14. ŁÓDŹ DESIGN FESTIVAL
PROGRES!
17-20.09.2020

main weekend: 17–20.09.2020
exhibitions vernissages: 1–30.09.2020

Despite unforeseen pandemic circumstances, the Łódź Design Festival wasn’t canceled and as one of the few cultural festivals in Poland and Łódź, was held on a date postponed to autumn. The formula of the event was adapted to the – the organizers set themselves the first goal of meeting the new expectations of recipients and challenges related to their safety. The most important exhibitions of the edition were shown in specially arranged containers, placed in generally accessible public spaces, and the events with guests were transferred to the Internet.

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The Festival exhibitions included e.g.:

  • “Resources 2. Slow materials”, curator: Agata Nowotny

  • “Growth”, artist: Agnieszka Bar

  • “Progress doesn’t exist”, organizer: Stowarzyszenie NÓW

  • “Dictionary of contemporary Łódź slang expressions”, curators: Adriana Michalska, Michał Piernikowski

  • “EGG”, curator: Arkadiusz Szwed 

Resources 2. Slow materials / ph. Aleksandra Pawłowska

Resources 2. Slow materials / ph. Aleksandra Pawłowska

Dictionary of contemporary Łódź slang expressions / ph. Oświecony

Progress doesn’t exist / ph. Oświecony

Progress doesn’t exist / ph. from ŁDF’s archive

EGG / ph. Oświecony

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To the 13th edition of make me! in 2020, out of 268 submitted applications, the jury composed of: Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Boaz Katz, Czesława Frejlich, Szymon Hanczar, Luca Nichetto, Agata Nowotny, Mariusz Włodarczyk, Maurizio Burrato, Jerzy Porębski and Michał Piernikowski, selected 23 projects. The finalists competed for a total prize pool of PLN 65.000 from the Łódź Design Festival, Ceramika Paradyż and Interprint. The post-competition exhibition was presented in the courtyard of the unique, post-industrial complex Monopolis. Partner of the make me! was Ceramika Paradyż.

 

The winners were:

  • make me! Paradyż Award in amount of PLN 30.000: The Green Box – Eléa Nouraud, James Dart, Lola Buades / OnMateria (France) 

  • make me! Paradyż Award in amount of PLN 20.000: Ott / Another paradigmatic ceramic – Seok-hyeon Yoon / Studio Yoon Seok-hyeon (South Korea) 

  • make me! Paradyż Award in amount of PLN 10.000 ex aequo: Anomals – Einav Ben-Asher (Israel); IGNIS –Tobias Trübenbacher (Germany); na balkon! – furniture and accessory set for urban balconies – Helena Wierzbowska, Agnieszka Cieszanowska (Poland)

  • special award from Interprint in amount of PLN 5.000: The lightness of marble – Francesca Pievani, Alice Zantedeschi / Fili Pari (Italy)

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In the jubilee, 10th edition of the plebiscite in 2020 r., the Board of Experts composed of: Anna Grużewska, Dominika Olszyna, Agnieszka Gruszczyńska-Hyc, Małgorzata Szczepańska, Areta Szpura, Magda Świć, Paweł Rafa, Maria Ostrowska, Agnieszka Polkowska, Olga Łosiak, Zbigniew Maćków, Michał Mazur, Przemo Łukasik, Iwona Ławecka-Marczewska, Zuza Dominów, Diana Nachiło, Monika Zieleniewska and Michał Piernikowski awarded 75 products out of 409 entries. The exhibition presenting the finalists of the plebiscite was held in glass containers in the Manufaktura market square in Łódź.

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During 14th ŁDF took place e.g.:

  • “Contemporary is uncertain” – WhiteMad interview with make me! finalists, host: Kamil Białas, guests: Ewelina Lekka, Mateusz Mioduszewski, Marta Wota, Marina Lewandowska, Wojciech Błaszczyk

  • debate “Faces of the New Craft”, moderated by Diana Nachiło (Biznes.meble.pl), guests: Olga Milczyńska, Katarzyna Chudyńska-Szuchnik, Alicja Patanowska, Paweł Jasiewicz

  • debate: PROGRESS!, moderated by Michał Piernikowski (director of ŁDF), guests: Joanna Jurga, Marcin Szczelina

  • presentations and discussion “Archiblok”, host: Filip Springer, guests: Ewa Maria Kuryłowicz (Kuryłowicz & Associates), Jerzy Łątka (archi-tektura.eu), Dominika Zieliska (workplace)

MATRICE_relax / ph. Aleksandra Pawłowska

ŁDF’s exhibitions / ph. z archiwum ŁDF

ŁDF’s exhibitions / ph. Aleksandra Pawłowska

Archiblok / ph. from ŁDF’s archive

Contemporary is uncertain / ph. Aleksandra Pawłowska

Workshops Edukreacja / ph. from ŁDF’s archive

debate: PROGRESS! / ph. Aleksandra Pawłowska

Personal things / ph. Aleksandra Pawłowska

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The organization of the 14th Łodź Design Festival was possible thanks to the support of Łódzkie Centrum Wydarzeń and City of Łódź. The sponsor was Interprint, among the patrons of the Festival was: Ceramika Paradyż, Mazda, Manufaktura, Porcelana Krzysztof, Monopolis, Centralne Muzeum Włókiennictwa, Miejska Galeria Sztuki in Lodz, Fabryka Sztuki in Lodz. The media patronage over the event was taken by: AMS, WhiteMAD, Zawód:Architekt, Architektura-murator, Dobre Wnętrze, M jak Mieszkanie, Homebook, Urzadzamy.pl, MAGAZIF, Architektura&Biznes.

See recorded meetings online See photo report See virtual walk around ŁDF2019