The DesignPécs program series will be held for the fifth time

As part of the Design Week Budapest event, the main events of the DesignPécs program series will be held between 3 and 7 October in the county seat of Baranya, presenting the region's outstanding creative enterprises, representatives, and art and design workshops.

Szabolcs Rabb, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pécs-Baranya, highlighted the importance of design among others at the press conference announcing the event offering programs already from Friday through a wide-ranging urban cooperation: ‘It is no longer possible to sell a brick without a designer reviewing it’.
During DesignPécs Week, technical, architectural and fine art exhibitions, fashion shows, open laboratories, seminars, trainings, workshops, fairs, forums, roundtable discussions and concerts await those interested, according to a written summary sent to MTI.
With the Chamber of Industry, the Faculty of Arts, Technology and Information Technology of the University of Pécs (PTE), the Creative Industry Cluster of Pécs and the creative industries have been organizing the event since 2014. (ZSÖK) joins with two exhibitions.
István Komor, Chief Operating Officer of ZSÖK said at the event: Organised by their institution, the exhibition entitled Supported Works in Applied Arts – NKA25 exhibition will open on Friday in the m21 Gallery of the Zsolnay Quarter, followed by an exhibition in the Pécs Gallery on 28 September from the materials of the Hungarian Design Award and the Design Management Award.
Ernő Sára, head of the College of Applied Arts of the National Cultural Fund (NKA), curator of the exhibition entitled Supported Works in Applied Arts, said: Everything that the NKA continuously supports and considers important can be seen in the exhibition space of the Baranya County Headquarters. Among others, they show the works of interior designers, jewellery and plastic designers – he listed the sights.
According to the written information, the Chamber of Industry and the Office of the Enterprise Europe Network in Pécs are organizing an international business meeting entitled Open4Business 2018 which provides an excellent opportunity for DesignPécs participants to explore and develop domestic and international cooperations with entrepreneurs from 16 countries.
From 3 to 7 October, the DesignPécs Entrepreneurs' Exhibition will be held in Nana Bistro, presenting the design products and concepts of companies operating in the region. Between September 28 and October 2, IV. At the Pécs Value Exhibition and Fair, artisanal products, creations and services of value-creating small and medium-sized enterprises and producers will be presented in a shopping centre in Pécs.
The Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies of the University of Pécs is organizing a free conference and festival entitled "Art of Ageing" between 3 and 7 October in Pécs. From 3 to 24 October, you can see an exhibition in the Nádor Gallery entitled "Pécs is the gateway to your future" - Exhibition and interactive 3D demonstration on the developments of the Modern Cities program at the University of Pécs.