Tag

budapest metropolitan university

Young Hungarian talents at the Vienna Design Week | Veszprém-Balaton 2023 x METU
architecture

Young Hungarian talents at the Vienna Design Week | Veszprém-Balaton 2023 x METU

Sustainable social and ecological solutions in a web of local and international connections—the organizers of Vienna Design Week 2022 have yet again made the triad of objects-spaces-services in social design one of their top priorities. The link between design and society can be very diverse, which is demonstrated by
Inspiring installations | Hello Wood Off-Mustra 2020
architecture

Inspiring installations | Hello Wood Off-Mustra 2020

The largest community events have been cancelled this summer, however, Budapest-based architecture studio Hello Wood [https://hellowood.eu/] considered it important to sneak some architecture into our summers. The Off-Mustra creative festival has come to an end in the Balaton Uplands. Let’s see the results! With universities switching to
Best of diploma 2020 | Part 5
design

Best of diploma 2020 | Part 5

In the last part of our series, we steer apart from applied genres a bit and turn towards autonomous works that can be interpreted more subjectively. We selected animation films and illustrative projects that even though are inspired by personal experiences can address all of us with their visual world
Best of diploma 2020 | Part 3
design

Best of diploma 2020 | Part 3

How should we relate to folk art today? Are local crafts important if we can get a good deal for practically anything at IKEA? Is it worth to focus on traditional objects, customs and cultural memorabilia we thought was long forgotten in the buzz of the 21st century? No matter
Best of diploma 2020 | Part 2
social design

Best of diploma 2020 | Part 2

Things that may seem natural to the majority of us – such as hand writing, chatting or the fact that we have a place we call home – are not available to certain communities or pose everyday difficulties for them. Designers must respond to their needs, too, without designing stigmatizing objects or
Best of diploma 2020 | Part 1
diploma

Best of diploma 2020 | Part 1

In the first part of our Best of diploma 2020 series, design experiments are in the focus – we present projects that examine our everyday objects from a new angle; their spectacular designs entail innovative technological solutions, or pinpoint new ways of interpreting the given object. Design is everywhere, may it