{"id":7352,"date":"2014-04-06T05:48:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T05:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/?page_id=7352"},"modified":"2014-09-26T10:20:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T10:20:33","slug":"cow-international-design-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/cow-international-design-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Festival | COW | Astana | Kazakhstan | group exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/\" title=\"portfolio logo\" class=\"logo-mega fade\"><\/a><br \/>\n<small>&#9664; HOME <\/small><\/p>\n<h1>Design Festival in Kazakhstan<\/h1>\n<h2>I recently took part in the COW International Design Festival in Astana, Kazakhstan.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cow-festival-astana.jpg\" alt=\"cow design festival astana khazakstan\" width=\"800\" height=\"869\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7353 no-border\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cow-festival-astana.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cow-festival-astana-550x597.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cow-festival-astana-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Design in the Center of the World <\/h3>\n<p><strong>The COW Festival was a global forum that showcases world-class design. <\/strong><br \/>\nThey invited me to feature some of the artworks I have done as an illustrator and an artist.<br \/>\nI chose this opportunity to display the magazine cover I have done for the cover of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/magazine-covers-album-covers\/\" title=\"BABYBOSS MAGAZINE \u2013 Cover for the Indonesian illustration magazine\">Babyboss magazine<\/a> in Indonesia.<br \/>\nBabyboss is probably the coolest design publication from Indonesia. It is the leading magazine when it comes to cover the new generation of international artists and inspiring designers from around the globe.<br \/>\n<em>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cow.com.ua\/\" title=\"cow\">COW<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Where is Astana? <\/h3>\n<p><strong>Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan. <\/strong><br \/>\nThe place is also the country&#8217;s second largest city. The former soviet city is now booming economically, using oil money to build some os the world&#8217;s biggest buildings and galleries.<br \/>\nWhile Astana is mostly known as a political center, it has a lot of museum and art galleries.<br \/>\nCOW Design Festival was a nice opportunity to showcase artworks done by international artists in the Kazakhs land. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6613\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6613\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cow-festival-Kazakhstan.jpg\" alt=\"Design Festival COW Center Of the World\" width=\"550\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cow-festival-Kazakhstan.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cow-festival-Kazakhstan-550x360.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cow-festival-Kazakhstan-457x300.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">COW (Center Of the World) was an international design festival in Astana, Kazakhstan.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>What happened during the festival? <\/h3>\n<p><strong>COW did not only showcase the work of international designers. <\/strong><br \/>\nThe art event presented various conferences with artists and designers who talked about various topics such as &#8220;copyright&#8221; or social issues. Attendees were also invited to follow a series of workshops hosted by Russian and Ukrainian artists.<br \/>\nI was not able to make it to Kazakhstan for the art show since I was talking at a conference in Indonesia at the time. <\/p>\n<p><em class=\"newfont\">Look at the pictures from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/jakarta-recap-longing-to-be-knotted-together-exhibition\/\" title=\"Jakarta 2011 solo exhibition\">conference I did in Jakarta<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"blue-box\">&#9664; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/group-exhibitions-mega-pictures-stories\/\" title=\"collective art exhibitions\">BACK TO GROUP EXHIBITIONS <\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cow_logo.png\" alt=\"cow design festival logo\" width=\"230\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7355 no-border\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cow_logo.png 230w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cow_logo-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#9664; HOME Design Festival in Kazakhstan I recently took part in the COW International Design Festival in Astana, Kazakhstan. 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