The Balkan Design Network (BDN) has recently opened the call for its 2016 Young Balkan Designers (YBD) competition – themed “New Analogue”. YBD 2016 is open for design projects − products, concepts, services and scenarios that are bringing human touch back into design process and manufacturing, linking them directly to materials, crafts and techniques available in the Balkan culture. Forty (40) projects will be selected for inclusion in the Talent Exhibition at Mikser Festival 2016. At least ten (10) projects will become part of a Touring Exhibition at design festivals in the region.

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Balkan Design Network has recently opened applications for the Young Balkan Designers 2015 competition, accepting submissions of projects that offer innovative, yet rational solutions to everyday problems. Anything from design concepts, products (furniture, lighting, interior elements, everyday objects, home accessories, stationary, aid products), to urban services, recycled materials and fashion garments is eligible for entry. Of all the submitted projects, 20-30 winning projects will be selected for inclusion in the “Young Balkan Designers” touring exhibition, which will start in Belgrade in June, 2015 and continue in Zagreb, Plovdiv, Skopje, Vienna, Istanbul and Cologne through to January, 2016.

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