Been a Boundary, but Rather a Starting Point&#x201D; | Interview with Polish Painter Karolina Bielawska" loading="lazy" width="1900" height="1425" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/02.-Interlacing_Galeria-Wschod_2025-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/02.-Interlacing_Galeria-Wschod_2025-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/02.-Interlacing_Galeria-Wschod_2025-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/02.-Interlacing_Galeria-Wschod_2025-1.jpg 1900w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><em>Karolina Bielawska, &quot;Interlacing&quot;, Galeria Wsch&#xF3;d, Warsaw, photo: Bartosz Zalewski, 2025</em></figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/01.-Aurora_Zorza_2025-1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201C;The Canvas Has Never Been a Boundary, but Rather a Starting Point&#x201D; | Interview with Polish Painter Karolina Bielawska" loading="lazy" width="1425" height="1900" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/01.-Aurora_Zorza_2025-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/01.-Aurora_Zorza_2025-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/01.-Aurora_Zorza_2025-1.jpg 1425w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption>Karolina Bielawska, &quot;Dance of Aurora&quot;, Zorza Festival, photo: Bartosz Zalewski, 2025</figcaption></figure><p><strong>In a previous interview, you mentioned that you have communicated through painting since childhood, and that your artistic sensitivity developed naturally. What do your parents and ancestors do or did for a living? Is there another artist in your family? Did you break with any traditions in order to follow your own path?</strong><br>Art really has always been my primary language, for as long as I can remember, and my family environment played a major role in that, although not necessarily through professional art. My parents are not artists in the academic sense, but they have an extremely strong practical and aesthetic sensibility. As for my ancestors, I would not say that I had to break with any particular tradition. Rather, I feel that I inherited a certain work ethic and a respect for craftsmanship. In my family, there has always been a strong emphasis on independence and on everyone finding their own path. If I departed from anything, it was more the traditional professional path characteristic of my region: choosing the uncertain life of an artist instead of a more conventional career. There are no other professional artists in my immediate family, which in a sense gave me even more freedom. I did not have to follow in anyone&#x2019;s footsteps or adapt to an existing legacy; I could essentially build my own visual world from scratch.</p><p><strong>You work with more than traditional canvases and exhibition spaces: your work also appears in urban spaces, whether in the ceramics of the Charlotte bistro, on the walls of the Puro hotel or in your steel installation in the Saska K&#x119;pa district. As you put it in a previous interview, you are interested in the &#x201C;in-between&#x201D; state. Which mediums and spaces are you most interested in at the moment, and why does this sense of transition resonate so deeply with you?</strong><br>For me, the canvas has never been a boundary, but rather a starting point. Projects such as Charlotte, Puro or the installation in the Saska K&#x119;pa district were attempts to integrate art into the rhythm of everyday life, into something one encounters by chance, rather than exclusively through the sterile silence of galleries. In recent years, I have become particularly interested in industrial and raw mediums, as I move towards increasingly large, architectural-scale forms that enter into a direct dialogue with their surroundings.</p><p><strong>Different shades of blue are recurring elements in your work. Why are you so drawn to this colour? Why do you find it so expressive in painting? Is there an important art-historical reference connected to blue for you, such as Yves Klein Blue?</strong><br>Blue is the colour I instinctively return to, as if it were a recurring impulse. To me, it is the most elusive and expansive colour. It evokes distance, air and water, while also carrying a kind of psychological depth. In painting, I find it extraordinarily expressive: it is not merely a colour, but a space one can step into. As for art history, although Yves Klein&#x2019;s blue is iconic, I perhaps feel even closer to those in-between shades of blue that constantly change according to light and the texture of the material, for example when they mix with the dark, heavy surface of bitumen.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/05.-Willow_NADA-Warsaw_2024-1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201C;The Canvas Has Never Been a Boundary, but Rather a Starting Point&#x201D; | Interview with Polish Painter Karolina Bielawska" loading="lazy" width="1425" height="1900" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/05.-Willow_NADA-Warsaw_2024-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/05.