AGRAFA 2019 – OPPORTUNITIES
Opportunity fills us with optimism, motivates us to act, and promises a new future. Another side of opportunity is fear of the unknown and anxiety over undesired consequences. These hopes and controversies will be presented during the 6th AGRAFA International Design Conference.
The discussion will cover different facets of our changing world; politics, society, economy, and lifestyle. We will look at how we might take advantage of the opportunities of the 21st century, and where they could be leading us. We will ask: Are we overwhelmed by choices, or can we make the right decision? What will our future and daily life be like? How will we create relationships and face challenges? For whom and what will we design? What role will the designer play in the future?
Admission fee:
– regular 100 PLN
– student 50 PLN
Payments are made as part of the ING Bank Śląski imoje service.
Payments can be made using quick payments and blister.
The conference is fully booked.
The AGRAFA International Competition of Student Graphic Design is a comprehensive overview of the latest achievements in graphic design.
Deadline: 27.01.2019
For the 2019 edition, works can be submitted in six categories:
— animation,
— visual identity,
— visual information,
— editorial graphics,
— type design,
— web / app design / digital publishing.
Submissions can be either academic projects or independent work by a student or graduate. The competition provides a platform to compare the curricula of individual institutions, present various creative approaches, and select the most original, innovative, and inspiring solutions.
The main prize will be announced by the jury at the opening of the final exhibition on April 4th 2019 at the Rondo Gallery in Katowice.
TECH CARE – Technology taking care of people, people taking care of technology.
Creative Coding
The Multi-Dimensional Interface: Movement and Metaphor in User Interface Design
Program
03.04.
04.04.
05.04. CONFERENCE | ASP Katowice, Raciborska 50 street
Speakers
Workshop Tutors
Competition jury
AGRAFA / ABOUT
The Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice is the organizer of the series of design events collectively known as AGRAFA. Its history stretches back to the early 1990s, when it was created as the Polish Retrospective of Graphic Design by Art Academy Students. The initiator and long-time organizer of the event was Professor Tomasz Jura, who passed away in 2013.
Since 2007, largely through the initiative of Ewa Satalecka, who co-curated three subsequent events, AGRAFA has been accompanied by international design conferences on the tasks of graphic design. The themes to date – “Basics in Graphic Design” (2007), “Responsibility in Graphic Design” (2010), “Research in Graphic Design and Graphic Design in Research” (2012), “The Need for Design” (2015), and “Attitudes” (2017) – have drawn lectures and guests from around the world. The conference has played host to personalities with established positions in the history of world design, such as Wolfgang Weingart, Jonathan Barnbrook, Krzysztof Lenk, Jorge Frascara, Severin Wucher, and Ruedi Baur. The most recent editions of the conference, under the curatorial eye of Justyna Kucharczyk, Jacek Mrowczyk, and Anna Pohl, have attempted to cover a wide spectrum of issues that go well beyond graphic design.
Agrafa is a serious platform for intellectual exchange, in which, apart from the conference, there is an international retrospective of the latest student achievements presented at the Rondo Sztuki gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, and design workshops. Agrafa has earned a permanent place in the landscape of design events in Poland and beyond, attracting many foreign participants. This year’s edition – “Opportunities” (2019) – will attempt to address the challenges currently set before designers. Come join us!
AGRAFA 2017
www.agrafa.asp.katowice.pl/2017
AGRAFA 2015
main coordinator:
Agnieszka Małecka
program committee:
Agata Korzeńska
Justyna Kucharczyk
Jacek Mrowczyk
Zofia Oslislo
Anna Pohl
Paulina Urbańska
conference curators:
Justyna Kucharczyk
Jacek Mrowczyk
Anna Pohl
competition curators:
Agata Korzeńska
Paulina Urbańska
administration:
Anna Cichoń
Anna Maraszkiewicz
Renata Lipczak
graphic design:
muflon studio
exhibition design:
Wzorro
promotion:
Magdalena Giertuga
photography:
Michał Jędrzejowski
Marek Dziurkowski
programming:
Maciej Szatanik
Piotr Bajer
English translation:
Søren Gauger
Polish translation and proofreading:
Alicja Gorgoń
volunteers coordinator:
Patrycja Magryś
Paulina Szuścik
CONTACT & ACCESS
Contact:
Anna Maraszkiewicz
phone +48 32 75 87 816
Access:
Exhibition opening | 04.04.2019
Gallery of Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice
Rondo im. gen. J. Ziętka 1, Katowice
Conference | 05.04.2019
ASP Katowice, Raciborska 50 street, Common Space
Parking:
On the day of the conference, street-level and underground parking spaces in Raciborska 50 will be available free of charge.
