Category: Exhibition

EXHIBITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR DESIGNERS UP TO 30 YEARS

The human ability to design solutions and combine them with aesthetics greatly impacts the quality of our lives. So it makes sense to look for new paths that design can take. These often open up through interesting ideas that emerge by disrupting the status quo in places that offer a diversity of opinion and give room for innovation.

For over thirteen years, the international Best in Design competition has allowed new talents to explore and develop these paths as part of ZlIn Design Week. This exhibition showcases the works of the finalists of the 14th edition of the competition. Individuals and teams compete in four categories: Product & Industrial Design, Fashion Design, Communication Design and Service Design.

What themes and approaches do the designers emphasize in their work? How do they see the world that surrounds us, and where might it be heading under their hands? How does the intersection of the academic ground from which they emerge with business work? The Best in Design Best of ’23 exhibition provides a space to connect apparel, visual communication, and industry solutions, products, and services. A space to meet, discuss and reflect on how contemporary design can influence our future.

 

Curators: Kitti Mayer, design theorist and Noémi Viski, design theorist, curator

In the selection of this year’s Best in Design exhibition, it is noticeable how many of the projects are leaning on digital technologies, moreover, experimenting with newer forms of it, such as neural networks and VR. No wonder why: designers have always had the task of addressing the challenge of identifying constructive uses for new technologies. On the other hand, we can also find projects which are focusing more on emotions, sensitiveness, inclusivity, traditions, and remembrance – phenomenons that bring us closer to the traditionally claimed features of being a „human”, especially in a time when the boundaries of human are constantly questioned and blurred. Best in Design Best of ’23 shows us all these aspects and even more: it effortlessly highlights and celebrates the many different ways of infusing design into our life.

 

Guided tours:

6. 5. 2023  – The opening is connected with a guided tour of the exhibition, which will be conducted by its curators Noémi Viski and Kitti Mayer.

8.5. 15:30–16:00 – Guided tour with Klárka Pelcová, manager of Best in Design

10.5. 16:00-16:30 – Guided tour with Klárka Pelcová, manager of Best in Design

EXHIBITION OF THE GLASS STUDIO AND STUDIO S+M+L_XL – METAL AND JEWEL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN BRATISLAVA

Curators: Naďa Kančevová, Patrik Illo (head of the GLASS ATELIER), Karol Weisslechner (head of the S+M+L_XL ATELIER – METAL AND JEWELRY)

Professional collaboration: Palo Macho, Milan Opálka, Kristýna Španihelová, Matúš Cepka

The exhibition will present the activities of two progressive studios of the Department of Applied Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava – the Glass studio, led by Patrik Illo, and the STUDIO S+M+L_XL – METAL AND JEWEL, led by Karol Weisslechner.

The “glass” part of the exhibition, planned in Zlín, will map the development of the VŠVU Glass studio since 2010, when it was headed by doc. M.Sc. Art. Patrick Illo. During that time, the archive of the studio has concentrated many works of students, which are not only valuable documents of the educational process in P. Ill’s concept, but especially insight into the possibilities of applying glass design and art in the contemporary world.

The studio focuses on teaching in the areas of design and liberal arts. It builds on the knowledge of glass technologies that students acquire both in school workshops, but also directly in the operations of top manufacturers in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Glass is a material tied to a centuries-old history of craft tradition, but with an open potential to currently receive and process the stimuli of contemporary art and design. The teaching program is also built in this sense – after mastering glass technologies, to direct future graduates to the design profession or liberal arts, i.e. two positions that frame the discipline of glass.

The studio S+M+L_XL – KOV A SPERK is the only one of its kind in Slovakia and belongs to the youngest studios at VŠVU. The name of the studio S+M+L_XL – METAL AND JEWELRY derives from the size designations, which express the philosophy of broad-spectrum action and the focus of teaching from small jewelry artifacts to the design of industrially realizable objects of large-scale work to specific architectural spaces. The studio in the individual teaching program provides the best conditions for the development of the student’s creative personality so that he can develop his talent and creative abilities to the full extent and later be a successful artist or designer in practice.

We cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition, which will take place on March 1, 2023 at 6 p.m.

