Is design today merely an illusion? What is the link between responsible design and current political, economic, and social situation? If for many years Scandinavia has been the byword for simplicity and functionality, what could have been Poland’s – or East-Central Europe’s – contribution to design at large?
These questions are addressed by authors of the recent issue of “Herito”, whose central theme is Central European design. Topographical lexicon of pre-war design in Central Europe is sketched by Czesława Frejlich, Gyula Ernyey, Tatiana Pawłowa, Żanna Komar, Tetiana Rudenko, Peter Szalay, Zuzana Michalovičová, Zuzana Šidlíková, Maroš Schmidt, Adriena Pekárová, and Mirela Duculescu.
Potential originality of mass production within socialist states in investigated by Koraljka Vlajo, Irfan Hošić, and Tom Cubbin; Ukrainian music posters are examined by Wasyl Kosiw; the influence of folklore on Polish design is traced by Ewa Klekot and Piotr Korduba; spectres of political transition in design are conjured by Olga Drenda, while the future of design is forecast by Zuzanna Skalska.
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Mirela Duculescu, Gyula Ernyey, Czesława Frejlich, Żanna Komar, Zuzana Michalovičová, Tatiana Pavlova, Adriena Pekárová, Tetiana Rudenko, Peter Szalay, Maroš Schmidt – Subjective Atlas of Central European Design
Koraljka Vlajo – Jugokeramika and Rade Končar: Two Approaches to Design
Irfan Hošić – Bihać Industrial Zone: Design and Production during Socialism
Vasyl Kosiv – Poisoned with the West: Popular Music Posters from Soviet Ukraine
Tom Cubbin – Open Form and the Polish Influence on Soviet Design of the 1960s
Adam Štěch – Industry vs Craft: Czech Lamps 1950–1990
Gyula Ernyey – Under the Surface: The Design Landscape at the Turn of the Millennium
Piotr Korduba – Folk Culture: The Leitmotif of Polish Design
Ewa Klekot – Etnodizajn: Polish Games with Modernity
Helena Chmielewska‑Szlajfer – The Triumph of the Knock‑off! The War between the Parody and the Original
Michał Wiśniewski – Design: Illusion or Reality?
The Nutcracker. Zuzanna Skalska in conversation with Żanna Komar and Aleksandra Szczepan
Looking at the Sea through Trees. Agnieszka Jacobson‑Cielecka in conversation on the Roundabout Baltic exhibition with Klara Czerniewska‑Andryszczyk
Bojan Krištofić – The Battle for Modernism: Remarks on the Exhibition Design for a New World
Barbara Krzeska – “Observatory” Workshops: Adam Mickiewicz Institute for Design
Szymon Piotr Kubiak – Africa: Pure Form?
Worth a Thought – Marta Skowrońska, Peter Michalík, Katarzyna Kotyńska, Kinga Siewior, Wojciech Wilczyk, Wojciech Szymański, Szymon Piotr Kubiak, Nawojka Cieślińska‑Lobkowicz
Olga Drenda – Do‑It‑Yourself and Aspirations: Changes in the Polish Iconosphere during the Transformation Period