OPEN CALL / DESIGN LAB / ANDREA VONKOMEROVÁ: PRINT SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF

The Print Something to Wear collection combines fashion with modern 3D printing technology. The artist experiments with geometric structures applied to tulle and neoprene, creating organic garments that respond to movement, light and shadow. It is a bold experiment that opens up new possibilities in the design of clothing, footwear and accessories.

OPEN CALL / DESIGN LAB / ALISA DOLUDA: HŌRŌU PACK

The Hōrōu Pack modular backpack combines a travel backpack and a smaller sling bag into one functional system. It makes life easier on the road, where flexibility, order and quick access to technology are needed. It is also a symbol of the free spirit of digital nomads - a tool for those looking for a home on the move.

OPEN CALL / Design Lab / Jana Vaterková Ťapaj: Wherever you go, ask for milk

The project connects textile design, literature and visual identity of Bratislava in order to open a discussion about urban space, adaptation and cultural memory. It takes inspiration from the novel "Where you married, there you ask for milk" by Julia Marcinova, which reflects on personal transformation in a new environment - a theme that is closely related to the dynamics of Bratislava as a city of constant transformation. The project explores [...]

OPEN CALL / DESIGN LAB / SOFIA ANNA STRAKOVA: FORMS ADRIFT

In this thesis, I discuss the possibilities of applying foamed aluminium in jewellery. I try and look for ways to combine this material, developed by the Slovak Academy of Sciences, with precious metal into one harmonious whole. I am fascinated by the ability of this material to transform from a foamable semi-finished product to a cellular structure due to the influence of heat. In the volume of the foam there are unevenly distributed pores of different sizes [...]

OPEN CALL / DESIGN LAB / EVA MIKULÁŠOVÁ: DINNERS NOT MADE

Unmade Dinners is a series of redesigned pots from IKEA. They are my "rebellion" against the daily duty of making dinner. Instead of standing at the stove in the evening, I'm carving, sawing, gluing the newfangled pots. I am transforming the tool of a woman, a mother in our household. I'm coping with the reluctance to cook. I am transforming the cooking tool. I'm turning a limb. I am pushing away expectations. Now, instead of dinner, I work on the boil. She doesn't need it. It [...]

OPEN CALL / SCHOOL AREA / VERONIKA MAJERČÍKOVÁ: HOMINEM

Body and soul. Is it one symbiotic organism or are they two separate entities that find themselves interconnected? Either way, there is a dynamic going on. We might call this dynamic "being human." In the Hominem project, the artist has created an exoskeleton through which she tries to convey the experience of "being human", of [...]

OPEN CALL / DESIGN LAB / VIERA BRUNOVSKÁ: CULTIVATION

The Cultivation jewellery collection is not only about flowers in different stages of flowering and transformation, it is mainly about transforming an idea into a piece of jewellery that can be worn on the body. The Cultivation collection is based on the brooch Bud and in the installation it symbolically communicates the principle of cultivation, of cultivating plants.

OPEN CALL / SCHOOL AREA / LENKA INGELIOVÁ: AHA, IT'S RAINING, YOU HEAR?

Experimental Design Studio, VŠVU Bratislava The design of the object is based on experience, on a simple walk. The construction, composed of two opposing umbrellas overlapped and closed with foil, creates a portable private bubble that we can enter. It is designed with an emphasis on amplifying the sound of water hitting its surface. The umbrella offers an experience of slowing down. It encourages us to momentarily forget about the visual [...]

OPEN CALL / DESIGN LAB / KRISTÝNA ŠPANIHELOVÁ: HERBARIUM OF SILENCE

The Herbarium of Silence collection is a transformation of light and nature into jewellery. Cyanotypes on wood preserve the shadows of plants as memories, silver casts of twigs and flowers give them new life. The materials become a bridge between impermanence and duration, between the silence of the forest and the story we take away.

OPEN CALL / DESIGN LAB / KATARÍNA KOMARA: KALIA KALEIDO

A therapeutic aid, an experiential toy, but also an impressive aesthetic experience. The interactive object Kalia is based on the principle of the kaleidoscope, which is reworked into a rotating object - kaleidoscopic patterns are created in the object's visor by the movement of the whole body. However, they do not remain locked inside, they are also projected onto the object itself with the help of an internal camera and an external projector. Users are thus surrounded by a projection of coloured ornaments, [...]