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Grass ring and heart-shaped necklace at WAMP design fair
If you have always been longing for a grassring, a snail ring, or a heart-shaped necklace, all you have to do is visit the WAMP design fair. Designer of the month Gaál Göngyvér’s will be there to offer you these unique pieces at her stand. Her jewels are ideal not only for the extravagant, but for everyone. Traditional forms just as special materials are typical characteristics of her works. She uses strong contrasts such as red flowers in green grass, black necklace with vibrant, red heartshapes and offers her work to modern women.
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Designer of the month in September: Gyöngyvér Gaál - Jeweler
Every month since 2009, WAMP has been introducing designers who elevate the fair hype to share more about a designer than just his or her products. A grass ring, snail ring, slide-framed, and heart-shaped necklace Gyöngyvér Gaál jewelry designer shows a little twist in all her designs. This designer of the month, September edition, was one of the very first people to attend WAMP and she has been back periodically ever since. Just recently the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts purchased items from Gyöngyvér to display in their permanent contemporary collection.
WAMP designers are busy this August as beside the regular design fair on Erzsebet square 18 WAMP designers and collectives will exhibit their latest projects in futuristic visions in the fields of jewellery, fashion design, textile, graphic design, interior and product design on the Helsinki Design Week. WAMP has chosen to present design concepts that reflect the way Hungarian designers think about tomorrow, today. Time Drops of WAMP will be presented from 27th of August till 6th of October.
WAMP presenting Time drops - emerging Hungarian design at Helsinki Design Week
18 WAMP designers and collectives will exhibit their latest projects in futuristic visions in the fields of jewellery, fashion design, textile, graphic design, interior and product design on the Helsinki Design Week. WAMP has chosen to present design concepts that reflect the way Hungarian designers think about tomorrow, today. Taste the Time Drops of WAMP!
Festival, festival, festival
Now first mini WAMP at Sziget Festival!!! Come and visit the Hungarian designers while you are having a party! If then your ear got clogged up from the bass and you would fancy wearing other clothes than your military trousers, come and relax on the design fair after the Saturday night’s SZIGET Festival party or before the last get together on Sunday. A good reason for visiting is to look at the exciting stand of the designer of August, Sándor Lakatos. The pieces of his menswear collection could easily be worn by the Muse performing right after the WAMP fair on Sunday.
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Designer of the month in August: Sándor Lakatos
Starting from 2009 WAMP introduces a designer every month who we consider unique or outstanding at the design fair. The aim is also to introduce the person behind the design objects. Sándor Lakatos showed up for the first time at the WAMP last October, after that, he left the country for a longer period. Now he’s back and as the designer of the month in August’s designer fair he is giving us some insight into his newest collection. About which he only mentioned the following: it’s going to be incredible! Note, the collection is only for men!
WAMP 4th B-day
We turned 4 years old!!!! In the previous football world championship’s year, on a hot summer day in July, WAMP began its design-conqueror way. In the time that passed between the two football-events, excellent design veins, musicians, guests and of course the audience ensured the superb mood on more than 50 fairs. Let’s say thank you all!
Lovely creatures at WAMP and Sziget - WAMP UP Award ceremony!
Another sleepy Sunday going completely to waste because you’re too much of a sloth to do anything meaningful? Well, rise and shine and bring some color into your weekend by schlepping yourself down to the heart of the city and joining the seekers and creators of colorful Budapest style. In July, PUcc Sweetwear Design’s lovely small figures, all in candy colors will overrun the Erzsébet tér. So don’t expect anything other than koala rabbits, cube-shaped teddy bears, squint-eyed ninjas and a frilly woman collection at the fair.
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Designer of the month in July: PUcc
Starting from 2009 WAMP introduces a designer every month who we consider unique or outstanding at the design fair. The aim is also to introduce the person behind the design objects. In July, Pucc Sweetwear Design is being presented with the WAMP designer of the Month Award. This is a brand that produces clothes, accessories and lovely small figures, all in candy colors, made from viscous, cotton, elastic, striped, dotted or checkered materials.
Festival chic – styling competition at WAMP
Show Your style of Festival chic, win a Voucher of 50.000 HUF from top WAMP Designers! WAMP and Dívány.hu invites everyone for a self-styling competition throughout the summer season. Since WAMP doubles itself in the summer, every second fair is dedicated to the emergence of the stylish crowd!