Audrone Drungilaite

Executive director of the Lithuanian design forum. 

 Audrone has been interested in design since she started studying at a local art school for children. Even after starting a career in credit management, she could not leave behind her love of design and, after studying in France, she decided to make her future.

She won the Lithuanian Design Award in 2013 and was nominated for the Young Designer of the Year competition in 2014. Since 2014, she has been General Director of the Lithuanian Design Forum (LDF). The LDF is a non-governmental organization that seeks to raise the profile of design as a factor of sustainable economic growth and as a catalyst for societal development in the manufacturing, communication and public life sectors.

Audrone is also responsible for the management of Lithuanian Design Week, the largest design festival in the Baltic States. Graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with a degree in Industrial Design and a Masters in Cultural Management and Politics. Audrone is an enthusiastic promoter of Lithuanian design around the world. It sometimes organizes Lithuanian design exhibitions abroad.