Mapping What Matters Conference

Name: Mapping What Matters Conference
Start: 2026-05-16T09:00:00+02:00
Location: Divadlo Aréna

Schedule

Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 09:00 am

UTC+02:00

Location

Divadlo Aréna | Bratislava, BL

𝙈𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 is a one-day conference and exhibition dedicated to critical design thinking, exchange, and contemporary graphic design practice. The platform brings together lectures, discussions, a curated exhibition, and a small book fair — creating a space for 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚, 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜, and 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.
Curator 2026: 𝙇̌𝙪𝙗𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝙎𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙘̌𝙤𝙫𝙖́ (SK), graphic designer, educator, and founder of the independent festival SELF, shaping this edition’s program and exhibition through her research-driven, socially engaged design practice.
𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 & 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨:
Ruben Pater (NL) – designer, teacher, writer, and activist behind Untold Stories
Laura Pappa (EE/NL) – freelance designer, editor, and organizer of Amsterdam’s Fruit Basket
Adrien Vasquez (FR/GB) – graphic & type designer, co-founder of Lima Vasquez studio and Abyme typefundry
Anne Büttner (DE) – graphic designer, her interests and working focus circle around typography as a voice and tonal register for identities, websites, catalogues and other formats.
Vier5 (FR) – Paris-based studio rethinking classical notion of design through contemporary and often provocative visual languages
Utopia Libri (CZ) – independent publisher crossing genres and critical theory
and more
𝙏𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙇𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮: A curated selection of recent publications from the past two years, reflecting current positions and questions within contemporary visual practice.
𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙧: Independent publishing houses shaping contemporary graphic design through both content and form.
𝙏𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙖: https://goout.net/en/mapping-what-matters-2026/szvskgy/
Aréna Theatre, Viedenská cesta 10, Bratislava
For updates, full program, and more info: mappingwhatmatters.sk
Tento projekt podporila Nadácia Tatra banky. Tento projekt bol podporený finančným príspevkom z Fondu LITA.