AGAPE
www.agapedesign.it

Innovation, research, coherence, new materials and flexible solutions have been the key concepts of Agape’s business philosophy since it was established in 1973.

Agape has invested significant resources in research and development, involving protagonists of Italian design such as as Marco Ferreri, Konstantin Grcic, Claudio La Viola, Enzo Mari, Angelo Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Pasquali and Patricia Urquiola, as well as talented young designers such as Fabio Bortolani, Alessandro Farnetti, Giulio Gianturco, Ermanno Righi, Maurizio Negri, Carlo Tinti, Borin / Gibertini / Vittori, Marco Zito and, above all, relying on Giampaolo Benedini, co-founder of the company.

Agape’s role as market leader in its business sector is witnessed by the ability of its products catalogue to respond to the most diverse needs. Its various product ranges, components and accessories form an integrated system based on design principles informed by constantly updated research into aesthetics, functions and technology.

All showrooms have been designed not only to showcase products, but also to offer client support and design services.

Agape’s products are ISO 9001 certified and their quality is further confirmed by the many prizes the company has received over the years, namely the various “Design Plus” awards, and by products being shortlisted for the ADI “Premio Compasso d’Oro”.

Agape contract is a division internal to Agape that has been set up to manage professionally and with skilled staff enquires for projects of Hotels, Spa and yachts.
Our target is the upper market segment where our 30 years experience in the complete bathroom furniture can account for creating a magic and sensational mix of comfort, design and Italian lifestyle.
We can offer you a technical and professional organization, that is able to communicate with project studios and interior designers with high level standard and to warranty the correct elaboration and transmission of the customer’s needs.

AO DESIGN
www.aodesign.co.yu

AO DESIGN project has derived from the need to support and stimulate the production and marketing of products and programs of young
“non-affirmed” designers and architects in the field of interior design and furnishing.

AO DESIGN line is characterized by originality, functionality, daring forms, free coloristic approach, as well as combination of traditional and technologically modern materials, klirit, glass, metal, wood.

OTKLON (DIVERGENCE) Atelier
Decanska 21, Belgrade

The OTKLON atelier was founded in 2007 and is devoted to promotion of the art and cultural scene of Belgrade by showing their fine and applied arts works.

The Belgrade University - Faculty of Biology
Institute for Botany
The “Jevremovac” botanical garden
Takovska 43, Belgrade

www.bio.bg.ac.yu

The “Jevremovac” botanical garden at the Institute for Botany is the scientific unit of the Faculty of Biology at the Belgrade University, the Serbian scientific centre for the botanical disciplines, and part of the unique scientific and cultural legacy of our country. With more than 2000 different plant species from around the world thematically arranged into separate collections, this institution is a kind of museum for live plants in the open air.

Unique in Belgrade and Serbia, this institution's extraordinary history in the field of botanical science, education and culture was declared a memorial to nature. This recognition of extreme natural value puts it into the care of the state and ensures its upkeep and development. At the same time, the ambience of the Jevremovac botanical garden was granted the status of a Cultural Monument of the Republic of Serbia (March 2007), while the old conservatory from 1892 already has a protected status as a cultural landmark.

Cultural Front
22 Makedonska, Belgrade
www.culturalfront.net

Belgrade Cultural Front is an association of artists and cultural managers formed in 2000 to mediate in programmes of cultural exchange, coproduction, presentation of cultural organizations, artists and art managers from different countries. Cultural Front works at establishing and strengthening the cooperation at regional and international levels through various projects of similar and corresponding organizations, clubs and media throughout Europe. The Belgrade Cultural Front is also one of the founders of the Cross Radio network, consisting of radio stations from the numerous European countries. Common radio programmes can be heard weekly in the following cities: Ljubljana, Maribor, Zagreb, Mostar, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Skoplje, Belgrade, Zrenjanin, Sombor, Prijepolje, Novi Sad, Pristina, Linz and Zurich. One of the more significant activities of Cultural Front is the introduction of domestic cultural scene abroad and vice versa through media and organized gatherings, festivals and individual events. Since 2002, Cultural Front has presented to Serbian audiences the music, art and design scenes of Nordic countries. Aside from major exhibitions (such as "Design For Every Body" and "Scandinavian Design Beyond The Myth") the accompanying events (Doog Design, IVANAhelsinki, Uglycute, KOOP) are no less significant than the major events. In 2007, Cultural Front set in motion the Pritporter project, a short-term sales exhibition of the newest names in domestic design. Works in progress includes the exhibition of Serbian designers in Stockholm, as well as collaboration with galleries, studios and artists from Sweden.

