About Festival
Designblok 2024 will take place between 2–6 October 2024, and the theme of the 26th grandest showcase of design and fashion in central Europe is YOUTH.
This year’s Designblok will again bring visitors to some of the most exceptional places Prague has to offer. Due to last year’s immensely positive reception, the festival is returning to Prague Castle, and will also offer the traditional exhibition spaces of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague – which will be called ‘YOUTH Exhibition House’ for the festival’s duration. And for the first time in the festival’s history, visitors will also get the chance to enter the main historical building of the Prague City Museum, which has recently undergone sensitive renovation.
The festival will offer novelties of both Czech and international design from hundreds of exhibiting designers, two large retrospective solo exhibitions of Boda Horak and Daniel Piršč, and a curated exhibition called High Craft which will take place in the Prague Castle Riding School and will offer a new perspective on traditional craft, innovation, high aesthetic standards and a responsible approach to production. The festival will also feature an exhibition of young talent as part of the exhibition of central European schools and universities, and will also feature the Designblok Diploma Selection and Designblok Talent Cards which give space for the presentations of exceptional students of design. There will also be a wide accompanying program in the form of educational lectures, discussions, fashion shows, competitions and field-specific encounters.
Expositions are divided into two concepts:
Superstudio is a space for exhibitions of companies, manufacturers and shops. Superstudio presents novelties of Czech and international manufacturers, presenting products created in cooperation with top designers. All areas of design are presented here, especially furniture, lighting, and home accessories.
Openstudio is a space for expositions of designers, design studios, students, and schools. Laboratory of contemporary design, where product designers, fashion designers, jewelry designers, graphic designers, and illustrators present themselves. Primarily exhibitions of prototypes and small batch production without the participation of a commercial manufacturer.
