Romanian Design Week brings 9 international exhibitions to Bucharest! | Radio Bucharest FM – Radio Music Live Online

Romanian Design Week, the multidisciplinary festival dedicated to the creative industries, will take place between May 24 and June 2, in the historical monument building in George Enescu Square that housed the famous CINA restaurant in Bucharest (Benjamin Franklin Street 10).

The 12th edition will be held under the theme “Unlock The City” and it means more than 200 design, fashion, illustration, architecture and interior design projects, international exhibitions, parties, masterclasses and immersive installations.

This edition aims to investigate the methods by which creativity and innovation can shape the cities of tomorrow and at the same time contribute to the exploration of Bucharest and to the discovery of its potential and its layers, the creative spaces in the city and the organizations or cultural projects that animate and define them.

The citizens of Bucharest are invited, therefore, to discover the creative specificity of some areas of the city, to discover original design projects and multidisciplinary approaches, but also to contribute to the definition of dialogue spaces, thus demonstrating the importance of the processes of collective imagination and co-creation of a friendlier city.

The theme of the RDW2024 festival wants to contribute to reconnecting the people of Bucharest to the city and especially to its communities, rediscovered this time from the perspective of the potential of local creative industries.

The 9 exhibitions in the RDW Design Flags format bring to the fore various perspectives and approaches on contemporary design and architecture, as follows:

• Hugo La Pietra. Urban planning for the community – From bollards to gazebos – exhibited with the support of the Italian Institute of Culture in Bucharest, the exhibition refers to Ugo La Pietra’s research on the individual/environment relationship and, in particular, on the collective urban space.
• Manufacturing in the digital age is a textile and fashion exhibition by DLA students from MOME Budapest, exhibited with the support of the Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center Bucharest. The work of DLA students at the Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design (MOME) in Budapest reflects on contemporary design, where craft and manual dexterity combine with modern techniques.
• Design x sustainable x desirable: french design incubator 2023 – conceived by VIA and presented during Romanian Design Week with the support of the French Institute in Romania, explores the new ways adopted by French designers, publishers and manufacturers to create objects that are more environmentally friendly.
• Marius Vasile and Leafhopper Project (David Simon and Blanca Galindo) signs a photography exhibition that invites the public to unlock the everyday beauty of Madrid and Bucharest.
• Swedish Design Movement. Leading the way – brings together Swedish design companies who believe that design, architecture and fashion can accelerate progress towards a sustainable society, encouraging demand for sustainable products and services in Sweden.
• Greener Together – Liveable Cities – We live in a fast-forward world. As the pace of urbanization accelerates, cities face enormous challenges that may not necessarily be obvious or attractive to our daily lives, but which, if left unaddressed, could significantly affect our lives sooner rather than later.
• Ibero-American Typography – The Cervantes Institute, in collaboration with the “Iberoamérica Diseña” Association, presents within the RDW Design Flags an exhibition of letter design made by Ibero-American graphic artists and curated by Manuel Estrada, both out of the desire to make known the moment of extraordinary creativity that this discipline crosses it, as well as to highlight the value of letter design as a culturally significant activity, inextricably linked to writing, reading and speech, and economically sustainable.
• Designers (Re)drawing the world – The Cervantes Institute, in collaboration with the FIDO (Feminism in Design Office) platform, presents a selection of twelve Spanish creators particularly relevant in the Spanish contemporary design scene, in all fields (product design, textile, graphics): Marta Ayala, Eli González, Júlia Esqué, Amalia Puga, Cristina Omarrementería, Ingrid Picanyol, Inés Sistiaga, Verònica Fuerte, Miriam Miguel, Raquel Buj, Silvia Ferpal and Elena Rohner, one of the pioneers of design in Spain.
• Soul of Moldova – Traditions through contemporary art – The exhibition represents the collaboration between artist Victoria Peev and fashion designer Oxana Munteanu, through the Kasandruta brand.

Tickets to the festival can be purchased on the festival website. Pupils, students and pensioners have free access, and holders of a UniCredit card from Mastercard benefit from a 50% discount when purchasing tickets, discount applicable in the payment step.