-Willow_NADA-Warsaw_2024-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/05.-Willow_NADA-Warsaw_2024-1.jpg 1425w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption>Karolina Bielawska, &quot;Willow&quot;, NADA Villa Warsaw, photo: Bartosz Zalewski, 2024</figcaption></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/06.-Connective-Tissue_Galeria-Wschod-Gallery_2023-1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201C;The Canvas Has Never Been a Boundary, but Rather a Starting Point&#x201D; | Interview with Polish Painter Karolina Bielawska" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="1800" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/06.-Connective-Tissue_Galeria-Wschod-Gallery_2023-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/06.-Connective-Tissue_Galeria-Wschod-Gallery_2023-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/06.-Connective-Tissue_Galeria-Wschod-Gallery_2023-1.jpg 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption>Karolina Bielawska, &quot;Connective Tissue&quot;, Galeria Wsch&#xF3;d, Warsaw, photo: Bartosz Zalewski, 2024</figcaption></figure><p><strong>In your opinion, what are the greatest challenges facing contemporary painters today?</strong><br>We live in a world saturated with rapidly consumed, fleeting images, while painting, by its very nature, requires an entirely different kind of time: a slow, meditative presence. Another significant challenge is the dialogue with technology and artificial intelligence. We constantly have to ask ourselves: what can a physical painting offer &#x2013; through its texture, smell and material weight &#x2013; that a digital image cannot? For me, the answer lies in its irreproducibility: in the irreversible traces left by materials and in the way they react to one another unpredictably. Finally, there is also the pressure of the art market. Finding a balance between professional development, international collaborations and remaining true to one&#x2019;s own artistic intuition is a constant search for equilibrium. It is about making sure that the noise of the industry does not drown out the quiet, essential work that takes place alone in the studio.</p><p><strong>What is a tool, material, medium or space that you have never used but would like to try? Why?</strong><br>I really love music. If I had to name a new medium, it would be sound, although I am not actually planning to work with sound or music; it is more that I have a deep respect for what it can create. It is incredible that a song can transport you into a completely different space within a few seconds, and instantly evoke nostalgia, emotion or joy. For me, the power of music lies in this astonishing, effortless emotional connection, which has always attracted me.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/07.-Back-to-School_Cracow_2023-1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="&#x201C;The Canvas Has Never Been a Boundary, but Rather a Starting Point&#x201D; | Interview with Polish Painter Karolina Bielawska" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="2500" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/07.-Back-to-School_Cracow_2023-1.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/07.-Back-to-School_Cracow_2023-1.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/07.-Back-to-School_Cracow_2023-1.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/07.-Back-to-School_Cracow_2023-1.jpg 2080w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption>Karolina Bielawska, &quot;Salto&quot;, II High School named after King Jan III Sobieski in Cracow, photo by Szymon Soko&#x142;owski, 2023</figcaption></figure><p></p><p><em>Karolina Bielawska: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/karolinibielawska/?ref=hypeandhyper.com">Instagram</a> </em><br><em>Opening picture: Karolina Bielawska, &quot;Features&quot;, Puro Hotel Warsaw Old Town, photo by: Szymon Soko&#x142;owski, 2024</em></p><p></p><p><br></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Objects Become Companions | IKEA’S Akanksha Deo on Design, Identity and the Art of Everyday Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Can a sculpture make you feel less alone? According to IKEA designer Akanksha Deo, the answer might be yes. Born in India and now based in Sweden, she brings together two design cultures often seen as opposites&#x2014;and questions some of design&apos;s biggest clich&#xE9;s along</strong></p>]]></description><link>https://hypeandhyper.com/when-objects-become-companions-ikeas-akanksha-deo-on-design-identity-and-the-art-of-everyday-life/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a75d3f6928b0205df21c15d</guid><category><![CDATA[design]]></category><category><![CDATA[ikea]]></category><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><category><![CDATA[interview]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éva Tomanicz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Ke-pernyo-foto--2026-08-07---14.31.10-2.