OPEN CALL GHOST PROJECT 2017: THE NEW NOMADS

OPEN CALL Ghost Project 2017: THE NEW NOMADS / POZIV za Ghost Project 2017 NOVI NOMADI

MIKSER FESTIVAL 2017 OPEN CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION “GHOST PROJECT 2017: THE NEW NOMADS” / POZIV ZA MEĐUNARODNI DIZAJN KONKURS MIKSER FESTIVALA 

Mikser invites interested young designers all over the world to apply for the competition to participate in the "Ghost Project 2017: The new nomads" exhibition, within the  upcoming Mikser Festival Talent Zone exhibition. The theme of this year's festival of talents in the field of industrial design are more intense global movements of people and design responses to the rapid changes in lifestyle on this movement. The competition is open until 27 April for designers from all over the world, under the age of 35 / Mikser organizacija poziva zainteresovane mlade dizajnere iz celog sveta da se prijave na konkurs za učešće na izložbi “Ghost Project 2017: Novi nomadi” u okviru talent zone predstojećeg Mikser festivala. Tema ovogodišnje smotre talenata iz oblasti industrijskog dizajna su sve intenzivnija globalna kretanja ljudi i dizajnerski odgovori na brze promene načina života u pokretu. Konkurs je otvoren do 27. aprila za dizajnere iz celog sveta mlađe od 35 godina.

ABOUT / O PROJEKTU

Ghost Project is an international platform for talents in the area of design concepts and product design. Starting as a small local exhibition of unexecuted projects in 2006, Ghost Project has grown to one of the largest regional reviews of design talents from around the world, enhancing the exchange between designers from different cultural backgrounds and giving unique insight into upcoming generation of designers who will be shaping our future. / „Ghost Project“ je međunarodna platforma za talentovane pojedince u oblasti industrijskog dizajna. Projekat je iniciran 2006. godine, kao mala lokalna izložba nerealizovanih projekata, da bi narednih godina prerasla u jednu od najvećih regionalnih smotri talenata iz oblasti dizajna, a zatim i u mesto razmene iskustava i ideja među mladim dizajnerima različitih kultura, iz svih krajeva sveta, istovremeno dajući jedinstveni uvid u nadolazeće generacije dizajnera koji će oblikovati našu budućnost.

THEME / TEMA

The Ghost Project’s slogan for the year 2017 is “THE NEW NOMADS”
Everyday commuting and transportation, intense tourist influx to global destinations, massive ecological, economic and war-instigated displacements of people across the entire continent are becoming inevitable challenges of our times. At the same time, mobility remains the ultimate ideal of creative people’s freedom and independence, inspiring visions of objects, spaces, services and technological solutions that support nomadic way of living./ Svakodnevna putovanja, intenzivni priliv turista ka svetskim turističkim destinacijama, masovna razmeštanja ljudi širom kontinenata uslovljena negativnim ekološkim i ekonomskim uslovima Ili ratnim dejstvima postaju neizbežni izazovi našeg vremena. U isto vreme mobilnost ostaje ultimativni ideal slobode i nezavisnosti, inspirišući vizije novih predmeta, prostora, usluga i tehnoloških rešenja koja podržavaju nomadski način života. i zadovoljavaju večne ljudske potrebe za slobodom i pripadanjem

Under the slogan “THE NEW NOMADS”, Ghost Project 2017 calls for young designers to share their vision on how prompt design interventions can improve lives of people on the move, be their mobility deliberate or forceful, and enable them to make a new place their home. We are looking for innovative design solutions for multifunctional domestic objects, mobile workplace units, learning tools on the move, portable street shelters, transformable public space furniture, adjustable environments, sustainable life concepts for the nomads of our times, balancing the eternal human need for freedom of movement with sense of belonging./ Pod sloganom "Novi nomadi ", Ghost Project 2017 poziva sve mlade dizajnere da svojim rešenjima doprinesu viziji o društvenoj ulozi dizajna i pokažu kako intervencije dizajnera mogu da poboljšaju život ljudi u pokretu I omoguće im da naprave novi dom, bez obzira na to da li su primorani ili to čine svojevoljno. Konkurs traga za inovativnim dizajnerskim rešenjima multifunkcionalnih predmeta koji se koriste u domaćinstvima, mobilnih radnih jedinica, sredstava učenja u pokretu, mobilnih uličnih skloništa, transformativnih javnih prostora, prilagodljivih okruženja, održivih životnih koncepcija savremenih nomada, koji zadovoljavaju večne ljudske potrebe za slobodom i pripadanjem

