Mapping What Matters

Sold out. First edition. No door tickets. See you today — rain included 🌧️

Limited tickets will be available at the door for 99 €.
Find the full program and tickets via the link in bio. ☔️

Three days to gather, listen, and rethink what matters in contemporary graphic design🗺️

Find tickets via the link in our bio.
May 16, 2026 | Bratislava, Slovakia

Swipe right to view the conference schedule. You can also find the schedule on our website—link in bio.

This Saturday, May 16, starting at 10:00 a.m. at the Aréna Theater (Viedenská cesta, Bratislava).

After the conference, the night continues with a free after-party at Ostblock in the city center, starting after 10 PM.

Expect a proper underground electronic vibe with hardgroove, hard house, speed garage, and UK-influenced sounds from Slovak DJs kub0 and dorothyyy. kub0 blends everything from house and light UKG to harder club styles as part of the PLAYYARD collective, while dorothyyy brings underground techno energy mixed with reggaeton, liquid, and experimental influences inspired by Arca and Sega Bodega.

See you! May 16.🤺

After a day of listening to talks or browsing publications at the Temporary Library and Small Book Fair, you’re invited to shift from words to sound with a curated DJ set by (yes, the curator) and . 🪕

Ľubica Segečová’s selection moves in an anti-trend, timeless register, drifting through left-field electronics, heavily processed dub, echoing bass lines, and slow-burning atmospheric textures. 🎷

seafur’s curatorial approach connects geographically and temporally distant musical contexts, tracing links between seemingly disparate genres—from hyperpop to salsa, reggaeton to synthpop, as well as baile funk and digital remix cultures. The result is a dynamic, dance-driven set infused with subtle irony, playfully dismantling the notion of “guilty pleasures.” 🎺

See you with a drink in hand. May 16, 2026.

Thank you to all contributors—editors, illustrators, architects, and other figures from the visual culture and publishing scenes—who helped shape and create the Temporary Library exhibition at the first edition of the Mapping What Matters conference.

May 16, 2026—see you there.

About 50 places remain for the conference, and the list is slowly closing. 🤾‍♀️ You can find the presale in our bio.