Current Vernaculars

01AUG

Current Vernaculars

Photo: Francesca Sarti

Friday, 23rd September 
13.00–16.00
MAO, Rusjanov trg 7, Ljubljana
Round table

How do the new generations of designers approach the issues of local communities and the environment? How do the younger generations of designers in Slovenia imagine and interpret sustainable design? How can we connect vernacularism and contemporariness? How can the Slovenian vernacular be utilised to tackle global problems? How can local vernaculars be translated into a non-local context?

The round table will explore the relationship the younger generation of designers have towards sustainable design and vernacular practices as well as investigate the production process of the BIO27 teams.

PROGRAMME

13.00–14.30 ⁠
BIO27 Production Platform – Design for a Regenerative Future 
Guests: 
Vida Rucli (Robida.plus: Grains for Brains)
Luka Pleskovič (Pjorkkala: Water – Designing a Biovernacular) 
Tamara Lašič Jurković (Futuring: Regenerative Cultural Production) 
Maruša Mazej (Garnitura: Communicating Modern Architecture)
Rok Oblak (Krater: Forbidden Vernaculars)
Moderator:
Mika Cimolini, architect and head of programme of Centre for Creativity (CzK) 

14.30–16.00
Supervernacular movement: New Generation of Designers – Issues of Local Communities and the Environment 
⁠Guests:
Žan Kobal, designer and researcher
⁠Eva Garibaldi, designer and researcher
Janja Šušnjar, architect
Niko Jandl, ⁠Pomelaj, sustainable cooperative
⁠Altan Jurca Avci, architect
Moderator:
Bor Pungerčič, architect and editor

16.00 ⁠
Closing Drink

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