The dizajnpark

What we do we do it with passion

We do care where we and our children live. We want a creative region. Investing in a creativity as an innovative potential is a chance for development and prosperity of firstly regions, but also of the whole country. It concerns us all that’s why we start with children and educational institutions moving on to entrepreneurs and public administration.

WHO WE ARE

PROTEBE live is an association of designers, creatives and patriots. Since 2005 we have been building the image of Karlovy Vary as a cultural and civically active city, what we would love to call a ‘living city’. On our journey we have been joined by the design gallery SUPERMARKET WC, where we have been organised a year-round exhibitions, lectures, workshops and networking. When we outgrew our premises, we have decided to move to a bigger more suitable space changing our name to DIZAJNPARK. THE NAME CHANGES THE GOOD REMAINS!

WHY WE DO IT

Our focus has always been on developing creative thinking, practical skills and expanding creative horizons. Its importance is now embedded in the strategy of our cultural and creative industries.

WHAT WE DO

Through cultural and educational projects we demonstrate that design is actually a part of everyday’s life. We teach creative thinking and show how it can help us by offering workshops for children, young people and the public. Our projects focus is on education and awareness through design, creative thinking, collaborations ,communication, sustainability and the ability to work together. DIZAJNPARK CREATIVE CENTRE has been founded 14 years ago and from the beginning it has been focusing on creative, educational and artistic activities for the wide public. It has become a meeting place with a variety of educational workshops and cultural events. It’s a creative nest and a community place to stop by, get inspired, relax and create.

EXHIBITION PROGRAMME

We organise a series of 4 design-focused exhibitions focusing on all 4 areas: exhibition, workshops, lectures and workshops.
DESIGN FOR ALL Exhibitions of all-round friendly and easy-to-use design that takes into account the themes and needs of disadvantaged groups e.g. the elderly or disabled, social or ecological design.
DESIGN AND LIFE We represent many Czech companies that have strengthened their position on a market thanks to their cooperation with leading designers and studios. Thanks to which design pieces have become part of everyday life.
YOUNG COVER We represent the results of the Young Packaging competition, earning an international reputation and a prominent position among competitions for young designers. Every year, several hundred participants from dozens of countries around the world enter this competition. The project is realized in cooperation with CZECHDESIGN
BANANI A series of so-called bananas, student workshops, first started at the Secondary School of Arts and Crafts in KV in 2005 by Jiří Hanek and Tereza Vlašimská. Their aim was introducing historical facts to students in relation to the events of 17 November and developing their creative skills. At the annual workshops, in cooperation with primary and secondary schools and other organisations in the region and across the country, visual works are created that respond to political and social issues and stimulate the general public to think.

Design Lab - research and evaluation of creative education/design thinking How do we get to the heart of creativity? Where do ideas come from? How to teach creative thinking?
EXPLORE - creativity as an essential part of education for the 21st century - the process of design thinking and its use in education to promote entrepreneurship and social intelligence
CREATE - innovative educational projects - providing materials for schools
DISTRIBUTE - our understanding/knowledge of design thinking and creative education

The shop – Everything that is cool!

DIZAJNPARK is also the first design shop in Karlovy Vary and it offers porcelain, accessories, clothes, jewellery, books, diaries, posters and other products from Czech designers – that is everything that makes the buyer shiver from joy. Come and make yourself happy or get a great present. Gifts at prices as low as the fee for toilet!

Christmas pelmel

Every year at Christmas time, we prepare for you a selling exhibition of design gifts even for a few bucks. In our shop you can buy all Christmas presents at one place in a quiet atmosphere without stress! You can entertain yourself in non traditional Christmas workshops, with a wider range of gifts, a second hand shop and refreshments including hot wine and punch for children and Christmas carols of course. The selling exhibition attracts a large interest and makes people visit us who have never visited us before. The profit from the sale is used to support further development of our gallery.

The café – exhibitions while you are sitting!

Have a drink in an artistic, calm environment of our gallery and refresh yourself by a tour of the current exhibition as you drink. Or have a coffee in front of the gallery and enjoy the permanent flow of people going from the nearby railway station to the equally close city centre and back.

WC - as you don´t know it!

In 2008, the association PROTEBE live built the design gallery SUPERMARKET wc from a deteriorated building of public toilets and left-luggage. This gallery has the most original and most cosy public toilet in the entire spa city. There was a permanent collection of photographs of toilets from all over the world.