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The secret life of panel dwellers | Photo series by Balázs Somorjai
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The secret life of panel dwellers | Photo series by Balázs Somorjai

Dozens of antlers and bus models, IKEA furniture and granny sofas, pets and stuffed animals, guitars and a chandelier left over from Socialism—this and much more can be discovered in Balázs Somorjai’s photographs of Budapest’s panel dwellers. Panel houses (‘panelház’ or ‘panel’ is a Hungarian term for
Grey is the color - true character of the housing estates | Panel Walks Budapest
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Grey is the color - true character of the housing estates | Panel Walks Budapest

Tasting local craft beer in one of the most authentic retro markets in the suburbs of Budapest or discovering one of the city’s best Neapolitan pizzerias on a suburban street unusual for tourists, while immersing yourself in the background history of Budapest’s most exciting socialist housing estates. A
Locked in panel blocks | Michal Zahornacky
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Locked in panel blocks | Michal Zahornacky

Regular blocks in pastel tones and strange, dense compositions: Slovakian photo artist Michal Zahornacky have placed the feeling of isolation into a new dimension. Michal Zahornacky started to form an interest towards photography ten years ago, as a means of artistic self-expression: he sees it as a medium allowing him
Ilka Olajos | Panel
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Ilka Olajos | Panel

In our shared history book, panel houses are written in capital letters and are indelible—familiar to us even if they have different character traits from country to country (or even from city to city and neighborhood to neighborhood). How does a young photographer approach the subject? Where does the
Panel house aesthetics evoked by Russian designers
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Panel house aesthetics evoked by Russian designers

The Moscow-based sxema3d collective collaborated with a local knitwear factory to create panel house pattern pieces based on generative design principles. The designers selected nearly 10,000 photos of panel houses, from which artificial intelligence averaging was used to create the typical image of the panel. The collective believes that
Locked in panel blocks | Michal Zahornacky
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Locked in panel blocks | Michal Zahornacky

Regular blocks in pastel tones and strange, dense compositions: Slovakian photo artist Michal Zahornacky have placed the feeling of isolation into a new dimension. Michal Zahornacky started to form an interest towards photography ten years ago, as a means of artistic self-expression: he sees it as a medium allowing him
We visited the Újpalotai Apartment Tower | Othernity
architecture

We visited the Újpalotai Apartment Tower | Othernity

Even though we are quite saddened by the fact that the 2020 International Architecture Biennale was postponed, we for sure gained something with it: we can visit all the iconic buildings that will be in the center of attention in the Hungarian Pavilion. In the framework of the walking tours