Design Walk II

Stockholm City invites all foreign conference participants and an equal number of Swedish counterparts to a formal reception in Stadshuset (the City Hall). This is the same hall as used for the Nobel Prize dinners. It will include a buffet and a guided tour of the city hall.
Time: 18:00-20:00, Sunday May 18
After the ceremony all participants are invited to the official Winners Party at the Sodra Bar. The event is organized by Corbis, Scanpix and European Design
Stockholm City invites all foreign conference participants and an equal number of Swedish counterparts to a formal reception in Stadshuset (the City Hall). This is the same hall as used for the Nobel Prize dinners. It will include a buffet and a guided tour of the city hall.
Time: 18:00-20:00, Sunday May 18
It might be that we have been forced for the last two years to stay on the virtual sphere, but that doesn’t mean that we aren’t working on getting back on track. With this in mind Tallinn has been chosen as the city that will welcome the European Design Festival in June 2022.
The prestigious event, which gathers hundreds of communication designers from all over the European continent (and beyond) is set to resume after a two year break, made necessary due to the ongoing pandemic. It consists of exhibitions, talks, design walks, workshops, conferences, social events and of course the European Design Awards gala.
“We always go for cities that have a vibrant design scene but at the same time are the kind of destinations that people are excited to visit” says Mr Demetrios Fakinos, the European Design Festival director and added “Tallinn is such a place: an attractive, innovative city that is immersed in the great nordic design culture. I’m sure that with the help of our local partner, the Estonian Design Centre, we will offer an inspiring event that will make everyone happy to attend”.
The Head of Estonian Design Centre Ms Tiia Vihand asserts: ‘‘We believe that European Design Awards Festival has a significant impact on local design community, as well as helps us to spread the word about the impact of design in our society generally. We feel very honored and excited that next year we can host the event in Tallinn.‘‘
‘‘We are also grateful for City of Tallinn for their contribution and willingness to bring European Design Awards to Tallinn,‘‘ emphasizes Ms Vihand.
The ED-Festival has since 2007 been hosted in cities like Stockholm, Zurich, Rotterdam, Helsinki, Istanbul, Vienna, Porto and Oslo, to name a few. Its mission is to celebrate European design, facilitate designers to meet, be inspired and build networks, but also to help promote the design discipline to wider audiences. “Being selected to host European Design Awards in 2022 is a great recognition to Estonia as an excellent location for international high-level conferences and events. We are extremely proud that Tallinn will be joining the outstanding lineup of EDAwards hosts cities and we are ready to impress the international design community!“ adds Kadri Karu, Managing Director of Estonian Convention Bureau.
*Photo credit: Tõnu Tunnel
It might be that again we are not allowed to have a real event, where we meet in person and we physically interact, but this doesn’t mean that we won’t make the best of whatever situation we’re in. Celebrating this year’s ED-Awards is our top priority. That’s why we are working hard to put an exciting show and of course we want you to be part of it.
On Saturday the 12th of June at 5 pm CET, the official results are going to be announced (exactly on the day when it was scheduled all along).
So, feel free to join us for the official announcement of all winners which will take place on our YouTube channel. This is the live YouTube link so make sure to bookmark it.
Also keep an eye on our Facebook event page for special announcements.
Every year, for the past 14 editions of the European Design Awards we have been very eager to welcome the creative community to an exciting series of events that constitute the annual European Design Festival. It’s a time that we get to see many friends in person and get to know new ones. People whom we admire and people who inspire us.
This time however we are sad to confirm that there is not going to be an ED-Festival. The reason is of course very obvious and it has to do with the outbreak of COVID-19. Europe is having a hard time, and in particular Spain, our host for 2020 is paying a heavy toll. It is a decision that does not make us happy, but we strongly believe that it is of the utmost importance to put the health of our guests, staff and community above everything else.
At this point, we need to acknowledge the amazing work the people of ADCV (Art Directors’ Club of Valencia) have done to create content that would have been both fun and inspirational. This work, will not go wasted. It has been decided that Valencia will host next year’s event: the European Design Festival 2021. By then we hope that everything will look much, much brighter!
At this point, we want to stress that apart from the Award Ceremony and the European Design Festival everything else will follow the initial schedule. The juries have already started the task of evaluating all submissions and new virtual processes have been established in the cases where they are needed. You can rest assured that all work is being judged according to the high standards you have always associated with the European Design Awards.
