Slovenia.
Art hangs within an old refinery, makers share tools in a former factory, and books find a place beneath trees. Slovenian stories make room for culture in both substantial buildings and simple everyday settings.
Start with Cukrarna.
Hang the new inside the old.
Ljubljana’s former sugar refinery holds contemporary galleries within a preserved historic shell.
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Start with the flight that fits.
Slovenia’s Velis Electro brought battery-electric flight into a certified aircraft designed primarily for pilot training.
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Keep the material close to the idea.
An exhaust is the visible product. The deeper change is a development loop that keeps titanium casting, metallurgy, forming, tooling and testing close enough to learn together.
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A kit for the everyday street.
Saša J. Mächtig’s K67 makes a kiosk into a modular system: units can stand alone or combine, serving different kinds of street activity.
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Full-length skis that fold for the journey.
A full-length ski folds around its centre for transport, then locks into its skiing configuration.
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A laundry filter with a return route.
A washing-machine filter includes a route for returning the material it catches.
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Keep a pedestrian centre reachable.
Free electric rides make a pedestrian city centre easier to reach for people who cannot comfortably walk across it.
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A library can begin with shade and a place to sit.
Library Under the Treetops creates free seasonal outdoor reading spaces with books available to browse on site.
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A workshop bigger than your kitchen table.
In Ljubljana, shared production labs give people tools, space and guidance to make things themselves.
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