COMPETITION AND CRITERIA/ TAKMIČENJE I KRITERIJUMI

Design concepts, products, indoor and outdoor furniture, lighting, interior elements, everyday objects, home accessories, fashion garments, stationary, aid products, recycled materials, etc. that offer innovative yet rational solutions to challenges arising from the global and local movement of people, from work-related daily commuting, holiday-driven seasonal travels, war-instigate refugee movement, economic-driven migrations, to roaming the globe in search for knowledge and life experience / Dizajnerska rešenja, proizvodi, nameštaj za enterijer i eksterijer, rasveta, elementi enterijera, svakodnevni predmeti, kućni pribor, modne konfekcije, stacionarni, pomoći proizvodi, reciklirani materijali, itd koji nude inovativna a racionalna rešenja za izazove koji proističu iz globalnih i lokalnih migracija ljudi, kroz svakodnevnu vožnju povezanu sa radnim aktivnostima, sezonska putovanja u vezi sa odmorima, ratom podstaknute pokrete izbeglica, ekonomskih migracija, do putovanja oko sveta u potrazi za znanjem i životnim iskustvom. 

Criteria appreciated by the Jury: innovative features that enhance the quality of contemporary life; ergonomics; rational production costs; use of materials available locally; environmentally friendly production process; recycling; compact packaging for transport; significant social impact./ Kriterijumi koji će biti procenjivani od strane žirija: inovativna rešenja koja poboljšavaju kvalitet savremenog života; ergonomija; racionalni troškovi proizvodnje; korišćenje materijala dostupnih na lokalnom nivou; ekološki proces proizvodnje; reciklaža; kompaktno pakovanje za transport; značajan društveni uticaj 

INTERNATIONAL JURY / MEĐUNARODNI ŽIRI

Manuel Polanco, Basurama - Spain

Nikola Radeljkovic, Numen / ForUse  - Croatia

Cvetka Pozar, Museum of Architecture and Design – Slovenia

Jelena Mijanovic, Co-Design - Sweden

Jesper Koefoed-Melson,  GivrRum - Denmark

Jelena Matic, Faculty of Forestry University of Belgrade – Serbia

Maja Lalic, Mikser Festival – Serbia 

GENERAL TERMS / OSNOVNI USLOVI 
Competition is open to all persons aged 35 years and younger, from all over the world.
Applicants may be individuals or groups of creators. Each applicant may submit more than one entry. When submitting online applications, applicants may submit concepts, sketches and 3d images, but if selected for the exhibition, they must provide functional prototypes of the winning designs. / Konkurs je otvoren za sva lica starosti 35 godina i mlađa, iz celog sveta. Kandidati mogu biti pojedinci ili grupe stvaralaca. Svaki podnosilac zahteva može da podnese više od jednog konkursnog projekta. Prilikom podnošenja online aplikacije, kandidati mogu da podnesu ideje, skice i 3D prikaze, ali ukoliko budu izabrani za izložbu, moraju obezbediti funkcionalne prototipove nagrađenih projekata.

DEADLINES AND PROJECT SUBMISSION / ROKOVI I PREDAJA PROJEKATA
The competition is open till 27 April 2017. Applicants are able to register and submit their projects by filling in the online application at ghost.mikser.rs until 27 April 2017 at midnight. The jury will announce the winners whose projects will be featured in the Ghost Project 2017 Exhibition on 1 May 2017. The Ghost Project exhibition takes place from 25 – 28 May 2017 within the Mikser Festival in Belgrade, Serbia. The Mikser Festival Awards Ceremony will be held on the last day of the Ghost Project exhibition at the Mikser Festival 2017, 28 May in the evening. / Konkurs je otvoren do 27 aprila 2017. Kandidati mogu da se registruju i podnesu svoje projekte popunjavanjem online aplikacije na ghost.mikser.rs do 27. aprila 2017. u ponoć. Žiri će objaviti dobitnike čiji projekti će biti predstavljeni na izložbi Ghost Project 2017 1. maja 2017. Izložba se održava od 25.do 28. maja 2017 u okviru Mikser festivala u Beogradu, Mikserova ceremonija dodela nagrada će se održati poslednjeg dana izložbe Ghost Project 2017 na Mikser festivalu odnosno 28. maja uveče.

