Newsweek:
The Wild, Wild East

Hungarian design got a big boost four years ago when three women founded WAMP, a monthly design exhibition in Budapest that now features more than 100 designers from the disciplines of fashion, decorative arts, and graphics. more info

cafebabel.com:
WAMP: inside the monthly Hungarian design fair

Since 2006, the monthly design market has attracted hundreds of young local designers like ‘Musu’ who display their creations in front of an ever-growing crowd of visitors. But WAMP is not only a collective promotion of Hungarian design, it’s also a formidable economic catalyst, with its international design week too. more info

The New York Times:
A New Eye for Design in Budapest

Although cultured travelers have long had many reasons to visit Budapest -- outstanding wine, glorious music, hip night life -- it is probably safe to say the local sense of style was not among them until recently. Left, the city hopes to turn this former bus depot into a design center. more info