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Museum of Architecture and Design

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The Ljubljana Architecture Museum was established in 1972 by the UrbanMunicipality of Ljubljana. In April 2010 the management of the museum wastransferred from the city to the state. Under the new name the Museum of

Architecture and Design (MAD) is the central Slovene museum for architecture,

town planning, industrial and graphic design, and photography. Since 1992 theMuseum is located at Fuine Castle. It houses also a permanent display ofoeuvres by the leading Slovene architect Joe Plenik(18721957).

Since 1972 the Secretariat of the Biennial of Industrial Design (BIO) operatesunder the aegis of the museum. In September 2012 the 23nd biennial opened its

door with an international design exhibition.

Contents

1 Departments

2 Programme

3 Education

4 See also

5 External links

6 Gallery

Departments

The activities of the Museum of Architecture and Design have expanded sincethe move to the Fuine Castle. The museum now incorporates 6 departments:the Department of Historical Architecture in Slovenia, the Department ofContemporary Slovene Architecture, the Department of Industrial Design, theDepartment of Visual Communications, the Department of Photography, andthe Department of Educational Activities. The museum also houses a specialisedlibrary.

The museum manages also a part of the Plenik Collection in situ, at PlenikHouse Karunova ulica 4. From 1988 to 2004 the museum also managed theJakopi Gallery, which is today managed by the Museum and Galleries ofLjubljana.

Programme

The Museum of Architecture and Design systematically collects, stores, studies,and presents material at permanent and temporary exhibitions. The displayThe

Architect Joe Plenik 18721957is based on a major exhibition of the same titleat the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris in 1986. Special themed historicalexhibitions include The Modern Classic Arne Jacobsen 19021971: A Centenary

Exhibition (2004), 17th-Century Architecture in Slovenia (2006) and 18th-Century Architecture in Slovenia (2007). Beside periodical exhibitions ofSlovene architecture, the museum also hosts regular exhibitions of internationalarchitecture. Such as the exhibition Beyond Everydayness: Theatre

Architecture in Central Europe which was organised by the network of CentralEuropean theatre and architecture organisations participating in the TACEproject, including the National Theatre Museum of Slovenia.

Among contemporary design exhibitions the exhibition Niko Kralj: TheUnknown Famous Designer was quite a break-through: it showcased thearchives, sketches, photographs, prototypes and final products of the world-

renowned Slovenian industrial designer Niko Kralj (19212013), including thefamous Rex armchair, Lupina series, 4455 and modular system furnitureFutura, Savinja, Javor, Konstrukta, as well as the Mosquito chair, which wasdesigned as early as 1953, but due to the complexity of its manufacture, it onlyentered regular production in 2012.

Contact info

Muzej za arhitekturo in oblikovanje(MAO)

http://www.mao.si

[email protected](mailto:[email protected])

Pot na Fuine 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana

Phone 386 (0) 1 548 4270

Fax 386 (0) 1 540 0344

Region SI-1

Founded

by

Government of theRepublic of Slovenia

Matevelik, [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

Phone 386 (0) 1 548 4271

Tanja Vergles, Secretary


Phone 386 (0) 1 548 4270

Pika Leban, Public relations


Phone 386 (0) 1 548 4274

See on Google Maps

Events abroad

11 October to 17 October 2013Silent Revolutions: Contemporary Design inSlovenia, an exhibition organised by the

Museum of Architecture and Design, at the

Moscow Design Week, supported by theEmbassy of the Republic of Slovenia Moscow,at The ArtPlay Design Center in Moscow,

Russia programme(http://www.silentrevolutions.si/)

Past Events
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Niko Kralj, neznani znani oblikovalec // Making of by Drustvo Pekinpah onVimeo

EducationLectures and other educational activities, including creative workshops, takeplace regularly at the museum. Museum evenings are thematically structuredlectures ranging from architecture, visual communications, industrial design,photography and other activities connected with museums. Taking place once amonth they aim to encourage public debate about museums and different areasof expertise that are increasingly neglected in contemporary society.

