FADfest

The 6th staging of the FADfest, the Barcelona festival that revolves around design in all its disciplines, takes place at the Disseny Hub Barcelona from 6 to 12 June.

The 6th staging of the FADfest, the Barcelona festival that revolves around design in all its disciplines, is on at the Disseny Hub Barcelona. The FADfest will unfold in two directions: on one hand, The Best Design of the Year with the prizes awarded by the different FAD associations and the exhibition that features the shortlisted works. This pivot also organises the Arqu[in]FILM festival of film and architecture.

On the other, this year’s central theme which, with the name of “Dress Rehearsal. Food, Sustainable Emergency and Design” launches the challenge of putting the city to the test from the point of view of food sustainability. Using design’s ability to prefigure new scenarios, we will organise a large-scale meal to demonstrate that another way of producing and consuming food is possible.

The Best Design of the Year exhibition is a snapshot of today’s best design, not only in Spain but also in many other parts of the world, since year by year we are seeing an increase in international entries. The exhibition features the shortlisted and prize-winning works in the different awards organised by the FAD: the Laus Awards, the ADI Awards – which include the renowned Delta Awards – and the FAD Awards to Architecture. In total, more than 300 pieces featuring last year’s best design will be on display. A snapshot of the here and now. The landscape of our creativity. Furthermore, the Laus Awards section will display posters by almost 50 acclaimed designers from around the world who have participated in the Laus & campaign to give the prizes greater international exposure.

The programme for the second staging of Arqu[in]FILM, the festival of film and architecture organised jointly by ARQUIN-FAD and the Filmoteca de Cataluña, the Catalan Film Library, revolves around the conception of architecture as a choral work in which many hands intervene to build an idea. The choice of films and shorts will portray the various actors involved from the inception to the materialisation of the built work beyond the individual figure of the architect or of the architecture practices. They are audiovisual pieces focusing on a particular trade or on collaboration between multiple trades, paying special attention to the physical and material dimension of architecture and observing from the most archaic techniques to the most advanced technology.

6 – 12 June 2016
FADfest
Disseny Hub
Plaça de les Glòries, 37-38
Barcelona

FADfest

The 6th staging of the FADfest, the Barcelona festival that revolves around design in all its disciplines, takes place at the Disseny Hub Barcelona from 6 to 12 June.

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