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Budapest Design Week organised for the ninth time has started with the opening of the international exhibition Slow Design. Offering over a hundred programs all around the Hungarian capital between 28th September and 7th October, the focus and the title of the design festival is Slow Design that means slowing down and filling your life with content and profundity.The concept of Slow Design took root in the design profession a decade ago; above all it refers to a democratic and holistic approach to designing, by taking the entire life-cycle of objects into consideration, it is a responsible and conscious design practice focusing on the long-term impacts of design, it believes in sustainable development, in regionalism and cultural diversity, in local values and uniqueness.
