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WAMP – ADVENTURE with Brazilian rhythm
The last wamp of the summer invites the visitors for a competition of journey. KLM Dutch Airlines is celebrating its 90th year anniversary and therefore launched a special competition for designers and artists. 20 talented artists will present suitcases inspired by combination of journey, suitcase and cities. Feeling, impressions, and other pieces of art will be seen on the Wamp fair.
WAMP - Baby on Board
Have you noticed that there are a lot of pregnant ladies around lately? And guess what? Lots of the WAMP organizers are expecting little ones, too. So to celebrate the arrival of the little WAMPs they’ll be focusing on baby design, toy design and stylish yummymummies at the next event.
WAMP - Street
WAMP appears twice in May: in the middle of the month WAMP will extend for a whole weekend. On the first day WAMP joins Exit Street Festival, where the focus of the festival is to introduce urban street trend through music, fashion and other performing art performances. On the second day of WAMP a grass flying carpet will arrive at the design market.
WAMP - Earth Day
WAMP appears one week after Easter to celebrate Earth Day on open air. The event will join other Earth Day happenings and will take place on the same day as the Critical Mass. Cycling and recycling will be the focus points of first spring design fair. Bikes -just like dogs- are special friends of a modern urban person, and as such deserve special attention at the beginning of the season. April WAMP will therefore feature a special bike edition. Bike styling, bike consultancy as well as a great variety of bike accessories will be available.
WAMP – Obsession
You don’t need to be a real wamp, the seducive femme fatale who charms her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, to allow yourself some wellness services on this March WAMP. Woman’s day is a good excuse to leave everything behind and treat yourself to a new dress, or a new jewelry you have been longing for so long. A new hairstyle and a new make-up, or some styling consultancy provided by our professionals is also a good idea to make your day! The show of the day will be the Hungarian perfumer Zsolt Zólyomi.
WAMP - Carnival: Costumes and masks
After having a break in January, WAMP has revived itself in the middle of the carnival season. Wearing costumes is still trendy in 2009, and so we asked Hungarian designers to make unique masks and carnival accessories for the WAMP fair this February. If you have difficulties deciding whether to be an evil witch or an elf come to the fairy WAMP to get fabulous ideas from their creative designers. Also, the usual design items like clothing, jewelry, accessories, furniture, toys, ceramics and glassworks will be on display throughout the carnival fair.
december 2008
Similarly to last year, WAMP appears twice in December under Gödör Club’s pretty ice-skateable pool both 14th and 21st December. If you are in trouble finding Christmas presents for your beloved ones, and like unusual surprises don’t hesitate to visit the WAMP either on 14th or 21st December. More than 170 Hungarian designers and artists will be present to showcase their design products and deluge visitors with fashion, jewelry, ceramicware to glassware goods. There will also be a large selection of design books, if you are after the intellectual part of design.
november 2008
Girls and boys, come out to play, The moon is shining as bright as day. Leave your supper, and leave your sleep, And come with your playfellows into the street. Says Mother Goose in her rhyme which could as well be the motto of the WAMP this time as the main focus of the upcoming fair on November 16th will be on toy designers! If you’re interested in either retro or contemporary toys, visit this exclusive exhibition of Hungarian toy design by Wamp!
october 2008
In the middle of autumn WAMP moves back to its winter home Gödör Klub where you are welcome to join its special design7 edition. It is the fifth time so far between the 3rd and the 12th of October that Design Week has taken place in Budapest whose last day extension is amongst others the WAMP-Dialogue. The latter being the motto of the ten-day-long happening is also the basis of our programs: the roundtable talk with successful young designers for instance, as well as the design quiz wall, and last but not least our design book shop. You will also be able to meet some of the freshly graduated Hungarian designers who will be the highlights of the Sunday fair. The music is edited by DJ Sanyi this time.
september 2008
The September design fair is joining the European Mobility Week when it is worth even riding your bike to Erzsébet tér since Andrássy út will be closed on that day. The WAMP will provide you with the usual attractions so favourable by the visitors: unique and high-quality products of Hungarian designers and in addition an outstanding outdoor dance-performance.