AWARDS / NAGRADE
Participation in Mikser Festival 2017 / Učešće na Mikser Festivalu 2017 u okviru:

• Ghost Project Exhibition / Izložbe "Ghost Project"
• Design Marathon / Dizajn maratona
• Creative Workshops / Kreativnih radionica
• Mikser Awards Ceremony / Ceremonije dodele nagrada Mikser Festivala

Winners of the Competition will become participants of the Mikser Festival 2017, Southeast Europe's largest regional festival of creativity and innovation taking place in Silos of Žitomlin mill in Belgrade’s first industrial zone in Lower Dorćol, from 25-28 June, 2017 / Pobednici takmičenja će biti učesnici Mikser Festivala 2017. godine, najvećeg regionalnog festivala kreativnosti i inovacija u jugoistočnoj Evropi, koji će se održati na prostoru Žitomlin silosi, u prvoj beogradskoj industrijskoj zoni na Donjem Dorćolu, od 25-28 juna 2017 .

The award includes:/ Nagrada uključuje

• Participation in the central talent exhibition of Mikser Festival - Ghost Project 2017 / Učešće u centralnoj izložbi talenata na Mikser festivalu - Ghost Project 2017;
• Participation in public presentation of the winner’s work at the international Design Marathon – Portfolio reviews with mentors from the design field; / Učešće u javnoj prezentaciji radova pobednika na Međunarodnog dizajn maratona - pregled portfolija sa mentorima iz oblasti dizajna;
• Active participation in one of the festival Creative workshops* run by mentors who are renown international professionals coming from various fields of creative disciplines; / Aktivno učešće u jednoj od kreativnih radionica Festivala * vode mentori koji su ugledni međunarodni stručnjaci koji dolaze iz različitih kreativnih oblasti i disciplina;
• International Jury made of respectful professionals, guests of the Mikser Festival, will award the best projects with special recognitions in several product categories which will be announced at the Mikser Awards Ceremony, on the last day of the festival, 28th May, while all participants of the Ghost Project exhibition “The New Nomads” will receive the participation certificate./ Međunarodni žiri sačinjen od uglednih stručnjaka, gostiju Mikser festivala, nagradiće najbolje projekte posebnim priznanjima u nekoliko kategorija proizvoda, koji će biti objavljeni na ceremoniji Mikser nagrada, poslednjeg dana festivala, 28. maja, dok je svim učesnicima Ghost Project izložbe "The New Nomads" obezbeđen sertifikat o učešću.
• Recipients of the Mikser Award who are coming from the Balkans will be able to join the second round of the Young Balkan Designers Competition 2017 and pitch their ideas to five respectable furniture manufactures based in the Balkans./ Primaoci Mikser nagrade koja dolaze sa Balkana će biti u mogućnosti da se pridruže drugom krugu takmičenja Mladi Balkanski Dizajneri 2017. i predstave svoje ideje predstavnicima pet uglednih kompanija za proizvodnju nameštaja na Balkanu.
• All participants of the Ghost Project 2017 exhibition will have free access to public sessions of the festival programs and free access to all music performances*/ Svi učesnici Ghost Project 2017 izložbe će imati slobodan pristup javnim sesijama festivalskih programa i slobodan pristup svim muzičkim sadržajima *.