DESTATIC
interdisciplinary student group at the University of Arts in Belgrade
(Section of Stage Setting at the Center for Interdisciplinary post-diploma studies)

University of Arts in Belgrade
Kosancicev venac 29, Belgrade

The group was formed with the goal of realising the site-specific projects of professor Tomas Ziska (DAMU, Prague, Czech Republic). Young artists incuding sculptors, painters, directors and set designers and producers have an opportunity to work together exchanging ideas and experiences to perfect their crafts.

As a reaction to conservative, passive handling of some areas of the city with regard to development, DESTATIC was inspired to create installations in these spaces that challenge this neglect.

Project mentors:
Tomas Ziska and Pavel Storek (Czech Republic)
Aleksandar Brkic and Dragan Stojcevski (Serbia)

CULTURAL CENTER DOB
Makedonska 22, Belgrade

www.domomladine.org

THE BELGRADE YOUTH CULTURAL CENTRE is an institution supported by the City Council's Department for Culture. Situated in a building in the very heart of Belgrade, and with almost 40 years' tradition in participating in defining the Belgrade cultural scenery, the BYCC is trying to remain open to new trends in all the aspects of art and culture. Either through program presentation, its own productions or the information and consulting services offered to the public, the BYCC is especially concerned in the needs of a young audience, offering them a multitude of opportunities for artistic expression - from psychological workshops, to the first presentations of their creative work.
Maintaining openness to all the new approaches in artistic creation and cultural activities as well as awareness of the young audience's needs has made of the BYCC a unique information and multimedia cultural centre in Belgrade.

The Technical School for Wood Processing, Interior Decoration and Landscape Architecture
Cara Dušana 23
www.drvna.edu.yu

The Technical School for Wood Processing and Landscape Architecture was founded in 1956.
The students can choose to study one of two disciplines: forestry and wood-processing or culture, art and public information. In 2005 the school added the additional option to train as technicians for furniture and interior design.

Children’s cultural center Belgrade
Takovska 8
www.dkcb.org.yu

Contact:
Aleksandra Damnjanović
theory of design professor
e-mail: anjadamnjano@yahoo.com

European University
Faculty of European Business and Marketing
Vojvode Dobrnjca 15, Belgrade

www.eu.ac.yu

The European University, as an educational scientific institution, in cooperation with its members, realizes projects with the aim of enabling peace, better life and development of business in the world.
The literature and programs are in accordance with all European and world trends, and compatible with the programs of Europe, America and with the Bologna declaration.

The goal of the Faculty of European Business and Marketing is to actively follow all changes in the field of marketing and business, at the global and European market, and to harmonize them with its curriculum. Thereby, the students are enabled to actively participate and follow modern trends of business, which is of great importance for the further development of their careers. The emphasis is on the creative approach of the new marketing and business.

FALCODESIGN studio
Karadjordjeva 1/1, Belgrade

www.falcodesignstudio.com

Interior, industrial and graphic design, as well as work with young designers, marks the work of these two studios – Slavica Stanic’s Aodesign, and Bojana Rankovic’s Falco Design Studio.

