This year the theme is A.NEW and the

Festival will last for 6 days. This

is a new formula for Lodz Design

Festival. By exhibitions, lectures,

discussion panels and workshops we

will be wondering about modern

design, design from scratch, a new

design. Feel invited already!

The exhibition focuses on the

potential role of design and

designers, working with enterprises

and public institutions to transform

the experience of ageing. Against

the backdrop of radical demographic

change, a context in which growing

numbers of older people in society

will depend on and desire

innovations in design, the

exhibition brings together a range

of new approaches to the issues that

face them. We are living longer due

to significant advances in life

science, medical care, diet and

education.

Photos: the Design Museum, London

The New Old will experience ageing unlike

any of their predecessors. Nevertheless the

familiar challenges of ageing – the need to

keep people fit, active and living

independently in their own homes, rather

than in institutional care – do not go

away. But there is a vastly increased

potential to address them for the New Old

at every level, from architecture to

technology, from digital applications to

redesigning domestic appliances. This is

the aspect that the exhibition addresses in

a timely and relevant way. It sets out the

changing demographic picture in which

design sits, and showcases specially

commissioned prototype projects by leading

designers related to such areas as living,

health, communication and mobility.

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Urban Daydreaming is a wide-ranging

study of possible development solutions

for cities, a repertoire of new forms

imaginable in very different urban

situations. Much like a large, open

sketchbook, the solutions are presented

as a meander through models and films.

The immersive staging of this exhibition

aims to transport the visitor into

different scenarios; each model is like

a separate act of an urban play. A

significant number of ideas were

produced over the course of a year. From

this intense research, fourteen

proposals were selected and turned into

detailed study models.

Photos: Vitra Design Museum

These spontaneously developed

projects highlight the need to bring

natural forms back into the city:

plants, animals, water and fire. The

concept behind the majority of these

ideas is rooted in the way nature

interacts with the city. The

scenarios take into consideration

urban functions and suggest a new

direction in the relationship between

buildings, the quality of a pavement,

the positioning of a fountain, the

planting of a jungle: all these human

considerations that would make the

city a place of enchantment. Rêveries

Urbaines is an exhibition by Ronan &

Erwan Bouroullec created for and

presented by Champs Libres.Photo: Vitra Design Museum

The make me! competition is a key

event of Lodz Design Festival; it is

now one of the major international

competitions for young generation of

designers. The competition gathers

young designers from all over the

world. In 2016, we had submissions

from Spain, Netherlands, Colombia,

Ukraine, China, USA, South Korea,

Mexico, Denmark, Italy, Hungary,

United Kingdom, Austria, Norway,

Romania, Germany, Ireland, France,

Greece, Moldavia, Sweden, Slovakia,

Russia and Czechia. Among 218

submissions, the jury selected 24

projects.

Agata Kulik-Pomorska

and Paweł Pomorski

Czesława Frejlich

Jacek Ryń

Michał PiernikowskiAgnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka

must have is a contest in which we single out the best implementations by Polish

designers and manufacturers to reflect the most important trends in local design.

It is a free quality mark to be used in Poland and abroad. It was created to

spread the word about good Polish design and thus promote native businesses and

designers. This year we have awarded 75 products! Many of them will be presented

during the festival.

Dominika OlszynaZuzanna Skalska

Agnieszka Gruszczyńska-Hyc

Anna Grużewska Michał Mazur

Michał Piernikowski

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The special guest of Festival will be

Jenny B. Osuldsen from Snøhetta

studio, very well known all over the

world. The studio works around

architecture, landscape architecture,

interior design, as well as design

itself, hiring 180 employees from 30

different countries. In 1989, the

studio received the very first project

– to design the Library of Alexandria

in Egypt. This projects is one of the

best examples of modern architecture,

as well as a model approach of

Snøhetta’s architects.

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The vast relationships between different disciplines are driving force of every

project of the studio. Landscape and architecture are working together without

any division, from the very first stage. Every project is created with thinking

about a dialogue with nature, landscapes, ecology and simplicity.

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10 years later, the studio designed the National Opera in Oslo. In 2009, this

project was awarded with the prestigious award – the Mies van der Rohe. In 2004,

Snøhetta started designing and creating the World Trade Center Memorial

building, the cultural center. Every year studio is getting bigger, better known

and their projects taking people’s breath away.

