Serbia had the honor to finally have one of its representatives, the founder of the Belgrade Design Week, Jovan Jelovac, participate in the official program of this prestigious conference, which presents the best creative industries the world has to offer.
The first creative children’s playground built according to EU standards was officially opened on September 13th 2013. in the Kalemegdan Park in the presence of representatives of the City of Belgrade, the Belgrade Greenery, Lamda Development, Finish company Lappset, the Embassy of Finland in Serbia, the architectural studio MADA and Belgrade Design Week.
Belgrade Design Week is a one-off – a unique set-up that is free from the corporate atmosphere that so often pervades other such events. The energy, optimism and warmth of Jovan and his team flows through every event – lectures, workshops, meals & drinks alike!
I’ve never been good at sitting in a dark lecture hall for more than an hour or so at a time but found myself doing three lectures back to back at Belgrade – such was the quality of speakers. Timetabling was crazy at times but at BDW everybody seems happy to ‘go with the flow’ – and has an even better time for doing so. The City of Belgrade should be very proud of this gem!