Falco Design Studio, founded by Bojana Rankovic (who completed her interior and industrial design studies in Florence, Italy, and graphic design school in Belgrade) is based on the philosophical principle of Sophists that man is “the measure of all things”. Every individual has their personal view of the world, and the fusion of these differing viewpoints is what makes the final product complete. Falco Design Studio then is based on the merging of ideas, natural materials and congruence of the designed products with the company's signature aesthetic.
The studio is comprised of three sectors: graphic design, industrial design and fashion/interior design.
Our production philosophy champions the creation of unique products, supreme craftsmanship and respect for the natural materials used. Designs are custom-made for the individual, further encouraging our creativity, and their needs and personal wishes are respected and incorporated.

Graficki Kolektiv, gallery
Obilicev venac 27, Belgrade

Since its creation in 1949, Graficki Kolektiv (GK) has been one of the leading art centres in Serbia, and has played a pivotal role in the development of the region's graphic design industry.
The founders of Graficki kolektiv are well known and established artists of the first generation to attend the Belgrade Faculty of Fine Arts; Bosko Karanovic, Mirjana Mihac, Dragoslav Stojanovic Sip, Dragoljub Kazic and Mile Petrovic.
The professional reputation of the GK rests on their variety of programmes, high standards, tradition and enthusiasm, as well as its openess to new trends and experimentation. Gk orgnanises over 20 exhibitions per year by both domestic and international artists, from countries such as England, Japan, Poland, Canada, Sweden. Among these featured artists are such big names as as Dali, Chagall, Vasarely, Motherwell, Erro, Fuchs, Anderle, Brunovsky, Lawrence W, Toshio Joshizumi, and Kalay. The GK collection features over 4000 graphic works including catalogues, graphic maps and monographs.
The Graficki Kolektiv gallery and Quadra printing house are also responsible for the creation of GRIFON – the first Yugoslav competition for excellence in graphic design. The exhibition is held every two years.

IPS MEDIA II
Knez Mihailova 1, Belgrade

www.ips.co.yu

 IPS MEDIA II is trading company based in Serbia. We operate on Serbian market for more than 16 years as leading importers and distributors of books, toys, gift programme, music, CDs, video games, and  stationery. IPS MEDIA II owns a chain of stores across the country and the two largest stores are situated in the centre of Belgrade: MAMUT Mega Store ( 2000m2 ) and Akademija in the walking zone of Knez Mihailova Street. We also have stores in shopping malls such as TC Merkator, TC Vero, TC Immocentar, and also in Niš, Čačak, Novi Sad, Subotica.

IPS MEDIA II  is especially interested in development of culture and promotion of art in Serbia and our selection of books supports that aim. Our bookstores are renowned as places where latest editions in the field of art, design, architecture and photography can be found.

Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Kneza Milosa 56, Belgrade
www.iicbelgrado.esteri.it

 Archeo900 di Ferrara
Bticino
Collezione Paolo Cortopassi
(for the exhibition "ITALIAN LIGHT")

Belgrade Cultural Centre
Knez Mihailova 6/1, Belgrade

www.kcb.org.yu

 Belgrade Cultural Centre (KBC) was founded in 1957, and ever since has been exploring different forms and using different media to tackle important subject matters of the moment in the spheres of contemporary art, literature, science, culture and cultural heritage. Alongside the basic program (fine arts, literary-debates, music, film and publishing), KBC is the organizer of the October Salon, the biggest international event in the field of contemporary visual art in Serbia, as well as the multimedia one-writer festival, the organ festival and the harpsichord festival. The unique space comprises two galleries, a cinema hall, a bookshop, ‘The Belgrade Window-shop’ souvenirs and a café bar, all situated in the culturally protected pedestrian area, the Knez Mihailo street, making the KCB an attractive partner and ideal Belgrade space for exhibitions, promotions, film viewings and similar events.

Young Architects Club (KMA)
Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 73/3, Belgrade

www.kma.org.yu

The Young Architects Club (KMA) is a student organization which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year. KMA connects students of architecture (mainly from the Belgrade Faculty of Architecture), as well as colleagues from similar vocations, and students of architecture from other faculties in the country as well as neighbouring countries. The final aim is to work collectively on specific architectural projects and promote architecture as artistic as well as technical discipline. The aspiration of KMA is to promote the activities of its members and others in the fields of architecture, urbanism and art.

