NEWSLETTER #12
2009.09.01

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Rua Cidade de Lobito, Atelier 3
1800-088 Lisboa
Portugal

+351 210 993 045 T
+351 210 963 866 F
info@experimentadesign.pt

www.experimentadesign.pt

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Institutional Partners:
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa; Ministério da Economia e da Inovação; Turismo de Portugal; Ministério da Cultura.

Official Sponsor:
EDP – Energias de Portugal.

Sponsors:
IKEA; Fundação Galp Energia; Heineken.

Associated Brands:
Altis Hotels; Coca-Cola Light.

Specific Associated Brands: Caixa Geral de Depósitos; Companhia de Seguros Tranquilidade / Media Partners: Antena 1; Arquitectura & Construção; Casa Cláudia; Courrier Internacional; Expresso; Público; RTP N; Vida e Viagens; Visão / Co-productions: BBDO Portugal; British Council; Cinemateca Portuguesa; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian; Interactive Africa; Museu Colecção Berardo; Produções Fictícias; Seven Art Limited; The Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce; Trienal de Luanda / Cooperation Protocols: ESAD Caldas da Rainha; ESAD Matosinhos; Faculdade de Arquitectura de Lisboa (UTL); Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa (UL); Fundação Oriente; IADE; Museus da Politécnica; Ordem dos Arquitectos; Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes; Universidade de Aveiro / Lounging Space Specific Associated Brand: Grupo 3K / EXD’09 Catering by: Lágrimas / Official Shipping Company: Schenker Transitários / Supporters: ADLC Audiovisuais; AIR FRANCE KLM; ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal; ATL - Associação Turismo de Lisboa; Bombay Sapphire; Cision; Corticeira Amorim SGPS; Dizplay Soundlab; Dyrup; EeeTop PC / ASUS; Embassy of Israel; Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Grupo AMOP; Instituto Português da Juventude; JCDecaux; Metropolitano de Lisboa; Mondriaan Foundation; Mota-Engil Solidária; Nova Expressão; P_Evolution Produções e Ipa_Instituto Superior Autónomo de Estudos Politécnicos; Pro Helvetia; Toyota; TNB Expresso; Viarco / Media Supporters: Abitare; Blue Design; Cais; Canal Up; Damn; Designboom; Dezeen; Étapes; Eye; Form; Frame; Icon; Intramuros; Items; Magnética Magazine; Mark; Neo 2; Parq; Pasajes Diseño; portuguese-architects.com; Time Out.

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With the support of the Culture programme of the European Union.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

With the high patronage of the President of the Portuguese Republic Aníbal Cavaco Silva.
Statute of cultural interest, within the patronage of the arts law.

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ExperimentaDesign is a cultural biennale dedicated to design, architecture and contemporary creativity and a trademark of Experimenta, a Portuguese non-profit association.

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The EXD’09 Opening Week from 9 to 13 September will kick off the programme with openings of four specially commissioned and designed exhibitions with diverse content but under the same themed banner, “It’s About Time”.

Quick, Quick, Slow Word, image and time — This exhibition documents an alternative history of graphic design in connection with time and notions of motion, acceleration and progression. Spanning the fast-changing practises of the 20th and 21st centuries, the exhibition traces the mutual influences between motion graphics and print, highlighting the eloquent ways designers have found to fill temporal space. 11.09.09 - 29.11.09 Museu Colecção Berardo Praça do Império 1449-003 Lisboa + info		Pace of Design Nine to Five in Seven Design Studios around the World — Looking at the daily work of seven designers and studios from around the world, the exhibition surveys the impact of time, rhythm and speed on their individual creative process and production cycle, as distinct cultural subtexts inspire different narratives of time management and appreciation. Pace of design awards the visitor a backstage pass to the glamorous world of design as well as the routine of professional design studios. 13.09.09 - 08.11.09 Antigo Picadeiro do Colégio dos Nobres / Museus da Politécnica Rua da Escola Politécnica, 60 1250-102 Lisboa + info
Lapse in Time Design between elasticity and socio cultural responsibility — This exhibition spotlights young uncompromising designers whose work aspires to a change in paradigm, one that is also temporal. At the opposite end of mainstream production circuits, these distinct creative statements share a radical perspective of product design at the intersection of art, science, sustainability and socio-cultural insight. 13.09.09 - 08.11.09 Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes R. Barata Salgueiro 36 1250-044 Lisboa + info		Timeless Less is Better — Faced with impending financial disaster and mounting environmental concerns, it is time for society to embrace “less” as a positive value instead of a restrictive fact. Creatives from four countries (India, Portugal, South Africa and the United Kingdom) rose to the challenge and propose new concepts and artefacts for the 21st century, in a drive towards more sustainable and economically viable design strategies. 12.09.09 - 08.11.09 Museu do Oriente Av. Brasília, Doca de Alcântara (Norte) 1350-362 Lisboa + info

To celebrate its 10th Anniversary, EXD’09 is presenting, on its programme, seven Special Projects in honour of its commitment to the ideals and principles that moulded the Biennale in 1999. Initiated by EXD and inspired by the theme, these projects highlight the impact of time on the processes configured in our society. With long-term solutions in mind and a vision for the future, these seven projects engage established as well as up and coming designers in burning social issues facing society today - spurring action and a shift in attitudes.

