With exhibition space of more than 14,000 square meters and a full range of modern visitor amenities, the New Acropolis Museum has opened for public on Saturday June 20, 2009. Located in the historic area of Makryianni, the Museum stands some 300 meters southeast of the Parthenon. The top floor (Parthenon Gallery) offers a 360-degree panoramic view of the Acropolis and modern Athens. MORE…
Plavo pozorište will represent their performance Dancing with Father on 29th June, theatrical experiment Bizarre Coincidence on 4th July and from July 20 – August 1 realize its international educational program Two Open Weeks.
Plavo pozorište is a theatre laboratory founded in 1995 in Belgrade. Plavo pozorište is a contemporary theatre, we are the group of people who, cherishing a seed of anarchism in ourselves, use theatre as the place which has credibility and in which some serious things about the world that surrounds us could be said.
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For Use, a group born of the partnership between some young Croatian industrial designers and an Austrian graphic designer, got all bent out of creative shape and designed the Twist table for Moroso.
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Library Grosuplje
The reason once happily married couples split is often a younger woman. We might add, however, that it’s becoming increasingly common for women to fall for a younger man. Maybe we do this to recall some long forgotten beauty from the past; maybe just to look for once familiar spaces that have now become full with precious memories; or maybe just to treat our eyes.
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The Ana Monro Theatre is representing their 12th Ana Desetnica street festival. Ana Monro Theatre was founded in 1982 and during the 80s and the 90s it was the only organization in Slovenia practicing street theatre in all its glory. Street theatre in Slovenia first took off when the Ljubljana Ana Monro Theatre met the Maribor National House.
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The Cursor is a comment on the current politics of representation in Macedonia. It is an intervention on the 66m high Millenium Cross built in 2000 on the mountain Vodno in Skopje. Vodno is situated on the south side of river Vadar which divides the city in two parts: the Macedonian southern part and the Albanian northern part. The cross which is seen from all over Skopje is supposed to be one of the biggest of its kind. MORE…
Szimpla Kert is spot where every day throughout the year on the courtyard of an old residential building several musicians, comediants and other artist represent their work. Who ever wants to endure culture free of payment and free in spirit, can visit one of the oldest kerts in Hungary. MORE…
It’s been a couple of years now since Silvio Vujičić (b. 1978), then a young student at Zagreb’s Faculty of Textile Technology and the Academy of Fine Arts, was touted in the media as one of the most promising Croatian fashion designers.
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In the end of May the City Council of Budapest assigned Erick van Egeraat to further develop his plans for the Városháza Forum project in the heart of Budapest. After his design won the international architect competition last year, the decision of the City Council signifies the most important step towards realization of this multi-million project. MORE…
Having successfully completed its first decade, Motovun Film Festival will be offering you film treats for the 11th time, from 27 to 31 July, on the beautiful Motovun Hill in the heart of Istria. Our program will again include a selection of the best films made in independent productions and by less known cinematographies.
This year’s partner-country comes from Europe’s north, offering us an insight into the Finnish part of the Scandinavian cinematography. Since Juha, a film by famous Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki was the first film ever to be shown at Motovun Film Festival, MORE…
Short Cuts #2 by NOMAD Dance Academy are representing the final step on their long journey. Short Cuts #2 is an international contemporary dance staging of ideas of thirteen travelling choreographers and dancers from six South-Slavic, or so-called Balkan countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Bulgaria), as well as other countries (Latvia, France and U.S.A), who had been living, travelling and creating in the framework of the NOMAD Dance Academy programme between 24 February and 22 June 2009.
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Block – the collection of poetry by Aggressive Theatre opened the festival of Mlade rime (Young rhymes) at Menza pri Koritu. Aggressive Theatre, the Association for Contemporary Art, is a group of seven young artists who share the idea that art can happen anywhere and at any time and thus can have a great impact on the individual.
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MLADE RIME (YOUNG RHYMES) by Menza pri Koritu at Metelkova mesto are opened. 15.6.2009 was the opening night of the »MLADE RIME« poetry fiesta at the »Menza Pri Koritu« venue. For poets and poetry afficionados alike, Mlade Rime is a household name. For all those not yet in the know, Mlade Rime is a series of poetry readings featuring young and new poets.