*Detailed program of workshops, lectures, exhibitions and concerts of the Mikser Festival will be announced at the beginning of May 2017 / * Detaljan program radionica, predavanja, izložbi i koncerata u Mikser festivala biće objavljen početkom maja 2017

IMPORTANT NOTES / VAŽNE NAPOMENE

By submitting this application, designers commit - if selected to participate in the Ghost Project 2017 exhibition – to produce and personally bring prototypes to Mikser Festival in Belgrade at their own expense, to take active participation in the Mikser workshops and presentations, to bring their prototypes to the festival venue on 24 May 2017, and remove them from the festival venue on 29 May 2017, carefully following instructions which will be sent out to each winner by the Organizer after the announcement of the competition results. / Podnošenjem ove aplikacije, dizajneri su saglasni – ukoliko budu izabrani da učestvuju u izložbi Ghost Project 2017 – da će napraviti i lično doneti prototip na Mikser Festival u Beogradu o svom trošku, uzeli aktivno učešće u Mikser radionicama i prezentacijama, i doneti svoje prototipove na festivalski događaj 24. maja 2017. godine, i ukloniti ih iz festivalskog dešavanja 29. maja 2017. godine, pažljivo prateći uputstva koja će biti poslata svakom pobedniku od strane Organizatora, nakon objavljivanja rezultata konkursa.

MIKSER will exhibit the winning entries during Mikser Festival, from 25-28 May 2017. Upon the announcement of the competition results, the Organizer will contact the laureates to provide them with the official invitation letter to accompany their prototypes during the transportation, detailed instructions on time and place of prototypes delivery and pick-up, information for affordable accommodation in Belgrade, as well as the festival program of lectures and workshops that winning designers are obliged to attend. / MIKSER će izlagati pobedničke projekte tokom Mikser festivala, od 25-28 maja 2017. Nakon objavljivanja rezultata konkursa, organizator će kontaktirati laureate da im obezbedi zvanično pozivno pismo da pprati njihove prototipove tokom transporta, sa detaljnim uputstvima o vremenu i mestu isporuke i podizanja prototipova, informacije o pristupačnom smeštaju u Beogradu, kao i festivalski program predavanja i radionica na kojima su dizajneri, koji su pobedili, obavezni obavezni da prisustvuju.

The decisions of the jury are final. Any claims arising in relation to the authorship of the design or of possible plagiarism thereof, will be the responsibility of the designer. In the event of non-fulfillment of any of the rules herein, the design submitted will be excluded from the Competition. / Odluke žirija su konačne. Svi zahtevi koji proisteknu iz autorstvo dizajna ili njihovih mogućih plagiranja, biće u odgovornosti dizajnera. U slučaju neispunjavanja bilo koje od pravila ovde navedenih, dizajnersko rešenje koje je predato na konkurs će biti isključeno iz takmičenja.

INFO & INQUIRIES / INFO I PITANJA
Ratko Rakin, ratko@mikser.rs +381638473765
Maja Cvetković, maja.cvetkovic@mikser.rs, +38163215518
ghostproject@mikser.rs

MAIN ORGANIZERS
Balkan Design Network
www.balkandesignnetwork.org

Mikser Association
www.mikser.rs
www.facebook.com/mikser.belgrade
www.instagram.com/mikserbeograd

CO-ORGANIZERS
Croatian Design Association
www.dizajn.hr

Public Room Skopje
www.publicroom.org

APPLICATION FORM:
http://ghost.mikser.rs/​

MIKSER DESIGN MARKET | Back to the Industrial Design

MIKSER DESIGN MARKET | Back to the Industrial Design 
/April 17th, 2016, Mikser House/

OPUS - Wood Line Studio

PROTOS - Wood Line Studio

OPUS - Wood Line Studio

Mikser Design Market: Back to the Future, is back to its roots! - exhibition on April 17th fully responded to "restoration of old flame" - the love to Industrial Design. Beside the well known features, designers have introduced brand new products, as well as trends of the profession./ Aprilski Mikser Design market, uz parolu "Povratak u budućnost" obeležio je povratak korenima! Izložba održana 17. aprila u potpunosti je odgovorila najavi za obnovu "starog plamena" - ljubavi prema industrijskom dizajnu. Pored već poznatih, dizajneri su predstavili i nove proizvode, time nagovestili i moguće pravce razvoja industrijskog dizajna.