In 20062007 the ARK - Institute for Architecture and Culture co-organised aseries of lectures under the title Architectural Epicentres. These lecturesfocused on seven epicentres Brazil and Mexico in the 1950s, Finland in the1960s, Switzerland and USA in the 1980s, Barcelona in the 1990s, and theNetherlands at the close of the 20th century, while the concluding lecturefocused on Slovenia and the (im)possibility of its becoming one of the nextarchitectural epicentres. The lecturers were Keith L. Eggener, Hugo Segawa,

Harri Kalha, Bart Lootsma, Nott Chaviezel, Mary McLeod, Jose Luis Echeverre,Yasushi Zenno, Rado Riha and Botjan Vuga of SADAR + VUGA Architects. Thebook of essays presenting the lecture series was published by the Museum in2008.

In 2008 in collaboration with the Pekinpah Association, the museum prepared aseries of lectures in design theory about sustainable alternatives in design withinternational lecturers. In 2010 they published a book of lectures Sustainablealternatives in design: It's high time we start losing time featuring texts by:Dieter Rams, Ezio Manzini, Jonathan Chapman, Clive Dilnot, Per Mollerup,

Victor Margolin, Cvetka Poar, and Barbara Predan.

In 2010 the Museum of Architecture and Design presented a series of lectures invisual communications theory On Information Design, in collaboration withPetra erne Oven and Pekinpah Association. The lecture series features sixinternationally renowned experts in the area of information design, among themalso Yuri Engelhardt, Rob Waller, and Karel van der Waarde.

See also

Museum of Architecture and Design Library

Biennial of Industrial Design (BIO)

Plenik Collection

Plenik House

External links

Museum of Architecture and Design website (http://www.mao.si/)

Museum of Architecture on Twitter (http://twitter.com/MAO_Slovenia)

Museum of Architecture on Facebook

(http://www.facebook.com/muzej.za.arhitekturo.in.oblikovanje)Museum of Architecture channel on YouTube

(http://www.youtube.com/user/MuseumArchitecture)

Interview with the museum director Matevelik

(http://ms.sta.si/2010/11/architecture-museum-director-celik-plecniks-work-

13 June to 11 July 2013Five Years of Slovene Architecture -ARCHITECTURE=exhibition and screenings

of Small and Smart: Expressions ofContemporary Slovenian Architecture in Filmsby the Museum of Architecture and Design,organised in cooperation with Architects'

Bulletin (ab) (Architects' Society of Ljubljana(DAL)), Architectural Gallery DESSA,RAZ:UM and House of Architecture Maribor

and with the support of the Embassy of theRepublic of Slovenia Tel Aviv, at ArchitectsGallery in Tel Aviv, Israel programme(http://telaviv.veleposlanistvo.si/fileadmin/user_upload/dkp_46_vta/pdf/2013/eNewsle _ il_

6 May 2013A screening of Small and Smart:Contemporary Slovenian Architecture on Film,

produced by the Museum of Architecture and

Design and ARK - Institute for Architectureand Culture, and lectures by Jeff Bickert (ARK

- Institute for Architecture and Culture) andPetra eferin (Museum of Architecture and

Design), supported by the Embassy of theRepublic of Slovenia Budapest, at Kino in

Budapest, Hungary programme(http://kek.org.hu/filmnapok/en/may-6-small-and-smart-contemporary-slovenian-

architecture-on-film/)

24 April to 23 June 2013Iskra: Non-Aligned Design 19461990, an

exhibition by the Museum of Architecture and

Design (authors of the exhibition Cvetka Poarand Barbara Predan) at Museum of YugoslavHistory in Belgrade, Serbia programme

(http://www.mij.rs/vesti/98/dobar-dizajn.html)

18 April to 30 April 2013New Slovenian Architecture, an exhibition byDamir Kovai and screenings of Small andSmart: Contemporary Slovenian Architectureon Filmproduced by Museum of Architectureand Design and ARK - Institute forArchitecture and Culture at BINA 2013 atCultural Centre of Belgrade - Art Gallery in

Belgrade, Serbia programme(http://www.bina.rs/2013/en/archives/category/program)

22 March to 28 April 2013Silent Revolutions: Contemporary Design inSlovenia, an exhibition by the Museum ofArchitecture and Design, coorganised bySlovenian Culture and Information Centre,

Vienna (SKICA) at Design Austria -Designforum in Vienna, Austria programme(http://www.designaustria.at/posts/1666-silent-

revolutions-contemporary-design-in-slovenia)

3 March 2013House D, a short film by Damjan Kozole,

produced by Vertigo/Emotionfilm and theMuseum of Architecture and Design at the 5thBudapest Architecture Film Days at Toldi

Cinema in Budapest, Hungary programme(http://kek.org.hu/filmnapok/en/strange-homes-selection-of-short-films/)

