Vilnius Academy of Arts showcases student design projects including forest foraging kit
Dezeen's latest school show features ten projects from design students at Vilnius Academy of Arts (VAA), founded in 1793. Highlights include Tadas Aldakauskas's 'Forest Visitor's Kit Pamažu', a modular birch bark container system for gathering forest goods; Gustina Maksvytytė's linen waste recycling project reviving traditional flax processing; and Aldona Jankauskienė's 'Tango' rotating mirror inspired by Argentine tango. Other projects address themes from digital isolation (Jomilė Uksaitė's fashion collection 'Tolimė') to industrial waste reuse (Aronas Balčiūnas) and court interior design (Augustė Tamošiūnaitė). The show covers courses in Product Design, Fashion Design, Interior Design, and Design MA across faculties in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, and Telšiai.
Key facts
- Vilnius Academy of Arts was founded in 1793
- Tadas Aldakauskas created a modular container system for forest foraging
- Gustina Maksvytytė revived traditional flax processing techniques
- Aldona Jankauskienė designed a rotating mirror inspired by Argentine tango
- Jomilė Uksaitė's fashion collection explores digital isolation and empathy
- Aronas Balčiūnas used industrial waste materials for interior objects
- Augustė Tamošiūnaitė proposed a design intervention for the Supreme Court of Lithuania
- Courses include Product Design BA, Design MA, Fashion Design BA, Interior Design BA
Entities
Artists
- Tadas Aldakauskas
- Gustina Maksvytytė
- Aldona Jankauskienė
- Jomilė Uksaitė
- Aronas Balčiūnas
- Augustė Tamošiūnaitė
- Hasan Alp Celikel
- Dovilė Paunksnytė Vilkė
- Ani Gandžiumian
- Augustinas Počopka
- Barbora Adamonytė-Keidūnė
- Dainius Bendikas
- Vytautas Gečas
- Vytautas Kibildis
- Mantas Lesauskas
- Laura Malcaitė-Survilė
- Marija Puipaitė
- Egidijus Valentinavičius
- Tomas Vaičaitis
Institutions
- Vilnius Academy of Arts
- Dezeen
- Supreme Court of Lithuania
Locations
- Vilnius
- Lithuania
- Kaunas
- Klaipėda
- Telšiai
Sources
- Dezeen —