(jiří macek) I cannot forget some scenes from the installation by Daniel Piršč in Superstudio A7 Holešovický pivovar, perhaps because winter has come so abruptly and determinedly. The new edition of porcelain wallpaper and light probably brought out the atmosphere of spring the most out of all the spring installations. ...more

(jiří macek) The No fashion label, founded by fashion designer Hana Zárubová and graphic designer Štěpán Malovec, is back after a short break with the No Milk collection. Its color and soul is white. ...more

(jiří macek) Glass bowls blown into dry wooden moulds, which Jakub Berdych of the Qubus studio presented first at 100% Design in London and later at Designblok in Prague, take us directly to a glass furnace and the Czech landscape. Thus, it is no wonder that the bowls are called Ještěd, Říp, and Macocha. ...more

(jiří macek) If you thought that the jewelry by Markéta Richterová, who won the Editors-in-Chief Award at Designblok in the Best Jewelry Collection category, was attractive, you must have also noticed the form of her installation and remember the name of Zbyněk Krulich. ...more

(jiří macek) The work of the legendary painter and founder Piet Mondrian infiltrates contemporary design with increasing frequency. First, Shiro Kuratama designed the Homage to Mondrian cabinet for the Italian brand of Cappellini. Then, Vladimír Ambroz found inspiration in Mondrian’s paintings when designing the Moving Mondrian bookcase for A.M.O.S. Design. ...more

(jiří macek) Radim Babák and Ondřej Tobola from the Hippos design studio utilized the Foga modular aluminum system in their own way. They cut and carved, connected and revealed. Thus, they have constructed vases and a lighting object that represented one of the greatest events at Designblok this year. ...more

(jana zielinski) Radka Sirková and Anna Tušková, a.k.a. Chatty, have prepared a very distinctive installation in ballet style for Designblok. Legs dressed in Chatty denim models of exceptionally successful cuts dance in the ballet hall of Holešovický pivovar. However, this is not all. They are currently working on a dance performance for the Design Lovers Party that will take place in Sasazu tomorrow. ...more

(jiří macek) Handa Gote definitely represents the most remarkable discovery of this season. The group defines old meanings and rituals with irony and love. Its installation at Designblok is a world of rain in which objects have no pre-determined meaning and situations start to search out new objects. ...more

(jiří macek) The studio of Boadesign presents two collections of lights at Designblok. The distinct chandeliers from the Neoline collection, in which fluorescent tubes and disclosed technological elements play with classical crystal chandeliers, are a result of three-year-long research of production possibilities. ...more

(jiří macek) Architect Stanislav Fiala first transformed the mminterier factory building in Luhačovice. Next, he designed the first showroom of this exceptional manufacturer in Prague. Its doors first opened during Designblok. ...more
