I think to most of us Nokia associates with nostalgia. First phone, first sms… Today Design Museum is opening its door and invites its visitor to a journey back and to a coming future. By the way , the first mass-market phone Nokia 1011 is celebrating its 20th anniversary! Happy birthday!
Few shots from the exhibition opening night + New Lumia 800 phone.

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Manau nesuklysiu, kad daugumai is musu, Nokia dvelkia nostalgija. Pirmas telefonas, pirmas trumpasis pranesimas… Nuo siandien Design Museum atsidaro paroda, kuri kviecia lankytoja, prisiminti praeiti ir nusikleti su Nokia i ateiti. Beje pirmas plataus vartojamo mobilus telefonas Nokia 1011 svencia savo 20 metu jubilieju. Su gimtadieniu!
Keletas akimirku is parodos atidarymo + New Lumia 800 telefonas.

October 2011

October 2011

Kasia Jetkowska has kindly shared few pictures of the Design Faction exhibition that is currently taking place in Łódź (Poland) and is part of Poland Design Week 2011. Pictures - Maya Art.

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Kaip  jau supratote is manojo ankstesnio iraso, kad mano projektas Urbn Dolls siuo metu yra eksponuojamas Lenkijos Dizaino Savaiteje 2011 - Design Faction parodoje, kuri vyksta Łódź mieste. Norejau su jumis pasidalinti nuotraukomis kurias gavau is Kasia Jetkowska’os. Nuotraukos - Maya Art.

October 2011

Last week one of the biggest design talks - Typo London 2011 Places was storming the capital of England. With the most impressive speakers list - it was a total temptation that was difficult to resist. Unfortunately, due to last minute change of plans, I’ve managed to see only 1 speaker - Morag Myerscough, who was as always - brilliant!

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Praeita savaite Londona drebino viena didziausiu dizaino konferenciju - Typo London 2011 Places. Su ispudingu pasisakanciuju sarasu - tai buvo renginys , kuriam negalejai likti abejingas. Taciau, kaip bebutu gaila, del netiketai pasikeitusiu aplinkybiu as pamaciu tik viena kalbetoja - Morag Myerscough, kuri kaip visada - buvo nuostabi!

October 2011

Last evening, small Text gallery based in WC1 was completely packed with people who came to the opening of Imaginary Menageries exhibition, where 19 designers from all around the world were exhibiting their tongue-twisting interpretations. It was very sweet to to watch and listen to people trying to read the tongue twisters in perfection, not just in English, but in Russian, Spanish and other languages as well.

Yesterday I was there to support Morag Myerscough (neon installation / Where She Shines) and Cartlidge Levene ( lamp shades/ Five Palindromes* [*Palindromes are phrases of words which read the same backwards as they do forwards.). I really really liked Ryan Dixon's (poster / Pistols Packing Punks) piece, unfortunately it was exhibited so close to the bar (which was overcrowded) that I didn't manage to photograph it. The exhibition is open until 19th November 2011. For more info please click here.

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Praeita vakara, mazyte Text Gallery ,isikurusi WC1 luzo nuo gausos zmoniu, kurie atejo i Imaginery Managerie parodos atidaryma, kur 19 dizainieriu is viso pasaulio kampeliu eksponavo savo iprovizacijas sukurtas greitakalbes tematika. Buvo labai linskma klausytis zmoniu, kurie susikaupe ir bandydami nesuklyst tare greitakalbes ne tik anlgu, bet ir rusu, ispanu ir kitomis kalbomis.
Vakar as atejau palaikyti Morag Myerscough (neono instalaicija / Kur ji sviecia) ir Cartlidge Levene (sviestuvai / Penkios Palindrome’os* [*zodziai, kurie skaitomi is kaires i desne ir is desnes i kaire). Taip pat, man be galo patiko Ryan Dixon darbas ( plakatas / Pistoletai Pakavimas Pankai), taciau kaip bebutu gaila, sis darbas buvo eksponuojamass visai salia baro, prie kurio buvo sunku prasibraut, todel ji iamzinti fotografijoje - nepavyko.  Paroda veikia iki iki 2011 Lapkricio 19 dienos. Daugiau info rasite paspaude cia

