the former rk kluz department store in the city center of belgrade, where the BDW was showcased in may 25-31, 2009.

movies, product exhibitions, workshops, conferences, concerts, parties and many talent shows, that was the belgrade design week 09. BDW is the first festival of creative industries and modern business in serbia and the south east european region. designboom joined the event in 2008  and presented ‘does originality still exist‘ speech. this year designboom visited as member of the BDW regional board,  media sponsor and jury member of ‘sitting green’ competition for sustainable wooden home seating design.

belgrade design week 09 the location - 2main program of BDW 09 consisted of the three-day international conference SPEED2, among the speakers was german architect jürgen mayer h.

belgrade design week 09 the location - 3amazing chandelier

belgrade design week 09 the location - 4girl power team with chandelier

belgrade design week 09 the location - 5jovan jelovac, BDW director

belgrade design week 09 the location - 6BDW dezajn nights – performance by sebastian litmanovich, argentinia-born-barcelona-based singer and songwriter (alias ‘cineplex’)

belgrade design week 09 the location - 7inside the former kluz department store, the officer association building hosted for the first time the five-day creative industries’ and design-fair /designpark

belgrade design week 09 the location - 8the BDW team

belgrade design week 09 the location - 9stairways leading to the conferencebelgrade design week 09 the location - 10rails

belgrade design week 09 the location - 11the former rk kluz department store, stairways with ‘vintage’ signage

belgrade design week 09 the location - 12the former kluz department store was built in 1908 by architects svetozar jovanovic, danilo vladislavljevic and vladimir popovic.