Museum of Architecture and Design

The BIO 23 main exhibition Design Relations reveals new and fresh developments in contemporary design worldwide and features a selection of works from 27 countries. The Biennial presents products and concepts that change the world and designers on the cutting edge, and on the crossroads of research, science, technology, digitalisation, and globalisation processes. The selected works are divided into four main categories: technology, digitalisation, globalisation, and products, as well as several sub-categories.

A visitor can combine a visit to the exhibition of the best design achievements of the last two years with guided tours, presentations of individual exhibits, fun and creative events for children, and families, design films, and other accompanying exhibitions at the Museum of Architecture and Design at Fužine Castle. more >>

Tuesday−Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm, Thursday to 9 pm. Closed: Mondays, 1 November
Museum of Architecture and Design, Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana

01 548 42 80/70, infobio@mao.si, www.bio.si 

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Who is the designer, that stands out in a selection of works from 27 countries?
Who will receive BIO Gold medal? The answer will give BIO 23 jury members Giulio Cappellini, Sven Jonke, Sophie Lovell, Jimmy MacDonald in Vasa J. Perović on a reward ceremony on Fužine Castle. The BIO Gold Medal presented by Petrol, BIO Green Award, Honourable Mentions, and Awards for Student Works will be presented at the opening of the biennial on Thursday, 27 September 2012 after 7 pm at the Museum of Architecture and Design at the Fužine Castle in Ljubljana. Guests at the opening will be greeted by the Director of MAO, Matevž Čelik, and the Chairman of the BIO Organising Committee, Janez Škrabec. The guest speaker of the evening will be the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Dr. Žiga Turk. The curators Margo Konings and Margriet Vollenberg will present the concept of the exhibition, and the BIO 23 awards will be conferred by the representative of the jury and chairman of the management board of Petrol, Tomaž Berločnik, MSc.

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3D printing is a process of making three-dimensional solid objects on the basis of digital files. It represents key link in the development process in any industry, from cars to ship building and space travel, and from shoes to sports. The user is enabled to build a concept model at a very early stage in development, sometimes even end products, regardless of the complexities of its form. 3D printing will be presented by the company IB-PROCADD, d.o.o.

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Like before, the visitors to this year’s Biennial will be able to learn “stories” of the individual exhibits and artists featured at BIO 23. What is hidden behind the appearance of every exhibit, what has prompted its making, what is the process of design like, and what are the advantages of each individual exhibit? more »

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A guided tour of the BIO 23 exhibition offers better insight into the making of individual works and the thought process of designers, curators, jury members, award winners, and other renowned designers and artists of this year’s Biennial. Thursday guided tours will be held on 11 and 25 October and on 8 November at 5pm, on Saturdays on 20 and 27 October and 3 November at 2 pm also in English.

Many innovative exhibits of this year’s Design Relations have been an inspiration for children’s creative workshops. Through playful creativity, the visitors will explore how objects in our surroundings are made, sharpen their vision, develop imagination, and a search for the designer’s source of inspiration, while creating their own designs. No advance bookings necessary. For additional information, send an e-mail to izobrazevanje@mao.si. more »
 

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After Thursday's guided tours you can join pleasand Design film nights. At Thurdays and on Sunday, 4th of November you can see the films of the most recognizable American design couple, spouses Charles and Ray Eames, exclusive intimate documentary of the life and work of a famous Japanese fashion design icon Yohjija Yamamoto, the third part of a trilogy of documentaries Gary Hustwita entitled Urbanized, a documentary film about the life of an artist, architect, educator and founder of the Rural Studio; Samuel Mockbeeja and a documentary film PressPausePlay, containing interviews with some of the world's most influential creators of the digital era. more »

Museum of Architecture and Design

A guided tour of the BIO 23 exhibition offers better insight into the making of individual works and the thought process of designers, curators, jury members, award winners, and other renowned designers and artists of this year’s Biennial. Thursday guided tours will be held on 11 and 25 October and on 8 November at 5 pm, on Saturdays on 20 and 27 October and 3 November at 2 pm also in English. more »

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The exhibition Riko mobile units presents the results of a workshop that was prepared in cooperation between the company Riko Hiše and the Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana University. New ideas for wooden mobile residential units that are modified according to the seasons, climate, location, and the needs of an individual are an interesting alternative to generic residential units that do not take advantage of the natural resources in their surroundings. KOTO Experiments presents projects 3M Nomad for the company Actinia in association with 3M East, Lumpi and Ambient (for the company Mercator), and the Armaron trademark of the Chair for Textile and Fashion Design, Department of Textiles, NTF UL. Three varied projects connects an invitation from the Slovene economy. Different materials, colours, and implementations have been an inspiration for ideas about their usage in furniture design, interior textile furnishings, and spatial and fashion accessories. All these ideas are marked by openness towards different ways of life and a connection with different customs and traditions. more »

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Those who will not be able to attend Design Film Nights are invited to a film marathon at the end of the Biennial. This will be followed by a social event and a Saturday night party before the closing of BIO 23.

Kresija Gallery

In over 50 years since the Biennial’s founding, the BIO Gold Medal, the highest award of the event, has been received by many Slovene designers: 11 graphic and 41 industrial designers. This shows that Slovene designers always participated in great numbers at the event and proves the quality of Slovene design appraised by international juries. It is our wish to create a comprehensive overview of the best works from BIO exhibitions in the future, but for now we begin with an exhibition of just over a third of Slovene works awarded with BIO Gold Medal, which still represent an accurate picture of the rich heritage of Slovene design. The curators of the exhibition are Cvetka Požar and Špela Šubic.

Monday – Sunday: 10 am – 6 pm
Kresija Gallery, Stritarjeva 6, Ljubljana,
01 306 11 71, 01 306 10 36, galerija@ljubljana.si