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Artist Duo | Draga & Aurel
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Artist Duo | Draga & Aurel

Coming from completely different worlds, their paths crossed to be the perfect complements to each other. Draga Obradovic started her career in the fashion industry, while her partner and fellow artist Aurel K. Basedow excelled in fine art. Their two backgrounds eventually merged and they founded their design studio Draga&
Variations on wool: the Wool project
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Variations on wool: the Wool project

Every year in Hungary, several tonnes of wool, the by-product of lamb sheering are wasted: the aim of the Wool project is to show an alternative way of using this highly valuable material. The special feature of the experimental textile, made from a mixture of waste wool and bioplastic, is
The designer who uses wheatgrass instead of yarn to weave | Anett Papp’s NATURING objects
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The designer who uses wheatgrass instead of yarn to weave | Anett Papp’s NATURING objects

We’ve heard about textile designers a lot, but not so much about people growing (!) textiles. Like many in her profession, Anett Papp started out as a traditional textile designer, but in the focus of her PhD research, she put a project where nature takes over the textile’s place
Harmony of manufacturers and designers, the way the Czech do it | IHOR
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Harmony of manufacturers and designers, the way the Czech do it | IHOR

The Czech designer duo of Sára Matysová and Ihor Sabadosh teams up with local manufacturers and family businesses to create their sleek interior design objects. They debuted at the 2020 Designblok under the brand name IHOR: at the event, their collection came in first in the category of “Best Home
„As if I was reading a diary” | Balázs Viola
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„As if I was reading a diary” | Balázs Viola

Contiguous, yet somehow unusual use of space and perspectives mixed with pastel or loud colors. If you know your way around the patterns of iconic Hungarian brands, these sometimes precise, other times funny or conceptual and characteristic drawings will for sure ring some bells for you. We interviewed textile designer
A visit to Apol Temesi’s workshop
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A visit to Apol Temesi’s workshop

For those familiar with contemporary textile design, the name of Apol Temesi surely rings a bell. Recipient of the climate innovation award, among others, the designer invites the audience to visit her workshop and participate in an informal discussion in the framework of the Open Studios program of this year’
Weaving workshop in Vandor Studio
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Weaving workshop in Vandor Studio

The story of Vandor Studio is a story of perseverance. While working full time, Krisztina Vándor started developing her inventory of tools in an effort to open her own weaving workshop sometime in the future. In her studio launched this year in Kapitány utca, she welcomes those who are willing
Moholy Design Grant X HYPE | Zsófia Lévai
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Moholy Design Grant X HYPE | Zsófia Lévai

In 2019, eight young designers and design theorists could participate in the six-month Moholy-Nagy László Design Grant, managed by the Hungarian Design Council and financed by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office and the Ministry of Human Capacities. In the course of the program, the grantees could implement their self-developed projects
Eszter Kain | Mood-lifting box bags
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Eszter Kain | Mood-lifting box bags

Joyful pastel spring colors and geometric lines. Eszter Kain creates container-box like bags resembling wooden building blocks that can serve as outstanding accessories to both our attires and homes. In the field of textile design, Eszter is primarily intrigued by working with leather and designing accessories. She came across the