Tomas Bata University in Zlín

exhibition

Exhibition ZMIANY

We cordially invite you to the exhibition of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications at Tomas Bata University in Zlín, titled ZMIANY. The exhibition runs from January 12 to February 12, 2026, at Zakamarek Gallery, part of the library of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice (Poland).

ZMIANY presents the work of an emerging generation of artists and designers from the Faculty of Multimedia Communications at Tomas Bata University in Zlín. The project was conceived as a shared reflection on transformation—not as a one-off theme, but as a condition in which design naturally finds itself today. ZMIANY focuses on process, movement, and openness rather than on definitive forms and fixed meanings.

The curatorial concept is based on the belief that contemporary design unfolds in constant tension between the physical and digital worlds. Digital tools, virtual environments, and augmented reality are not merely instruments here, but active co-creators of the resulting works. The exhibition traces transformation on three interconnected levels: methodological, material, and conceptual. It shows how working methods, relationships to material, and the very understanding of design’s role are changing.

The presented works oscillate between fascination with technological development and its critical reflection. The authors engage with questions of responsibility, sustainability, and the ethical boundaries of innovation. Here, design does not appear as a service or decoration, but as a tool for thinking and a means of articulating positions toward the contemporary world.

ZMIANY does not view change as a problem to be solved, but as a condition to be worked with. The exhibition opens space for dialogue between technology and craft, between experimentation and experience, between the present and possible scenarios of the future.

Also visit the official website of the project HERE.
You can find the brochure for this project HERE.

Project authors: Jakub Hrdina, Vít Jakubíček, Helena Maňasová Hradská
Exhibiting authors: Eliška Balajová, Elizabeth Bugyiová, Nikola Čermáková, Anna Chodurová, Zuzana Cholevová, Viktória Danielis, Štěpán Dlabaja, Lukáš Demovič, Jana Ermisová, Anna Fischerová, Lucie Gajdušková, Klaudia Hegyiová, Jolana Horynová, Martina Hrnčiříková, Johana Hýžová, Dalibor Itze, Adéla Jakúbeková, Adam Keprta, Markéta Kipilová, Bára Kolondrová, Viktória Kolesárová, Michaela Koreňová, Tamara Kožuchová, Jan Kroulík, Kristýna Kroulová, Lucie Marcinková, Nela Navrátilová, Monika Olivová, Marek Ondřej, Veronika Plevová, Tereza Prudilová, Veronika Roubalová, Lucia Silberová, Matyáš Sochor, Filip Skácel, Jiří Šprtel, Valeriya Truskavetska, Vladimír Vykoukal