Two vital energies - the energy of talent and the energy of water - on May 22-24, 2013 in the cultural capital of Russia reunited into a single stream of free design and raised St. Petersburg to a wave of professional discussions and creative ideas.
The organizing committee of design presented to everyone's attention the central platform of the business and exhibition program St. Petersburg Design Week 2013 - "Universe Water", a museum complex, which is located in St. Petersburg directly opposite the Tauride Palace.
The world famous Karim Rashid visited St. Petersburg for the first time in his life. Bright, outrageous, unpredictable designer, creator of an innovative direction "sensual minimalism” in architecture, as well as the author of the famous “Designer’s 50 Commandments” was a star speaker and guest of honor at the opening of St. Petersburg Design Week 2013.
Karim Rashid gave a public lecture At the end of the ceremony, he gave a public lecture on the theme “The Future of Design”. We also note that the ceremony was attended by the partner and longtime friend of the Design Week - the world-famous designer and architect Marco Piva.
For the first time in the history of the museum complex, the Design Expo exhibition will be held on its territory, which provides for public viewing not only design solutions from well-known profile salons of the city, but also show art projects of still young, but already well-known designers from Moscow, Tomsk and St. Petersburg, the theme of which will correspond to the motto of the Design Week - Design is Free!
For the first time in the history of St. Petersburg Design Week, the number of open discussions and lectures exceeded 20. From the lectures held in the museum space, one could learn everything about the innovations of the spring exhibition iSaloni 2013, about the methods of using acrylic artificial stone and decorating it, as well as one could learn what the concept of shop window design means , and as far as possible to create a multi-polar and lively urban agglomeration in the cultural capital of Russia.
