Designing the Republic: Architecture, Design and Photography in Slovenia 1991–2011

A brief overview of architecture, design and photography presents a special achievements and good investments, as well as disadvantages and weak points of the last two decades of Slovenia’s independence and formulates questions about the future. The exhibition examines the effectiveness of architectural and design responses to the new circumstances by comparing the original ideas and the present situation and combining them with the photographic approaches of the period.

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MAO I Museum of Architecture and Design

Chair Lajt, Janez Suhadolc, 1991, photo: Domen Pal

Stabi XL2 Turntable, Franc Kuzma Kuzma, Photo: Marko Tušek

Simple and Logical Washing Machine from 1997

Washing machine Simple and Logical, Janez Smerdelj in Tone Holobar, Gorenje, 1997, photo: Domen Pal

Lolita Lamps, Nika Zupanc, Mooi, 2008, photo: Maarten van Houten

Beautiful Terraced Houses in Jurčkova, Ljubljana

Terraced Houses Jurčkova, Ljubljana, Jože Peterkoč, 2009, photo: Matevž Paternoster

Bird observatory Barje, Tomaž in Dušan Stupar, 2007, photo: Matevž Paternoster

The National Museum of Contemporary History, Jurij Kobe, 1992, photo: Matevž Paternoster

Table Glass Impilabile, Slavko March Glassworks Hrastnik, 2003, photo: Domen Pal

Greenline 33 Hybrid Powerboat by Jernej and Japec Jakopin

Motor Boat Greenline 33 Hybrid, Jernej and Japec Jakopin, Seaway Group, 2009, photo: George Korenc

Sport Hall Stožice, Sadar+Vuga, 2010, photo: Matevž Paternoster