Design for the Common Good

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/exhibition-announcement 
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/841735457279617

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.