Together with Qreator by IQOS, we were going to launch a new events category during this year's edition of Romanian Design Week. It is called DESIGN FLAGS, a series of seven exhibitions that document the evolution of design from international cultural perspectives, which would have been hosted by Qreator by IQOS space.
Because, at the moment, the safest thing for all of us is to #stayhome, but also because we thought of sharing with you the content of these exhibitions, we decided to exhibit these international projects online.
Presented with the help of the Spanish Embassy in Bucharest, the Hungarian Institute in Bucharest, the Czech Centre, Designmuseum Danmark, CHART, Next Nature and KWY.studio, the seven exhibitions investigate new approaches and concerns in design, and present innovative ideas and products that manage to redefine the sphere of which they are part.
We are talking today about the Magyar Plakát Társaság exhibition, a selection of the most representative works of the Hungarian Poster Association, organised with the help of the Hungarian Institute in Bucharest (Balassi Institute).
Ilustrations: Baráth Ferenc, Balogh István, Bányai István, Árendás József
Among the graphic designers present in the exhibition we find:
Árendás József, winner of Munkácsy Mihályaward, with exhibitions in Brno, Warsaw, Finland, Paris, London, Prague, Hamburg, Brussels;
Balogh István, emeritus artist, winner of Munkácsy Mihály award, active in movie poster design;
Bányai István, frequent collaborator for The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, National Geographic, The New York Times;
Baráth Ferenc, whose work we find in museums from New York (MoMA), Paris, Finland, Warsaw, Toyama (Japan–museum of recent art), Colorado, Brno, Indiana;
Ducki Krzysztof, who had exhibitions in Warsaw, Vienna, Rome, Manchester, Tokyo, Taiwan, Moscow, Denmark;
Felvidéki András, winner of Munkácsy Mihály award, with exhibitions in Berlin, Brussels;
Kemény György , winner of Munkácsy Mihály award, with exhibitions in Warsaw, Paris, Japan, Brussels;
Keresztes Dóra, winner of Balázs Bélaaward, with exhibitions in Warsaw, Brno, Sofia, Mexico, Prague, Brussels;
Orosz István, emeritus artist, winner of Balázs Bélaaward. He won the golden medal at the annual exhibition of the Society of Illustrators in New York;
Vladislav Rostoka, double laureate of The most beautiful book award from the Leipzig & Frankfurt book fair, laureate of the design festivals from Mexico, Bratislava, Moscow. We can find his work in museums from New York (MoMA), Washington (Library of Congress), Denmark, Prague, Zurich; Pinczehelyi Sándor, the president of the association, emeritus artist, winner of Munkácsy Mihály award. His work can be found in museums from Paris, Lyon, Hamburg, Vienna, Tel Aviv;
Schmal Károly, emeritus artist, winner of Munkácsy Mihály award, 12 times winner of The most beautiful poster of the year award.
All of them are founding members of the Hungarian Poster Association.
The Hungarian Poster Association was founded in 2004 by a group of friends, all of them visual artists and well-known graphic designers. Even from the start, the association aimed to highlight the importance of posters as the most lively artistic genre of the 20th century, but also to continue the traditions of the visual world, found in a permanent change and to keep and cultivate the esthetic values and norms of the genre.
Illustrations: Pinczehelyi Sándor, Felvidéki András, Ducki Krzysztof
At present the association has 40 active members, all of them internationally awarded, who are making the Hungarian poster known in the whole world through their work. Furthermore, the association succeeded in gathering and training a new generation of poster graphic artists and who, thanks to the new creative technologies, is representing the Hungarian poster internationally.
Illustrations: Vladislav Rostoka, Schmal Károly, Orosz István
The association has held more than 50 personal or group exhibitions so far, and in 2016 founded PosterFest, the international posters biennial, an event that presents the work of Hungarian and international graphic artists. The festival aims to create a dialogue platform of the poster genre nowadays, where not only the artists, but also institutions responsible with keeping traditions, are able to participate in honoring the poster genre. More than 1500 artists from all over the world responded to the festival call, which proves the importance of the genre, but also their interest in attending such events.
Photo credits: PosterFest 2018
In times of ”social distancing” and ”#stayhome”, the artists continue to be active on forums and online platforms, but also on social media. They strongly believe that these difficult times are going to make graphic artists more sensitive to the social problems we will be facing in the future. It is more likely that, in the near future, more social posters - made voluntarily or on demand - will appear, thus making the social poster genre a trendsetter in the visual arts movement.
Illustration: Keresztes Dóra, Kemény György
On April 8th 2020, the Hungarian Poster Association, in collaboration with the Budapest Metropolitan University, launched an online exhibition named Quarantine, which can be found on OPLA.
Where you can find them:
https://www.oplaprojekt.com/2020/04/08/karanten-quarantine/
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Design Flags is supported by Qreator by IQOS.
Qreator by IQOS - Home of Creativity is one of the most active promoters and facilitators of creativity in the cultural area of Bucharest. Through the events it organizes or hosts, Qreator by IQOS connects the creative communities of Bucharest with all those passionate about creativity, in all its forms. Qreator by IQOS provides a space where they can express themselves and collaborate, but also the technological resources needed to put their ideas and projects into practice. More information on http://www.qreator.ro and http://www.facebook.com/qreator.
The exhibition is presented in Design Flags with the support of the Hungarian Institute in Bucharest (Balassi Institute).
The Hungarian Institute in Bucharest opened its doors for the public in 1992. The Institute aims to strengthen and expand cultural relations between Romania and Hungary through its events. These events extend to all artistic fields of contemporary Hungarian culture: fine art exhibitions, concerts of different music genres (classical, jazz, popular), discussions and debates, theatrical performances, films, children's activities and folk dance evenings. Many of the center's events are organized in different cities of Romania.
Where you can find them:
http://www.bukarest.balassiintezet.hu/ro/
https://www.facebook.com/InstitutulMaghiar
https://www.instagram.com/balassibucharest
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The Hungarian Institute in Bucharest is also presenting at Design Flags the Hungarian athletes’ uniforms for the Tokyo Olympics online exhibition. Check it out!