BIO 26: Designathon #1

17. 5.—19. 5. 2019

Aline Lara Rezende and Thomas Geisler

BIO 26: Designathon #1

17. 5.—19. 5. 2019

From May 17th do 19th over 100 creatives from 17 countries took part at the Designathon #1, combining the creative, entrepreneurial world of start-ups, tweaking it with a curatorial approach, thus starting the production process of BIO 26.

Six international, multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with six institutions, six Slovene mentors – Knowledge mentors and six international mentors – Design Mentors put their minds and hearts together to solve a design challenge. The aim of the collaborations is to open up the networks, creating projects and structures that could develop through time.

This year’s edition of the 26th biennial of design – BIO 26 is curated by the Austrian curator and cultural producer Thomas Geisler and co-curated by Austrian curator, designer and journalist Aline Lara Rezende. The jury and BIO 26 advisory committee consists of Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum London, Johnny Golding, Philosopher and professor at the Royal College of Art, Amelie Klein, Curator, Vitra Design Museum, Germany, Maja Vardjan, Curator, MAO and Aleš Pustovrh, Professor and economist.

The participants were thrilled about the event and the creative atmosphere and it will not be an easy task for the jury to choose only six projects that will be further developed (from prototype to product) at the Designathon #2: taking place from the 12th to 14th of July 2019 in Ljubljana. 

The theme of BIO 26: Common Knowledge is one of the greatest challenges in our society: information – how we manage it, shape it, process it and distribute it.

vou are kindly invited to see all the photos from the event (by Janez Klenovšek) in the Flickr gallery.

FROM THE EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT:

The first designathon of BIO 26 will be taking place from the 17th of May to the 19th of May 2019 in Klub CD (Cankarjev dom) in Ljubljana. The six best projects selected during the first designathon—ideation to prototype—will continue to the next phase and receive funds to be developed further in a second designathon—prototype to product—taking place in July in Ljubljana.

BIO 26 challenges the existing formats of design events. Combining the creative, entrepreneurial world of start-ups, tweaking it with a curatorial approach, the BIO 26 team is crafting two design marathons – designations, in which six international, multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with six institutions, six Slovene mentors – Knowledge mentors and six international mentors – Design Mentors will be putting their minds and hearts together to solve a design challenge. The aim of the collaborations is to open up the networks, creating projects and structures that could develop through time.

The jury and BIO 26 advisory committee consists of Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum London, Johnny Golding, Philosopher and professor at the Royal College of Art, Amelie Klein, Curator, Vitra Design Museum, Germany, Maja Vardjan, Curator, MAO and Aleš Pustovrh, Professor and economist. 
 
The mentors collaborating on the designathon are the following:
 
The first group with the challenge Library: Old Structures, New Functions posed by the National University Library will consist of Knowledge mentors dr. Irena Eiselt, Žiga Cerkvenik and Janko Klasinc, and Design mentor Common Place (Jon Stam), from The Netherlands. 
 
The second group with the challenge The Museum: A Meaningful Online/Offline Experience posed by the Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana will consist of Knowledge mentor Ida Hiršenfelder and Design mentor Paolo Patelli from The Netherlands. 
 
The third group with the challenge The University: Toward New Learning Ergonomics, posed by The University of Ljubljana, will consist of Knowledge mentor Dr. Tomaž Deželan and Design mentor Apolonija Šušteršič from Slovenija. 
 
The fourth group with the challenge News Journalism: Media Credibility and its Discontents posed by the Newspaper Delo, will consist of Knowledge mentor Ali Žerdin and Design mentor Bureau D’etudes: Léonore Bonaccini and Xavier Fourt, from France.
 
The fifth group with the challenge Botanical Garden: Connecting Plants and People posed by the Ljubljana Botanical Garden – Seed bank, will consists of Knowledge mentors Dr. Jože Bavcon and Mag. Blanka Ravnjak and Design mentor Future Farmers: Amy Franceschini and Lode Vranken, from the USA. 
 
The sixth group with the challenge A Retirement Home: An Academy of Life, posed by the Fužine Activity Center (CAF), will consist of Knowledge mentor Monika Šparl and Design mentor Kathrina Dankl, from Austria. 

 
This year’s 26th biennial of design BIO 26 is themed Common knowledge and will take place from the 14th of November 2019, to the 9th of February 2020 in the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO). The theme of this year is one of the greatest challenges in our society: information – how we manage it, shape it, process it and distribute it.

 

Location

 Klub CD

 

Opening Hours

By invitation only

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