International Design Exhibition - 22nd Biennial of Industrial Design
Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Ljubljana, Slovenia
7 October to 7 November 2010
The 22nd Biennial of Industrial Design opens at the Museum of Architecture and Design on 7 October 2010. The Biennial of Industrial Design is an international exhibition of industrial design, design concepts, product graphics and information design at which a selection of innovative, comprehensive, functional and durable design solutions from 24 countries will be presented. After reviewing the 132 exhibits, an international jury of esteemed design professionals will present this year’s BIO Awards. In addition to the main BIO exhibition, many accompanying events will take place during the period of the Biennial.
Submitting Works for BIO 22 and the Exhibition Selection Process
Every two years the organiser of the Biennial – the Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat – publishes an international call for submissions and invites designers, manufacturers and clients from all over the world to submit works the exceptional characteristics of which are apparent in the combination of quality, originality, innovation, durability and functionality with which the well-designed product successfully addresses the needs of various groups of users.
Since the first BIO exhibition in 1964, there have been 21 biennial events at which designers, clients, manufacturers and students from all over the world have presented their works. Among them have been prestigious names such as Naoto Fukusawa Design, Ron Arad, Kazue Kawasaki, Marc Zanusa, Vitra Internationa, Ittala, Porsche Design Studio, Siemens, Electrolux, Zanotta, Pininfarina, Ergonomidesign, Tupperware, IKEA and many others. With its long tradition and its commitment to excellence, BIO represents an important professional networking platform in the international design world.
BIO 22 call for submission was opened from 1 February to 12 April 2010 (extended to 18 April). In response to this year's call for submissions, 503 entries were submitted from 34 countries. Applying the criteria set forth in the “Rules for Participation in the 22nd Biennial of Industrial Design”, the Selection Committee - Veronika Egger (Austria), Ilona Gurjanova (Estonia), Cvetka Požar (Slovenia), Barbara Predan (Slovenia), Lidija Pritržnik (Slovenia), Michał Stefanowski (Poland), Nedjeljko Špoljar (Croatia), Georg Wanker (Austria) and Jonathan Young (United Kingdom) – carefully examined all works and chose the best works that will be presented at the main BIO 22 exhibition.
The committee selected 132 works from 24 countries – Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Latvia, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. As a result of the high standards and strict selection criteria, the selection of a work for the BIO 22 exhibition is in itself a significant accolade for designers and entrants.
The selection of the best works will be presented at the exhibition in three groups: A. Products (66 works), B. Product Graphic and Information Design (20 works), and C. Concepts (46 works). The last of these groups will be further divided into student concepts and concepts by established designers. This will provide young and unknown designers with space for a separate presentation of as yet unrealised projects. With this year's exhibition concept and programme, the organisers will bring the event even closer to visitors and allow them to discover the special characteristics of the exhibited products via an active experience. The products will be accompanied by presentations in text form. At the same time, the key characteristics of individual groups and the criteria used to select works for the exhibition will be highlighted.
BIO Award ceremony and international Jury:
Before the opening of BIO 22, all the selected and exhibited works will once again be subjected to the expert scrutiny of a prestigious international jury consisting of Vivian Cheng Wai Kwan (Hong Kong), Luigi Ferrara (Canada), Malcolm Garrett (United Kingdom), Peter Krečič (Slovenia) and Sanna Simola (Finland). The jury will convene on 4–5 October 2010. The jury will select the best of the exhibited works and at the opening of the exhibition will confer the BIO Design Awards – BIO Gold Medals, Honourable Mentions, Good Concept Awards and the Student Award. These awards represent an important international design accolade.
BIO 22 opening will be on Thursday, 7 October 2010, at 7 p. m. at the Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle.
BIO 22 Catalogue
As with past biennials, all the exhibited works will be featured in the BIO 22 catalogue together with information about the designers, photographs and presentations of the selected products. The catalogue will also contain an extensive theoretical section. . The 21 BIO catalogues published to date have an enormous cultural and historical value in the sphere of industrial design and are an invaluable reference for design professionals and theorists at home and abroad.
The BIO 22 catalogue will be published in Slovene and English and distributed to world and home design organizations, museums, individuals and companies.
BIO 22 Accompanying program
As well as admiring the finest design achievements of the last two years, visitors to Fužine Castle will be able to take part in public guided tours, in presentations of exhibited works, and children's creative workshops, watch design films, play games with virtual design products and visit two accompanying exhibitions at Fužine Castle free of charge: Service and Information Design: Examples of Good Practice, organised in conjunction with the Pekinpah Association, and The Wooden Toy, a collaboration with the Academy of Fine Art and Design.
