Under the theme #together, the festival will gather in its online and offline program organizations, designers, initiatives and events that offer a focus on the importance, success and contribution creative industries have in society, especially in a post-pandemic reality. We are all looking for new ways to redesign everyday life, we are more concerned with the impact we have on the environment, we are more preoccupied by the future we determine, by collaboration and inclusion.
The main venue of the festival will be Combinatul Fondului Plastic, home of an extremely valuable and effervescent artistic community (combinat.ro), which will host some of the exhibitions from the # rdw2021 program.
A selection by the RDW creative board from the best design and architecture projects from the last two years will be presented in SENAT Gallery, in an exhibition designed by Attila Kim Architects.
Stradal, an exhibition dedicated to graphic design, which will focus on its importance in the public space, will be presented by Local Design Circle at UNA Galeria. The exhibition is a cultural project co-financed by Administraţia Fondului Cultural Naţional.
Rethinking Plastic will showcase a collection of innovative and sustainable objects, developed and made of recycled plastic by designers and companies from around the world. A project of Searious Business, together with the Dutch Design Foundation and Yksi Expo, Rethinking Plastic is presented at RDW 2021 by ASAP at IOMO Gallery.
Zeppelin Design will offer a reinterpretation of the outdoor public space in a post-pandemic context, through a series of outdoor interventions.
For the second consecutive year, a series of international design exhibitions will be presented in the Design Flags program, to encourage the dialogue between the Romanian and the international market, Romanian Design Week aiming to contribute to the development of local creative industries in a global context.
Romanian Design Week will celebrate creative communities and local hubs through the Design GO program, with numerous satellite events and special design routes throughout the city, with a highlight on the Creative Quarter. An important spot in this program will be Muzeul Național de Artă al României, which will host an exhibition investigating the evolution of contemporary object design in Romania, a cultural project co-financed by Administraţia Fondului Cultural Naţional. This is the first exhibition developed by the Creative Quarter in partnership with Muzeul Național de Artă al României, one of the most important cultural spots on its map.
