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Deadline for applications: 12 May 2024   The summer school by Passa Ao Futuro is a fully funded 2-week intensive workshop taking place at Loulé Crtiativo in Loulé, Portugal. Design, architecture and craft students are invited to explore techniques of basket weaving with five traditional ...

31 January till 1 March 2024   The Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) in collaboration with the Centre for Creativity is launching an Open Call for participation in Double Agent – the 28th Biennial of Design, curated by Alexandra Midal.   Political, bold, vibrant, and provocative, ...

  Introduction Study Room Monument House City   Like the concept of the exhibition, the video presentation is divided into four content sections as well: study room, monument, house and city, which the author of the exhibition, curator dr. Miloš Kosec, describes in more ...

  There are currently no exhibitions in the museum.   The new exhibition The Structure of Modernity: Edvard Ravnikar and His Quests will be open for visitors from December 1st 2023 onwards.   Thank you for your understanding. See you soon!

The Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) is excited to announce the release of the extended catalogue accompanying the recently concluded exhibition Universum Plečnik: Between Workshop and Myth.   The book elaborates on the architect’s approaches to designing public space and focuses on ...

BIO28: Double Agent November 2024 – April 2025 Curator: Alexandra Midal Assistant Curator: Emma Pflieger   MAO is pleased to announce the appointment of curator and professor Alexandra Midal as the curator for the 28th edition of the Biennial of Design (BIO), Europe’s longest-standing ...

On Thursday, July 13, 2023, a symposium entitled Made by Women, Celebrating women in socialist architecture and design will be held as part of the exhibition Retrotopia. Design for Socialist Spaces in Berlin’s Kunstgewerbemuseum, in which the co-curator of the exhibition dr. Cvetka Požar, ...

The Museum in Community is an exhibition project that was created through a process of cooperation and co-creation between individuals and institutions in the Ljubljana district-neighbourhood of Nove Fužine. With the project, we want to show the power of community when it connects across ...

As the final act of the 27th edition of the oldest design biennial in the world BIO Ljubljana, Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) is pleased to announce the release of BIO27 Super Vernaculars catalogue.   Catalogue available in MAO online shop>>   The 27th edition of ...

February 2023 – October 2025   WHAT Made in Platform for Contemporary Crafts & Design is a research, design, and heritage initiative encouraging collaboration and knowledge exchange between traditional craftspeople and contemporary designers, as well as other experts in the fields of ...

Inspired by BIO27 Super Vernaculars, the Royal Academy of Arts together with MAO hosted a special Super Vernacular study day to further explore the ideas developed as part of the biennial and generate lively discussion around the value of the vernacular for architecture and design. BIO27 Super ...

25.03.2023 to 16.07.2023 I Kunstgewerbemuseum, Matthäikirchplatz, 10785 Berlin   Exhibition opening: Friday, March 24, 19.00   Retrotopia. Design for Socialist Spaces is a collaborative exhibition project that looks at the role and influence of design in the countries of the former ...