_exhibitions

The Festival exhibitions included e.g.:

• “New Old – designing for us in the future”, curators: Helen Hamlyn, Jeremy Myerson, organizer: Design Museum in London

• “Urban Dreams” – curators: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, organizer: Vitra Design Museum

• “The Mobile Institute of Culture presents Polish Design Island 2017”, curator: Agata Kiedrowicz

• “People from the porcelain factory”, curators: Ewa Klekot, Arkadiusz Szwed

• “Design without barriers”, curator: Margarita Bergfeldt Matiz, organizers: Swedish Institute, Embassy of Sweden

• “Kilims from Poland – presentation of the first collection of fabrics from the Tartaruga studio”, artists: Wiktoria Podolec, Jadzia Lenart

• “City and Forest”, curator: Ewa Solarz, organizers: ŁDF, “Wolf” Open Design Cluster, Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola

_make me! 

To the 10th edition of make me! in 2017, 178 applications were received. The jury was composed of: Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Czesława Frejlich, Jacek Ryń, Agata Kulik-Pomorska and Paweł Pomorski (Malafor), Michał Piernikowski. 19 finalists were selected, who competed for a total prize pool of PLN 35.000 from the Patron of the Festival – Ceramika Paradyż, sponsor of ŁDF, Interprint and Łódź Design Festival. The post-competition exhibition was presented at the Festival Center in Art_Inkubator in Fabryka Sztuki in Łódź.

The winners were:

• make me! Paradyż Award in amount of PLN 20.000: Erde Wachs Stift – Crayons out of Soil – Benno Brucksch (Germany) 

• make me! ŁDF special award in amount of PLN 10. 000: London City Trailer – Jan Libera (Poland) 

• make me! Interprint special award in amount of 5 .000 PLN: Baltica – Magdalena Kucharska / Hadaki (Poland)

_must have 

In 2017, the 7th edition of the must have plebiscite was held. The Board of Experts composed of: Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Agnieszka Gruszczyńska-Hyc, Anna Grużewska, Dominika Olszyna, Michał Mazur, Zuzanna Skalska and Michał Piernikowski awarded the must have quality mark to 75 products. The exhibition presenting the winners was held at the Festival Center in Art_Inkubator in Fabryka Sztuki in Łódź.

_events and guests:

During 16th ŁDF took place e.g.:

• lecture “Activity Based Workplace, i.e. an office for an employee of the 3:0 generation according to IKEA”, hosted: Joelle Czajkowska, Karolina Surdyk, organizer: IKEA Business Service Center

• lecture “Furniture – Poles’ shopping habits”, hosted: Martin Czyrnia (B+R Studio Analizy Rynek Meblarskiego), organizer: Wydawnictwo Meble.pl

• presentations and discussion “Archiblok”, hosted Filip Springer, guests: Grupa Centrala, HS99, Ultra Archi-tects, Ugo Architecture, WWAA

• lecture “Social Gardens”, hosted Witold Szwedkowski

• power speeche as part of the “Trendy” block, guests: Ewa Mierzejewska (Home & Interior), Zuzanna Mikołajczyk (Mikomax Smart Office), Joanna Real-Studzińska and Beata Kwiatkowska (Make Home Easier), Maurizio Burrato (Interprint), Artur Śleziak (Chors ), Joanna Gralewska (.mdd), Malgorzata Bernady (VOX)

• discussion “RENEW: conversations about trends”, hosted: Michał Mazur (Trendnomad.com), guests: Maciej Nisztuk (In Silico), Przemysław Sokołowski (Autodesk), Grzegorz Łyskawiński (VOX), Agata Czachórska (IKEA), Izabela Cierlik (Pure Air Zone), Adam Pastuszka (EcoLife)

_festival 

The organization of the 11th Łodź Design Festival was possible thanks to the support of Łódzkie Centrum Wydarzeń and City of Łódź. ŁDF was co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. The patron of the Festival was Ceramika Paradyż, and sponsors: AkzoNobel and Interprint. Main partner of 11. ŁDF was IKEA. The other partners included: Art_Inkubator w Fabryce Sztuki, Centralne Muzeum Włókiennictwa w Łodzi, RADO, Mazda, Porta, ITA – Italian Trade Agency / ICE – Agencja Promocji i Internacjonalizacji Przedsiębiorstw Włoskich, Sekcja Promocji Handlu Ambasady Republiki Włoskiej, Alessi, Empik, Kartell, Lako, Furniko, Chors, .mdd, Mikomax, SSS Siedle, CAD Projekt K&A, Gatta, Inteligentny Budynek, VectorWorks, Porcelana Kristoff, Bookoff, Barlinek Institute of Design, United. The media patronage over the event was taken by: BIZNES meble.pl, Architektura&Biznes, Design Alive, Czas na Wnętrze, Dom & Wnętrze, Cztery Kąty, Bryla.pl, Dobre Wnętrze, Urzadzamy.pl, M jak Mieszkanie.