The Budapest Design Week program series can be followed from the phone

The Budapest Design Week programme series will also be available from the phone, including short films by Hungarian designers, a series of articles about accessible studios and videos presenting design solutions to the coronavirus situation between 1 and 11 October.

The Budapest Design Week programme series will be presented in hybrid form this year, with a significant part of the programmes taking place online, the organisers of the event told MTI on Monday. One of the main platforms of the event will be the renewed website of the festival, where from now on constantly updated content awaits the audience interested in design.
The theme of the 17th edition is circular economy. The festival will start again this year with the award of the Hungarian Design Award and the Design Management Award on 1 October, and the works of the winners can be viewed at an online exhibition.
The backbone of the programs is the self-developed online content. A series of videos will showcase businesses and initiatives where the circular economy plays a strategic role, as well as the creative industry solutions created by the pandemic. In addition to face shields made with a 3D printer, the short films also showcase a number of community design initiatives, such as the cookbook of gastroblogger Zsófia Mautner and graphic designer Viktória Hitka Kantin Karantén, or the simulation board game Histheory.
In the Open Studios program, in line with the hybrid concept, the workshops, in addition to their own online or offline programs, give an insight into their everyday lives in a series of pictures available on the website. This year, the workshop secrets of Petra Földi, the founder of the THERAINCOAT eco-conscious raincoat brand, or Balázs Botos, known for his humorous and cheerful ceramics, will be presented to those interested. The latest collection of Touch Me Not can be viewed in the Prezent shop, but designers Bilau Dea and András Sáhó will also make an online workshop visit.
The online exhibition No Off! design in circularity explores the potential of the circular economy model: presents Hungarian projects that are committed to following the circular model, using partially or fully renewable resources, so that they can even ensure waste-free production by keeping scarce resources in a continuous cycle. In addition to the presentation of large-scale enterprises with manufacturing units, R&D-focused or urban projects, individual projects and brands of designers and design studios will also be shown at the exhibition. The exhibition of János Vásárhelyi furniture designer, one of the most prominent designers in the history of Hungarian furniture production, including chair production, entitled 75 years – 75 chairs, will also be available in the virtual space.
Between the 8th and 10th of October, the Hungarian Fashion & Design Agency, as a professional partner of Budapest Design Week, organizes a series of programs called 360 Design Budapest, which awaits the visitors with online and offline exhibitions, virtual tours and guided tours. The Budapest Design Map will also be updated online; A series of articles will also be produced about the shops appearing on the map.
The designhet.hu interface offers an ever-expanding range of programs. In addition to the self-organized programs, visitors can also learn about the events hosted by Budapest Design Week, but also running as the official program of the event.