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Thursday, 29 September 2011

BUDAPEST DESIGN WEEK 2011

The 8th annual Budapest Design Week kicks tomorrow and I will be there giving regular coverage of the various exciting events which are scheduled to take place.

Business Card; Modart Art and Fashion School by Calum Ross

The Budapest French Institute opens its doors to lovers of fashion and visual communication as Mod'International and Ecole d'Maryse Eloy unveil the work of their most recent graduates from the Modart Art and Fashion School and the Visart Academy of Arts. In the first of a two-part review of the exhibition ARTS thread takes a look at the collections of the schools most promising fashion designers.

Dora Abodi's M'Amour pret-a-porter womenswear collection is romantic and whistful, full of handcrafted details pleating and ruffles galore. The pieces, which draw inspiration from medical corsets and fixing rails are produced in different shades of powder and skin tone. Accompanied by luxurious hand-bags, the collection has already received excellent press and industry reviews after it was presented in New York during Nolcha Fashion Week.

www.doraabodi.com

Enikő Horn's Construct collection is inspired by the rigidity of Constructivism and the Soviet Union. In order to express the strictness of the Russian regime, Enikő uses a mixture of dark blended fabrics accompanied by large, heavy lacquered surfaces and coats which she cuts using geometric patterns.

http://modart.hu/Diploma/Horn.html

Márk Kiss' Remixed and Revisited womenswear collection is full of bright, vivid colours and unusual shapes. Kiss takes traditional pattern cutting templates and conventional garment forms before 'remixing' and 'deconstructing' them for his ready-to-wear collection.
http://modart.hu/Diploma/Kissmark.html

Márta Vámosi creates stunning silhouettes with her Architecture Gloss collection. As the title of the collection may well suggest, much of the inspiration is drawn from modern urban landscapes as well as crystals and minerals. Vámosi's structured pieces are made of various materials with contrasting textures - gloss, matte, creased and opaque - in a sophisticated palette of blacks, whites and greys.

Nikolett Ábrahám shows us that children can be just as stylish as adults with her fantastic Cirque collection. Produced for children aged 3-5, this playful collection of clothing inspired by early 20th century circus performers will make any child wearing Ábrahám's garments the envy of the playground!

Published by ARTSthread.com
16th October 2010

AMI Degree Show by Calum Ross

A selection of the best 2010 BA (Hons) graduate design projects from the University of West Hungary's (AMI) Institute of Applied Arts go on display at Museion No1 as part of Budapest Design Week's spotlight on emerging talent. ARTS Thread takes a look at some of the work on show.

Tünde Vagra's 'Aurora' book publishing identity and cover design concepts for their pocket book series immediately caught our eye. Vagra makes good use of vintage stock photos juxtaposed with hand-drawn and digital illustrations alongside bold cartoonish typography.

Diána Egri's graphic identity for 'Balaton Crépe Parlour' plays on the intrinsic relationship between food and sex. Like Tünde Vagra, she takes vintage photography - in this case of 1950's pin-up girls - and replaces the models head with a piece of food, giving the phrase "she looked good enough to eat" a whole new meaning!

In a similar vein Aliz Krisztina Borsa has also produced a graphic identity for the fictional 'Ms Borsa Piteboltja' (Ms Borsa's pie store) using exceptional hand-rendered typography. In contrast to the illustrative style of Aliz Borsa's work, Milán Farkas sticks to contemporary digital type for his redesign of 'Galaktika Magazine'.

It wasn't all graphic design and illustration at the show though, there were some exceptional product design pieces on show as well. Most notable was Anett Mester who has turned a traditional asthmatic inhaler into a stylish 'must have' design object.

Published by ARTSthread.com
9th October 2010