The Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), is launching an international open call for designers within the BIO 29 Production Platform, in collaboration with the Centre for Creativity (CzK).

BIO 29 will take place from 19 November 2026 to 4 April 2027. Under the title Soft Fields, the biennial explores how knowledge embedded in research, industrial, and infrastructural environments can be opened, redirected, and redistributed through design practice. The upcoming biennial is curated by Martina Muzi, in collaboration with associate research curator Ro Pérez Gayo.

The Production Platform supports new design-research projects developed in Slovenia in collaboration with local expertise, institutional partners, industry actors, and communities. It offers a flexible structure for collaboration, site visits, and knowledge exchange, emphasising situated experimentation and collective learning.

Applicants are invited to select a specific case in Slovenia as the point of departure for their application proposal. To support this process, the curatorial frame introduces five Fields as points of departure and sources of inspiration for exploring the potential of design practices within Soft Fields. Engage with one of the following fields: Eco-technical Entanglements, Industrial Cycles, Bordered Infrastructures, Maintenance, or Experience Regimes.

We invite local and regional designers and interdisciplinary practitioners, working individually or collectively, to apply. Applications are open until 26 February 2026.

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