Silent Revolutions / Contemporary Design in Slovenia

The Museum of Architecture and Design presents the exhibition SILENT REVOLUTIONS, a selection of design that marks the first two decades of this young European country. Rather than showing a sweeping overall view the show focuses on outstanding individual cases. The selected design exhibits embody the passion and obsession of individual artists, the drive, innovative development and high-quality production, ranging from the filigree turn-tables by Franc Kuzma and the seductive Black Cherry Lamps by designer Nika Zupanc to Seaway’s Greenline 33 Hybrid, the world’s first large hybrid boat, and Trimo’s Qbiss One with ArtMe modular façade systems. The exhibition also presents certain key productions from the country’s largest actors in the industry, including Elan's revolutionary series of WaveFlex skis designed in cooperation with Gigodesign studio, Alpina's Racing Elite cross-country ski boots developed in cooperation with Jure Miklavc studio, and Gorenje's Simplicity home appliance line by Gorenje Design Studio. The exhibition that illustrates important or even turning-point moments in the history of Slovene design, albeit in terms of a new design mentality or new development trends, is accompanied with an extensive publication that does not focus only on the products and individual designers and studios, but also on clients and producers who played an important role in the implementation of these projects.

This exhibition that brings together more than 25 selected works is the first extensive international presentation of Slovene product design of the last two decades. By intertwining economy and culture, together with concerted cooperation with government institutions active in the field of creative industries, the project is aimed at representing the best of Slovene production and companies and in so doing, making Slovenia more widely recognised through industrial design.

Museum for Architecture and Design, Ljubljana, www.mao.si
Curator: Maja Vardjan

Featured Designers and Companies:
Exhaust systems, design: Igor Akrapovič, Akrapovič / Alpina Racing Cross-country ski boots, design: Jure Miklavc, Jan Jagodič, Robert Križnar; Alpina / Bags and Jewellery, design: Lara Bohinc, Lara Bohinc / WaveFlex skis, design: Gigodesign and Elan Research Department, Elan / Flow water set, design: Tanja Pak, Glesia / Simplicity household appliances, design: Gorenje Design Studio, Gorenje / Gwig lighting fixture, design: Asobi, Intra lighting / Wall-mounted coatrack, design: Toni Kancilja / Stabi S Turntable, design: Franc Kuzma, Kuzma / Black Cherry Lamp, design: Nika Zupanc, La Femme et la Maison by Nika Zupanc / Criatura, design: Leonora Jakovljević, Leonora Mark - ave femina / Holey Roket Stove, design: Rok Oblak, co-author Larry Winiarski / Squareplay play space, design: Oloop / Sitty foldable seat, design: Gigodesign / Taurus Electro G2 glider, design: Ivo Boscarol and team, Pipistrel / Greenline 33 Hybrid Powerboat, design: Jernej and Japec Jakopin, Seaway / Fin, Dea and Luna Chairs, design: Rok Kuhar and Katjuša Kranjc, Stol & Stol / Lajt chair, design: Janez Suhadolc / Efekt shovel, design: Rinz, Pavlinec in Pavlinec, Tehnos / Qbiss by Trimo and Artme, design: Trimo, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Gorenje Design Studio, Trimo / Slim lamp, design: Bevk Perović arhitekti, Vertigo Bird / Siti armchair, design: Arne Vehovar, Zilio Aldo & C. sas

Exhibition programme and events:
--- Talks and guided tours with Slovenian designers and exhibition curator
Sat, 24 Sep, 11 am, 1 pm, 6 pm
Sun, 25 Sep, 11 am, 4 pm
Visitors can join talks and guided tours with Slovenian designers Gigodesign, Jure Miklavc, Oloop Group and exhibition curator Maja Vardjan.

--- The Power of Creativity and the Pleasure of Taste – Wine and Design in Slovenia.
Sat, 24 Sep, at 6 pm

---Silent Connection - Community Installation in Progress / Oloop Design Group
Sat, 24 Sep, 2 pm–5 pm
Sun, 25 Sep, 12 am–2.30 pm
Do you dare to spend – some minutes, an hour or whole day - in silence? We invite you to join us in a quiet needle working of canvas wall with Slovenian motifs. In London, we will begin to create a textile group piece. After two days of work, embroidery in silence continued around the world. In Ljubljana, Stockholm and Helsinki, and from there on. Come and experience the silence and become co-creator of travelling embroidery.