Eyes on Romania
In a context where prejudices and stereotypes influence the relationships between different groups and the superficiality with which one relates to other cultures leads to discrimination, visual design can be a powerful and an alternative method to pave the way for a detailed study of foreign culture and its understanding. In this context and under the pretext of breaking the mold, the focus on Romania is inserted, a project that promotes the excellence of Romanian visual culture, able to impress through an authentic spirit. Thus, the project fosters a climate of exchange of experiences and critical discussion, leading to the creation of a fair vision of the Romanian identity.
Eyes on Romania
The exhibition proposes both a look at the history of Romanian graphic design through editorial projects that speak about everyday life, the history and culture of a community, but also, and above all, a focus on the current protagonists, who contribute to raise the cultural-artistic level of Romania: graphic designers and illustrators with the desire to do and to show the potential of this culture.The sustainability of the project is also given by the collaboration with several Romanian realities operating in the field of visual design: The Institute (Romanian Design Week), grapho_mat studio and the project “Cele mai frumoase cărți din România”, Posterjam, Visual Playground, Kajet Journal, Synopsis studio and the visual artist Kitra. In the slides below, a view of all the exhibitions.
Exhibition Cover | GDT edition 04 by Graphic Days TorinoGraphic Days®️
Through the window
The exhibition presents a selection of works created by 14 excellences working in the field of illustration in Romania. Each illustrator puts his own self on paper through different colors and techniques, going to represent, within the exhibition itself, not only the person as an individual, but as a part of a society in which various points of view meet. Curated by: Graphic Days Torino
Exhibition Cover | GDT edition 04 by Graphic Days TorinoGraphic Days®️
The Most Beautiful Books of Romania
The Most Beautiful Books of Romania (CMFC) is the only annual cultural project dedicated to book design and the artistic side of the book as an object in Romania, started in 2012. The project reinstates book design as a benchmark in the reader’s relationship with the book. From the beginning, it’s been developed as a platform for discussion and debate for designers, publishers, editors, artists, and ranging towards a broader public. The 2018 jury was made up of professionals in the field from Romania and abroad: Dinu Dumbrăvician (RO), Ramona Chirica (RO), Alexe Popescu (RO), Raymond Bobar (RO, UK), Fred Smeijers (NL), Corina Cotorobai (NL), Frederic Tacer (FR). At Graphic Days Torino 2019, CMFC presents the winning and shortlisted books of the 2018 edition. Curated by: Grapho_Mat
The most beautiful books of Romania 2018 | Eyes on Romania | GDT edition 04 by Grapho_matGraphic Days®️
The competition establishes a framework for appreciation both locally and internationally.
The main activity is the national book design competition, which ends with an exhibition of the most beautiful books in Romania and continues to travel nationally and internationally for one year.
The most beautiful books of Romania 2018 | Eyes on Romania | GDT edition 04 by Grapho_matGraphic Days®️
The CMFC catalog is part of FOI magazine #1, the only graphic design magazine in Romania.
