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Master and Apprentice

20.2.2026–28.3.2026

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designforum Wien

Museumsplatz 1

1070 Wien

Öffnungszeiten

Tue-Fri 10:00 - 18:00
Sat 14:00 - 18:00

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Normpreis: 5 €
ermäßigt: 3 €
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Exhibition Opening February 19th, 6.30pm

This exhibition presents Lithuanian design as a long-term, layered process shaped by exchange, mentorship and the transmission of experience. Bringing together designers from different generations, disciplines and backgrounds, it foregrounds dialogue between academic and professional practice. Rather than focusing on finished outcomes, the exhibition traces the hidden histories of design: the networks of collaboration, influence and learning that inform creative practice and shape the identity of the designer.

Through selected works and practices, the exhibition offers a renewed perspective on Lithuanian design as a living and evolving tradition. It reconsiders craftsmanship in a contemporary context, shifting attention away from individual authorship towards relationships, community and shared knowledge. Design is presented as a collective endeavour, where the circulation of skills, values and ideas contributes not only to individual practices but to the ongoing formation of Lithuanian design as a field.

Bringing these ideas into material form, the exhibition presents objects, fashion, furniture, and light that explore relationships between body, material, craft, and environment. The works emphasize intuition, sensory engagement, and making as an ongoing process rather than a fixed result. Traditional Lithuanian materials and techniques are reinterpreted through contemporary, speculative approaches, creating a conversation between nature and technology, order and chance. In this way, the exhibited works embody design as a relational and evolving practice, where cultural memory is continuously reshaped through shared experience and present-day ways of making and living.

Opening: February 19, 2026, 6:30 PM
Guided tours will take place during the opening.

Participants:Tadas Baginskas, Aronas Balčiūnas, Dainius Bendikas, Pijus Burakas, Pijus Dulskis, Juozas Galkus, Emilija Globytė, Liepa Marija Gradauskaitė, Rimvydas Kepežinskas, Mantas Lesauskas, Inesa Malafej-Sukarevičienė and Arūnas Sukarevičius , Michael McCready, Vesta Rugilė Nausėdaitė, Marija Puipaitė, Virgilijus Šlipaitis.

Organiser: Vilnius Academy of Arts Design Innovation Centre and Designforum Wien
Partners and sponsors: Design Austria, Bildrecht, BMWKMS
Curators: Audronė Drungilaitė-Čepienė, Daina Eičaitė
Architect: Vytautas Gečas
Graphic designers: Joana Siniavskaja, Nina Flaitz

You can visit the exhibition until 28th of March.

Opening hours:
Tuesday–Friday: 10:00–18:00
Saturday: 14:00–18:00
Sunday–Monday: Closed