Special guests of the exhibition were students and graduates of Technology Management and Design of Furniture and Wood Products - TMD (University of Belgrade-Faculty of Forestry), as well as successful participants of Young Balkan Designers competition / Posebno mesto na izložbi imali su studenti i diplomci odseka Tehnologije, menadžment i projektovanje nameštaja i proizvoda od drveta (Šumarskog fakulteta u Beogradu), kao i uspešni učesnici konkursa Mladi Balkanski Dizajneri

See the full gallery at Mikser page  / Pogledajte ceo album na stranici Mikser-a

NODE - Milica Dejanović

KA Klupa - Jelena M Matić / Foto: Aleksandar Jakonić

NODE - Milica Dejanović / Foto Jelena M Matić

CITY BOX - Jelena M Matić / Foto: Aleksandar Jakonić

YOUNG BALKAN DESIGNERS 2016>New Analogue

OTVOREN REGIONALNI KONKURS ZA MLADE DIZAJNERE:

YOUNG BALKAN DESIGNERS 2016

Balkanska dizajn mreža koju su osnovali organizacija Mikser, Hrvatsko dizajnersko društvo i Public Room iz Skoplja, raspisuju šesti po redu regionalni dizajn konkurs „Young Balkan Designers“ (Mladi balkanski dizajneri) za 2016. godinu, pod sloganom „Novo analogno“.Konkurs je otvoren od 10. februara do 10. aprila 2016. godine, za sve članove BDN mreže do 35 godina starosti iz Albanije, Austrije, Bosne i Hercegovine, Bugarske, Hrvatske, Grčke, Mađarske, Makedonije, Crne Gore, Rumunuje, Slovenije, Srbije i Turske. 

YBD 2015 u Kelnu FOTO Vojkan Gostiljac

BDN ove godine najavljuje nadogradnju Young Balkan Designers konkursa, pa će u 2016. godini dizajnerima biti upućena dva otvorena poziva. U prvom, dizajneri se pozivaju da istraže svoje neposredno okruženje promišljajući „Novo analogno“, dok će drugi poziv, težeći da učvrsti vezu između dizajna i proizvodnje, implementirati ideje istražene u prvoj fazi putempet brifova od strane pet različitih regionalnih kompanija i proizvođača. Takođe, nakon predstavljanja „Novih analognih“ ideja na Mikser Festivalu, žiri će odabrati pet do deset autora koji će ostvariti pravo direktnog učešća u drugoj fazi.

YBD 2015 u Beču

Slogan YBD 2016 „Novo analogno“ poziva na kreiranje dizajn projekata – proizvoda, koncepta, scenarija, usluga – koji vraćajuručnu izradu u proces proizvodnje i dizajna, direktno ih uvezujući sa materijalima, zanatima i tehnikama koje nam nudi balkanska kultura. YBD 2016 konkurs želi da istraži načine na koje Balkan kao društvo može da aktivira i afirmiše vrednosti sopstvenih kulturnih dobara i doprinese globalnoj raspravi o dehumanizaciji procesa proizvodnje, nastaloj kao posledica kapitalističkog modela i digitalne produkcije koji zanemaruju ljudski faktor, to jest čoveka, njegovu ličnost, emocionalni sklop i ideale ka kojima teži. Od dizajnera se traži da razmisle o humanizaciji procesa proizvodnje, kao i o načinima implementacije lokalnih veština i zanata u savremeni dizajn, sa fokusom na direktno i neposredno uključivanje lokalne zajednice u proces rešavanja problema i proizvodnje, nasuprot njihovom fiktivnom uključivanju putem društvenih mreža.

Stručni žiri u sastavu: Konstantin Grčić (industrijski dizajner), Tomislav Knezović (Prostoria), Zoran Jedrejčić (industrijski dizajner), Jelena Matić (profesorka na Univerzitetu u Beogradu) i Nikola Radeljković (Numen/ForUse) će 19. aprila proglasiti širi izbor radova koji  će biti izložen u okviru talent zone Mikser festivala 2016, koji se od 8. do 12. juna održava u beogradskoj četvrti Savamala. Nakon Mikser festivala, 10 najboljih projekata po izboru stručnog žirija biće deo putujuće izložbe koja će gostovati na istaknutim regionalnim dizajn festivalima.

YBD 2015 na Mikser Festivalu

Konkurs je otvoren do 10. aprila 2016, a prijave se vrše popunjavanjem formulara koji se nalazi na ovom linku, gde se nalaze i svi detalji konkursa, rokovi, nagrade i uslovi za prijavljivanje. Važna napomena: svi aplikanti ili grupe autora koje se prijavljuju na konkurs moraju biti članovi Balkanske dizajn mreže. Učlanjenje je besplatno i vrši se popunjavanjem formulara koji se nalazi na ovom linku.

