Design and Transformation.
Stories of Czech Design 1990-2020
The exhibition in Brussels will exhibit the history, present, and future vision of Czech design on the occasion of the second Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU.
7. 9. 2022 – 8. 1. 2023
Design Museum Brussels
Place de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
8. 9. 2022 – 2. 10. 2022
Prague House in Brussels
Avenue Palmerston 16, Brussel, Belgium
Creative team
Concept: Michal Froněk, Daniela Kramerová, Jiří Pelcl, and Radek Sidun.
Curator: Daniela Kramerová.
Text: Lada Hubatová-Vacková, Daniela Kramerová, Pavla Pauknerová, Klára Peloušková.
Production: Michaela Kaplánková, Irena Tesarčíková, Symona Půhonná
Architects: Jiří Pelcl, Michal Froněk, The Hong Nhung, Terezie Lexová, Štěpán Smetana
Photographer: Vojtěch Veškrna.
Graphic design and typesetting: Olga Benešová, Tereza Saitzová, and Studio Marvil.
Film: artistic team under the direction of Michaela Režová (Zdeněk Durdil, Barbora Halířová, Magdalena Hejzlarová, Miroslav Chaloupka, Lukáš Janičík, Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Ondřej Slavík, David Ticháček, Thanh Mai Tranová, and Patrik Velek).
Film Music: students of the Music and Dance Faculty of AMU under the direction of Michal Rataj.
The Exhibition at Design Museum Brussels
Featured companies and projects:
Amanita Design, Bomma, Botas/PÁR, Český porcelán, Egoé, LINET, Strážnický modrotisk, Prusa Research, Škoda Auto, Textile Mountain, TON, and Unique Client.
Interactive installation: Prusa Research (a print farm permanently producing parts for assembling objects)
Visual and game performance: Amanita Design
Card catalogue of Czech design: Adam Štěch and OKOLO Studio.
The exhibition at the Prague House:
Companies: Lasvit, and mmcité.
Photography: Vojtěch Veškrna.
Short Films: Collective of artists from UMPRUM and AMU under the direction of Michaela Režová.
Installation Czech Landscape: students and recent graduates of UMPRUM:
Aneta Honzová & Natálie Costantinová, Anna Jožová, Terezie Lexová & Štěpán Smetana, Monika Martykánová, Markéta Jebavá, Gréta Kušnírová, Jakub Křelina, Tomáš Kučera, Dávid Valovič, Karolína Vintrová, and Quynh Trang Tran.
Teachers and graduates of UMPRUM:
Aleš Boem, Studio Geometr – Linda Kaplanová, Klára Spišková, Hermann & Coufal, Klára Horáčková, Tereza Rosalie Kladošová, Lucie Koldová, Karel Matějka, Olgoj Chorchoj, Jiří Pelcl & Michal Malášek, Milan Pekař, Rony Plesl, Tadeáš Podracký, Agáta Seeháková, Anna Štajglová, and Anna Štěpánková.
Organizers of the event:
The Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague + Moravian Gallery in Brno + Office of the Government of the Czech Republic + Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Co-organisers of the event:
Prague House in Brussels + Design Museum Brussels, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Industry and Trade CZ, Ministry of Foreign Affairs CZ, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports CZ, Capital City of Prague, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
The Design and Transformation exhibition was kindly supported by:
Nadace PPF, Škoda Auto a.s., ČEPRO, a.s.
Hospodářské noviny, Agentura Communication Lab.