International Forum Of Design Networks 2022 / Marija Drėmaitė: Architecture of Optimism: Designing a New Kaunas in 1919-1939
Marija Drėmaitė is a Professor at Vilnius University, Faculty of History. Her research is focused on 20th century architecture, industrial culture and cultural heritage. She curates exhibitions and publishes books on architectural history: Baltic Modernism: Architecture and Housing in Soviet Lithuania (Berlin: DOM Publishers, 2017), Architecture of Optimism: The Kaunas Phenomenon, 1918–1940 (Vilnius: Lapas, 2018) with co-authors, Lithuanian Architects Assess the Soviet Era: The 1992 Oral History Tapes (with John V. Maciuika) (Vilnius: Lapas, 2020), and ARNO's FUNKtionalism: The Life and Works of Architect Arno Funkas (1898–1957), Kaunas, 2022).
International Forum Of Design Networks 2022 is a part of the Kaunas autumn design events organized by Kaunas European Capital of Culture 2022.
Organizers – Kaunas 2022, Lithuanian Design Forum, Lithuanian Design Association
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