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Ke-pernyo-foto--2026-08-07---14.31.10-2.png" alt="When Objects Become Companions | IKEA&#x2019;S Akanksha Deo on Design, Identity and the Art of Everyday Life"><p><strong>Can a sculpture make you feel less alone? According to IKEA designer Akanksha Deo, the answer might be yes. Born in India and now based in Sweden, she brings together two design cultures often seen as opposites&#x2014;and questions some of design&apos;s biggest clich&#xE9;s along the way.</strong></p><p>For the new KONSTRUNDA collection, IKEA invited seven creatives from different disciplines and gave them something surprisingly rare: complete artistic freedom. Among them was Akanksha Deo, who responded not with another functional object, but with a family of quirky sculptural companions. We met her at the collection&apos;s launch in Stockholm to talk about loneliness, craftsmanship, Scandinavian light&#x2014;and why simplicity is much harder than it looks.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/PH183506-2.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="When Objects Become Companions | IKEA&#x2019;S Akanksha Deo on Design, Identity and the Art of Everyday Life" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="3000" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/PH183506-2.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/PH183506-2.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/PH183506-2.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/PH183506-2.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Ke-pernyo-foto--2026-08-07---14.38.44-1.png" class="kg-image" alt="When Objects Become Companions | IKEA&#x2019;S Akanksha Deo on Design, Identity and the Art of Everyday Life" loading="lazy" width="1416" height="1380" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Ke-pernyo-foto--2026-08-07---14.38.44-1.png 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Ke-pernyo-foto--2026-08-07---14.38.44-1.png 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Ke-pernyo-foto--2026-08-07---14.38.44-1.png 1416w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><p><strong>IKEA is often associated with Scandinavian restraint, while Indian visual culture is frequently perceived as layered, expressive and rich in ornament. Did you ever feel like you were translating between two different design languages while working on IKEA projects?</strong><br>The contrast is definitely there. But I actually wouldn&apos;t describe them as two different design languages. India is layered, and certain parts of it are incredibly expressive. That&apos;s the image that often reaches the West. But if you really look at Indian design history, architecture or even fashion, you&apos;ll find something much more nuanced. Traditionally, things were often designed because of constraints and limitations rather than abundance. Communities developed ways of making careful use of resources, and that mindset is deeply embedded in the culture.<br>&#x2003;That&apos;s where I actually see a lot of overlap with Scandinavian design. Scandinavian design is often associated with restraint, but Indian traditions can be remarkably restrained too&#x2014;they&apos;re just restrained in a different way. <br>&#x2003;Personally, the bigger challenge hasn&apos;t been translating between two aesthetics. It&apos;s been figuring out where I fit between two cultures. When I moved here five years ago, I found myself constantly asking: <em>Who am I in this new context?</em> How much of my roots do I bring with me? How much should I allow myself to be shaped by this place? I&apos;m someone who reflects a lot, and that process became part of my design journey as well. To be honest, I&apos;m still figuring it out.</p><p><strong>As someone who grew up in India, what aspects of Scandinavian design felt the most foreign to you when you first encountered them?</strong><br>Light. I grew up in Delhi, where the sun is just... there. All year round. You almost take it for granted. Then I came to Scandinavia and realised how differently people think about light. Because there&apos;s so little daylight, people treat it almost poetically. There&apos;s a purpose behind every light source. It&apos;s warm, gentle, often indirect. Sometimes it comes from the floor, sometimes it&apos;s reflected off a wall. It creates an atmosphere rather than simply illuminating a room.<br>&#x2003;I grew up with fluorescent tube lights. Every room in our house had one&#x2014;the bedroom, the kitchen, the living room. And there was usually a lizard somewhere nearby. <em>(laughs)</em> That&apos;s simply what home looked like to me. Moving here completely changed the way I think about light. I realised it isn&apos;t just functional&#x2014;it&apos;s almost a material in itself. Ironically, lighting has now become the category I&apos;ve designed the most over the past four years. I love designing lighting because it&apos;s one of the most beautiful things to observe and understand. It&apos;s also one of the hardest. Sometimes a light is there so you can study. Sometimes it&apos;s there to create a mood. Sometimes it&apos;s meant to accompany a party or quietly change the atmosphere as your activities change throughout the day. It&apos;s much more than a bulb and a lampshade.