Are you looking forward to discovering the latest news about next Moscow Design Week? Well, here you go.
This year Moscow Design Week will be held from 9 to 14 October and developed immediately on several sites of Moscow Design Districts: the main exhibition area is the Central House of Artist, where the Organizing Committee projects will be presented as well as the title project – Design Superheroes (traditionally, all visitors will find out the names of Design Superheroes project on the first day of the exhibition at a press conference).
The goal of the project is to create one large space, designed by a famous designer, affecting the global theme of changes in the understanding of the concept of “Design.”
Also, within the framework of Moscow Design Week, there will be an exhibition of the biggest competition among graphic designers – Golden Bee, whose president is Sergey Serov: 700 square meters will be decorated with posters on a wide variety of topics, experiments with the Cyrillic style, posters on theatrical themes, posters dedicated to the 200 anniversary of Turgenev and others dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the execution of the royal family in Russia.
A significant place in the Central House of Artist will be occupied by the project “i Lari“, an Italian word which means “the guardians of the home”: for this project, more than 30 designers created their own good brownies.
On the second floor, a real Design Market will unfold: there will be hand-painted lamps, cups, plates, handkerchiefs and even slippers, while several companies will present exclusive candles and pieces of furniture; moreover, with the stand of the Moroccan factory ArZen Design, Moscow Design Week will host Morocco’s artisans for the first time.
In addition, there will be other important Design Districts (Winzavod Art District, Hlebozavod Design District, Shelk Design District) and each district will have its curator and its own program: there will be vernissages, lectures, a contest of young designers, and even a small market of unique things.
A huge wooden giraffe on the Shelk Design District, assembled in the style of constructivism by the architect Vasily Poletov, will surprise the visitors while 100 points in Moscow will host the so-called Design Points: these points will be in design shops, restaurants, clubs and bars, where will be located the installations of Russian designers; all these points will be indicated on a special card, which will be distributed during the Moscow Design Week.
On the other hand, the famous architect Giulio Cappellini, head of the legendary company Cappellini, will be the curator of the contest “02.2.20”, whose participants are young developers of clothing and furniture.
Another important guest of this year’s Moscow Design Week will be the Italian architect and designer Alessandro Guerriero, a professor at the Milan Polytechnic University and the president of NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti) in Milan, founder and inspirer of Studio Alchimia: he will give a lecture and share his experience in creating Italian design.
Besides, a special place will be given to bronze products: bronze carpets and unique bronze tables created by the hands of the famous sculptor Aydin Zeynalov will appear in the space of the Central House of Artist.
Finally, the futurist artist from Moscow Stas Tratsevsky will create amazing paintings on veneers in the style of retro futurists and, on the occasion of MDW, he will create a unique picture, which will depict a famous secular lady: her name is kept secret and the picture will be called “Huntress”.
Moscow is waiting for you.