The exhibition will be opened by curator Naďa Kančevová and heads of studios Patrik Illo and Karol Weisslechner.

We look forward to your visit!

The exhibition can be viewed from Monday to Thursday, 1 – 6 p.m. until April 20, 2023.

Guided tours will take place:

March 13, 2023 from 5 p.m.
March 30, 2023 from 5 p.m

Please accept our invitation to the exhibition called Pavel Škarka – Industrial design. The opening will take place on December 7, 2022 at 6 p.m. You will be able to visit the exhibition until February 8, 2023.

About the exhibition: 

The retrospective exhibition is dedicated to Zlin designer and educator Professor Pavel Skarka (1942–2014). It brings us closer to his work from his early studies at a detached studio of shaping machines and tools VSUP of Zdenek Kovar, where after graduation he worked as assistants and in the 1990s years he led it himself. Back then already as an Industrial Design Studio. Professor Skarka was a significant educator at FMC TBU, founder of the Industrial Design Studio and in years 2002–2005 dean of the faculty. The exhibition will present his wide range of work from the design of small items of ergonomically designed hand tools, through packaging materials, to machine designs and transport vehicles. In his work, prof. Skarka was also devoted to products for kitchen equipment, utensils and packaging design, furniture and other interior elements. We could not forget designs of various measuring devices, printing woodworking, cutting and shoemaking machines as well. He was also involved in the design of transport vehicles – his name is associated with, for example, the design of the Skoda Felicia convertible, the Dandy motorcycle or motored scooters that have won numerous awards.

Curator: Vít Jakubíček

You can visit the exhibition from Monday to Thursday, 1 – 6 p.m.

Due to great interest, the exhibition has been extended until February 16, 2023!

On the occasion of celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of TUB in Zlín prepared an exhibition presenting the most significant creative outputs, experiments and successes in the field of art and creative industries that have emerged from the studios of the Faculty of Arts over the past two decades.

On the occasion of celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of TUB in Zlín prepared an exhibition presenting the most significant creative outputs, experiments and successes in the field of art and creative industries that have emerged from the studios of the Faculty of Arts over the past two decades.

The opening of the exhibition will take place on September 20, 2022:
from 5 p.m. in the G18 gallery
from 6 pm in the Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín
from 9 p.m. videomapping on the 14|15 BAŤ INSTITUTE platform, prepared by students of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of TUB in Zlín

On an imaginary table laid in the Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of TUB in Zlín presents THE BEST OF – works by graduates from thirteen studios, which show both the unique journeys of individuals and the surprising intersections of their work. “The retrospective part of the exhibition entitled THE BEST OF shows the diversity of the faces of the individual studios of the Zlín Faculty. The creative undergrowth cultivated on the grounds of our school also includes the character of the individual exhibits, ranging from objects that could without much difficulty be modified for mass production to conceptually felt experiments that go beyond the scope of the words design or applied art,” comments the curator of the regional gallery Vit Jakubicek.

The second part of the exhibition is prepared in the university gallery G18. The exhibition FOR FUTURE, with the curatorial supervision of Helena Maňasová Hradská, presents a view into the future, viewed through recent faculty projects and themes. “Together with the heads of our studios, we selected works from the faculty workshop that attempt to respond to the expected needs of future communities and thus indicate visions of profiling creative fields. We thus come across topics such as re-evaluating the organization of the design process, researching materials in the context of the circular economy, or transferring human creativity into the virtual space as part of digitization,” explains Helena Maňasová Hradská.

Part of the accompanying program of the exhibition itself will be a guided tour of both parts of the exhibition on October 13, 2022, and a film screening of student films from the Audiovisual Studio, which the faculty and the Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín are preparing for Friday, November 11, 2022.

 

TWENTY YEARS OF FMK – THE BEST OF

🗓 20/09/2022 – 22/01/2023

Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín

Vavrečkova 7040, 760 01 Zlín

 

TWENTY YEARS OF FMK – FOR FUTURE

🗓 20/09/2022 – 11/11/2022

G18 – gallery of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of TUB in Zlín

Štefánikova 5670, 760 01 Zlín

 

A guided tour of both parts of the exhibition will take place on Thursday, October 13, 2022, starting at 5 p.m. in the Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín (Vavrečkova 7040, Zlín), after which we will move to gallery G18.

