Exhibition Crafting Futures | Making the future, which deals with the current topic of connecting modern design production with the rich heritage of handicrafts, was presented for the first time at the Triennial of Handicrafts in the Koroška Regional Museum, and later also in the Museum of Architecture and Design and the Posavje Museum Brežice. The project was developed under the auspices of the European platform Distributed Design, which enabled ten Slovenian creators to co-produce a limited edition series. This year the following works were presented At the Vienna Design Week:

• Brass Spoon | Uršula Oitzl Magister, Lucija Perko
• Kočevje treetop | Andraž Rudi Vrhovšek, Festival lesa
• VuVu |Črt Štrubelj, Luka Bernik
• Dysfunction | Maruša Mazej
• Kaduja | Pjorkkala
• Čebelino | Rok Oblak, Luka Pleskovič
• Glaze from construction waste | Rok Oblak
• Corn Dolly | Darja Malešič
• Oreika | Lara Baler, Boris Ouček
• Quilted blanket of life | Nina Vastl Štefe

As part of the Vienna Design Week, Design Corner Ljubljana also presented an inspiring overview of the works of Slovenian designers with their own brands and/or production lines. An interesting and thought-provoking exhibition “WATER”, which is also a kind of insider’s guide to the state of modern Slovenian product design, featured following creators: Soft baroque, Lara Bohinc, EQUA, David Tavčar, Kolpasan, Darja Malešič, Pikka, Rok Oblak, Urška Sadar, Prapra, Tanja Pak, Hana Tavčar, Izadora Verlič and Ajda Bertok.

The presentation of Slovenian creators at the Vienna Design Week was accompanied by a round table Catalysts of Change: Innovations at the intersection of design, heritage and technology, where the speakers talked about how to establish an ecosystem in which public institutions, producers such as museums and agencies, designers, architects and other creators – together with companies and other regional partners – play an active role in promoting technological and non-technological innovations.