Prékopa Ágnes (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 31. (Budapest, 2017)

Piroska NOVÁK: New Acquisitions in the Museum of Applied Arts’ Collection: Clean Water in the Glass - Product Family of Ceramic Water Filters

2 Fairs held in the Museum of Applied Arts in conjunction with Design Week Budapest 2015: Bohemia Design Market Budapest - goods by contemporary Czech designers; 25-26 September 2015 Creative Arts Fair; 27 September 2015 WAMP Design Fair - Feel at Home with Us!; 4 October 2015 3 With the support of the National Cultural Fund, the following items were acquired by the Museum of Applied Arts in 2015: Valéria Fazekas: City hat series, women’s hat collection, inv. nos. 2016.26.1-2016.38.1. Inarchi Kft. (János Héder-Judit Zoltai): Face, luminaires, inv. nos. 2016.17.1 and 2016.18.1. Dániel Lakos - Zsanett Benedek: Logifaces, logic games, inv. nos. 2016.4.1 and 2016.5.1. Toronyi Péter: Paprlkum, PepperRed and Pepper Black pepper mills, inv. nos. 2016.19.1.1-3 and 2016.20.1.1-3. Viktor Varga: Infinity pendant, Leon pendant and Cleo ring, inv. nos. 2016.21.1-2, 2016.22.1-2 and 2016.23.1. A report on the use of funds from the Visual Arts College of the National Cultural Fund is available on the website of the Museum of Applied Arts: http:// www.imm.hu/hu/contents/paly azatiheszamolok. Accessed 25 September 2016. 4 Advisor for this design task was ceramist Éva Kádasi, university associate professor. 5 In discussing the historical antecedents, mention should be made of water filters made of stoneware and terracotta in 1846 in the ceramics factory of Sir Henry Doulton (1820-1897), established in Lambeth, England. Doulton water filters were not only in demand in the 19th century, but are still manufactured today in new, more technologically advanced forms. 6 The official website of Potters for Peace: http:// pottersforpeace.com. Accessed 25 September 2016. 7 In 2013 the cost of production of this item was 4000 forints. 8 Similar to harvester’s jugs in material folk culture, also made of a porous raw material for evaporation. 9 Mohammed Bah Abba (1964-2010), a teacher of Nigerian descent, won the Rolex Prize for Enterprise in 2001 for his Pot-in-Pot Cooling System, which subsequently gained worldwide recognition: http://www.rolexawards.com/profiles/ laureates/mohammed_bah_abba. Accessed 30 September 2016. 10 Similar to the operation of Potters for Peace, whose work is supported by the government of a given country or by international aid organizations. 11 Papanek, Victor: ‘How to Succeed in Design Without Really Trying: Areas of Attack for Responsible Design’. In Design for the Real World: Making to Measure, London, 1972. The Hungarian version appeared in Design-alapelvek. Válogatás az ipari forma irodalmából, a collection of works selected and edited by Gyula Ernyey and translated by György P. Horváth (Budapest, Magyar Kereskedelmi Kamara Ipari Formatervezési Tájékoztató Központ - Design Center, 1981, 382.) 158

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