Jardim de Santos It’s about time… to build a lasting legacy for the city and its inhabitants. Working with a multidisciplinary creative team, EXD has developed a major design-driven urban intervention to fully realise the untapped potential of this strategic public space. Reconfigured and attuned to changing contemporary lifestyles, Jardim de Santos will become a highly functional urban space and an added value in Lisbon’s social, economic and cultural dynamics, a garden for the 21st century. 10.09.09 - 08.11.09 Jardim de Santos Largo de Santos 1200-808 Lisboa + info		Action for Age Designing a better future — This creative lab looks at the role of design in addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by an ageing population. In workshops in Lisbon and London, two R&D teams of university students, designers and leading experts from each country develop new projects for services and networks to improve users’ quality of life and social integration. EXD’09 showcases the results in a conference hosted by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. 12.09.09 | Conference | 18:00-19:00 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Auditório 2 Avenida De Berna 45A 1067-001 Lisboa + info
Time Sequences Stories for a Near Future — What is a story? What hold do narrative fictions have over us? What is the timeframe and operating logic behind their construction? And what is time? The immaterial we are made of and that can only be captured in stories? At the junction of different formats and creative fields, this project is an exploratory reflection on time and its narratives. 18,19, 25 & 26 Sept. | 22:00 Museu da Electricidade Avenida de Brasília, Central Tejo 1300-598 Lisboa + info		Share The more you give, the more you have — Resorting to an everyday object that no one is oblivious or indifferent to, something everybody has but no one really owns, Share proposes an organic, uncontrollable process of disseminating an idea. Share acts as a positive contamination and the bigger the propagation, the more meaningful the experience. From 09 September + info
Luanda: Anatomy of Speed Co-production EXD’09/Trienal de Luanda — Angola’s capital city, Luanda features in global ranks as the 15th fastest growing city on the planet. It is the fastest growing Portuguese-speaking city in the world and one that aspires to compete with existing megalopolis around the globe, both for its construction levels and incoming population fluxes. With this in mind as well as Portugal’s historical and political link with the city, Experimenta challenged the organizing committee of the Trienal de Luanda for a presentation centred on time. The Special Project Luanda: Anatomy of Speed arose from this challenge. Curated by Fernando Alvim, this programme features three different projects – a debate, an exhibition and a theatre play. On the one hand, the notion of speed and acceleration, tackled in both the debate and the exhibition; on the other, the fragmentation of time, its dissynchronisation and potential for schizophrenia mirrored in the play by Boris Vian, stage directed by Angolan Rogerio de Carvalho. 10.09.09 - 08.11.09 | Exhibition Four different moments in times, seen through the eyes of three Angolan creative artists, who address the speed of present and future and the emotional underlying power of memory. 13.09.09 | Debate | 15:00-16:00 With Fernando Alvim, Jose Octavio Serra van Dunem and Paulo Cunha e Silva The starting point of this debate is a lecture Paulo Cunha e Silva presented in Luanda in 2006/7, entitled “Luanda: Anatomy of Speed”. It focuses on a new approach to the Angolan capital, intersecting the issues of time, speed and acceleration with those of creation, sociology and urban development. 15.09.09 - 19.09.09 | Play | 22:00 The Ants by Boris Vian Stage: Directed by Rogerio de Carvalho Actors: Dulce Baptista and Meirinho Mendes Lounging Space Palacio Braamcamp Patio do Tijolo 25 1250 – 301 Lisboa + info		Phaidon Design Classics The Portuguese Edition — The launch of the Portuguese edition of the Phaidon Design Classics will take place during the Opening Week of EXD’09. It is an initiative of the culture focused national newspaper, Público in collaboration with the Education Service of EXD’09. Currently only available in English, the Portuguese edition of the Phaidon Design Classics will provide meaningful insight and educational value to Portuguese students and the general public alike. It will be released in 17 editions each Friday commencing 11 September. 11.09.09 | Launch + info Efeito D A new DNA for Design — By virtue of a subtle change – of attitude – a perceived defect or flaw can be transformed into a mark of distinction. A host of renowned Portuguese and international designers were invited to create pieces that are unique in their conception or genetic build. A testament to the design community’s commitment to social responsibility and inclusivity. Efeito D is a fundraising initiative for Diferenças, a Portuguese Centre for Child Development specialising in children with Down Syndrome. 13.09.09 - 08.11.09 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Avenida de Berna 45A 1067-001 Lisboa + info

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Education Service

The Education Service has the following on offer for EXD’09 visitors:
– Visits and hands-on activities for youngsters
– Creative workshops on weekends for families
– Workshops and special tours for high school and university students
– Themed group discussions
– Bespoke itineraries and guided tours of the exhibitions by experts for adult audiences

T +351 915 080 587
E edu@experimentadesign.pt
Guided tours and play-visits: 2€ p/person, all age groups
Creative workshops: 3€ to 10€ p/person

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Detailed EXD’09 programme at http://www.experimentadesign.pt
For tickets & infos please click here.

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EXD'09 Official Hotel: Get a discount.

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