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7 Apr 2016 — #FeatureBIO25BIO 25
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7 Apr 2016 — #FeatureFARAWAY, SO CLOSEFARAWAY, SO CLOSE
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7 Apr 2016 — #FeatureSOON ONLINESOON ONLINE
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15 Dec 2015 — #FeatureA Year after Closing the Exhibition, BIO 50 Projects ContinueToday, almost every group from BIO 50 is developing further with least one project and many of the projects are travelling around various events, festivals and exhibitions around the world.
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26 Nov 2015 — #FeatureA Friendly Enemy - Japanese Knotweed in the Paper LaboratoryExhibition 11. 12. 2015–3. 4. 2016 at MAO Is it possible to look beyond the harmful effects of invasive plants — to consider them as a common good and recognise a new opportunity to connect and collaborate?
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18 Oct 2015 — #FeatureA friendly enemy – the japanese knotweed and its use in paper-making. Spread the word!Take part in designing proposals for raising awareness about the new natural dynamics, related to the Japanese knotweed’s rapid spreading. The workshop will be held on three successive Wednesdays in November 2015 at the Department of Industrial and Unique Design (Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana - ALUO).
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28 Sep 2015 — #FeatureQuick BIO 50 UpdateSee the forest through the trees, contribute your experience in culture. And have you heard about MOTO?
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27 Sep 2015 — #FeatureTAKE PART IN AN URBAN HARVEST!Take part in Japanese knotweed picking and a workshop devoted to the possibilities and opportunities this invasive non-native plant offers, organised by Re-generacija Association and Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana (MAO).
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11 Sep 2015 — #FeatureMOTO venue of 31th Biennial of Graphic Arts accompanying programMOTO changed locations and is currently in park Tivoli, where it hosts events as part of accompanying program of 31th Biennial of Graphic Arts, taking place in Ljubljana from 28 August – 3 December 2015. Visit the talk on the possibilities for the creative uses of public space or have a good book under the tree tops!
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8 Jul 2015 — #FeatureA Quick Summer UpdateWhat has MOTO been up to and what is going to be up to this summer? PSX Consultancy with another prize, plus some updates on nanotourism currently beeing the focus in Vitanje and Knowing Food tackeling the invasive stranger. Read the latest updates on what the groups have been up to. And of cours, don't miss BIO 25 open call!
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26 May 2015 — #FeatureQuick Bulletin on BIO LjubljanaSome quick facts on what's happening!
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15 Apr 2015 — #FeatureBIO 50 at Milan Design WeekCheck out the projects!
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1 Apr 2015 — #FeatureBIO 50Museum of Architecture and Design Slovenia and exhibition BIO 50: 3, 2, 1 … TEST - 24th Biennial of Design, Ljubljana are coming to Milan Design Week. Find us in the heart of old Milan at Palazzo Clerici (first floor), Via Clerici, 5, 20121 Milano MI, Italy, at Milan Design Week from 14 – 19 April 2015.
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11 Mar 2015 — #FeatureVideo: BIO 50BIO 50 undertook an ambitious transformation, from a traditional industrial design exhibition into a six-month collaborative process.
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10 Mar 2015 — #FeatureDesigning Everyday Life: BIO 50 catalogueWith almost 400 pages, Designing Everyday Life documents the six months of intensive collaboration of over 120 participating designers and development of projects under eleven main themes of BIO 50. With texts by Slavoj Žižek, Justin McGuirk and Chantal Mouffe, as well as interviews with David Crowley and Konstantin Grcic it explores what design can bring and be in the contemporary everyday life.
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9 Mar 2015 — #FeatureVideo: Exhibition BIO Over Fifty YearsBIO 50 was further enhanced by the retrospective exhibition The Biennial of (Industrial) Design over Fifty Years, curated by Cvetka Požar. This retrospective exhibition highlighted various changes affecting society as a whole, as well as the every day living and consequently the discipline of design.
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5 Jan 2015 — #FeatureVideo: The Future of Design Policy in SloveniaThe video of the conference on design policy is published. BIO 50 served as an inspiration for exchanging views and opinions on design in the future.
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29 Dec 2014 — #FeatureDavid Crowley, the interviewDavid Crowley is a professor in the School of Humanities at the Royal college of Art, London, where he runs Critical Writing in Art & Design MA. The interview is published in the Designing Everyday Life book.
