Budapest Design Week will be back in October

Exhibitions, conference discussions, guided tours, studio visits and architectural walks reflecting on the theme of architecture and design await the visitors of Budapest Design Week between 7 and 16 October in Budapest and several rural cities.

The central exhibition of Budapest Design Week will open in the Ethnographic Museum, the flagship venue of the event series, and this year it will present contemporary architectural projects and related space-forming design products and lamps under the title Spaces of Meetings – Architecture and Design, the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office told MTI on Wednesday.
The conference, which was held with the participation of leading representatives of the profession, university professors and doctoral students, is linked to the central theme of the festival on 13 October. The conference will examine the architectural and design aspects of the change of our personal meeting habits and the transformation of our community spaces in the context of social, ecological and technological impacts. This time five architects and five design studios related to architecture will be introduced in the Open Studios programme.
On 14 October, the New European Bauhaus (NEB) workshop entitled Personal Encounters awaits master students of higher education institutions in the creative industry.
A publication tailored to the needs of micro-enterprises in the creative industry, and the annual Start Up Guide Live event will explore the topic of crisis and crisis management on 12 October.
On the family day held on the first Saturday of Budapest Design Week, children can get to know what areas of our lives can be affected by design thinking through guided tours, walks and workshops.
“Those countries that can create quality living and working conditions will win the race for the jobs of the future. That is why in 2018 we set the goal that by 2030 Hungary will be in the top 5 in Europe, where it is best to live, live and work. This is the basic condition for making Hungary the knowledge centre of Central and Eastern Europe by 2030", says László György, State Secretary for Innovation and Higher Education at the Ministry of Culture and Innovation.
The Budapest Design Map, the printed publication of the Hungarian Design Council, will be published this year again with the most important design locations of the capital, marking galleries, museums, showrooms, workshops and shops, as well as exciting events and attractions for those interested in design. The map-based program recommendation will be available at the central venue of the festival and at the program points announced by the partners.
In addition to the capital, Budapest Design Week offers professional programs, family days, children's workshops, guided tours, architectural walks and design fairs in Pécs, Sopron and Szombathely.
In accordance with tradition, the Hungarian Design Award and the Design Management Award will be presented at the opening night of the BDW on 6 October. The exhibition presenting the prize-winners and the outstanding entries will be open to the public in parallel with the central exhibition at the Museum of Ethnography.
The central venue of the series of events organized by the Hungarian Design Council is the new building of the Museum of Ethnography and is financed by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office.