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Trimo organized the international Trimo Architectural Awards for the fourth time and has this year received projects from 14 countries. They announced awards last week for the best national and international architectural solutions using Trimo products in a creative, daring, different and new way. MORE…
Fashion, as a phenomenon, has far exceeded the border-framework of dressing/shopping; it’s become ‘shopentertainment’ and brands the programs we love to watch.
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Within international Trimo Urban Crash competition, which awards the most innovative and creative ideas from students of architecture, Trimo this year received 147 projects from 17 countries. The winning solution for a cultural stage is a sculpture-like form, a unity without a defined beginning and end and belongs to two architects from Poland, namely Jan Ledwon and Alicja Chola. MORE…
Sushi, sashimi, kebab, spring rolls, paella, pizza. One of the most evident signs of globalisation is actually food. In any big city the world over you can eat most any kind of cuisine. Chinese restaurants were probably the first serving ethnic food abroad; today the cooler include Japanese sushi or what’s called “fusion” food – a mixture of ingredients from many cultures.
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MAECHTIG VRHUNC ARHITEKTI (Slovenia)
1. Philosophy
Our efforts are directed to bringing great ideas to fruition. We value subversive narrative behind the effective design.
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the next ENTERprise (Austria)
1. Philosophy
The provocation of the random and the unpredictable is our strategy in approaching the spatial and programmatic aspects of architecture. We work at discovering the factors leading beyond pure functionality – it is how we see the essence of architecture.
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EXHIBITION A4 in 3D by Vesna Žugić in gallery Singidunum, Belgrade which was held between May 19th and 29th was devoted to paper, a material of pleasing tactility, which lends itself easily to folding and tearing; it may be the finest gossamer tissue or robust, translucent or opaque, intimidating when empty, dangerous when filled with words. MORE…
In cooperation with the Ministry of foreign affairs of Denmark, INDEX presents Award Exhibition 2007 – winners on tour in Ljubljana. The exhibition in City hall atrium – (Mestni trg 1, Ljubljana) will be opened between 4. – 18. June, 8.00 -20.00 o’clock.
INDEX: Award is the biggest design award in the world and is awarded every two years in Copenhagen. An award is given in five categories, and INDEX: awards the winner in each category with a prize of €100 000. MORE…
PRODUKCIJA 004 (Croatia)
1. Philosophy
Our office is a multidisciplinary office for architecture, urbanism, graphic and product design. In our projects we’re trying to combine the knowledge, ideas, experience and technical achievements of each discipline.
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Monarque Wine Store & Drink Chiller
A select wine has its own life. In its exquisiteness it simply will not tolerate carelessness. And good storage for your select bottles is definitely worth serious thought. Those who appreciate their wine ought to provide the optimum conditions for storage, maturing and ageing.
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How to the city can be transformed by an apartment interior and the life within
Can residents, in the way they inhabit and make use of their apartment in an urban apartment block influence the image of the city, of its character, and its atmosphere? Can the spatial concept of an apartment block, its siting in the location, its design, and its exterior image effect a change: firstly, on its immediate surroundings; and later, in the wider urban space?
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“Plasche” is a bag with changeable plastic jackets. The core is sewn out of denim or terry cloth while the exterior is composed of different plastic bags. So you buy the inside once and enhance the outer look. Available in two sizes: 25×35 cm or 20×20 cm. The designer’s work is largely an ironic view on people using objects and giving them different stories and souls before throwing them away. Design: kubiquelle, Austria
Each day we find more innovative, eye-catching bags out there. They make for a great creative playground and a cheap but effective marketing tool. Some bag facts: polyethylene is cheaper and lighter than paper, which is why shopping bags are largely made of plastic. You can reuse them as either garbage bags, or recycle them along with other plastic containers. But sooner or later, these thin plastic creatures will take over the world. While most stores provide cheap, reusable shopping bags in an effort to cut down on costs and waste, many more out there don’t. The solution: take your own bag and transform it into a new, durable – ad flashy – one.
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