The mobile exhibition of the author’s collections of five textile and clothing designers called Tradition in design – Contemporary clothing with tradition included is a project of the Center for Folk Art Production in Slovakia.

With the aim of stimulating the creation of young clothing designers inspired by traditional craftsmanship, which is part of European culture, Center for Folk Art Production implemented the first stage of the Tradition in Design project in 2021, in which designers Marcel Holubec W., Martin Hrča, Mišena Juhász, Ľubica Poncik and Henrieta Tholt participated . Each of them created clothes and clothing accessories with their original signature, which subscribed to traditional materials or motifs. They are a noticeable return to nature and sustainability, which are also a trend in current global fashion creation. In addition to traditional textile techniques and materials, designers were also appealed to by traditional architecture – the structure of shingles, Habanski majolica or the works of important figures of Slovak culture.

In the field of clothing creation, several old crafts are combined, such as tailoring, weaving, embroidery, lacemaking, cotton-making (weaving and subsequent treatment of woolen fabric, products made of 100% sheep wool), blouse-making, hat-making, leather-making, blue-printing, frame knitting, on form, needles or crochet.

All the exhibiting authors are based on tradition in their work. Perhaps it is due to their studies, when at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava they went through the courses of several teachers whose work was connected with the Center for Folk Art Production in the past. Perhaps through their upbringing and internal foundation, which was also formed in dialogue with our past, with our roots, ancestors. Each author has a recognizable and original handwriting that determines his work, but the exhibited clothes and clothing accessories are united by an innovative link to traditional craftsmanship, traditional technologies and motifs. The common tendency of the exhibitors is also a return to the honesty of craftsmanship and respect for centuries-old values. From their work, there is a noticeable return to nature, to natural materials and sustainability, which is a prominent trend in the world today.

The exhibition was prepared by: Slovak Center for Folk Art Production in cooperation with the Faculty of Multimedia Communications, Tomas Bata University in Zlin

As the only state institution, Center for Folk Art Production is dedicated to the preservation and development of traditional crafts and folk art production in Slovakia. Since its establishment in 1945, the face of Center for Folk Art Production has been shaped by artists – designers inspired by traditional crafts and folk art production, who, in cooperation with skilled craftsmen, shift traditional shapes and patterns into a form that appeals to contemporaries.

Website: https://traditionindesign.sk/ 

The authors of the fashion photos are Mariana Tomanová and Peter Simoník.

The 5th year of the exhibition of diploma theses of students of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of the Tomáš Bata University in Zlín will take place this year in our gallery and on the outdoor panels in front of the building from 6/29 – 7/21/2022.

The Diplomas 22 exhibition will present a selection of final theses of students from 11 studios of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications. Graduate theses from films to industrial design to web applications and graphics. This is the annual exhibition of diploma thesis, this time (not only) about unique snowflakes… Solid as ice and fragile and unique, the graduates present at this exhibition their will to ensure that the temperature of their world does not rise too much, that the bridges between the grains do not disappear, that the snow cover remained a cohesive white. This year’s snowflakes will not be lost, they will sublimate – and there is always and everywhere a thirst for good ideas and creative solutions.

 

The opening of the exhibition will take place on June 29, 2022 from 6 p.m.

The exhibition will be located in gallery G18 and in the exterior in front of the faculty at the address Univerzitní 2431. You can view it until July 21, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. including weekends, the outdoor panels can be seen nonstop.

You can browse the online version of the Diplomky 22 exhibition catalog at diplomky.fmk.utb.cz.

Data visualization as a challenge of art and aesthetics

High-volume data combined with exact scientific research or industrial production has become a respected “material” of art. Their visualization through programming languages, algorithms and creative coding reveals the shapes, processes and contexts that result in a distinctive work of art. It is realized in 2D and 3D designs, dynamic and static visual parts with the possibility of interaction.