October 2011

Urban Dolls project travels to Poland to take part in Design Faction at Lodz Design Festival 2011. My work will be exhibited alongside of other eleven great designers / artists: Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg / Dominic Wilcox / Gerard Rallo / Gunnar Green / James Auger & Jimmy Loizeau  (Jimmy has taught me at Goldmiths)/ Ludwig Zeller / Marek Kultys / Revital Cohen / Santiago Ortega Haboud / Sitraka Rakotoniaina / Studio Duho: Hina Thibaud & Olivia Decaris

Curated by: Kasia Jeżowska
In partnership with British Council

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Lat. fictio, f. – creation, shaping, inventing
Lat. factio, f. – action

“For the last hundred years, human body has changed like never before. Research shows that we are taller, we weigh more, our bodies have different build. This way, human organism has adjusted to a variety of changes which we have been exposed to during the last century. Where biology still has to work on something, designers get involved. Mobile mini-devices, temporary prostheses and active implants are their response to the technological progress. These are also examples showing how much design itself has changed. A wide spectrum of 2D and 3D planning has been joined by creation of alternative scenarios and speculative solutions which run far into the future. Design is also a critical commentary on contemporariness – our lifestyle, ambitions and desires. At the same time, it disturbs our comfort of being a user, making us wonder if what we witness is design fiction or another step in the technological evolution.”

October 2011

Once again I am in John Pawson’s Plain Space.

November 2010

See full post here

August 2010

Urban Dolls project was spotted by Japan. Please read here

June 2010

Please read full article on www.wanderlustmind.com

June 2010

My work have been featured in NextNature.net Please read full artical about Urban Dolls project on www.NextNature.net

June 2010

Great first exhibition showing to the global audience.

Please read a design week blog entry what Goldsmiths’ students think about the projects exhibited at DMY Berlin 2010.

June 2010

Thanks for everyone who came to Free Range. It was really nice to see you there! Catalog

June 2010

With a group of friends we are taking part in DMY International Design Festival in Berlin. Please come and see us there!

June 2010

June 2010

It is getting more and more difficult to define a concept of contemporary beauty. In urban society, where the hunt for perfection begins at an early age and modified ‘plastic beauties’ wave from the covers of glossy magazines, humanity’s struggle for perfection appears almost limitless.

This project is an explorative journey in search of alternatives that could replace plastic or aesthetic surgery. Design becomes a mediator between humans and existing body modification processes; static, permanent procedures are transformed into flexible, temporary prosthetics.

June 2010

Goldsmiths BA Design is exhibiting in Old Truman Brewery. For more information please check here

June 2010

February 2010

February 2010

This is my Contextual Report for my final year project. In this paper, I propose that there is no need to undergo expensive, psychologically and physically painful procedures in finding your perfect look. Essential parts of the human psyche - confidence and self-esteem - could be easily lifted and ‘healed’ not just by a few cuts and stitches made by the surgeon, but also by through various design contexts and practises.

Throughout my research I have developed two areas of interest, which are conflicting. I do like this idea of creating designs for people who feel a ‘need’ to fit into constraining stereotypes, as well as the idea - to create new objects, new forms by applying surgical procedures (taking away or adding) to already existing practises or designs.

Book is designed and bound by Vilma Jaruseviciute

January 2010

Goldsmiths Design students (I with my friends) will be taking part in this amazing venue at Barbican. We will be selling had made items for up to £3 and all the money we will raise will go towards our final year degree show.

December 2009

Soft Toy. Bambi Daliukas / Babėnas©

November 2009

After our presentations, we had 2 minutes to debate between presenting groups. Surprisingly, the audience voted  for us agreeing with our argumuments that DESIGN IS POLLUTION!

November 2009

October 2009