Identity and Global Structures

 

Conference on "Scandinavian Design Beyond the Myth"

Date: 21 February 2005
Place: Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Üllői út 33-37.
Organizers: Museum of Applied Arts in cooperation with Hungarian Design Council and Nordic Council of Ministers,
Budapest : Royal Danish Embassy, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Embassy of Sweden , Embassy of Finland , Finnagora - the centre of Finnish culture, science and business

Program
9:00 - 10:00 Registration, exhibition tour
10:00 - 11:30 Opening Speeches
Prof. Ákos Moravánszky , Professor of Architectural Theory of the ETH, Zurich
Prof. Károly Simon , Designer, Director of the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
Prof. Kerstin Wickman , Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm
11:30 - 12:00 discussion
12:00 - 12:30 buffet
12:30 - 16:00 Conference Sections

Marketing Plan, Product-Management, Design Management
Moderator of the Section : Miklós Bendzsel, President, Hungarian Design Council
Miklós Antalovits, Head of Department of Ergonomics and Psychology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Henrik Most, Danish Design Center , Copenhagen
Zsolt Monszpart, vice-director, Ericsson Hungary
Discussion 15 minutes

Lifestyle, Design and/or the Myth
Moderator of the section : Emil Gaul, Head of Teacher Training Department, Hungarian University of Art and Design
Borbála Cseh, VAM Design, Budapest
Paola Ivana Suhonen, Designer, founder of "IVANAhelsinki", Helsinki
Rita Mária Halasi, Director of Ponton Gallery at Hungarian University of Art and Design, Budapest
Discussion 15 minutes

Media - Strategy - Vision
Moderator of the section : Gabor Palotai, graphic designer of the exhibition, Stockholm
Erika Katalina Pásztor, founder of the epiteszforum.hu, designer, Budapest
Iván András Bojár, Publishing Director - Editor-in-Chief of Octogon, Architecture Design Magazine, Budapest
József Martinkó, design and architecture critics of Octogon, Architecture Workshop, Budapest
Discussion 15 minutes

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The main objective of this one-day conference is to observe the recent state of Nordic design and survey the Hungarian design in the mirror of the exhibition "Scandinavian Design Beyond the Myth". We wish to examine the phenomena connecting the traditions and identity of the five Nordic countries and the trends and effects of the global society.

The conference brings up key issues that are crucial when introducing and using a product, as well as its communication to the society. What are the answers of the Nordic experts to these issues? How is the career of a product built up? What kind of social role is planned for a product and how is this examined? What concepts and visions do these experts create about the future of design, the role of media, and the Scandinavian object as a media product in relation to global customers?

We are delighted to have visiting experts from the Nordic countries who face these problems day by day and are in the position to make strategic decisions on the field of design. By examining concrete cases it should become easier to separate the products from the myths behind them and to interpret the title of the exhibition: Beyond the Myth.

Gábor Sz. Szilágyi
Art Historian, Organiser of the Conference
szilagyi [169] mail [961] pharmanet [961] hu

Information:
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