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WAMP – Obsession
You don’t need to be a real wamp, the seducive femme fatale who charms her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, to allow yourself some wellness services on this March WAMP. Woman’s day is a good excuse to leave everything behind and treat yourself to a new dress, or a new jewelry you have been longing for so long. A new hairstyle and a new make-up, or some styling consultancy provided by our professionals is also a good idea to make your day! The show of the day will be the Hungarian perfumer Zsolt Zólyomi.
designer of the month
Designer of the month in February: Benjamin A. Balla
Starting from 2009 WAMP introduces a designer every month who with their presence and works lighten up the design market. It is to see them from a personal angle and not only from the point of view of their products. The designer of the month in February is Benjamin A. Balla, graduating at the Faculty of Glass Design at MOME this year, also the winner of the Stílus-WAMP prize in October.
WAMP - Carnival: Costumes and masks
After having a break in January, WAMP has revived itself in the middle of the carnival season. Wearing costumes is still trendy in 2009, and so we asked Hungarian designers to make unique masks and carnival accessories for the WAMP fair this February. If you have difficulties deciding whether to be an evil witch or an elf come to the fairy WAMP to get fabulous ideas from their creative designers. Also, the usual design items like clothing, jewelry, accessories, furniture, toys, ceramics and glassworks will be on display throughout the carnival fair.
Bread and Butter Barcelona: showcase of hippest designers
Lots of designers from the area of street and urban wear present their brands from the most famous ones to the undiscovered young ones on the Bread and Butter Barcelona aka BBB. The international trade fair moved couple of years ago from its original city Berlin to Barcelona and WAMP’s beloved fashionevents appears on 21-23rd January in the Fira Barcelona Arena.
Hungary's "creative" ambassadors: Ernő Rubik and Áron Losonczi
European Commission hails 2009 as the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. The slogan of the communication campaign launched by Czech EU presidency: "Imagine. Create. Innovate." More than 20 European ambassadors are nominated from different fields of creativity and innovation, specialists from microbiology, to dancers and even the head of Microsoft.
december 2008
Similarly to last year, WAMP appears twice in December under Gödör Club’s pretty ice-skateable pool both 14th and 21st December. If you are in trouble finding Christmas presents for your beloved ones, and like unusual surprises don’t hesitate to visit the WAMP either on 14th or 21st December. More than 170 Hungarian designers and artists will be present to showcase their design products and deluge visitors with fashion, jewelry, ceramicware to glassware goods. There will also be a large selection of design books, if you are after the intellectual part of design.
november 2008
Girls and boys, come out to play, The moon is shining as bright as day. Leave your supper, and leave your sleep, And come with your playfellows into the street. Says Mother Goose in her rhyme which could as well be the motto of the WAMP this time as the main focus of the upcoming fair on November 16th will be on toy designers! If you’re interested in either retro or contemporary toys, visit this exclusive exhibition of Hungarian toy design by Wamp!
october 2008
In the middle of autumn WAMP moves back to its winter home Gödör Klub where you are welcome to join its special design7 edition. It is the fifth time so far between the 3rd and the 12th of October that Design Week has taken place in Budapest whose last day extension is amongst others the WAMP-Dialogue. The latter being the motto of the ten-day-long happening is also the basis of our programs: the roundtable talk with successful young designers for instance, as well as the design quiz wall, and last but not least our design book shop. You will also be able to meet some of the freshly graduated Hungarian designers who will be the highlights of the Sunday fair. The music is edited by DJ Sanyi this time.
september 2008
The September design fair is joining the European Mobility Week when it is worth even riding your bike to Erzsébet tér since Andrássy út will be closed on that day. The WAMP will provide you with the usual attractions so favourable by the visitors: unique and high-quality products of Hungarian designers and in addition an outstanding outdoor dance-performance.
august 2008
On the 31st of August you are welcome to join the last summer edition of WAMP with female DJ-s, cocktails and the usual WAMP designers on Erzsébet square. Throughout the two-year-long existence of WAMP you have only met male DJ-s providing the fair with musical background so far, this time however there will be three outstanding women performing at WAMP. Whatever boys do, girls do better, especially when it comes to music for shopping!