Budapest: design city

Do you connect the words 'Budapest' and 'design'? I bet you don't. If I'm right, then you should better read this post and change your mind!


Budapest is not just a capital city in Central Eastern Europe (CEE), it's becoming a capital of design for its region. There is no design scene in the CEE which you could compare with the Budapest scene: loads of galleries, modern architecture, workshops and universities (like the world-famous Moholy-Nagy Uni) and design shops. There's also a Wallpaper*CityGuide of Budapest, which means, that the city is already on the map of the world of design.

The most exciting about Budapest design is its combination of contemporary arts and traditional Hungarian motives like the tulip. Many of Budapests young designers create clothes, bags or other works inspired by the city and its culture. The 'city collection' of Bolt or the works of Camou are the best examples. These designers appreciate the liveliness and the special atmosphere of Budapest.

There are some of the best shop to buy real Hungarian design. No kitsch souvenirs, only the best of Budapest design! But there are not only shops: don't miss the WAMP, whe Hungarian Design Market, every month on a sunday in the heart of Budapest! For more informations, click here.

Mono

Fregoli

Bolt

Eclectick

The NYT (New York Times for all illiterated people) also reported about the fresh and young design scene of Budapest, read it here.

Vienna International Dance Festival - ImPulsTanz

ImPulsTanz


It's summer and it's time for modern & comtemporary dance performances in Vienna! The ImPulsTanz festival has begun on the 16th July and it will end on the 16th August, so you have to run for the tickets! You can see performances of truly famous and appriciated artists like Xavier Le Roy (F), Oliver Dubois (F), Liquid Loft (AT/CHN), Anne Juren (F/AT), etc. It sounds more like a French dance festival, but no, it's just international. The festival takes place in several theatres like the MQ Halle, Akademietheater or Schauspielhaus. For details, click here.

Street Art Brighton

New StreetArt shots from Brighton.

North Laine (near Bond Street)

North Street (near Chapel Royal)

Church Street (near Brighton Art Gallery)

Artsy Café in Brighton

Tic Toc Cafe

A place to chill out, have a chat, write postcards & enjoy coffee!

I've stayed 2 weeks in Brighton and I've made some new experiences, although it wasn't my first time in this city. In the picturexsque quarter of the Lanes (old town) you can find several lovely and artsy cafés, restos and pubs, but there's one which I would emphasize: the Tic Toc Cafe.

The way I've found the café was a funny one. I went to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery on an afternoon off and spent there quite a lot of time. After that, I wanted to chill out in a café in the Lanes and first I was looking for a Café Néro, but on my way there, I beheld that small and cosy café: the Tic Toc Café.

I stepped inside and the atmosphere of the cafe entrapped me. The staff was very friendly and international (they are French-speaking) and the cafe... yummy. On my last day I bought a bag of their roasted cafe. The interior of the cafe makes you feel good, even on a rainy day (what isn't unusual in England) and they always have fresh lemnades or iced teas!

I'm sure, the next time I'll go to Brighton, I'll visit that nice café again! ;) Au revoir!

Towner *the new contemporary art museum*

I'm in the UK now, where you can find a lot of galleries, museums, exhibition centres - it's the Mecca of modern and contemporary arts!

First I'd like to introduce you this new (opened 4.4.09) museum of conntemporary arts in South England, Eastbourne. There are always temporary exhibitions, at the moment it's Jodie Carey's "In the Eyes of Others", which is a breath-taking installation and is worth to be seen. Don't miss the People's Choice exhibition, which presents the Towner Collection in another concept: people could vote in different categories and the winners of the voting are now exposed in the Main Gallery. The new building of Towner is a work of art as well, it's an architectural eye-candy.

The collection includes works of:
Henry Moore
William Nicholson
Julian Opie
Victor Pasmore
Pablo Picasso
Eric Ravilious
Wolfgang Tillmans, etc.

Towner

The entrance

visit: http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/leisure/museums-galleries/towner/towner-gallery/collection/

La Roux - Bulletproof

I've found a really cool and artsy video on YouTube (yes, YT is not only crap!) of the British electropop-band La Roux. The song is called Bulletproof and this week it possesses the 3rd position of the BBC Radio1 charts. I love the colours and the whole appearance of the video, so it's worth to be seen!

Some screenshots:

Futurism *TATE*

Futurism

Tate Modern - London

16/6/09 - 20/9/09

Tate Modern celebrates the centenary of this dramatic art movement with a ground-breaking exhibition. Futurism was launched by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909 with the publication of the Manifesto of Futurism on the front page of Paris newspaper Le Figaro.

Luigi Russolo - The Revolt 1911

Drawing upon elements of Divisionism and Cubism, the Futurists created a new style that broke with old traditions and expressed the dynamism, energy and movement of their modern life.
This exhibition both showcases the work of key Futurists such as Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni and Gino Severini and explores art movements reacting to Futurism. Highlights include Boccioni's dynamic bronze Unique Forms of Continuity in Space 1913 and Picasso's Head of a Woman (Fernande) 1909 as well as major works by artists such as Braque, Malevich and Duchamp.