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SCHEDULE

_Tuesday, 3th October, opening of the Festival – during the official opening

gala, we will award the winner of make me! 2017 with PARADYŻ AWARD 20,000 PLN

award.

_Wednesday, 4th October, New Economy – Business A.NEW – a day dedicated to

investors, entrepreneurs, and start-ups. Together, we will analyse the

economical potential of Polish design. We will be basing on the result of

various studies. We’re also planning a discussion panel dedicated to the design

for old people, connected with the presentation of a special suit – a project of

Warsaw University of Life Sciences. We also invited Beata Fabisiak (Poznan

University of Life Sciences), Agnieszka Cieśla (author of the project „At home,

despite age”), as well as Senior Apartments.

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_Thursday, 5th October, ARCHIBLOK – this day is dedicated to architects; it is a

presentation of the most interesting architecture; moderation: Filip Springer.

_Friday, 6th October, CITY ZEN – dedicated to everyone who would like to join us and

take a deep breath, relax; we’re planning workshops with Wiktoria Nowak – make me!

finalist, as well as yoga, laughter therapy, workshops about planting with Sebastian

Kulis (Roślinne porady), guided tours around the best murals in Lodz and a coffee

break with Bartek Bojarczuk.

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_Saturday, 7th October, TRENDS – during this day, along with invited partners, we

will be discussing newest trends in interior design and Michał Mazur will moderate

the panel A.NEW dedicated to circular economy, artificial intelligence, as well as

generative design; in the evening, must have gala will also take place.

_Sunday, 8th October, City space – a day dedicated to those, who are interested in

architecture in the city spaces; our special guest during this day will be the

Snøhetta studio.

Educreation. Children meet design is a

place for educational play for the

youngest visitors of Lodz Design

Festival. We organize interactive

workshops, educational walks around

exhibitions for children, as well as

exhibition dedicated to them. During

this edition of Educreation we would

like to encourage kids to experiment

with physics, chemistry and science,

as well as show them the world of

technology, 3D printing, creating

robots, and programming. We don’t

forget about the world around us,

that’s why we will educate the

youngest with basics.

Academy of Creative Development Inspiro will conduct three workshops:

„Experiments with volcanoes”, „Experiments with weather” and „Cosmic expedition”.

Every child will build its own volcano, learn more about the space and how

exactly weather works. Momakin group along with children will make a short stop-

motion animation from various, even the craziest ideas. We have also invited to

cooperate with us: LOFI Robot, for.rest, Roślinne porady, Mikstura,

Stowarzyszenie „Z Siedzibą w Warszawie”, Hulaj Dusza, Robokonstruktor. We’re sure

that every child will find something interesting.

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Along with Dawid Ryski, one of the best

Polish illustrators, we have created an

interactive mask calendar, which will tell

children a little bit more about the nature

around them. We invite every child, as well

as grown-ups, to this all year long

adventure. Dawid took care of beautiful

illustrations. LDF team wish everyone a

great year 2018, full of fascinating

meetings with animals!

Do you know how a bird’s nest is made? How many dots

does a grown ladybug have, and what do they eat for

dinner? How much food per day should a bird eat? Ewa

Solarz, a curator of this exhibition, Ewa Bochen and

Maciej Jelski from Kosmos Project, who took care of

scenography and Małgorzata Gurowska, a graphic

designer, invite you to visit the forest.

The Mobile Institute of Culture is a black, multifunctional container that traverses Europe

in order to present, as well as search, culture and creativity. This year, the exhibition

"Polish Design Island 2017" will be presented in the container. 27 designers, cooperation of

9 regions of Poland, 4 European cities, 6 thousand miles and 7 weeks of exposure is PDI's

edition of this year. Nearly 30 objects represent the idea of sustainable development,

showing different methods for designing forms, functions or meanings while minimizing the

so-called eco footprint.

This is an exclusive and unique album, created by the SLOW Foundation. Based on the album, an

exhibition has been created, so far shown in Budapest and Vienna. During Lodz Design Festival

this exhibition will be presented for the first time in Poland. It consists of 39 works of

the best, contemporary Polish illustrators. There has been no similar position for decades,

and the SLOW Foundation decided that it was time to change it.

Photos www.beslow.pl

This is a collection of interesting and beautiful objects, but with functions which are very

difficult to guess. For what exactly do they exist? What was the purpose to make them?

