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Happy Holidays everyone, I leave you with a shot of North Pole (from ISS) where Santa is suppose to live.

George Radic.

If you are visiting Budapest between December 15. - 16. Saturday - Sunday, 10.00 - 18.00, make sure you visit Christmas WAMP (Hungarian design market).

Organized by four very talented women (artists themselves) this market is gaining reputation of being one of the city’s most serious events for art lovers. A, chance to meet and chat in the company of artists and to buy art directly with no “middle man” involved. WAMP is definitely not “yet another boring sale event”. Beside nice works exhibited, it’s also some kind of performance itself with very pleasant atmosphere. DJ’s are playing nice tunes and towards the end of the show, they are followed by live bands, performance or fashion show.

WAMP started couple years ago and by now it has certainly become a part of Budapest tradition . WAMP is organized once a month but not necessarily at same place or time so the best way to find about details is to visit their website at www.wamp.hu.

There is English version of the site and possibility to see some artwork inside web gallery if you log in. I will be there with new “Nautilus” collection. Hope to see you at WAMP.

Just came back from “Blickfang”, Austria’s largest design trade show for fashion, jewelry and furnishings. Last year it attracted almost 12,000 enthusiasts to the MAK (Museum of Applied Arts), and it’s the grand finale of the Vienna Design Weeks, with some 140 designers exhibiting their latest creations.
It was quite an experience!



I’ve met many interesting people, made new friends and had a chance to show my new “Nautilus” collection to an audience with a very sharp taste.

I have to say it was a great challenge to be next to so many talented artists, but as the show progressed, I felt encouraged by people showing genuine interest in my work.

Vienna is very charming and colorful city where old meets new in very unpredictable way. Unfortunately there was not much time left for sightseeing, but I managed to have my real mélange at coolest café in Vienna, “Café Hawelka”.

It is pleasure and fun to combine different materials in jewelry. My favorites are plexi and wood. I tend to use high quality plexi and rare, hard woods like ebony and palisander.

Since use of flame in connecting these materials is out of the question, I use hand-made screws to connect them. Not easy to make but the result is satisfying.













ebony, silver, gold











plexi, silver, gold


For more photos check my PHOTO gallery.

Design is a big part of our world. We all design our “little worlds” day by day, from small gardens to the big cities. End results vary in their beauty, value, message, from person to person, from society to society. One thing is certain, design that surrounds us, is our own picture, our inner beauty or/and visual message of what we are striving to become.



Here is my little world of jewelry design in which I spend most of the time, besides surfing the net with the best designed browser in the world, thanks Opera!