Organizator projekta:
Balkanska dizajn mreža (Balkan Design Netwotk), inovativna platform osnovana od strane Hrvatskog Dizajnerskog Društva iz Zagreba, Public Rooma izSkoplja i Mikser organizacije iz Beograda, sa ciljem pružanja strateške podške razvoju i promociji balkanskog dizajna, kako u regiji, tako i na evropskoj i međunarodnoj sceni. 

www.balkandesignnetwork.org

Za sve informacije:
ybd@balkandesignnetwork.org
www.balkandesignnetwork.org

Projekat je podržan od strane Evropske unije, program Kreativna Evropa i sufinansiran od strane Ministarstava kulture Republike Srbije, Hrvatske i Makedonije.

BELGRADE Furniture Fair NOW | The New Wave & Students Added Value

BELGRADE Furniture Fair NOW | The New Wave & Students Added Value

Photo: Designed.rs /click for article in Serbian/

NODE Milica Dejanović 

BELGRADE Furniture Fair NOW 2015 finally marked its creative turn-point, with grand opening on Tuesday, and long before - under art direction of industrial designer Zoran Jedrejčić, and fresh visual branding of Peter Gregson design studio from Novi Sad, spreading through the capitol. / BEOGRADSKI Sajam nameštaja SADA 2015 konačno je obeležio svoj kreativni zaokret, svečanim otvaranjem u utorak, ali i mnogo pre toga - pod vođstvom novog umetničkog direktora, industrijskog dizajnera Zorana Jedrejčića, i svežim vizuelnim rešenjem studija Peter Gregson iz Novog Sada, koji se uspešno proširio prestonicom.

The great design exhibition, presented through eight representative spaces (Halls 1, 1A, 2, 3, 3A, 4), got filled with tasty furniture concepts (gallery) along with supporting wood industry Fair of Woodworking Machinery, Tools and Production Materials (Halls 5 and 11), B2B Business portal and the Accompanying program with lectures and presentations. / Velika izložba dizajna, predstavljena u osam representativnih oblasti (hale 1, 1A,2, 3, 3A, 4), ispunjenih ukusnim, rešenjima u oblasti nameštaja (galerija), uz upotpunjujući 53. Međunarodni sajam mašina, alata i repromaterijala iz oblasti drvne industrije (hale 5 i 11), B2B poslovni portal kao i zanimljiv Prateći program predavanja i prezentacija. / 300 exhibitors, 11 countries, highly representative companies followed by Ikea's first time appearance (Hall 4). And finally, the "Young Talents" section (Hall 3a), dominated by showcase of Balkan Design Network (Young Balkan Designers: Common Grounds selection), University of Belgrade's TMD - Faculty of Forestry, Drvo-Art technical school, Design School, and High school of Art and Design, all from Belgrade, FILUM University of Kragujevac, private schools and a number of highly talented independent young authors - students/professionals, all offering up-to-date trendy and functional products, quality concepts for a promising cooperation with the industry / 300 izlagača, 11 zemalja, važne domaće i inostrane firme, uz premijerno predstavljanje kompanije IKEA (hala 4). Konačno, IZLOŽBA TALENATA (hala 3a), uz markantne postavke Balkanske dizajn mreže (Mladi Balkanski Dizajneri: pobednička selekcija konkursa "Zajedničko tlo"), Odseka za tehnologije, menadžment i projektovanje nameštaja i proizvoda od drveta -TMP Šumarskog fakulteta u Beogradu, Tehničke škole Drvo-Art, Škole za Dizajn, Visoke škole likovnih i primenjenih umetnosti strukovnih studija, iz Beograda, Fakulteta FILUM Univerziteta u Kragujevcu, privatnih škola, kao i samostalnih mladih i talentovanih autora - studenata/profesionalaca, uz ponudu funkcionalnog nameštaja, svežih i modernih linija, kvalitetnih ideja koji ozbiljno obećavaju i nagoveštavaju saradnju sa industrijom./

