UNIVERSAL SUBSTRATE EXHIBITION: Petra Rybanska: Something New, Something True, 2026

The project’s title comes from the deconstruction of a traditional English wedding poem („Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue…“), which ritually accompanies the bride as she enters a new life phase. The author translates this metaphor into the transformation of the designer’s identity in times of environmental and social crises. She abandons the illusion of linear progress, technocratic overlays, and dehumanizing machinery. The trio of „old, borrowed, and blue…“ […]

UNIVERSAL SUBSTRATE EXHIBITION: Martin Druska: Kinky Vases, 2026

Ateliér Sklo, VŠVU Bratislava Kinky Vases carry the symbolism of the gay and kink community. They are a personification; they contain textual and non-symbolic information about a person’s personal and intimate preferences. There is humor, a hint of eroticism and passion present. They are intended for those who are willing to openly communicate their intimacy, psychologically manage it, and fulfill it with mutual consent. Martin Druska: Kinky Vases, 2026 Studio […]

UNIVERSAL SUBSTRATE EXHIBITION: Maroš Greš and Dielňa die Werkstatt: It's Just a Box, 2026 

The box objects were created as a simple answer to the question of how to meaningfully use waste in the die Werkstatt workshop. The materials used are pieces of pine plywood – here and there entire formats, other times completely small clippings. By joining them to the desired size and a simple shape of the presented box, they create humorous patchwork drawings and random connections. The walls of the box are tapered at the corners, with the actual thickness […]

Universal substrate: VNEM studio

VNEM Studio / Tímea Kepová & Georgios Somarakis. A3 light, 2026 The latest A3 Light collection works with the A3 format as a light diffuser. This surface, whether pure, printed or drawn, carries its own story and naturally adds character to the space. The base is a universal metal component designed to allow multiple placement methods – such as hanging on a wall, placing it on a table or floor, or placing it on a […]

UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION_ARTIST: Adrián Mikloš: CTRL CALM, 2025

Experimental Design Studio, VŠVU Bratislava (studio leader: Sylvia Jokelová, assistant professor: Petra Rybánska) My work is based on a long-term personal relationship with sound and music. I have studied music since childhood and gradually began to realize that sound for me is not just an ordinary auditory perception; it is a material with which it is possible to work, transform it, and build from […]

UNIVERSAL SUBSTRATE_ EXHIBITION Krisztina Zsapka: Perem / Periphery, 2026

Fashion Design Studio, VŠVU Bratislava (studio leader: Júlia Sabová) Perem / Periféria brings everyday clothing from the manual workers of the periphery of fashion history into the contemporary context. The collection is based on research of archival photographs and films and reinterprets functional clothing through thoughtful construction, authorial work with volume, knitted lace, and experimental dyeing processes using mordants and […]

UNIVERSAL SUBSTRATE_ EXHIBITION Adam Kukuc Radical Domesticity 2026

Home is not a neutral space. Ideas about what a family should look like, who is allowed to live in it and how are embedded in it. In the Slovak context, home is historically associated with ownership. Home is owned, not lived in. This idea is in crisis today. Young people face a shortage of affordable housing, economic uncertainty and a life […]

UNIVERSAL SUBSTRATE_ EXHIBITION Silvia Sukopová: HT Series 

The HT Series builds on my long-term research into FDM 3D printing as a medium for artistic expression. Instead of approaching digital fabrication as a process of precise reproduction, my work explores the moment when computer design meets the physical world. It is in this encounter that I find authenticity – not in the digital model itself, nor in the manual intervention, […]

Univerzálny substrát_ výstava: joyjoy studio (AT)

By applying circular economy principles (reuse, reduction, recycling), management creates sustainable spatial and furniture concepts through intentional reuse of available resources. The studio co-founded by architects Felix Zankel and Jakub Dvořák has developed a new service that helps institutions and companies systematically assess unused furniture, renovate it, and integrate it into cohesive design concepts. In collaboration with local artisans, they improve […]