KUBO
Visnjiceva 10a, Belgrade
www.kubo.co.yu

KUBO was founded in 1992, and produces and trades in wood products. Aside from the production and export of wooden products to Western Europe, through its showroom it offers interior decoration services, as well as retail sale of furniture and assorted fittings. Lately, their services include the production of finished products in cooperation with young designers. The company’s ambition is to continue with this project and place these products on the international market.

MIKSER
www.mikser.org

MIKSER is an enthusiastic machinery behind various innovative trans-cultural projects. Rather an interactive network of strong individuals with diverse backgrounds than a structured non-government organization, MIKSER is dedicated to "stirring" the existing cultural content, providing projects with cross-references between avant-garde thinking and phenomena rising from the local and global popular culture. MIKSER is also dedicated to developing social tolerance in Serbia by "mixing" the local culture with different cultural influences, creating projects which establish the missing dialogue between contemporary cultural tendencies and the current cultural scene in Serbia, particularly in the field of art, design, architecture, communications and media.

MOVIE BAR
Kolarceva 6, Belgrade

Movie Bar is a unique multifunctional and multimedia space in the renovated foyer of the BELGRADE CULTURAL CENTRE.
In this agreeable atmosphere, the focus is on good service and carefully selected music including both traditional and electronic jazz and Brazilian rhythms, all set up to make this spot one of the favourite meeting places in the capital. Movie Bar hosted live performances of Dusan Gojkovic, the world jazz legend, RTB Big Band jazz orchestra, and a memorable jam session with Nigel Kennedy. Aside from the superior jazz programme, Movie Bar has organised numerous themed events to get its customers dancing!

Movie Bar has hosted numerous music, art and video programmes, and is one of the most attractive spaces in Belgrade for organizing promotions, cocktails and presentations.

Movie Bar operates within Proto Tim Ltd., a company whose major activities include music event organisation and management in culture, music production (particularly jazz and electronic jazz), as well as catering services in its bars - Movie and Buka Bars.

Proto Tim has longtime experience in organising major events and collaborates with renowned musical artists from around the world.

MUSEUM OF APPLIED ART
Vuka Karadzica 18, Topličin venac, Belgrade

www.mpu.org.yu

The Museum of Applied Art is located in the very heart of Belgrade, in Topličin venac, next to Knez Mihailova Street. Placed in the representative building, which was known as “Celebonovic Palace” between the two world wars, it has been the most relevant cultural institution in the field of applied arts in Serbia for the last 55 years. Nowadays, the Museum disposes of more than 32 000 objects of applied art, among them works of outstanding artistic and cultural value.

NEW MOMENT IDEAS GALLERY
Hilandarska 14, Belgrade
Opened on working days from 10 to 22 h
(the only city gallery opened at night)

The New Moment Ideas Gallery, founded in 2003, is a regional multimedia gallery for ÆARTVERTISING - the combination of art and advertising. Both modern art and advertising hold the idea as the most important factors in their creation, and we present in our gallery exhibitions of advertising that contain elements from both the advertising and the art world. So far, we have organised more than one hundred exhibitions, presentations and multimedia events, and our guests have included Edward de Bono (World Center for New Thought), Lorand Hegyi (director of Museum of Modern Art in Saint Etienne, France) and Thomas Messer (first director of Guggenheim Museum in New York).
We are actively involved in branding, presentations and art mangagement, and for two years have been found at international art fairs around the world, including Vienna, Liste and Basel.

Kompanija NITEA
Marsala Birjuzova 38/I, Belgrade

www.nitea.co.yu

O3ONE
Andricev venac 12, Belgrade
www.o3.co.yu

O3ONE is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2004 to support contemporary visual art and cultural production emerging in the new market economies (including exhibitions, installations, electronic media, photography, design, video, performance, architecture, fashion, science, new technologies). O3ONE Project Space, known primarily for a dynamic exhibition program (with an exhibition space, various ongoing public programs, presentations, lectures, workshops, conference-related discursive events, and publishing) is primarily committed to cultural and intellectual diversity with a focus on contemporary art practices, enriching the cultural landscape in the city of Belgrade and production climate in Serbia.

