BALÁZS KISGYÖRGY portfolio 2019
STUDIES 2017-
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest Product design BA2
2009-2017
Prohászka Ottokár High School, Budakeszi Graduation: 2017
2015-2017
Budai Rajziskola, Budapest, private art school (drawing, painting, sculpting, 3D modelling)
2017 , 2018
Summer art symposium (Budai Art School)
SKILLS English
State accredited complex language examination, intermediate (Euroexam, 2017)
German
State accredited complex language examination, intermediate (TELC, 2016)
APP SKILLS
Adobe Photoshop CC Adobe Illustrator CC Adobe InDesign CC Rhinoceros 5 Microsoft Office Luxion Keyshot 7
EXHIBITIONS
BALÁZS KISGYÖRGY Budakeszi, Hungary 27.07.1998. kisgyorgy.balazs@gmail.com Instagram: @balazskisgyorgy Behance: @balazskisgyorgy
2018
The best works of the last 25 years supported by the National Cultural Fund in Hungary, M21 Gallery, Pécs
2018
Exhibition of young artists, Budakeszi (organizer)
2016
Personal exhibition at the Stancefest car meet and the Automotive and Tuning Show, Budapest (scale models)
HOBBIES Scale modelling, photography, drawing, fine arts car culture and tuning
STRUCT. STOOL
Consultants: Pál Koós, Dániel Lakos Beyond it’s aesthetic value an abstract statue can also be sat on. This train of thought inspired the design of my stool. It’s name “struct” derives from the words “structure” and “construct” referring to the design process as well as the strict order of the three main components and the way they are assembled. Most furniture used for sitting consists of a sitting surface and supportive legs. When designing my stool I sought to create a new kind of seat-leg relationship by blurring the lines between them. The three identical pieces are aligned in order to create an introflexed geometric form.
PENGUIN PACKAGE
Consultant: Dániel Lakos Team members: Balázs Kisgyörgy, Kasia Kulik, Blanka Timári During this two week project, we had to design a logic or construction game. We wanted to make a game that is associative, simple yet playful. Our final design comes in an envelope, which contains flat penguins, icebergs and instructions. You can see a little story written on the back of the envelope: „One day some penguins from the South Pole decided they wanted to see the World. Unfortunately they have got a big problem…they can’t fly. After some time the penguins came up with a brilliant idea. They should mail themselves! So they packed up a few icebergs to rest on and to build huge towers with so they can see all the wonderful sights the World can offer.” Once you open the envelope, you can simply fold the penguins and start playing. When you finished the game, you can extend the envelope and store the penguins and icebergs that way until the next time you want to play.
SMART STORAGE SYSTEM Consultant: Péter Vető Teammate: Blanka Timári During this project our task was to design smart storage systems for a hungarian vending machine manufacturer, IVM. We decided to make our design best for office and higher education as the company wanted to expand to that direction. Our final design is a modular system where the modularity is not only used for increased storage functionality but also as a tool for shaping the environment’s character and mood. The storage „boxes” can be connected in many different positions so they can form different structures. The structures could be like any other clean and organised smart storage system or they could also be a playful space divider. We also built in two unique features based on functional needs we found while reasearching existing systems and the environments. First one is a transportable renting unit which can be used if the user needs multiple rented assets from the machine for work. They can lock this unit back in the machine while they go for lunch or a break so they don’t have to take back and rent everything again. The second feature helps communication between the user and the machine with light. When a user decides what kind of item they would like to rent the „box” containing that item lights up, so it’s easier to find. We would also use the colour of the light to give other informations, for example the boxes containing items that need maintenance would light up with red
Renting unit
Legs and holders
light panel
shadow
Lighting
Connecting the storage boxes
2+1 STEP STOOL
Consultants: István Juhász, András Kerékgyártó During the designing process of my step stool I analyzed my habits and body measurements in order to create the ideal furiture for my personal needs. First I built multiple mock ups from household items to try out different dimensions. With the best results I started to experiment with different shapes and joints. My final design has two steps. While the first one is wide enough to accomodate both feet, the second one is for stabilizing with one foot while bending over or lifting heavier objects.
DRAWING, PAINTING
Teachers: Zoltán Egri, Péter Kemény, Marcel Kelemen, Csaba Szegedi, Robert Toroczkay When I decided to study art at a university I started attending a private art school. First I went to a summer course, than I started going regularly. Besides drawing I also learned how to paint, scuplt, and I even attended a 3D modelling course. I spend a huge portion of my free time drawing and I always have my sketchbook with me. My favourite techniques are watercolour and charcoal pencil.
SCULPTING
Instructors: Pรกl Jรณzsa, Adrien Nagy, Zoltรกn Egri I started working with clay sculptures at the private art school, before university. In the second semester at the university we had a task to scuplt a deer skull twice as big as in reality. In the third semester we created a torso of a nude almost in full scale. We even made paper scupltures. For example, this one is from a two week course, in which we worked in pairs. We had to make a fractal that represents something about Budapest. We chose a circular place surrounded by four big buildings. The form of the buildings grow taller and get more complicated as we go in the inside of the scuplture.
SCALE MODELLING
I have been building scale models for 12 years now. My focus in the last couple of years has been buiding civilian cars. I teamed up with a friend of mine and we started publishing our work on social media. The scale modelling community appreciates our work worldwide. We also participate at scale modelling competitions with great success, and got the chance to have exhibitions at car meets and automotive events. In most cases I’m not satisfied with the original options and parts that the model companies offer. I’m more interested in different styles and forms of car modification. Using a 3D modelling software and resin 3D printer I started creating my own parts and replicating full-size ones in scale, to detail our models even more, and also to help out fellow modeler friends.
3D MODELLING
Teacher: Istvรกn Keszei, Tibor Gadรกcsi Using Rhinoceros I replicated tools and household objects to get more comfortable in this program and learn the different modelling techniques. We also learned rendering and making animations in Keyshot. I created parts for my scale models too, such as rims,diorama parts, body and interior accessories.
DEMO WOOD CAMPS
Demo Wood is a creative group of current students and alumnis of MOME, powered by Hello Wood. In summer camps and weekend-workshops children can try different kinds of design and applied arts, such as textile, jewellery design, industrial design and architecture. I joined the team last summer as workshop leader. During the summer camps we designed personalized stools with the children. They also learned how to use basic tools and machines.
PHOTOS
András Malicsek Márk Dalotti Blanka Timári Miklós Tóth - MiiM Photo Balázs Kisgyörgy
BALÁZS KISGYÖRGY portfolio 2019