Debra McGuire, the costume designer behind Friends, is coming to MOME. She has helped shape the look of some of Hollywood's most iconic films and television series, creating costumes for productions including Friends, Anchorman, Superbad, Freaks and Geeks, New Girl, and The Morning Show. During her visit to Hungary, McGuire will present her latest book, Dressing the Story: The Art of Costume Design. Drawing on nearly five decades of experience, she offers a behind-the-scenes look at the art of costume design and discusses how individual garments help define characters, tell stories, and build the visual worlds of film and television in her talk delivered in English.

How are digital technologies transforming the possibilities of object design and making? This is the question explored in an exhibition by MOME’s Digital Object Making specialisation, offering a snapshot of how a new generation of designers thinks about objects. Put on at Medence Designlab as part of Designfest, the showcase brings features prototypes, experiments, and functional objects to demonstrate how digital tools are expanding the possibilities of traditional object design.

German product and furniture designer Mark Braun will give a talk in English about his work, offering a first-hand insight into how truly timeless objects are created. An award-winning designer, Braun reinterprets traditional craft techniques through a contemporary lens across furniture, glass, and ceramics.