Woven Secrets Exhibition at Romanian Design Week

🧵 Woven Secrets goes to Romanian Design Week 2025!
We’re thrilled to announce that our exhibition dedicated to the textile industry, part of FABER’s Design Signals program, will be part of this year’s edition of RDW.
Woven Secrets investigates the textile industry as a space of memory, transformation, and possibility. Through collaborations with local factories, researchers, and former textile workers, designers created unique works that treat design not as an end result, but as a method of inquiry — proposing new ways of working and producing.

In 2025, we join the brand-new RDW Exhibitions section, launched by Romanian Design Week to support meaningful local content and strengthen national creative infrastructure. We’re proud to continue our partnership with The Institute– grounded in shared values of curatorial coherence, trust, and long-term vision for design in Romania.

Come visit the Woven Secrets exhibition, starting May 16th, at 10:00, at Muzeul Național de Artă. Join us at the opening on Friday, at 16:00 followed by a guided tour with curator Martina Muzi & at the Saturday’s guided tour at 12:00.

Visiting hours: Mon–Tue: closed, Wed–Fri: 10–18, Sat–Sun: 11–19.

🎟️ Entry to the exhibition is 20 lei — tickets available at the location.

Works by: Dinu Bodiciu, Alesia Cîdă, Lavinia Ghimbășan, Andreea Pleșa, Mihaela Vișovan, Gabriela Rada, Maria Dombrov, Amalia Săftoiu, Alex Todirică, Răzvan Zamfira

Curator: Martina Muzi
Research by: Norbert Petrovici, Vlad Alexe, Mihai Iacob

Organised by FABER, in partnership with Universitatea Politehnica Timișoara, UPT Campus Creativ, The Institute
Funded by: Ordinul Arhitecților din România
Supported by: Banca Transilvania, AZUR, Hamilton Central Europe, Flex Romania
In collaboration with:
Ami Amalia, Cottontex, EcoCinix, IMP România, ISHO, LanaTerm, Pasmatex, UTT (Uniunea Tehnologiilor Textile)

Partners: COSPoL, DAS Timișoara, Facultatea de Arte și Design – Universitatea de Vest Timișoara, OSUT, ECHN
Media partners: igloo, Radio Guerrilla, Știri de Timișoara, Zeppelin, Zile și Nopți