In addition to the main exhibition, many accompanying events will take place during the period of the Biennial also at other locations. In conjunction with numerous partners, the programme will offer a variety of events from the design field to various groups of visitors; among them an exhibition dedicated to one of Finland's greatest architects and designers Alvar Aalto Houses – Timeless Expressions, the sale exhibition South by Southeast: Fashion Design in Southeast Europe, the travelling exhibition Best presents: Best of BIO 21, the exhibition Crystal-clear Forms, the international lecture series On information design with Malcolm Garrett and Karen Schriver, a seminar entitled Interaction Design Shapes the Development of Information, organized in conjunction with new main sponsor Sonce.net, and international conference ‘Cradle to Cradle’ for the Third Industrial Revolution.
List of BIO 22 accompanying program
Main exhibition
22 Biennial of Industrial Design
7 October–7 November 2010
Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana
Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00 am to 6 pm. Extended hours every Thursday, 10 am.–9 pm.
Guided visits
Public guided visits to the BIO 22 exhibition
7 October to 7 November 2010
Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana
Every Thursday at 6.00pm and every Sunday at 3.00pm.
Presentations
Presentations of products exhibited at BIO 22
7 October to 7 November 2010
Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana
Every Saturday between 3.00pm and 5.00pm.
Educational activities Creative workshop
7 October to 7 November 2010
Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana
Every Sunday at 11.00am and 3.00pm.
Additional information available at izobrazevanje@aml.si
Schools programme
7 October to 7 November 2010
Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana
Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 am to 6.00pm.
Interactive application
The Museum at Your Fingertips
7 October to 7 November 2010
Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana
7–14 October, every day for the duration of the main exhibition; 14 October to 7 November, every weekend for the duration of the main exhibition.
Prepared by: Semantika d. o. o., Microsoft Slovenia and the Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat
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Exhibition
Opening: Thursday, 7 October 2010 at 7.00pm
Service and Information Design: Examples of Good Practice
7 October to 31 December 2010
Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana
Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00am to 6.00pm. During BIO 22, Thursday hours are extended to 9pm.
Prepared by: Pekinpah Association and the Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat.
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Exhibition
The Wooden Toy
7 October to 7 November 2010
Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana
Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00am to 6.00pm (late opening on Thursdays to 9.00pm).
Prepared by: Academy of Fine Art and Design and the Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat
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The Bookshop and Store
The Design Bookshop and Store at BIO 22
7 October to 7 November 2010
Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana
Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00am to 6.00pm (late opening on Thursdays to 9.00pm).
Prepared by: Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat
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Screenings
Documentaries on Design
7 October to 7 November 2010
Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana
Every Thursday at 7.00pm.
Prepared by: Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Objectified (Gary Hustwit, USA, 2009, 75 min)
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Helvetica (Gary Hustwit, USA, 2007, 80 min)
Thursday, 28 October 2010
The Next Industrial Revolution (Christopher Bedford in Shelley Morhaim, USA, 2002, 55 min)
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Nightline: Deep Dive (ABC News, USA, 1999, 20 min)
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Travelling exhibition
BIO presents: Best of BIO 21
21–26 August 2010
INPAK and AGRA trade fairs, Pomurski Sejem, Cesta na stadion 2, Gornja Radgona
Open from 9.00am to 7.00pm.
Prepared by: Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat in conjunction with Pomurski Sejem d. d.
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Workshop
Creative ReDesign: Recycling in Design
13–18 September 2010
Kreativna šola, Dolenjska cesta 83, Ljubljana
Workshop: Monday to Friday, 4.30–8.30pm
Exhibition: Saturday, 12.00–4.30pm
Prepared by: Studio 2050 and Atelje 2050
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Travelling exhibition
Opening: Tuesday, 21 September 2010 at 7.00pm
BIO presents: Best of BIO 21
21 September to 5 November 2010
Vizionarna, Pipistrel d. o. o., Goriška cesta 50a, Ajdovščina
Open on weekdays from 7.00am to 11.00am and from 12.00pm to 3.30pm.
Prepared by: Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat and Pipistrel d. o. o.
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Exhibition
Opening: Tuesday, 28 September 2010 at 7.00pm
Crystal-clear Forms
28 September to 7 November 2010
Rogaška’s exclusive showroom and gallery at Mestni Trg 22, Ljubljana
Open Monday to Saturday from 9.00am to 8.00pm and Sundays from 10.00am to 2.00pm.
Prepared by: Steklarna Rogaška d. d.
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Sale exhibition
Opening: Friday, 1 October 2010 at 8.00pm
South by Southeast: Fashion Design in Southeast Europe
1–31 October 2010
Temporary Showroom, Vošnjakova 4, Ljubljana
Open Monday to Friday from 10.00am to 8.00pm and Saturdays from 10.00am to 2.00pm.
Prepared by: SOTO (Contemporary Slovene Textile and Clothing Design) and the Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat
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Exhibition
Opening: Monday, 4 October 2010 at 7.00 pm
Alvar Aalto – Timeless Expressions
4 October–7 November 2010
The National Museum of Slovenia – Metelkova, Maistrova 1, Ljubljana
Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00am to 6.00pm.
