Promotion: the annual Prague International Design Festival Designblok is returning to the Czech capital with a range of exhibitions and events highlighting design as "a key ingredient of youth and longevity".
Celebrating its 26th year, Designblok will take place at historic locations across the city. These include Prague Castle, the Museum of Decorative Arts, and for the first time in the festival's history, Prague City Museum.
Designblok Respekt Stage will offer daily lectures, debates and educational programmes with wide social impact
The programme will be themed "Youth" and will feature a particular emphasis on up-and-coming design talent, as well as established practitioners.
For example, the festival includes the announcement of the winners of the Designblok Diploma Selection. Centred on product design and fashion, the graduate competition offers "a view of European design through the eyes of Generation Z," according to the festival. The programme will feature a range of exhibitions and events
Designblok is divided into two key concepts ? Superstudio, which offers space for established brands, manufacturers and shops, and Openstudio, which platforms designers, studios, students and schools without commercial manufacturers.
The festival's main exhibition will take place at the Prague Castle Riding School. Called High Craft, the show will celebrate over 30 designers whose practice combines traditional craft with "environmentally conscio...