Center Rog Creative Hub

🌟 [OPEN CALL - MAKERS IN RESIDENCY] 🌟This year’s Makers in Residency program welcomes all makers, innovators, and creatives eager to work on their projects at Center Rog! As the largest public creative hub in Europe, with nine specialized production labs, Center Rog offers a unique opportunity to create, share knowledge, experiment, expand your network. You can choose between a 2-week residency or a 1-month residency, giving you time to test, prototype, examine, experiment, verify, and implement your ideas! The program is open to anyone living and working outside of Slovenia. 📌 Application deadline: 5 January 2025, midnight CET. 🕛 👉More information and application: https://lnkd.in/d4XANTCj

And that's a wrap on the inaugural RogDesignDays! The festival exceeded all our expectations with RogCreathon, a 48-hour design sprint where young designers from all over the world came up with innovative solutions to 5 design challenges presented to them. At RogForum, we exchanged knowledge and experiences with experts from similar organizations. In a creative atmosphere, new ideas and projects were already being born. Last but not least, we opened RogExpo, an annual exhibition presenting products and prototypes that were created at Center Rog during our first year of operation. RogExpo will be on display until February 8, 2025, so if you're in Ljubljana, come and visit it. We're already looking forward to next year's RogDesignDays, which will take place between November 10 and 14, 2025. We're happy to announce that the topic of next year's edition of RogDesignDays is Boundaries and Frictions. Thank you to everyone who participated this year, and see you next year! #RogDesignDays #RogCreathon #RogExpo #RogForum

[ROGDESIGNDAYS – HIGHLIGHTS OF DAY 4 AND DAY 5] We wraped up RogDesignDays with a 2-day international conference RogForum with related organisations. The first three panels discussed how to become a good ancestor, sharing experiences of design residencies around the world with interesting guests and exchanging views on how to create environments and cultures that foster innovative thinking and collaborative efforts. We finished RogForum with discussions about how can traditional materials and techniques be integrated into contemporary design, explored the impact of contemporary practices on today's design challenges, and paid special attention to empowering children as equal participants in shaping the future of our planet. More than 100 visitors from all over the world joined us in the debate. The official programme was accompanied by a fashion and ceramics Makers Market, and participants from all over the world had the opportunity to draw their portraits on ceramic tiles. These portraits will find their place on a community portrait that is being created on one of the walls in the park in front of the Center Rog. #RogDesignDays #RogCreathon #RogExpo #RogForum

[ROGDESIGNDAYS - HIGHLIGHTS OF DAY 3] We opened RogExpo, the annual exhibition of products and prototypes created by both amateur makers and professional designers during the first year of operation of Center Rog. Innovative design pieces from our project studios and residency programme were juxtaposed with the bold young creative ideas developed by the users of the Young at Rog programme and the beautiful group products created in the relaxed atmosphere of the evening circles - from knitting to experimenting with biomaterials. The exhibition was curated by Alja Fir and Anja Radović. The spatial design of the exhibition was designed by the design duo Sara&Sara (Sara Škarica and Sara Badovinac). RogExpo will be on show until 8 February 2025. #rogdizajndnevi #rogdesigndays #rogexpo

[ROGDIZAJNDNEVI - HIGHLIGHTS OF DAY 3] The first RogCreathon has come to an end. We were blown away by the outstanding design solutions of our creative teams. They turned scrap iron and rubber into unique baskets and lanterns. They built a mock-up of a public space that invites strangers to talk. They used fabric scraps to create new fashion pieces, straight for the catwalk. They designed two cradles inspired by a bird's nest. The jury had a very tough job. But they were most convinced by the solution of the team that took on Challenge 4, presenting a vision of home in 2045 that combines traditional crafts with AI tools. We were so impressed with all the products that we included them in the RogExpo exhibition. Congratulations to all the teams! 👏 #rogdizajndnevi #rogdesigndays #rogkreaton #rogcreathon

[ROGDESIGNDAYS – HIGHLIGHTS OF DAY 2] On the second day of RogCreathon, creative teams set about making their prototypes. Throughout the whole day, there was sawing, knitting, sewing, stitching, grinding, 3D printing, and sparking with creativity at Center Rog labs. Photo: Tine Lisjak

Our first edition of "#RogDesignDays at Center Rog Creative Hub has started💪! We had a sneak-peak of the RogExpo for the media today - exhibition opening comming up on Wednesday, 20 November at 7 PM🤩 Our #RogCreathon is leaning towards the second half - 31 young creatives from 15 countries working on 5 challenges for 48 hours straight! Among their mentors are Anna Gudmundsdottir, Lauren Fajardo, Asel Yeszhanova, Jovana and Lei Zhang and Rok Kuhar. Work is going on in the Metal, Wood, Textile and Fablab and it is super exciting to watch how the space sparkles with creativity. Our international #RogForum conference will be held on Thursday and Friday: 6 panels, 30 guests, check out the amazing programe curated by our programme director Meta Štular here: https://lnkd.in/dMXtUeg2 Stop by, be a part of the #RogDesignDays community🤗

Join us at the opening of the RogExpo exhibition, which will take place at Center Rog (Ljubljana, Slovenia) this Wednesday, 20 November 2024, at 7 PM. The exhibition is part of the first edition of RogDesignDays, with the central theme: “What can we learn from our ancestors?”. We will showcase a selection of products and prototypes created in Center Rog’s production labs and as part of the residency programme during our first year of operation. The opening of the exhibition, which will run until 8 February 2025.

[ROGDESIGNDAY - HIGHLIGHTS OF DAY 1] The first RogCreathon kicked off yesterday! 31 young creatives from all over the world - from China to Cuba - is tackling 5 design challenges. - Can we breathe new life into industrial waste? - How can we create new fashion pieces from textile scraps? - How will artificial intelligence shape the home in 2045? - Will wood remain the material of choice in the 21st century? - What does a space that invites strangers to talk look like? - Which team will come up with the most imaginative solution? We still have one day to go! Photo: Tine Lisjak

At RogForum conference, we'll discuss with distinguished Slovenian and international experts about how we can adapt traditional concepts for contemporary design solutions. Meet our guest speakers. 💬Panel 6: Crafting Contemporary Design with Technology & Tradition Are you curious about how traditional materials and techniques can be seamlessly integrated into contemporary design? Have you ever wondered how new technologies can be used to preserve cultural heritage? Join us for a panel discussion exploring the exciting intersection of tradition and innovation. Our esteemed panelists will share their insights on reimagining traditions to create innovative solutions. 📅Friday, 22 November 2024 ⏰15:20 – 16:20 🎤Facilitator: Lara Baler (Slovenia / Italy / Germany) Architect & Material Designer, Founder of DOMUS PROJEKT, Oreika and Kubis Light Speakers: ➡Lei ZHANG (China) Product designer, Founder & Design Director of PINWU Design Studio & Róng Design Library ➡Leila D. BEHJAT (Germany) Director of Material Ecology, Parsons Healthy Materials and Lead of the HML EU gGmbH Bureau ➡Urška DRAŽ (Slovenia) Fashion Designer & Co-Founder of Pletenine Draž, Slovenia ➡Uroš NOVAK (Slovenia) Researcher, National Institute of Chemistry 👉 Learn more about the event: https://lnkd.in/gAjheg3v #RogDesignDays #RogForum