_exhibitions

The Festival exhibitions included e.g.:

• “Come on. Design is fun”, organizer: IKEA

• “Food | Design | Humanity”, curators: Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter

• “Hungry Planet”, curators: Peter Menzel, Faith D’Aluisio

• “DEEP NEED | empathy and design”, curators: Magda Kochanowska, Aga Szóstek

• “Residence, City of Gardens, City of Fences”, curators: Dorota Jędruch, Dorota Leśniak-Rychlak, Agata Wiśniewska, Michał Wiśniewska, curator of the Łódź version: Kacper Kępiński

• “OperaLab Identity Design / Design Identity – exhibition of mobile pavilion designs for the Grand Theater – National Opera | ThinkCloud”, curator: Igor Gałązkiewicz (Institute of Architecture and Design in Łódź)

• “Łódź, the infinite city: unrealized architectural projects in Łódź, 1945–89”, organizer: Owoce i Warzywa

• “Polish Red Dots”, organizer: Museum of the City of Łódź

• BiznesUp! conference, patron of the event: Grupa Paradyż

_make me! 

Until the 6th edition of make me! in 2013, 200 applications were received. The jury consisted of: Michelangelo Giombini, Dennis Dahlqvist, Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Michał Piernikowski, Tomek Rygalik and Małgorzata Żmijska and selected 20 projects for the final selection, the authors of which competed for the main prize of PLN 20.000 funded by the Patron of the Festival – Ceramika Paradyż . The winner of the competition was the Polish studio BEZA Projekt (Anna Łoskiewicz and Zofia Strumiłło-Sukiennik) for the Plastry project. The post-competition exhibition was presented at the Festival Center at Targowa 35 in Łódź.

_must have 

In 2013, the 3rd edition of the must have plebiscite took place. The Board of Experts, composed of: Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Marta Lubaszewska, Zuzanna Skalska, Ewa Solarz, Małgorzata Szczepańska and Ewa Trzcionka, awarded the must have quality mark to 66 products selected from 300 nominations. The exhibition presenting the honorees was located in the Festival Center at Targowa 35 in Łódź.

_events and guests:

During 7th ŁDF took place e.g.:

• Designer Zone: CAD Projekt K&A, Hewlett Packard, Tikkurila, Porta Drzwi – Porta Cad 3D, Murator Publishing House

• lecture “Cooper Concept – a European program on the use of copper in architecture”, guest: Kazimierz Zakrzewski (Polish Copper Promotion Center)

• lecture “Light Beyond Efficiency”, guest: Rogier van der Heide (Chief Design Officer Lighting in Philips)

• meeting “We like vintage!” – meeting and premiere of the new Clapp armchair, guest: Piotr Sarzyński, Piotr Kuchciński (Noti)

• conference “Food | Design | Humanity”, guests: Martin Hablesreiter & Sonja Stummerer, Eugenio Butelli, prof. Peter Raspor, prof. Vijai K. S. Shukla, prof. Peter Barham, Gabriele Sorgo, Beate Koller, Joanna Mroczkowska, Katarzyna Gliszczyńska, Earlwyn Covington, Marc Bretillot

• “Talk to the handle” fair – handicraft fair, organizer: Train to Łódź

• lectures “Environment for art and people”, guests: Leszek Karczewski, Klara Czerniewska, Iwo Zmyślony

• “MakerSpace” workshop – 3D printing workshop

_festival 

The organization of the 7th Łodź Design Festival was possible thanks to the support of City of Łódź, Minister of Culture and National Heritage and Łódź Voivodeship. The main patron of the festival was the Paradyż Group, and the sponsors were Interprint and DuPont Corian. Festival hotel was Hotel Tobaco. Partners of ŁDF were: Fabryka Sztuki, IKEA, Porta, Philips, Poczta Polska, HP, Tikkurila, Krono, DRE, Domino, Ton, Chors, CAD Projekt K&A, Ćmielów Design Studio, Fabryka Form, Double Tree by Hilton Łódź, Lidex, Lako, Rigello, Internity, Atak Design, Austriackie Forum Kultury, Instytut Adama Mickiewicza, Ambasada Holandii, Grupa CUKIER, British Council, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Bookoff, Instytut Słowacki, Muzeum Sztuki, Muzeum Miasta Łodzi, Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa, Meble VOX, Czeskie Centrum, Press Service, Freshmail, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Władysława Strzemińskiego w Łodzi, Dom, Medusa Group, Allmendinger, Akademia Architektury, Polskie Centrum Promocji Miedzi, Showroom Store, OFF Piotrkowska Center, ES System K, Pfleiderer.