Łódź Design Festival is an international festival of design taking place since 2007 in
Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...
, Poland. It presents different faces of design including industrial design, arts and crafts design, graphic design, architectural design, service design and fashion design.
Programme
The festival programme has continued to expand upon the ongoing dialogue with the audience, to finally assume its current shape.
It now comprises:
*Main Programme - the core of the festival consisting of exhibitions curated around the festival’s annual theme and featuring different approaches to design.
*make me! - a competition that allows beginning designers to show their work. The post-competition exhibition presented as part of the festival is a reflection on the search for a design identity pursued by young creators.
*Educreation - a space designed for families with children.
*must have - a competition and exhibition that aim to select and promote the best Polish product implementations.
*Open Programme - selection of external projects to the accompanying program of the festival.
Coverage
Moreover, from 1 January to 31 October 2013, the 7th edition of Łódź Design Festival was mentioned more than 2034 times in different media: radio, TV, internet, print media (data source: Press Service) News about Łódź Design Festival were presented in the popular media in Poland e.g. Design Alive, Wallpaper, Eksklusiv, Kikimora,
Przekrój
''Przekrój'' (; ''Cross-section'') was the oldest Polish weekly newsmagazine in operation, established in 1945 in Kraków. After temporary closure in 2013, it was bought by photographer Tomasz Niewiadomski and subsequently relaunched in December ...
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Gazeta Wyborcza
(; ''The Electoral Gazette'' in English) is a Polish nationwide daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. It was launched on 8 May 1989 on the basis of the Polish Round Table Agreement and as a press organ of the Solidarity (Polish trade union), t ...
, Elle-Decoration, Architektura-murator, Czas na wnętrze and also in the main polish TV coverage:
Polsat
Polsat is a Polish free-to-air television channel that was launched on 5 December 1992 by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak. , it is the most watched television channel in Poland with a market share of 11.30%
Polsat belongs to Grupa Polsat Plus ( WSE: CP ...
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Polsat News
Polsat News is a Polish news channel, launched on 7 June 2008 at 7:00am (UTC+1). Being a part of the Polsat Network, Polsat News is owned by Polsat Group. It is available over Polsat Box, Canal+ (Polish TV provider), Platforma Canal+ and UPC Pola ...
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TVP Łódź,
TVP Kultura,
TVN.
A ''
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
'' blog wrote about Łódź Design Festival too: "This October, fashion week overlaps with the fourth annual Łódź Design festival; one of its curators is the
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
-based rising star Oskar Zieta, whose inflated metal stools look like
Mylar
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balloons."
"Eastern Promises"
''T Magazine'' blog (New York Times), September 24, 2010.
See also
* Cultural events in Poland
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lodz Design Festival
Arts festivals in Poland
Events in Łódź
Festivals established in 2007
2007 establishments in Poland