The brand concept of Rūme is about the meeting of Western and Eastern culture in a local format. The restaurant’s core values, openness and an inclusive environment, have become guiding principles in the company’s graphic language, which allows for a bright depiction of countless stories in a unified style.
In preparation for the National Design Award of Latvia, every Thursday designer Miķelis Baštiks interviews one of the members of the competition’s jury in a video call. In cooperation with the organisers of the Award, we are publishing summaries of these conversations. In this interview, Miķelis talks to design manager Egle Opeikiene who emphasises the importance of production, distribution, and consumer satisfaction in product design.
The new building of the Riga Art and Media School will provide a modern learning environment as well as allow new study programmes to be developed.
Architecture books are rarely published in Latvia, which is why the corporate volume about the renovated building on Miera Street is a significant event.
In preparation for the National Design Award of Latvia, every week designer Miķelis Baštiks interviews one of the members of the competition’s jury.
Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Tallinn Art Hall and Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius announce an open call to select creatives for an upcoming series of events.
The Latvian Jewellery Art Association celebrates its three-year birthday by creating a new website.
The design of the pop-up restaurant Venue 54 has turned the feeling of incompleteness into a unique concept that playfully interprets sustainability.
As her graduation work at Glasgow School of Art textile designer Zelma Balode has created a pleated knit that changes colour.
Si–Light interprets traditional wickerwork in a new form, offering plywood lamps inspired by the light play found in nature.
i-Portunus 2020-21 invites artists and cultural professionals in the fields of literature, architecture and cultural heritage to apply for an international mobility support programme.
At the end of 2020, the new Anatomy Museum of Rīga Stradiņš University was completed after five years of work. The new exposition has been designed by Dd studio.
The Japanese city of Higashikawa, in collaboration with the renowned architect Kengo Kuma, invites students to participate in an international wooden chair design competition.
Shortly before Christmas, the graphic design studio Nord ID Riga won two ADCE Awards.
After taking a break for a year, the contemporary photography platform ISSP has once again published its annual planner featuring carefully selected works of Latvian and foreign photographers.
Tartu Art Museum and curating platform Blind Carbon Copy in collaboration with designer Alexey Murashko have published a photo book Silver Girls. Retouched History of Photography.
This year, Riga Porcelain Museum introduced a new visual identity and acquired more space.