The purpose of the collective is to become organically self-sustaining and able to keep reinventing itself relying on the joy of the creative process instead of its members. This article presents a selection of the Zine Club’s publications.
In today’s world of information and visual overload, we sometimes need a bit of distraction, a good laugh, or a minute of immersion without having to commit to a lengthy read. One-page comics are perfect for this purpose, blending humour, drama, and creativity to work their magic on a single page.
What would our clothing look like if the Roman Empire hadn’t fallen and would keep on defining our culture? Lilla André’s fictional design sought to answer this question, envisioning a utopia that incorporates toga as casual everyday wear.
There’s no such thing as too much exposure for design works and student collaborations, especially in the small, financially not very padded cultural scene offering precious few entry opportunities for emerging designers. The sooner a young artist gets university-wide and general publicity and can be put into contact with players of the cultural circuit, the better they can stand on their two feet after the academic safety net has been pulled from other them.
Over the past two decades, Elina Brotherus has become one of the most famous Scandinavian artists. Her rich body of work is recognizable not only by her regularly reappearing, familiar figure, but also the characteristic aesthetic language used and the questionsposed. On the occasion of her visit and artist talk at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest, we had the opportunity to ask her about her artistic approach in more depth.
It would be best if there was no need for social design, because that would mean the pressing issues of our age, such as climate change, wars, and social inequalities had all been resolved, says MOME’s scientific associate and head of the Social Design Hub of the Innovation Center Bori Fehér.
The flourishing trend of vinyls present the perfect occasion to reflect on the visual whirlwind of older and new vinyls in record stores or home collections.
Reaching back to old traditions and evoking the forms used in peasant culture is a recurring pattern in the methodical reconstruction of national culture. In the 19th century, Matyó became the representative embodiment of everything Hungarian, with a prominent role in sketching a romantic national self-image and an impact that can still be felt to this day. Sára Kocsis’s My Hungarian Heritage collection explores the relevance of peasant traditions, how they interact with young people, and how they can be incorporated into fashion.
Today, the majority of official film and music posters are not made for artistic value, and simply serve promotion purposes. In comparison, alternative film posters can add extra layers or reveal deeper layers of meaning, offer a unique and creative perspective for interpretation, and not unimportantly, also act as collectibles. Like a number of contemporary artists, László Nagy has been working in this alternative scene for decades.
Completedwith the support of the Erika Deák Grant, her project Thinking by listening, listening by seeing helpsexplore our complex relationship to our public spaces through location-specific artworks.
How many hours a day do we spend sitting? This question has been widely studied in healthcare, ergonomics, and psychology, as well as design. MOME Architecture students explored various dimensions of sitting, whether on a chair, bench, couch, or vehicles in an experimental workshop, approaching the subject not just with the tools of design but also humour and criticism. Here are 5 of the resulting thought-provoking solutions, from a modular seating system to a shopping cart armchair.
Children are curious about the past. By the time they start taking history at school though, they have already been exposed to a great deal of half-truths and are ill-equipped to make head or tail of the various stories on their own. Szonja Somogyvári’s We Will Be Grave Robbers is a reflection on this situation.
Can the power of nature be invoked through an object? Ádám Barcsai’s NIIGATA project also explores the compatibility of tradition and digital technologies.
Fashion accessory, contemporary jewellery, collectible item, or home decor? UTO is not easy to label, fluidly treading the line between the various genres, between functional and conceptual.
Judit Spanyár’s photo project Confrontation explores the conflict between opposing individual stories rooted in pluralistic history and paralel narratives.