Prepared by: Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat, the Alvar Aalto Foundation, Embassy of Finland, Ljubljana, and the National Museum of Slovenia
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Workshop
Opening: Thursday, 7 October 2010 at 8.00pm
The Shop
7 October to 7 November 2010
Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana
Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00am to 6.00pm (extended hours every Thursdays, 10.00am to 9.00pm).
Prepared by: Grupa and the Royal College of Art students, the CPU and the Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat
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Lecture
Friday, 8 October 2010 at 6.00pm
Malcolm Garrett, Keeping it Real in a Virtual World
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, Hall A, Dimičeva 13, Ljubljana
Prepared by: Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat in conjunction with Dr Petra Černe Oven and the Pekinpah Association
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Exhibition
33rd Slovenian Packaging Oscar 2010
7 October to 6 November 2010
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, Dimičeva 13, Ljubljana
Open weekdays from 7.00am to 9.00pm and Saturdays from 8.00am to 12.00pm
Prepared by: Pomurski Sejem d.d. and the Chamber Of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
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International conference
Tuesday, 12 October 2010, from 13.00pm to 6.00pm
‘Cradle to Cradle’ for the Third Industrial Revolution
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, Hall A, Dimičeva 13, Ljubljana
Prepared by: Government Office for Development and European Affairs and the Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat
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Exhibition
Opening: Wednesday, 13 October 2010 at 7.00pm
DuoHandles – HandleDuos
13 October to 7 November 2010
The Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia, The House of Architecture, Vegova 8, Ljubljana
Open weekdays from 10.00am to 7.00pm, Saturdays and Sundays from 9.00am to 12.00pm.
Prepared by: FSB – Franz Schneider Brakel GmbH + Co KG, The Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia, The House of Architecture and the Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat
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Lecture
Tuesday, 19 October 2010 at 6.00pm
Dr Karen Schriver, Reading on the Web: Implications for Online Information Design
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, Hall A, Dimičeva 13, Ljubljana
Prepared by: Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat in conjunction with Dr Petra Černe Oven and the Pekinpah Association
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International Seminar on Information Design
Thursday, 4 November 2010, from 10.00am to 4.00pm
Interaction Design Shapes the Development of Information
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, Dimičeva 13, Ljubljana
Prepared by: Sonce.net, Digital marketing agency, and the Museum of Architecture and Design/BIO Secretariat
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BIO international partnerships
A precondition for a good exhibition is a quality selection of works. This is guaranteed by the BIO selection committee. A good exhibition with thematic unity of content and a clear message to both the general and professional public depends to a large extent on the quality of works submitted in response to the international call for submissions. Maintaining the high level of quality of submissions is facilitated by the biennial's connections with and membership of international professional associations such as the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID), Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA) and International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA) and long-standing partnerships with many design organisations in other countries.
For the Biennial’s international promotion the members of the BIO Selection Committee and Jury are very important. These are appointed specially for each biennial by the BIO Secretariat after consultation with the expert committee and following the recommendations of the international professional associations ICSID, BEDA and ICOGRADA. Within the selection committee, experts in different fields are divided into three smaller specialist groups responsible for deciding on the selection of works for the exhibition on the basis of the criteria set. The international jury is small and operates as a single group which decides unanimously and confers the BIO awards: BIO Gold Medals, Honourable Mentions, Good Concept Awards and the Student Award.
About the Biennial of Industrial Design
The Biennial of Industrial Design and the BIO Secretariat were founded in 1963 at the initiative of professional organisations and individuals by Ljubljana City Council, the Chamber of Commerce of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia and the Cultural Assembly of Slovenia. Since 1972 it has operated under the aegis of the Museum of Architecture and Design, formerly the Architecture Museum Ljubljana.
Decisions on all the essential elements of the BIO exhibition except evaluation and selection are taken by the nine-member BIO Organising Committee which consists of representatives of the City of Ljubljana, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, the Ministry of Culture, the business enterprise sector, the design profession and the Museum of Architecture and Design. The Organising Committee is an honorary consultative body responsible for defining substantive and financial frameworks and BIO policy. It has no influence over the specific selection of items for the exhibition.
Expert support is provided for the BIO Secretariat in the preparation and execution of the exhibition by the BIO Expert Committee, which is made up of prominent representatives of the design profession. As well as these committees, the BIO has an honorary committee consisting of key supporters and representatives of funding bodies.
The exhibition is funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, the City of Ljubljana and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia and by other sponsors and donors including Sonce.net d.o.o., Gorenje d.d., Riko d.o.o., Trimo d.d., general media sponsors Deloindom and Klub Naročnikov Dela, RTV Slovenia and others.
Information
For additional information, press and photo material please contact:
Museum of Architecture and Design/ BIO Secretariat
Fužine Castle, Pot na Fužine 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Pika Leban, public relation
T: 00386 1 540 97 98, 1 540 03 46/48
e-mail: infobio@aml.si
http://www.bio.si/, http://www.aml.si/
Some photos are available at the web page.