</p><p><strong>Do you see yourself as bringing an outsider perspective into IKEA, or do you think the company actively seeks voices that challenge its traditional aesthetic framework?</strong><br>I definitely think IKEA is a very open and curious company. KONSTRUNDA itself is a good example. It brings together creatives from completely different backgrounds&#x2014;artists, designers, people working with fashion or carpentry&#x2014;and asks them to contribute their own perspectives.<br>&#x2003;At the same time, I&apos;m always trying to bring my own experiences into my work. My lived experiences, my culture, the things I grew up with. Sometimes that&apos;s more difficult, because not every project gives you the same amount of freedom. But with KONSTRUNDA I really had the opportunity to experiment, mix materials and build my own narrative. There were fewer limitations than usual, so it felt very natural.<br>&#x2003;Outside of projects like this, my work at IKEA is incredibly varied. I design everything from textiles and tableware to lighting, decorative objects and smaller pieces of furniture. Recently I also worked on a collection designed with children in mind&#x2014;but equally for their parents. That&apos;s one of the nice things about IKEA: you really get to design everything.</p><p><strong>Traditional crafts are often treated as something to preserve rather than something to evolve. Do you agree with that approach?</strong><br>I come from a country where craft is almost synonymous with its identity. India has extraordinary artisans and generations of knowledge that have been passed down over centuries. Preserving that is incredibly important.<br>&#x2003;But I also believe craft has to evolve if it wants to survive. Evolution is inevitable&#x2014;for people, for cultures, for movements, and for crafts as well. Many traditional crafts in India are already close to disappearing, just as they are in many other parts of the world. You can&apos;t simply put them in a frame and admire them from a distance. They have to interact with changing times. They need new voices, new contexts and new interpretations while still honouring where they came from. Otherwise they risk becoming museum objects rather than living traditions.</p><p><strong>What can contemporary designers learn from traditional Indian craft systems beyond aesthetics?</strong><br>Craft is never just about the object. It&apos;s about the stories, the histories, the people and the communities that grow around making things together. That&apos;s probably the biggest lesson contemporary designers can learn&#x2014;a sense of community. Craft has this incredible ability to connect people through shared knowledge and shared practice.<br>&#x2003;I also think we need to become much better at acknowledging the makers behind the work. Too often we celebrate the finished object but forget the people who actually created it. We should value not only the craft itself but also the people behind it and the stories they carry.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/PH197082-2.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="When Objects Become Companions | IKEA&#x2019;S Akanksha Deo on Design, Identity and the Art of Everyday Life" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="2667" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/PH197082-2.jpg 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/PH197082-2.jpg 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1600/2026/08/PH197082-2.jpg 1600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w2400/2026/08/PH197082-2.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><p><strong>There was a period when minimalism became the dominant global design language. Do you think the design world is finally becoming comfortable with complexity again?</strong><br>I would actually challenge the question. We live in a world of instant gratification, and because of that we often oversimplify ideas. I think that&apos;s exactly what happened with minimalism. Somehow we&apos;ve started associating minimalism with empty beige rooms. But that&apos;s not what minimalism is. Minimalism is a very thoughtful process of deciding what to remove. It&apos;s careful editing. And that&apos;s incredibly difficult. In fact, I wouldn&apos;t even say complexity is the opposite of minimalism. True minimalism is already complex.<br>&#x2003;The same goes for simplicity. Simplicity is one of the hardest things to achieve as a designer. If something looks effortless, chances are it really isn&apos;t. It takes an enormous amount of skill to make something feel simple.</p><p><strong>What was the starting point for the new KONSTRUNDA collection? Was there a particular story, memory or visual reference that sparked the idea?