design
UNPOLISHED: understanding Poland through interior design
The exhibition of Polish design has been touring Europe since 2009. The project aims to define the identity of Polish design between glazed tiles and paper sofas. We notice an abundance of designer couples, a trend of making works from minimal materials and a link to Poland’s past in Paris
design, art exhibition, best of cafebabel.com, poland, lifestyle, culture
Canvas, Otpor, Pora: Serbia's brand is non-violent revolution
Israa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed Adel and Asmaa Mahfouz will be remembered as the ones who largely contributed to dismantling Hosni Mubarak's 30 year rule over Egypt, and one of them revealed this year that he trained with similar youth organisations in Belgrade
design, youth, arab spring, serbia, orange revolution, egypt, otpor
EU-Turkey: Atatürk and Charlemagne on your euro notes
It is simply accepted that any new member will fit into and accept EU symbols as their own. Turkey will have to accept this, just like others member states have done in the past and will do in the future...but here are some ideas for a future European Union and Turkey via branding national myths and symbols
design, currency, european union, advertising, greece, mustafa kemal atatürk, byzantine empire
The importance of being eco-ideological in Budapest
Green is in fashion in the Hungarian capital, but the word is often just an empty trunk, a sales argument in a consumer world which forgot its ecological foundations long ago
design, best of cafebabel.com, hungary, environmental protection, green europe on the ground, budapest, consumers
When does design (not) become art?
There was no clear answer at the 14th pavilion of arts and design in Paris between 24 - 28 March. We talked limited edition pieces, the concept of twenty-first century art and the nature of spending at the internationally renowned trade show, which was held in the Tuilerie gardens
WAMP: inside the monthly Hungarian design fair
Since 2006, the monthly design market has attracted hundreds of young local designers like 'Musu' who display their creations in front of an ever-growing crowd of visitors. But WAMP is not only a collective promotion of Hungarian design, it’s also a formidable economic catalyst, with its international design week too
design, eucrisis on the ground, economical crisis, hungary, budapest, consumers, youth
Dominika Nowak: 'I want to stay unusual, even if I've had to become more commercial'
The designer untames convention with her 'Nunc' shoes, insisting that her furry fabric fantasies are made to be adapted to daily life. We discuss Paris-Krakow, fashion uglies and what it's like to go it alone as a one-woman brand at 27
design, business, university, start-up company, brunch, animals, expatriates
Verena Gerlach: 'font design is a very white male heterosexual field'
Berlin is the inspiration behind the German font designer’s creations, so we meet the 38-year-old there. We talk type, women, men and originality
design, typography, brunch, men and women, art, history, germany
Eboy: Berlin's ‘godfathers of pixel’
London, Cologne, Venice, Tokyo: the German design pixel group pixelate city visions and hail themselves as a jazz band. They are guilty of simply improvising the definitive concept of ‘urbanity’
design, germany, interview, street art, pixel, cities, berlin
Turin, world design capital 2008: the keyword is sustainability
This year, the northern Italian city becomes a laboratory of large-scale projects such as industrial conversion, development and eco-compatibility
design, italy, green cities, europe, western eu, turin, sustainable developement
November pick of Europe's best culture events
From Helsinki avant-garde cinema to factory fairs in Switzerland, your guide on where to be a culture vulture this month
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