Each country exhibits 12 works in the exhibition, of which six collectible design works are also included in the virtual design collection. Adorno London 2021 and can also be viewed digitally at the same time.
Latvian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Ivita Burmistre, Lithuanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Renāts Norkus participated in the opening of the exhibition on Tuesday evening (Renatas Norkus) and Viljars Lubi, Ambassador of Estonia to the United Kingdom (Viljar Lubi). In her opening speech, Ambassador Ivita Burmistre emphasized the uniqueness of Baltic design, as well as called on the Baltic States to work together to educate the international community about our region and the promising opportunities it offers.
Latvia is represented at the exhibition an&angel glassware, mammalampa luminaires, Riga Chair, Mint a Sampling furniture, Ars Tela textiles, DeTales vases and candlesticks, Pora coffee pots, a bench made by Jānis Straupe and decorative glass panels created by Artis Nimenis. Several designers have created new works especially for the exhibition: Liene Jākobsone and Mantens Devrīnts (Sampling) offers a shelf of bright colors and geometric motifs Hatch, Ieva Kalēja (mammalampa) has created a new lamp collection The Muses, but Aldis Circenis (Riga Chair) created an ingeniously designed chair Nest on a Stick and a sofa with knits Knitted Island. The debutant of the exhibition is the brand Pora with dishes made by Ilze Kalnbērziņa-Prā. The designer has added coffee grounds to the clay mass, thus achieving a light, porous and heat-retaining ceramic material.
As the name suggests, Tactile Baltics emphasizes the tactile quality of design and the still deep connection with nature in the Baltic region. The exhibition allows visitors to gain a better understanding of the most important aspects of Baltic design, including sustainability, traditions, craftsmanship and innovation. Tactile Baltics with the help of design, it tells about the nature, culture and people of the Baltic States, allowing the visitors of the exhibition to feel the materials, colors and shapes of our region.
Tactile Baltics is an important and exciting opportunity to present contemporary Baltic design internationally, increase the recognition of Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian design and make it more valued. With the exhibition at the London Design Festival, its organizers want to present the Baltics in the international design arena as a creative region and countries whose designers and design manufacturers have the ability to create high-quality solutions.
Tactile Baltics The organizers and curators are the Latvian Design Center, the Lithuanian Design Forum and the online design platform NOT. The exhibition features the work of both well-known and young, promising designers – a total of 18 contemporary designs (six from each country) that include furniture, lighting, tableware, textiles and jewelry. In collaboration with the online platform Adorno, Tactile Baltics also offers 18 collectible design works, which are included in both the physical exhibition and Adorno London 2021 in virtual design collections, in which, in addition to the Baltic States, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden are also represented. The virtual exhibition can be viewed on the online platform adorno.london.
The exhibition is designed by Estonian scenographers Helena Sirpa (Helen Sirp) and Holger Kilumets (Holger Kilumets), but the visual identity has been developed by Latvian graphic designers Kirils Kirasirovs and Sabīne Masaļska. Tactile Baltics The curator of the Latvian design collection is Dita Danosa, the Estonian collection has been selected by Kathleen Loba, Trina Loks and Marisa Kase (Kätlin Lõbu, Triin Loks, Maris Kase), but Gabija Vanagė is the curator of the Lithuanian national team.
The London Design Festival is an annual series of events that is taking place for the 19th time this year. It is one of the largest European design events, combining more than a hundred exhibitions, events and festival-specific environmental installations and bringing together design stars and interested people from all over the world. Since the opening of the exhibition Tactile Baltics more than 1,000 visitors have already visited.
The exhibition is funded by the Baltic Culture Foundation and co-financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, program Estonian culture abroad, The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Estonia, the Lithuanian Cultural Council, the Lithuanian Cultural Institute and the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in the United Kingdom.
Exhibition Tactile Baltics can be seen until October 3 in the gallery, London, Shorthick Dray Walk pie Brick Lane, E1 6QL. From Monday to Friday, the exhibition is open from 10.00 to 18.30, on weekends from 10.00 to 17.00. Admission to the exhibition is free.
You can find out more about the exhibition and its participants Tactile Baltics website tactilebaltics.com and social media accounts of the Latvian Design Center: Facebook/Instagram: @latviandesigncentre; Twitter: @designcentreLV
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