Being oriented toward project-based cultural initiatives, it serves as a multimedia working platform open to all actors operating in the various fields of culture, economics, business, and media.

The Educational Museum
Uzun Mirkova 14, Belgrade

www.pedagoskimuzej.org.yu

 The Educational Museum (until 1962 the School Museum) is one of the oldest institutions of its kind in Serbia, permanently striving for a hundred years to save from oblivion the historical values of Serbian school tradition. It was founded in 1896 by the Association of Serbian Teachers with the task of "collecting and preserving teaching aids and all other assets related to elementary school, that are of pedagogic and historic importance to the school and teachers." [1] From the experimental collection of modern teaching aids and literature in the field of pedagogy the Museum developed, despite complete destructions during the World Wars, into a reputed institution treasuring over 50000 objects including books, documents, photographs, students' works and other material and documents related to history of education and mainstream school development in Serbia from 19 century until the present day, with vivid exhibiting, publishing, cultural and educational activities.

89byQUANTUM

www.quantum.co.yu

Cultural center b92* - REX
Jevrejska 16, Belgrade

www.rex.b92.net

Cultural center b92* - REX – is a laboratory for research into new fields of culture.
The centre is a proud member of the TEH (Trans Europe Halles), the network of independent European cultural centers, and of coalition of centers for creative promotion and implementation of new media (including the ECB network, the European Cultural Backbone).

Our aim is the preservation and improvement of programmes created by the REX cultural centre, stressing an educational and socially engaging approach to modern art and culture. REX will be promoting "curiosity culture", supporting young artists and developing new art initiatives to raise public interest and awareness in art. We hope to be a meeting place for the exchange of ideas between our artists and their audience.

Singidunum gallery
Knez Mihailova 40, Belgrade

www.ulupuds.org.yu

For twenty seven years, the Singidunum gallery has presented, exhibited and sold objects of applied arts.
It belongs to the Association of Applied Artists and Designers of Serbia (ULUPUDS), which was founded in 1953.

Hundreds of artists have passed through this association, creating innumerable products and projects that surround us and became part of our daily lives. Traditional art exhibitions and international cooperation allow presentation and affirmation of works of applied art created in Serbia.

ULUPUDS, founded in 1953, gathers art professionals from nine disciplines: architecture, photography, painting and graphics, sculpture, ceramics, design, set design and costimography, theory, review and art history.

The Association organizes traditional exhibitions, including our May exhibition, the Golden Quill, the Ceramics Triennial and regular exhibition programmes in its gallery.
It numbers over 2000 members. Artists exhibit their work in the Singidunum gallery and the Singidunum little gallery.

The School for Design
Krupanjska 3, Belgrade

www.dizajnerska.edu.yu

 The School for Design was founded in 1963, and it is one of the three schools in Serbia dealing with the education in fine and applied arts and design. With its curriculum, and along with the preservation of cultural inheritance and traditional techniques, the School cherishes individuality in art expressions, as well as constant following of new technologies and trends.

Center for Modern Art – STRATEGIE ART
Visegradska 25, Belgrade
t: 011/361 26 10; 361 11 39

www.strategieart.co.yu

Strategie Art – The centre for Modern Art is a unique cultural and artistic institution in Belgrade devoted to visual arts, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, photography, design, architecture, fashion and multimedia. The center was founded in 2003, and in 2005 it added a new gallery to its exhibition space.

Strategie Art supports the presentation of the Mediterranean project, created in 2005 in cooperation with the United Nations.

This project represents a new direction in our domestic art, and the intention is to show that our cultural region does not only belong to the Balkans but also to the Mediterranean, especially artistically, as the Mediterranean has always served as a means of exchange and affiliation with the art world for us, in terms of ideas, concepts and artists.

The Mediterranean project is designed to broaden our horizons in the art disciplines being featured, and highlight the European, Middle Eastern and North African influences in our artistic culture.