TMD Students: Now as WOOD LINE DESIGN STUDIO / With OPUS, OPSIS, PROTOS, TERCA

Among them, as added value of University of Belgrade big hopes: NODE - the beautiful table/chair setting of independent emerging artist/m.arch Milica Dejanović (TMD student and last year's Ghost Project winner), and as well OPUS, OPSIS, PROTOS, TERCA, new and originally branded collection of furniture by talented team of Uroš Janković/Vukašin Grubić, (TMD students, this year's Ghost Project winners), now as independent authors & founders of promising Wood Line Design Studio (Hall 3-Shamlica showroom) / Među njima, kako dodata vrednost mladih nada sa Univerziteta u Beogradu: NODE - originalna samostalna postavka seta stola/stolice, studentkinje odseka TMP, m.arh Milice Dejanović (nagrađena autorka Gost Project-a 2014), kao i nova i originalno brendirana postavka nameštaja OPUS, OPSIS, PROTOS, TERCA, talentovanog tima autora Uroš Janković/Vukašin Grubić (nagrađeni autori Ghost Project-a 2015), sada kao osnivači Wood Line Design Studija (hala 3, Shamlica izložbeni štand)

Main sponsorship of the event Forma Ideale / Generalni sponzor događaja je Forma Ideale
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Young Balkan Designers Competition

Open call for regional design competition:

YOUNG BALKAN DESIGNERS 2015 - “COMMON GROUNDS”

http://balkandesignnetwork.org/ybdopencall2015 (English)

http://house.mikser.rs/sr/vesti/vesti/696/young-balkan-designers-2015 (Serbian)

  

Heritage in contemporary, inclusive usage has come to mean anything, created in the past, that helps us, collectively or individually, to understand the present and create a (better) future. It is a fluid and living concept, and always in the process of being created.

— Matthew Taylor and Clare Devaney

About

Young Balkan Designers (YBD) is a regional talent platform founded in 2011 with the aim to identify, promote and develop creative potential of the Balkan region, in the field of product design. The initiative also aims at unifying regional design scene, bringing it closer to the international market, strengthening its creative potential by offering additional education and practice, while at the same time contributes to the restoration of multi-cultural cooperation in the Balkan region. Calling out for activism and design advocacy, Young Balkan Designers project has gathered vital design forces throughout the region and resulted in foundation of the Balkan Design Network, an innovative platform established with the aim of articulating and providing long-term strategic support for the development and promotion of the Balkan design, both within the region and at European and international level.

Reinforced by the Balkan Design Network framework, YBD’s two-year program consists of the regional design competition(December 2014 – March, 2015), interna­tional touring exhibition of the 20 to 30 winning projects (June 2014 – November 2015),designers mobility program: travel, education seminars and practical work­shops hosted by the key regional design festivals (June 2014 – November 2015), crowned with a series of mentored residency workshops (November 2015 – February 2016) tailored for the final three winners selected by the Jury, pursued in cooperation with the leading regional manufacturers.

Competition theme: Common Grounds

Young Balkan Designers slogan for 2015 – common grounds calls for introspective view on one’s own heritage and cultural values, vernacular roots, authenticities and imperfections, and their intelligent interpretation into contemporary Balkan context.

We challenge you to think about heritage in the broadest terms, from your own personal heritage – ancestry and culture – to our collective heritage as a society, including the places we live in. In your pursuit to define what universal values lie at the intersection of common interest and passion of traditional and progressive urban population, activate the value of cultural assets in and incorporate material and imma­terial heritage in your work.

Competition subject and criteria

Design concepts, products (furniture, lighting, interior elements, everyday objects, home accessories, stationary, aid products), urban services, recycled materials, fash­ion garments, etc. that offer innovative yet rational solutions to everyday problems. Criteria appreciated by the Jury: threads of material and immaterial heritage woven into innovative features of the project that enhance the quality of contemporary com­munity life; ergonomics; rational production costs; use of materials available locally; environmentally friendly production process; significant social impact.

If selected for YBD touring exhibition, submitted projects must be executed as functional pro­totypes. Print outs of renderings and other 2D presentations can be included in the exhibition only as additional illustration of the project.

