{"id":1031,"date":"2014-10-02T08:23:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T06:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/varna-design.com\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2014-10-02T08:23:41","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T06:23:41","slug":"varna-design-forum-working-cause-varna-world-design-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/varna-design.com\/en\/news\/varna-design-forum-working-cause-varna-world-design-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"VARNA DESIGN FORUM IS WORKING FOR THE CAUSE \u201cVARNA \u2013 WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"

Varna Design Forum (VDF)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>a non-profit organization works for the benefit of the public, through the real deeds of practicing designers, architects, teachers and students, journalists, lawyers, cultural activists, supports the candidature of <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Varna for European Capital of Culture 2019, <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>and promotes an even more-ambitious idea of Varna becoming a World Capital of Design.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the end of July this year VDF became the main organizer of architectural design workshop <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“ARCH+”<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> for digital innovative training and creation of a real product \u2013 a design bench for urban environment. The creators called it <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201cRENCH” (Red bENCH)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, for short, and gave it to Varna as a present for the traditional Holiday of the city \u2013 on August 15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span>, 2014.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The organic shape of the bench is a bow to the great designer \u2013 nature<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and reflects the modern attitude towards comfort of use.<\/span><\/span><\/span> It is created entirely by digital innovative means. This is a digitally designed form, made by concrete specially produced for it, colored in red and cast into digitally generated formwork, made by computer controlled (CNC) machines.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The workshop <\/span><\/span><\/span>is performed and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> directly managed by graduates <\/span><\/span><\/span>of<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> IAAC \u2013 Barcelona<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>architects <\/span><\/span><\/span>Hristo Topchiev<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span>Emil Burulyanov<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> who are keynote <\/span><\/span><\/span>speakers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span>lecturers <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>at the seminar <\/span><\/span><\/span>stage<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> of the event.<\/span><\/span><\/span> In t<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>his year’s <\/span><\/span><\/span>edition participants are <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>students from V<\/span><\/span><\/span>F<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>U “Ch.Hrabar” \u2013 Varna<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> VSU<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> “L. Karavelov”<\/span><\/span><\/span> –<\/span><\/span><\/span> Sofia, <\/span><\/span><\/span>UACEG<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> – Sofia, <\/span><\/span><\/span>TU – Varna<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, TU-Graz \u2013 Austria<\/span><\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Coventry University \u2013 England<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and assistants are former students <\/span><\/span><\/span>who <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>have already participated in previous editions of the workshop \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>architects <\/span><\/span><\/span>Yoana<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Atanasova, Ivan Palazov and Dimitar Kiosev<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>he initiative <\/span><\/span><\/span>for<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> creating<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> the first in the country <\/span><\/span><\/span>innovatively made<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> design product includes managers of different companies<\/span><\/span><\/span> as well, who<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> helped by: means (Ivailo Petkov \/ St<\/span><\/span><\/span>r<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>oy Sped), <\/span><\/span><\/span>a h<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>all <\/span><\/span><\/span>for <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>the event (Toshko Ghiaurov \/ Festival and Congress Center – Varna) and concrete specifically made for <\/span><\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>bench (Eng. Georgi Ivanov \/ Devnia Trade).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span><\/span><\/span>“ARCH +”<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span> was also attended<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> by the<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> C<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>hief <\/span><\/span><\/span>A<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>rchitect of the Municipality of Varna – <\/span><\/span><\/span>Arch. Victor Buzev<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> who<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> handed in the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>certificates <\/span><\/span><\/span>for<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> participation to <\/span><\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>students <\/span><\/span><\/span>at the<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> closure<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> of the event, <\/span><\/span><\/span>he <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>provide<\/span><\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> a special place in the Sea Garden of <\/span><\/span><\/span>Varna for <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>the bench and assured the team <\/span><\/span><\/span>that he is <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>ready to assist in the experimental activity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Varna Design Forum <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>launched a series of initiatives <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>for<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> improving<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> the urban environment and natur<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>e<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> of <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Varna<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> and the region, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>being aware of<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> their exceptional <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>resources<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> and relying on <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>the support of the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>public and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>institution<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>s<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> in the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>pursuit of<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> reaching<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> the highest standards for the title of <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>“World Design Capital”.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Varna Design Forum (VDF),\u00a0a non-profit organization works for the benefit of the public, through the real deeds of practicing designers, architects, teachers and students, journalists, lawyers, cultural activists, supports the candidature of Varna for European Capital of Culture 2019, and promotes an even more-ambitious idea of Varna becoming a World Capital of Design. In the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[30,29,31,28],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n