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Current AffairsPrague hosts Designblok 2010
This week Prague is hosting its biggest annual festival of design. Now in
its twelfth year, Designblok brings more than 200 presentations of new
designs, as well as exhibitions, fashion shows and lectures taking place in
selected showrooms, boutiques, and galleries all over the city. It has
become a tradition that the centre of the exhibition programme, the so
called “Superstudio”, is located at a different place each year. Ruth
Fraňková spoke to Jana Zielinski, the director of Designblok, to find out
about this years’ venue. More
PanoramaFirst-ever Prague hemp fair attracts thousands
Among the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Czech Republic
enjoys the reputation of a safe haven for cannabis users, with more than
half of the country’s adult population admitting to have used the drug.
But it was only this past weekend that Prague hosted its first
international hemp fair.
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Current AffairsInternational fair expected to attract thousands of collectors, hobbyists
This Thursday will see the launch of the 13th annual Collectors’ Fair in
Prague’s Letňany, the largest such event in Central and Eastern Europe.
Over three days an estimated 12,000 visitors will be able to view exhibits
and items from traditional coins and stamps to objects more curious, such
as the largest collection of air sickness bags or a new comic book stamp to
be issued by Czech Post.
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One on OneJana Zielinski – the head of Designblok festival
Jana Zielinski is the director of Designblok, a Prague-based festival that
brings together designers from the Czech Republic and abroad. What started
12 years ago as a small event targeted at design professionals, has
blossomed into Prague’s biggest design festival, attracting 30,000
visitors last year. I spoke to Zielinski about her love for design, how the
festival started and her plans for the future.
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Czech BooksLost and found in translation: writers discuss the complexities of literature across frontiers
Last month Prague hosted Bookworld, one of Europe’s major international
book fairs. Writers from around the world, whose work covers a Babel of
different languages, converged on the Czech capital. As part of the event,
six of the writers got together to talk about how literature can play a
role in helping to build understanding between cultures. A lively
discussion emerged, chaired by Radio Prague’s David Vaughan.
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Current AffairsPrague Photo Fair opens in Czech capital
Monday night will see the opening of Prague Photo Fair. Until the end of
the week, the Mánes Exhibition Hall will present a wide range of
photographers, galleries and art schools from Central Europe. For the first
time this year, the Prague Photo Fair is part of a larger event – the
Prague Photo Festival - that will be held simultaneously at twelve venues
in Prague. Tomáš Hájek is the event coordinator:
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A Czech invents the tea-lock. What’s it for and, do you need one? Czechs
are crowding to see a castle that will not be around for long. And what
will Czech firms bring to April’s Slow Food fair in Stuttgart? Find out
more in this edition of Magazine.
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Current AffairsLuxury items fair features diamonds, performance cars, top interior design
In the Czech Republic there is no other fair like it: mmotion, now in its
fifth year, highlighting luxury items, everything from diamonds to interior
design to performance cars. Over four days, the fair is first open to
invited guests – and then to members of the general public to view the
best technology and design that money can buy.
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