The main exhibition venues are locations in the center of Prague. The first space is called Gabriel Loci and is located in Prague 5, close to the Kinský Garden in Holečková Street. The main exhibition, the so-called Design, is also located in this space.
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The second equally important location of the festival is the Museum of Applied Arts in the Old Town. There is also a project for viewing called “Renaissance 21”, representing several curatorial projects.
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Visitors can try making a lamp at the workshop
As already mentioned, the central space of the festival, the so-called Design, is located in the Gabriel Loci area. This year it was created by the design duo Herrmann & Coufal. The designers turned the whole building, where the paradise garden was originally located, into a large Do It Yourself workshop.
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It is a place where visitors can sit, have a snack or embark on the production of a Tension lamp during the workshop, for which this studio won the Czech Grand Design 2020 award.
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Herrmann & Coufal will teach visitors how to make a lamp themselves and allow them to experience the feeling of happiness from creation.
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The crown of the Design space is the Lift chandelier by the duo Herrmann & Coufal, which was created on a large scale directly to measure the space.
Photo: Archive of the Designblok festival, Tomáš Hercog
The Museum of Applied Arts includes presentations by leading Czech producers who, in addition to quality design, also achieve mastery in the craft that characterizes their production. Bomma, Preciosa, Rückl, TON and others present their iconic products.
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Designer Jiří Krejčiřík is exhibiting a collection called Noveau Collection.
Photo: Archive of the Designblok festival
There are also companies that take care of the family treasure and honor the tradition and knowledge of the craft – Moser, Weaving Kubák, Brokis, Křehký.
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The entire next floor belongs to a selection of designers who master the craft and handmade production of their designs. For example, glassmaker František Jungvirt or designer Jan Plecháč present their work here.
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Konsepti shows the Cradle armchair.
Photo: Archive of the Designblok festival
“After a difficult year in the pandemic, we wanted to show that it is time for the Renaissance. The revival of the seemingly ordinary craft, which unites the entire conceptual exhibition house of the Renaissance 21, for which the Museum of Applied Arts has freed up two floors for us. Visitors will find 47 exhibitions of top Czech designers and manufacturers, which combine excellent design, craftsmanship, but also innovation and the use of state-of-the-art technologies combined with a love of tradition, “describes the concept by Jana Zielinski, director of Designblok.
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The festival also includes young and budding artists
Young talents and future stars of the design scene present at Designblok the studios of Tomas Bata University in Zlín, the Pilsen Faculty of Design and Art Ladislav Sutnar, the studios of JE Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Mendel University in Brno and Scholastika in Prague and the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.
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Festival passports are a ticket to the exhibitions. Due to coronavirus measures, it is necessary to register your entry to Designblok in time slots (the morning slot lasts from 10 to 15 hours, the afternoon slot from 15 to 21 hours). The full entrance fee is 350 CZK.
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