The Budapest
Metropolitan University's Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries is the host
of the international exhibition that opens on October 4 at the Artus Studio.
In its first
international venue outside of the United States, the Design for the Common
Good Network, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and Budapest
Metropolitan University Faculty of Art and Creative Industries are pleased to
present the Design for the Common Good International Exhibition, a curated
collection of over thirty network-nominated, peer-reviewed, and/or
curator-invited public interest design projects from six continents and
twenty-three countries.
Exhibition projects
exemplify the way communities, organizations, teams of designers, architects,
landscape architects, planners, and more are creating positive change together
from the ground up. These typically localized scale-appropriate efforts are
transformative in the places where they matter most—settings where there is a
distinct call to action, a needed response to critical issues affecting people
and their ability to live life at its fullest. In this way, the term “public
interest design” refers to a practice that champions a community-driven
approach in the design of buildings, environments, products, and systems. It is
a practice that promotes growing knowledge, evolving processes, and activating
meaningful engagement while tackling complex, multi-layered issues.
Prioritizing community vision and supported by a range of diverse stakeholders,
this practice advocates for mutual inclusivity where understanding and growth
is achieved through education, research, and evaluation of design outcomes.
An embodiment of public
interest design, the exhibition showcases work designed collaboratively with
communities to create opportunity and solutions from within. As a result, these
projects respond to often mutually persistent social, economic, and
environmental challenges at a variety of local-to-global scales providing
valuable lessons, take-aways, and best practices.
The exhibition and
related programs will also be part of the Budapest Design Week program.
Detailed information on the programs related to the exhibition will be provided
later.
The website of the
Design for the Common Good Network can be viewed here: https://www.designforthecommongood.net/
Organisers:
Design for the Common Good Network
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Host:
Budapest Metropolitan University, Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
Sponsors:
Budapest Metropolitan University, Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
Center for Public Interest Design, Portland State University
Community Development Partners
Design for the Common Good Network
Metropolitan State University of Denver
National Endowment for the Arts
PROGRAMS DURING THE
EXHIBITION
4th OCTOBER, 6PM
EXHIBITION OPENING
Music by György Philipp
Opening speech: Prof. Bálint Bachmann, Architect
Sergio Palleroni, Professor and Director, Center for Public Interest Design,
Portland State University and Executive Committee Chair, Design for the Common
Good Network
9th October, 5pm
Curator’s Talk / Lisa Abendroth
followed by a round table discussion with Lisa Abendroth, Bálint Bachmann,
Márton Pintér and representatives of regional projects.
Special focus on curator invited EMERGING VOICES --- HELLO WOOD and discussion
with representatives of the education projects CSOCSOCSOCSÓ, Tanulni FOX,
Fedélszép
10th October, 5pm
Guided tour with Lisa Abendroth
18th October, 5pm:
FINISSAGE organized by METU
All programs are free of
charge.
Participation at the Curator's Talk and the Guided tour requires
registration: https://events.metropolitan.hu/design-for-common-good/
