The traveling exhibition will take place between 7 October to 25 October 2015 at World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva. This marks the eight editions of the exhibition, after being successfully presented at London Design Festival in United Kingdom, at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in La Triennale di Milano in Italy, at Belgrade Design Week in Serbia at Maribor European Capital of Culture in Slovenia, Helsinki Design Week 2012 in Finland, Designfourm Wien in Austria in 2013 and at Moscow Design Week 2013.

The Silent Revolutions comprises a selection of design that marks the first decades of this young European country. The exhibition’s title portrays Slovenia as a country with exceptional design history, which has not (yet) established itself as an important design location in the wider European context. This “silence” was one of the reasons why we conceived this exhibition with a broad range of recent products in dialogue with five historical, iconic objects. Another aspect of the “revolution” from the title draws attention to the fact that several exhibits set new global standards with break-through innovations.

The exhibition does not focus only on the excellence of individual products, but also on their position in the broader context of contemporary Slovene design. This context changed considerably with the declaration of Slovenia’s independence in 1991 and with the sudden leap to a new free-market economy that followed. Therefore the exhibition does not only present products and designers, but also clients, producers and companies that paid an important, crucial role in the implementation of projects. It illuminates innovative approaches, new development trends, unusual visions, a new design mentality and good strategic navigation in the present, constantly changing economic conditions. The selection encompasses products of large industries with their own trademarks and objects that in small series are manufactured by designers themselves.

The exhibition presents vital differences that reflect the exceptionality and variety of the moment as the main common denominator of contemporary product design in Slovenia.

The exhibition was prepared by the Slovenian IP Office (SIPO) in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN Office in Geneva (MGE) and MAO.

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More on the exhibited projects.

Location

WIPO
AB Building
34, chemin des Colombettes
CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland

Organization

Slovenian IP Office (SIPO)
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN Office in Geneva (MGE)
MAO