Aliaksandra Laurova

* 1991 in Brest

She graduated in mathematics and computer science at the State University in Minsk and the Digital Design Studio at FMK TBU in Zlín, and lectures at the University of Business and Law in Ostrava. She participated in the Panta Rhei symposium (Zlín / Uherské Hradiště), Art Colony Cered (Hungary). She exhibited at the Hauerova 4 Gallery at the Silesian University in Opava, and collaborated with the Independent Embassy of Belarusian Culture.

This exhibition is her graduate dissertation project.

Curator: doc. PhDr. Miroslav Zelinsky, CSc.

Graphic concept: Vasil Hatala

We invite you to the closing of the exhibition, which will take place on June 8 at 5 p.m. A lecture on the topic of high-volume data and their use in art will take place at 5 p.m. with the curator of the exhibition doc. PhDr. Miroslav Zelinsky, CSc. 

 

 

Exhibition of the works from international competition for designers up to 30 years

7. 5. – 20. 5. 2022

We have been asking more and more intensely – what will our future look like? How can we positively influence it? Zlin Design Week points to design as one of the possibilities of this search. Design as a human ability to combine functional solutions with aesthetics. We believe that it is worth supporting its future.

Best in Design, as one of the festival’s parts, takes the path of supporting the young creators who symbolize this future. It creates opportunities for making contacts, establishing friendships, collaborations, gaining inspiration and, last but not least, opportunities for presenting the work of designers and gaining financial support.

Individuals and teams compete in three categories: Product & Industrial Design, Fashion Design, Communication Design. The judges evaluate the idea, aesthetics, feasibility, use and processing of materials, overall sustainability – as well as the degree of innovation and impact of the projects.

The exhibition showcases the works that most impressed the jury in the 13th edition of the competition – whether they are finalists or designers awarded an honorable mention. They deliberately put the final projects on the same level as what came before them. In order to highlight design as a process, a way of thinking.

 

The exhibition also includes sosone handicraft furniture, which combines a traditional Zlín workshop with designs by Veronika Zelezníková and Robert Urban. A new collection of sustainable stools from residual material and cuttings. The products are for sale in the pro.story design shop, which you can find at T. G. Masaryka 2433, Zlín.

The special opening hours of the gallery for this exhibition are Monday to Friday, 10 am – 6 pm.

 

 

After a short break, we have prepared another exhibition – Blue and Strong: The Story of ALPA and Leo Heilbrunn. The exhibition is being prepared by the curator Helena Maňasová Hradská from the Department of Theoretical Studies of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications of TBU in Zlín.

The opening of the exhibition will take place on Wednesday 16 March from 6 pm at Štefánikova 5670.

The Blue and Strong exhibition is a brief summary of research into the advertising media of the Alpa brand from the point of view of visual studies and marketing history. The main purpose of the exhibition is to point out the wide and varied range of sources (ideologies and prototypes) that the brand’s sales strategy was able to use to build identity.

The participation of advertising artist Leo Heilbrunn in building this identity was crucial and largely determined the high level of marketing communication of the company, for which the Alpa brand became literally a legendary example of good “higher style” advertising.

The exhibition Blue and Strong: The Story of ALPA and Leo Heilbrunn will last until April 28, you can visit it for free from Monday to Thursday from 1 pm to 6 pm. Follow the current information on our website, Facebook and Instagram.

Accept our invitation to a new exhibition in the G18 gallery called Dépôt, a selection from the solo works of the intermediate artist Milan Mikuláštík.

The exhibition will present a selection of Mikuláštík’s post-conceptual images, objects, ready-made whose leitmotif is critical thinking about human society, its history and potentials, inspired by scientific disciplines such as archeology, paleontology, anthropology or evolutionary biology and formal anchoring in post-minimalist aesthetics, multiplication and serial sorting.

Milan Mikuláštík was born in 1975 in Slavičín and grew up in Zlín. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, where he graduated in 2002. He is a founding member of the MINA and Guma Guar art groups. He currently works as a curator of the exhibition program at the National Technical Library and an assistant in the Malba 2 studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He lives in Prague and Zlín.

 

The opening of the exhibition will take place on November 3, 2021 at 18:00, to which you are cordially invited!