The fifth edition of the Need for Street Festival took place on 26/10/-/27/10/2013.
The event took place in the largest printing plant of the Polish People's Republic
named DOM SŁOWA POLSKIEGO. The post-industrial space and its history
excellently contrasted with the interactive creations of contemporary design.

The festival was divided into two distinct parts. The first day
was dedicated to the FASHION AND DESIGN FAIR, and on the second day, it was possible
to visit the TECHNOLOGIES IN ART exhibition.
It is this second part of the festival that we will focus on.

The exhibition tour began traditionally. Right at the entrance, posters
and utility graphics entertained and surprised the viewer, drawing them into debate
or prompting thought. Below, we present one of them. KEEP IN SHAPE,
is a graphic from the Artkiosk collection. The carcass hanging on a hook
is, in a sense, a symbol of human belonging to the animal world.
The graphic suggests that we should take care of our form and not turn
into a piece of fatty meat. It also draws attention to the duality
of human nature. More works by young artists working in
this field of design can be seen at artkiosk.net.
There you will find works by designers from Poland and Berlin.

An alternative to traditional poster creation techniques is the use of
fluorescent and phosphorescent paints (glowing in the dark),
as well as self-adhesive fluorescent papers.
Posters for the exhibition
IN THE DARK were made using the screen printing method. When darkness falls, they affect visitors
with a magical green light. The space surrounding the graphic becomes
a black background in this case. Nothing disturbs the viewer's perception.
They are left alone with the image. Posters that glow
in the dark would be ideal for outdoor advertising,
especially on roadsides where artificial lighting is lacking.

Also noteworthy is the use of stereoscopy in photography.
It is an imaging technique that shows reality from different
points of view. Paul Cezanne started from a similar premise
in his work. As part of the festival, the
STEREOSCOPIC PHOTO PROJECT took place. Anyone interested
could stand in front of three lenses and receive an animated GIF
in their inbox. The photographs were taken by Sebastian Szwajczak, among others.
Works by this photographer and examples of stereoscopic technique
can be seen at szwajczak.tumblr.com.

A large part of the exhibition was occupied by interactive installations, mapping,
animations created with graphic software,
projected onto 3D objects, abstract, spatial forms
and onto... a Toyota car. The Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology
presented its works, including videomapping.
The membrane, a touch-sensitive fabric, also looked beautiful.

The 3D Printing Zone, increasingly popular in Poland, also enjoyed success.
Since 1986, continuous work has been underway to improve it. The stereolithography (SLA) method, patented by Charles Hull, initially served only
for prototyping and was the beginning of spatial printing.
3D System then developed the STL file format, still used today.
Using this file, 3D printers receive instructions.

Today, just like the well-known British journalist (Slater), we can print shoes
from plastic in 25 hours, weapons, everyday items, architectural
models, toys, etc. This technology is also successfully used
in medicine, for the production of prostheses, among other things.
The technology for creating designer items
could be seen as part of the festival.
3D printers use materials such as:
ecoplastic (PLA), plastic used for producing Lego bricks (ABS),
wood composite (Laywood), nylon. This offers many possibilities
to create a unique product in a very short time.

The whole was complemented by the HOUSE OF HORRORS - a game using mapping, the AUGMENTED REALITY ZONE, which showed the Warsaw of the future,
using iPads for visualization, as well as a large wall of multimedia projections.

There were also graphic workshops and good food.
All that remains is to congratulate the organizers and creators of the NEED FOR STREET festival,
Agnieszka Celej, Julia Szostak, and Kinga Lusińska.

And we eagerly await the next edition of the festival.