Mystery Things Museum is a project created by the local community. An exhibition of various

objects travels in different places, expanding their collection with new products, brought

by inhabitants of the city. Anyone can add any object. There are only three requirements: it

must be mysterious and small.

Rita Koralevics is a designer from Budapest, who founded her own brand called Paper Up! in

2013. Using paper pulp and mixing it with cement, she creates lamps, boxes, vases and bowls.

Rita will present her products to the festival's guests thanks to the cooperation between

Lodz Design Festival and the MADEINHUNGARY + MEED festival. Her products were exhibited on

the "Design without borders" exhibition in Budapest. Now, she will visit Poland.

_presentations of power speech in

various thematic areas

_debate with invited experts entitled

A.NEW

_architectural debates

_workshops for young designers and

professionals

_meetings with bloggers - Meetblogin

_events and accompanying exhibitions

in the city

_educational guided tours for children

_parties in local places

_installations in urban space

The exhibit of Industrial Design studio at Faculty of Multimedia

Communications of Tomas Bata University in Zlín called "Cucej" is

focused on the typically Czech phenomenon spa cup and the spa

surroundings in general. The whole installation is designed to

evoke the peaceful atmosphere of the spa and unique charm combined

with magnificent nature and its gifts. The health and purity of

spa are enhanced by chosen organic morphology of the exposition

and used natural materials, such as sand, water, and moss, which

the exhibited porcelain spa cups entirely naturally sounds with.

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Decorating ceramics in the ceramics factory in Boleslawiec has been continued for two

centuries and consists of applying each product with their characteristic stamping

technique. Employees superimpose the patterns, moving the toque mechanically at a specific

angle. All movements and sponge traces are counted, they have to stick to a pattern, they

are an individual gesture, together to create the rhythm of a busy factory. This work could

be done by machines, but then the products would lose their characteristic "hand made"

mark, valued by all recipients of this pottery.

The Human Trace tableware set was produced in a factory production line by workers wearing

gloves with their fingertips dipped in cobalt salts. The traces of their touch remain almost

invisible until firing, when the appear on the porcelain body, as cobalt turns dark blue. In

this way the porcelain tableware keeps the touch of workers’ hand, revealing the role of the

„human factor” in industrial manufacturing. The set has been manufactured as a part of the

project „People from the porcelain factory”, realised in one of the oldest ceramics factory

in Poland in Ćmielów. Authors of this project are Arkadiusz Szwed and Ewa Klekot.

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Livstycket is a center of design and contemporary knowledge in Tensta in Stockholm. This

place is giving a chance to learn Swedish language and culture to women who emigrated to

Sweden. The center is also helping them with increasing their self-esteem by using functional

pedagogy and theoretical education, along with sewing, embroidery and printing. Livstycket

creates patterns on textiles, which are then are used to make various products. Those

products will be presented on the exhibition during the festival thanks to cooperation with

the Embassy of Sweden.

Photo: Mikael Mini Gemoll, www.livstycket.se Photo: www.livstycket.se

Everyone is unique. Some activities are easy, some difficult. Sometimes, what comes easy,

isn’t a norm. We call that a talent. Sometimes, what’s difficult, is beyond a norm. This

can be called ‚disability’. This exhibition presents various solutions for people with

disabilities; products which are helping with taking care of those people, as well as

products designed to respond to their specific needs. This exhibition is organized by The

Swedish Institute. Its curator is Margarita Bergeldt Matiz.

Photo: www.sharingsweden.se Photo: www.sharingsweden.se

This exhibition can be sum up by only one word – dignity. To live dignity, regardless of any

disabilities, it is the right of every human, according to the UN convention of rights of

persons with disabilities. The fight for equality is not yet won. There’s a long way ahead.

But giving a chance to be noticed and heard to those who have different disabilities, is a

step forward.

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Festival Centre – Art_Inkubator is the new

space in the city center of Lodz. Apart from

the exhibition spaces, in the building are

also studios, galleries, cafe and co-working

spaces. Art_Inkubator is situated on

Tymienieckiego 3 Street.

Panorama Studio is dedicated to special

events, top class exhibition halls.

During last year jubilee edition of the

festival, we decided to expand the space

of the Festival Centre. The yard of the

Art_Inkubator will be filled again this

year by Polish and foreign brands, as

well as representants of the creative

industries from Lodz. Also, one the halls

will change into the Polish Design Island

2017 exhibition, made by MiastoHolizm

Association.