Designblok festival gets underway in Prague

The biggest annual design festival in the Czech Republic, Designblok, gets underway in Prague on Wednesday. Now in its 22ndyear, the festival brings the best of Czech design, art installations and expositions. Most of the works will be displayed at the former St. Gabriel monastery at Prague’s district of Smíchov, which has been turned into gallery halls.

Due to the state of emergency, the event will be limited to exhibitions. The accompanying programme, including lectures, workshops and events, had to be cancelled. The event will be running until Sunday.