Jury

president

Konstantin Grcic, kgid, Industrial Designer (Germany)

jury members

Jan Boelen, Product Designer, Design Academy Eindhoven (nl), Z33 house for contemporary art (Belgium)

Nikola Radeljković, Product Designer, Numen / ForUse, president of Balkan Design Network (Croatia)

Jelena Matić, Furniture Designer, Professor at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade (Serbia)

Project development mentors

Nikola Radeljković, Product Designer, Numen / ForUse (Croatia)

Ivana Borovnjak, Product Designer, Director, Croatian Design Association (Croatia)

Aleksandar Velinovski, Design manager; Founder, Skopje Design Week (Macedonia)

Jelena Matić, Furniture Designer, Professor at the University of Belgrade (Serbia)

Maja Lalić, Architect; Creative Director and Founder, Mikser organization (Serbia)

General terms

The competition is open to all persons aged 35 years and younger, from the following countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey. Appli­cants may be individuals or groups of creators. Each applicant may submit more than one entry.

Deadlines

The competition is open to 28th February 2015

The jury will announce the winners of the: Competition Level 1: Selected designers for the touring exhibition young balkan designers, on 10th March 2015.

Competition Level 2: Selected designers for the residency workshops and practical training program, will be announced inOctober 2015.

Registration and project submission

Applicants will be able to register and submit their projects by filling in a Young Balkan Designers form online at www.balkandesignnetwork.com

until 28th February 2015 at 23:59.

Award / step 1: touring exhibition “young balkan designers” (20–30 winning projects)

Around ten best projects will be selected among the competition entries to participate in the Young Balkan Designers exhibition which will be on tour to all major regional design festival and selection of international design events including: Mikser Festival in Belgrade (3–7 June, 2015), D Day in Zagreb (25–29 June, 2015); One Design Week in Plovdiv (20–29 June, 2015); Skopje Design Week (September 2015); Wienna Design Week, Tirana Design Week (October, 2015); Istanbul

(November, 2015), IMM Cologne (January, 2016).

Award / step 2: young balkan designers mobility and education program (7 Designers per event)

Thanks to Balkan Design Network and the support of the Creative Europe of the Eu­ropean Commission, each of the Young Balkan Designers 2015 will be able to travel and attend educational seminars and workshops at the organizers’ expense to three design destinations during the first eight months of the project:

1) to attend the grand opening at the Mikser Festival 2015 in Belgrade,

2) visit one additional regional design festival (in Zagreb, Skopje, Plovdiv or Tirana), and

3) participate in one of the international design events (Vienna, Istanbul or Cologne).

Award / step 3: residency workshops and practical training program (3 finalist designers)

Three designers or design collectives that perform the best throughout the mobili­ty program of the YBD will be selected among exhibition participants by program mentors to win a residency in one of the host cities around the region, pursued in cooperation with the leading regional design manufacturers from Serbia, Croatia and Macedonia. Residency program simultaneously takes place in three partner cities: Belgrade, Zagreb and Skopje, it lasts three to four weeks and covers the travel and board costs for the selected designers and includes residency in a local manufacturing facility, practical training at a local design studio and the internship at the organizer’s design institution.

Important notes

By submitting this application, designers commit, if selected to participate in the Young Balkan Designers exhibition, to produce 2 identical pieces of prototypes and secure their transportation to Belgrade, Serbia by 31st May 2015, at their own ex­pense. 2 pieces of prototypes are needed due to the overlapping dates of some of the design festivals at which YBD exhibition will be presented.

Upon the announcement of the competition results in March, the Organizers will con­tact the laureates to provide them with the official invitation letter to accompany their prototypes during the transportation and the detailed information about the delivery location. After Mikser Festival in Belgrade, designers leave their prototypes with the YBD organizational team for the purpose of the touring exhibition for the duration of eight months. The return of the selected prototypes is possible upon request and the return transportation costs need to be covered by the designer.

The decisions of the Jury are final. Any claims arising in relation to the authorship of the design or of possible plagiarism thereof, will be the responsibility of the designer. In the event of non-fulfillment of any of the rules herein, or in the case of inconsisten­cy of the prototypes with the project selected by the Jury, the objects submitted will be excluded from the Competition.

Main organizer

balkan design network

hdd / Croatia / dizajn.hr

mikser / Serbia / mikser.rs

public room / Macedonia / publicroom.org

Info & Inquiries

ybd@balkandesignnetwork.com

www.balkandesignnetwork.com