According to our schedule, the notification of finalists will commence on April 6th and everyone will have been contacted by April 13th at the latest.
This means that we will soon be in touch again. Until then, we urge everyone to follow the guidelines and protocols put forth by public health officials.
Be vigilant, be optimistic, be creative and most of all, take care!
Demetrios Fakinos
Managing Director
European Design Awards
Postreet poster is an exhibition of posters collected, ripped off, cut out from the street, taken out from the poster mishmash. Expect great classics of “the Polish School of Posters”, remembering the times when posters were seducing passersby with colours and typography. Like a piece of jewelry lost somewhere in the city. We could not do without contemporary masters of comic sans posters whousing their a4 format try to break through marketing crammed pulp. There will be posters both representing the local and foreign scene. Highly engaged, handmade and serigraphy. Digital and offset, posters that entered the city walls and were noticed.
Vernissage: June 9, 6.30 – 9pm
Form more info click here
The Association of Polish Graphic Designers has a pleasure to invite you to the European Design Festival 2019 Opening. The event will take place in the building of the Poster Museum at Wilanów. Altogether, it will consist of a ceremonial inauguration of the festival, a vernissage of the exhibition “123 Polish posters you don’t want to miss” and afterparty in a beautiful garden belonging to the museum.
All these events will be a great opportunity to meet Polish and European designers, get to know each other and make new friends. The exhibition aims to present 123 posters that have significantly influenced the development of visual communication in Poland and the world. Each of the selected works has a curator commentary that allows you to understand the context of its creation. After the vernissage, there will be a guided tour with the curator.
The largest monographic exhibition on Karol Śliwka, an outstanding graphic designer, creator of over 400 logos that have been a part of Polish everyday life for the past sixty years, shaping the iconosphere of the public space.
Karol Śliwka was a very multifaceted designer. His work has included packaging, book and record covers, stamps, and posters. Yet logos occupy a special place in his career, such as those created for the Institute of Mother and Child, General Director of Roads and Highways, the National Library, Adamed, and School and Educational Publishers. Some of these are presently considered cult classics – it would be hard to find someone in Poland who does not recognize the characteristic logo for PKO BP Bank.
Though many of Karol Śliwka’s designs are still part of the public sphere and the consciousness of many generations, as a designer he often remains anonymous. At this exhibition we are giving the floor to Karol Śliwka: quotes from conversations with the designer guide us through the various stages of his life and work. The witty and nostalgic stories he tells give us a behind-the-scenes look at the life of a graphic designer and the various phases of his work, beginning with the People’s Republic era, moving through the transformation period, and finishing at the present day. We break down Śliwka’s most familiar logos, analyzing their various elements and recalling the stories and anecdotes behind them. We consider what makes a logo good, and what features make it recognizable. We use real objects from the designer’s studio to show the traditional craft of the graphic designer: tools, materials, and techniques that today, in our epoch of omnipresent technology, are slowly being forgotten. We wonder what inspires this graphic designer, whose work helped shape the everyday life of several generations, and if his work should be perceived in terms of craft or art. Finally, analyzing the work of an experienced designer with “principles,” we ask about the values a graphic design can hold.
For the European Design Festival in Warsaw we have secured special discounts which you can claim following the instructions described in each individual case
Hilton Warsaw Hotel & Convention Centre****
63 Grzybowska, 00-844 Warsaw
• Single room with breakfast- 518,40 PLN per day
• Double room with breakfast- 561,60 PLN per day
Please make the reservation through the following email address: alina.filyuk@hilton.com
BEST WESTERN Hotel Felix***
24 Omulewska
A 20% discount to the regular rate has been offered for those using the password EDF
Please make the reservation through the following email address: hotel@bwfelix.pl
BEST WESTERN Hotel Portos***
3a Mangalia
A 20% discount to the regular rate has been offered for those using the password EDF
Please make the reservation through the following email address: hotel@bwfelix.pl
Ibis styles Warszawa City***
43 Grzybowska
A 15% discount to the regular rate has been offered for those using the password EDF
Please make the reservation through the following email address: HA1J0-RE@accor.com
The Ibis promotional offer is valid until 24th May