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18 Dec 2014 — #FeatureBIO 50 ended, collaboration continuesThe 50th anniversary of the Biennial of Design, BIO 50: 3, 2, 1 … TEST, which closed its doors on 7 December 2014, offered 58 new projects by 120 international participants, team mentors, institutions and companies within 11 thematic groups of everyday life. The Biennial that transformed from traditional industrial design exhibition into a multidisciplinary experimentation event to devise possible futures of design attracted 11.000 visitors at the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), Museum of Modern Art and Jakopič Gallery.
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17 Dec 2014 — #FeatureShort movies from the BIO 50 contestCheck the movies by young movie-makers on the BIO 50 themes.
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25 Nov 2014 — #FeatureTwo interesting weeks of the Biennial of Design are still ahead of us!Until 7 December 2014, exhibition presenting the projects by more than 100 participants from 20 countries engaged within the theme groups of Affordable Living, Knowing Food, Public Water – Public Space, Walking the City, Hidden Crafts, The Fashion System, Hacking Households, Nanotourism, Engine Blocks, Observing Space and Designing Life is still on displayed at the Museum of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art and Jakopič Gallery. The latter also hosts the retrospective exhibition of the fifty year history of the Biennial of Design.
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24 Nov 2014 — #FeatureVideo: talk Designing Everyday LifeIf you missed the opening of the Biennal of Design, which took place on 18 September at MAO, or would like to see it again, the Videolectures.net, BIO 50 video sponsor, published the videos of the opening of the BIO awards and lecture and talk Designing Everyday Life.
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21 Oct 2014 — #FeatureVideo: BIO 50 groupsCheck the videos of each group at BIO 50.
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15 Oct 2014 — #FeatureInvitation for the BIO 50 short movie contest in cooperation with MMC RTV SlovenijaFor the BIO 50 short movie contest prepared in cooperation with MMC RTV Slovenija we selected four themes dealing with public space and everyday life. On the 3 December 2014 (Open-door day) the selected movies by the jury will be presented at the Museum of Architecture and Design, BIO and MMC RTV websites.
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14 Oct 2014 — #FeatureEducational program for schools and kindergardensThe organized groups of schools, kindergardens or other institutions are kindly welcome to visit guided tours of the Biennial, complemented with workshops and other activities.
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13 Oct 2014 — #FeatureBI0 50 in the international pressSo far BIO 50 has been covered by the wide range of international magazines focusing on design and architecture among them Disegno Daily, dezeen magazine, domus, ICON, Quaderns, Artsthread and designboom. We are exposing some of the highlights.
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2 Oct 2014 — #FeatureBIO 50 team events (4.—12. 10. 2014)The BIO 50 team members are organizing diffrenet events and activities. You are kindly invited to join.
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18 Sep 2014 — #FeatureThe Winners of the Best Collaboration Awards were revealed at the Biennial of DesignThe Museum of Architecture and Design proudly announced the winners of the Best Collaboration Awards of the Biennial of Design at the opening of the event on 18 September in Ljubljana.
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16 Sep 2014 — #FeatureBIO 50: Opening Week ProgramA steady course of events will mark the opening week of the Biennial, including the presentation of awards with official opening of BIO 50, talk, events from BIO 50 groups and a rich network of activities in the city. Join us in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Biennial of Design, which seeks to redefine what a design event can be!
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15 Sep 2014 — #FeatureBIO 50 Themes - Events Of The Opening WeekBI0 50 teams' members are organizing a series of events in the course of the Opening Week.
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15 Sep 2014 — #FeatureA gift certificate from v2com to reward the winners of the Award for Best Collaborationv2com, the international newswire specialising in the distribution of design, architecture and lifestyle press kits to the media, is pleased to collaborate with BIO 50 as its main PR partner.
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29 Aug 2014 — #FeatureBIO 50 Opening DayOn Thursday, 18 September 2014, the results of an unprecedented collaborative effort will take the stage at the Museum of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana, as BIO 50 opens its doors to the public unveiling of the results of an ambitious six-month work process with eleven teams.
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20 Aug 2014 — #FeatureMarko Turk - Homo faber, opening 1. 9., 19:00Marko Turk (1920-1999) – for some discovery, for connoisseurs master. The master who has through many years of practice in the field of construction and design of microphones trained himself to the highest possible level.