July 2019 - MAG D A

by Maroš Greš

Speed Date / MAJA BOŽOVIC, textile designer

Confrontations / POOL_MYTH

The individual texts of the series consist of a juxtaposition of words - City, Myth, Modernity, Pool. The mutual confrontation of pairs of words is not about confirming unambiguous relations, a harmonious whole, but about searching for possible disagreements. The confrontation narrows the wide range of their individual meanings.

by Gabriela Smetanová

(UN)SUSTAINABILITY AS TREND AND NECESSARY CONDITION FOR DESIGN

Contribution of Klára Peloušková (CZ), reflecting on the design profession in the context of the climate crisis, was a part of the block of lectures organized by initiative "Nestrácajme čas" within the Bratislava Design Week 2019.

by Klára Peloušková

Essay / THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL: A PHILOSOPHER’S BOAT IN SKJOLDEN

This month Dean Kissick goes to the Norwegian countryside, contemplates Ludwig Wittgenstein’s retreat from society and sees art’s return to its pagan origins in artist Marianne Heske’s latest project.

by Dean Kissick