Kyiv Design Week in framework Zurich Design Weeks31.08—19.09.2023
Kyiv: City of ChangesKyiv has been at the crossroads of paths and cultures for centuries, remaining the Freedom Square for many generations. Legendary Kyiv continues to inspire us, to dream, create, and change.Inspired by the city we love and the transitional times we live in, the Design4Ukraine Association presents the Kyiv Design Week event with the topical theme "Kyiv: City of Changes" as part of Zurich Design Weeks 2023.The events take place simultaneously in various locations in Zurich and Kyiv and represent graphic, product, industrial and collectible design, cyber fashion, and arts & crafts. The program of the first KDW event includes exhibitions, discussions, presentations, lectures, documentary screenings, performances, light shows, and more.The main long-term objective of the project is to create the basis for the further development of Kyiv Design Week as an event, an annual design festival that should contribute to the economic development of the industry, establish Kyiv as a significant point on the map of Europe for the professional audience, and become a new destination for cultural tourism to Ukraine as a whole - a multicultural and cultural country that has developed in the post-war period.
Participants: MacPaw, Projector Institute, Save Kyiv Modernism + Aspichi, UFEG, ZAVOD, TheO wallpapers, Diana Bilichenko, S.Lab + Natura Ceramica, Valerii, Kuznetsov and Katerina Kuznetsova, SOLOMIA Reshetylivka Craft Studio, OdesaCityLetters, DONNA, KLDS

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the potential reach of the audience that learned about Kyiv Design Week 2023 and the participants of this year's event. Among the media: Dezeen, Libération, Galaxus, Tages-Anzeiger, ELLE, Elle Decoration, Marie Claire, NV, Liga, etc.
Organizer: Design4Ukraine with support of Zürich Design Weeks.Kyiv Design Week is a part of the project ReACT4UA sponsored by the German Government.‍USAID’s Competitive Economy Program (CEP) is one of the partners of Kyiv Design Week.