Jolantos Bagdzevičienės dizainas dviejų laikotarpių kontekste

LTStraipsnyje apžvelgiama produktyvios, ekspozicijų dizainą, buitinius baldus ir baldus reprezentaciniams interjerams kūrusios, tačiau iki šiol mažai analizuotos dizainerės Jolantos Bagdzevičienės kūrybinė biografija. Nagrinėjami jos sukurti projektai, kurie aprėpia du laikotarpius – sovietinį ir atkurtos nepriklausomybės. Analizė grindžiama pačios dizainerės prisiminimais, jos asmeninio archyvo medžiaga. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Dizainas; Dizaineriai; Sovietmetis; Nepriklausomybės laikotarpis; Baldai; Interjerai; Jolanta Bagdzevičienė; Interiors; Furniture; Design; Soviet period; Period of independence; Designers.

ENJolanta Bagdzevičienė is one of the most prominent Lithuanian designers, a member of the Architects’ Union who won acclaim in various design competitions and exhibitions “Lithuanian Furniture”, “Furniture”, and the competition of “Product of the Year” held by the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists. Her creative career spans two periods – Soviet and newly independent Lithuania. Bagdzevičienė worked in exhibition design, designed furniture for home and public interiors. Bagdzevičienė’s professional career began in the early 1970s. In 1972, she started studying architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute (VISI; today, VGTU – Vilnius Gediminas Technical University). In 1977, she got a job at the leading institution of furniture design in Lithuania in the Soviet period – the Bureau of Furniture Design and Construction (hereinafter BFDC), where top Lithuanian designers were employed. At the BFDC, Bagdzevičienė worked at the Department of Home Furniture Design, and also designed furniture for public spaces, carcass furniture of various functions and chairs, took part in artistic councils, and was involved in developing the GOST standard. Bagdzevičienė’s projects created in the period before 1990 – furniture for the Palace of Achievements of National Economy of the LSSR (today, Vilnius Exhibition Palace, Litexpo), metal chairs for canteens, and modifications of the “Norwegian chair” – should be mentioned. The restoration of independence in Lithuania brought changes to all fields of life. The BFDC was dissolved. The former design creation and production chain also fell apart. Bagdzevičienė worked in the BFDC up until the restoration of independence in 1990, and later, like part of other former employees, was involved in the restructuring of the BFDC in the period of transition.Until 1998, Bagdzevičienė worked in the joint-stock company Skraja (today, AB Skraja, a furniture and industry centre), and later, at the Vilnius Furniture Production Company (today, AB Vilniaus baldai), SBA baldai company, and UAB Baldora. After the restoration of independence, Bagdzevičienė worked by commission for various institutions. She designed furniture for the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Lithuania, the customer service hall and administrative premises of the Vilnius branch of the Bank of Agriculture, offices, the canteen and conference halls of the Bank of Lithuania, and various embassies (the Embassy of Ukraine to Vilnius, the embassies of the Republic of Lithuania to Warsaw, Tallinn, and the Hague), designed furniture for offices and home furniture sets. [From the publication]