</strong><br>When Karin <em>(Gustavsson, Creative Leader of IKEA &#x2013; Editor&#x2019;s note)</em> gave me the brief, I knew almost immediately what I wanted to explore. I&apos;ve always been interested in understanding the world through design. Design helps us understand human behaviour, while art allows us to ask important questions.</p><blockquote>The question I kept coming back to was this: we&apos;re probably more connected than ever before, and yet so many of us feel lonely.</blockquote><p>I live alone, so I started thinking about companionship. Coming from India, we&apos;re very good at assigning meaning to objects. In Hindu mythology, a rock can become the centre of your world. We worship trees, rocks, nature. Ordinary things can become deeply meaningful. So I began wondering: what if an object in your home could become a companion? That&apos;s where the idea of this family came from&#x2014;a family of misfits. Before I even started designing them, I wrote a kind of manifesto describing who they were supposed to be.<br>&#x2003;Every piece has a name and a personality. One, for example, is called The Custodian. I imagined it quietly looking after your home while you&apos;re away. Not literally, of course, but perhaps holding onto the energy of the people who live there. It&apos;s a very spiritual way of thinking about objects, and I think that definitely comes from my own background. It&apos;s made from polished stainless steel, so when you approach it, you also see your own reflection. At one point I even thought, <em>maybe the guardian is actually you. (laughs)</em> I really went down the rabbit hole with these ideas. But the funny thing is, I actually don&apos;t want people to know all of this when they buy the objects. That&apos;s the beauty of art. People should be free to project their own stories onto them. Mine is only one possible interpretation.</p><p><strong>Looking back at the final pieces, what part of your own design identity do you see most clearly reflected in them?</strong><br>Probably the fact that I&apos;m an overthinker. I tend to put a lot of meaning into things. Maybe too much. <em>(laughs)</em> Sometimes it&apos;s a terrible quality because it takes so much time. But it&apos;s also who I am, so naturally it finds its way into my work. I think there&apos;s a certain introspection in these objects. At the same time, they&apos;re playful and humorous. I like that balance.</p><p><strong>What was the biggest challenge in translating your vision into products that need to work at IKEA&apos;s scale?</strong><br>Honestly? The family was much bigger. There were originally six different characters, and I had even designed a family portrait. Some of them are still sitting in my studio. The hardest part was deciding which family members had to stay behind and which three would actually make it into the collection. One of them was called Billy Bob. He had a huge belly because he&apos;d apparently had a little too much to drink. Unfortunately... Billy Bob didn&apos;t make the cut.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Ke-pernyo-foto--2026-08-07---14.39.00-1.png" class="kg-image" alt="When Objects Become Companions | IKEA&#x2019;S Akanksha Deo on Design, Identity and the Art of Everyday Life" loading="lazy" width="1058" height="1416" srcset="https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Ke-pernyo-foto--2026-08-07---14.39.00-1.png 600w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Ke-pernyo-foto--2026-08-07---14.39.00-1.png 1000w, https://hypeandhyper.com/content/images/2026/08/Ke-pernyo-foto--2026-08-07---14.39.00-1.png 1058w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"></figure><h3 id="art-for-everyday-life">Art for everyday life</h3><p><em>Can a stool be a sculpture? Can a vase become a conversation starter? And can an object simply exist to make you feel something? These are the questions behind KONSTRUNDA, IKEA&apos;s new limited-edition collection, launching globally on 1 September 2026.<br>&#x2003;Bringing together seven artists and designers from different disciplines, generations and cultural backgrounds, the collection features 22 art objects that blur the boundaries between art and everyday design. Rather than following a single aesthetic, KONSTRUNDA embraces contrasting perspectives: handblown glass, expressive ceramics, sculptural furniture, bold textiles and playful decorative objects all coexist in a collection that celebrates individuality.<br>&#x2003;Instead of asking its contributors to design functional products, IKEA handed them a blank canvas. The result is a series of deeply personal works, from Andu Masebo&apos;s sculptural chrome table and Lisa Reiser&apos;s experimental glass pieces to Lisa Hilland&apos;s reimagined pine furniture, Emanuele Stamuli&apos;s graphic monochrome objects, Akanksha Deo&apos;s family of companion-like sculptures, and the bold textile designs of Ingrid Leander and Igor Holtermann. Rather than defining what art should be, KONSTRUNDA invites people to collect pieces that resonate with them and build homes that reflect their own stories&#x2014;making art not an exclusive experience, but a natural part of everyday life.<br></em></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>