15 November 2012 to 23 February 2013Eight Slovene designers (from OLoOPDesign, Bevk Perovi Arhitekti, AKSLArhitekti, AlmiraSadar, BelaBela,

Pleksimanija, Studio Drevo and JanezSuhadolc) presented at Common Roots -Design map of Central Europeexhibition, and

Cvetka Poar from Museum of Architectureand Design, Ljubljana, as workshops andseminars participant, supported by theEmbassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tel Aviv

at Design Museum Holon in Holon, Israelprogramme(http://www.dmh.org.il/exhibition/exhibition.aspx?

pid=23&catId=-1)

3 October to 15 October 2012Niko Kralj: The King of Chairs - On the

Implicitness of a Legendary SlovenianDesigner, an exhibition by the Museum ofArchitecture and Design at the Vienna Design

Week at Architekturzentrum Vienna in Vienna,Austria programme(http://www.azw.at/event.php?event_id=1273&lang_id=en)

12 September to 16 September 2012Silent Revolutions: Contemporary Design inSloveniaexhibition curated by Maja Vardjan,

produced by Museum of Architecture and

Design in Wold Design Capital 2012 Helsinkiin Helsinki, Finland programme

(http://helsinki.embassy.si/index.php?id=4200&L=1)

4 June to 10 June 2012Silent Revolutionsexhibition produced by the

Museum of Architecture and Design at theBelgrade Design Week in Belgrade, Serbia

programme(http://www.belgradedesignweek.com/dizajnpremieres/silent-revolutions,-slovenia)

8 April to 11 April 2012Curator pela ubic from Museum ofArchitecture and Design / Biennial of Design(BIO) at the Holon Design Week, supported

by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia
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wont-be-neglected) fromMisli slovensko STA website

MAO debates (http://videolectures.net/maodebates2011_ljubljana/) on

VideoLectures.Net

Niko Kralj exhibition (http://www.mao.si/Exhibition/Niko-Kralj-The-

Unknown-Famous-Designer.aspx)

The bookSustainable alternatives in design

(http://www.pekinpah.com/said/index.htm)

Gallery

Corporate identity for theMuseum of Architecture and

Design by IlovarStritar design

studio, 2011

Corporate identity for theMuseum of Architecture and

Design by IlovarStritar, 2011

Eight Slovene designers (OLoOP Design, Bevk PeroviArhitekti, AKSL Arhitekti,AlmiraSadar, BelaBela,

Pleksimanija, Studio Drevo,and Janez Suhadolcpresented at the exhibitionCommon Roots Design Mapof Central Europeat theDesign Museum in Holon,2012

From the first biennial in 1964to today, Biennial of IndustrialDesign (BIO) has presentedtwenty-one exhibitionssurveying the state ofinternational design. 2010

Tapio Wirkkala, one of themost influential Finnishdesigners of the 20th century,Exhibition, held at Museum of

Architecture and Design, 2005

Biennial of Industrial Design(BIO) is one of the world soldest international designevents with a tradition of morethan forty years

Biennial of Industrial Design(BIO), in Ljubljana, is one ofthe few international biennialexhibitions dedicated toshowcasing industrial,product, and graphic designwork selected by professionaldesign institutions. 2010

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Tel Aviv at Design Museum Holon in Holon,Israel programme

(http://www.dmh.org.il/Events/Event.aspx?pid=101&catId=0)

14 February to 2 April 2012Silent Revolutions: Contemporary Design inSloveniaexhibition curated by Maja Vardjan,produced by Museum of Architecture andDesign at Impluvium (La Triennale di Milano)in Milan, Italy programme(http://www.triennale.it/it/mostre/future/831-silent-revolutions-design-contemporaneo-in-

slovenia)

22 October to 30 October 2011

Silent Revolutions / Contemporary Design inSloveniaorganised by Museum of Architecture

and Design at the Dutch Design Week 2011 atZona Ventosa/Temporary Art Centre in

Eindhoven, Netherlands programme(http://www.ddw.nl/event.php?eventID=de8bbc20af656ab4272d6efae4973ed2)

22 September to 25 September 2011Silent Revolutions / Contemporary Design inSloveniaorganised by Museum of Architectureand Design at the London Design Festival inLondon, United Kingdom programme(http://www.londondesignfestival.com/events/silent-revolutions-contemporary-design-slovenia)
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