_exhibitions

The Festival exhibitions included e.g.:

• “Crush Zone”, curator: Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, artists including: Brunno Jahara, Flip Selin, Frank Willems, For Us With Love, Kompott, Kosmos Project, TAF

• “Underpressure”, curator: Oskar Zięta, artists including: Anika Engelbrecht, Bartosz Mucha, Malaflor, Oskar Zięta, PUFF-BUFF, Zanotta

• “Table Talk”, curator: Marek Cecuła

• “6:10”, artists: Bogumił Bytomski, Paweł Kaczyński, Krzysztof Roszkiewicz, Marcin Tymiński, Arek Wolski and others.

• “Most Wanted Collection For Your Home”, organizers: Moooi & Atak Design

• “Living Room”, concept & choreography: Chris Haring

• “Be Cycle & Fashion”, organizers: Anna Neneman, Caroline Saslavsky, Sylvie Burger, artists: Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Ylan Anoufa, Antik Batik, Karim Bonnet, François Duris, Marithé + François Girbaud, Elieux by Kaori Ito, Jean- Claude Jitrois, Jérome L’huillier, On Aura Tout Vu for Swarovski, Ora-ito, Kenzo Takada

• School Review: Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Academy of Humanities and Economics in Łódź, Koszalin University of Technology, University of Arts in Poznań, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art. Adn Design Halle, Holon Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Shanghai Normal University, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Universiti Teknologi Mara

_make me!

Until the 3rd edition of make me! in 2010, 243 applications were received, the final group consisted of a total of 19 projects. The jury was composed of: Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Dorota Stępniak, Gian Luca Amadei, Sławomir Kluziak, Ewa Gołębiowska, Grzegorz Piątek and Michał Stefanowski.

The winner were:

• main prize of PLN 20.000: Komar lamp – Poliszdizajn: Kamila Niedźwiedzka and Nikodem Szpunar (Poland)

• RADO award (watch worth PLN 8.000): Recto Verso – Emmanuel Gardin (Belgium)

• Rosenthal award (mugs from Karl Lagerfeld’s Ego collection): Drop – pourer for the elderly – Wiktoria Gołębiewicz (Poland)

• Noti & Balma award (internship at Noti): Moso – Magdalena Karasińska (Poland)

• Elle Decoration award (published in the magazine): Tastes of Podhale – Aleksandra Pięta & Piotr Wiśniewski (Poland)

• VOX award (internship in the development department) & domosfera.pl award (online presentation): SpaghettiMonster – Filip Wcisło & Katarzyna Bukowska-Wcisło

_events and guests:

During 4. ŁDF took place e.g.: 

• portfolio review for designers

• lecture “Brand Design, or I am a pianist in a brothel”, guest: Wojciech Mierowski (SAR)

• Remade Market 

• presentation of the book “Nervous Nap”, guest: Bogna Świątkowska

• meeting “Color, light, shadow – realism of project presentation in the CAD Decor Paradyż program”, guests: Maciej Sławek, Adam Sterczala (Ceramika Paradyż)

• Pecha Kucha Night 

• lecture “The search for national identity. The history of Polish design until 1989” – lecture as part of the “O!to design. A meeting with Polish design”, guest: Krystyna Łuczak-Surówka

• 14th National Architectural Workshops OSSA 2010 ŁÓDŹ, organizer: Eternity Group

• Fashion Week Poland (accompanying event)

_festival 

The organizer of the 4th Łódź Design Festival was Łódź Art Center. The main patron was Paradyż Group. The co-organizers of the edition were: Łódź City Hall, Łódź – European Capital of Culture 2016, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Fabryka Sztuki, Atak Design and the National Center for Culture. The sponsors of ŁDF in 2010 were: Interprint, DuPont Corian and Kinnarps. The partner of the lectures and workshops was Amica, and the festival cars were provided by Mazda. The partners included: Rado Switzerland, Vitra, Moooi, USM Modular Furniture, Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej, School of Form, Meble VOX, Translateria.pl, ARYS, Manufaktura, Noti, Balma, Rosenthal Germany, Europapier Impap, Fashion Week Poland, Novalight, Owoce i Warzywa, Diel Deco, Pan Tu Nie Stał, Galeria Arkana, Tamizo Architects Group, MooMoo, Tomek Rygalik Studio, Allmendinger, Akademia Architektury, Art. & Design Society, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Złota Nitka, Ogólnopolskie Stowarzyszenie Studentów Architekltury, Śląski Zamek Sztuki i Przedsiębiorczości w Cieszynie, Fundacja Spot, Hotel Focus, Stowarzyszenie Twórców Grafiki Użytkowej, Partner Center, Virako, Ogicom, Duo Druk, Progressivo, BroDesign, International Paper, Revelo Group, Puzzle4Peace, Pecha Kucha Night, Muzeum Etnograficzne im. Seweryna Udzieli w Krakowie, Galeria Wschodnia, Stereo Krogs, Press Service, Stowarzyszenie Komunikacji Marketingowej, Klub Twórców Reklamy, Klub Brand Design, Politechnika Łódzka – Instytut Automatyki, Artpak, Sofa, Portiernia Design Cafe, Bookoff, Centralne Muzeum Włókiennictwa, MAKAA, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Fabryka Trzciny, Łódź Kaliska, House of Sushi, Łódzka Federacja Organizacji Pozarządowych. The media patrons of the edition were: Elle Decoration, Elle, Domosfera.pl, Gazeta.pl, Gazeta Wyborcza, Take-me.pl, Digart.pl, Dobrze Mieszkaj, Dilemmas, Exklusiv, Aktivist, Forbes, Brief, Emma Pak, Weranda, Designteka.pl.