Biennial of Design (BIO)

Design for a regenerative future  26th May – 29th September 2022 I Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana   The 27th edition of BIO, Europe’s longest standing design biennale (since 1963), staged and held by Ljubljana’s Museum of Architecture and Design in cooperation with the ...

The 27th edition of BIO Ljubljana, the oldest biennial in the world, has been extended until 23 October! The international exhibition BIO27 Super Vernaculars on growing and ambitious movement for designing more resilient and fair future which had been inspired by vernacular architecture and design ...

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 ...

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 ...

The book Do You Speak Flower? by author and curator Alexandra Midal was published on the occasion of the 28th Biennial of Design, BIO28 Double Agent: Do You Speak Flower?, which takes place from November 21, 2024, to April 6, 2025. The exhibition is on view at the Museum of Architecture and Design ...

At the end of the 28th Design Biennial, we invite you to join us at the Design Perspectives Symposium, which will take place on 27 March 2025, from 14.30 to 20.00 at the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO).   Through a series of discussions, it will focus on three thematic strands – ...

Biodiversity Walks with Trajna & Debra Solomon, 2 April – 16 April 2024   Artist talk & public walk: Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 5pm–8pm Location: Krater feral ecosystem (entrance from Peričeva street)   Biodiversity Walks embark on a two-week hiking tour across Ljubljana’s urban(ized) ...

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 the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first exhibition of the Slovenian Biennial of Design BIO and the 10th anniversary of the biennial’s production platform, a short documentary film, Ten Years of the Biennial of Design, has been produced. The film highlights a decade of the ...

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, ...

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 ...

Water filter Dodola by BIO27 team Pjorkkala is shortlisted for the Distributed Design Award 2022 in the Future Thinking category. The Dodola filter, named after the Slavic goddess of rain, is 3D printed from a mixture of clay and organic matter and is an affordable solution to water filtering. ...

The Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) in Ljubljana is pleased to announce Martina Muzi as the curator of the 29th Biennial of Design (BIO 29). Organised by MAO in collaboration with the Centre for Creativity (CzK), the biennial will open in November 2026 and run through to April 2027, ...

As part of the 27th Biennial of Design BIO27 – Supervernaculars, production space Krater in collaboration with Atelier Luma (FR) and BC Materials (BE) is organizing a hands-on workshop on the topic of building with earth. In the period of one week 10 international individuals will be selected ...