Graphic Optimism: Stefan Sagmeister Thinks “Now is Better”
Bad world, good numbers? With his new book “Früher war Heute ist besser”, Stefan Sagmeister goes against the spirit of the times. Precisely because a distorted and unreflected picture of […]
Bad world, good numbers? With his new book “Früher war Heute ist besser”, Stefan Sagmeister goes against the spirit of the times. Precisely because a distorted and unreflected picture of […]
The Swedish design studio Form Us With Love creates concepts, furniture and products for well-known companies such as Ikea and Hem. We visited the two founders during the Stockholm Design […]
False signals: Lufthansa is reshaping its Executive Board – and cutting the position for brand management and sustainability in the process. In view of the accelerating climate crisis, shouldn’t a […]
Norway’s Snøhetta has designed countless architectural masterpieces around the world, and Jette Hopp, Director of Acquisition & Business Development Europe, tells us about specific projects, achievements and future challenges. In […]
More and more companies are focussing on materials that are based on the growth of microorganisms such as algae, fungi and bacteria. This trend was confirmed by the latest edition […]
They felt like pirates and stole the show from big brother IBM with a small computer and an advertising clip: Forty years ago, Apple introduced the first Macintosh and fundamentally […]
Brand, power and bricks: For years, there has been a legal dispute about whether a special Lego brick enjoys trade mark protection or not. Are technical factors weighted more heavily […]
Architecture has always cultivated an intimate exchange with the surrounding nature. Three award-winning projects of the ICONIC AWARDS 2023: Innovative Architecture show how convincingly contemporary hotel and wellness architecture can […]
Product design characterises brand identity and has a significant influence on consumer perception. Nevertheless, the German Brand Monitor, the decision-maker study on brand management, reveals a surprising discrepancy: in just […]
How do you spell sustainability? Have we become blind to simple solutions? In the book “A way of life: Ballenberg Notes”, Rolf Fehlbaum, together with renowned designers, invites us to […]
For Werner Sobek, it is an obligatory task for mankind in the coming decades: To build emission-free and with less material for more people. In the second volume of his […]
Eva Marguerre, Marcel Besau, Sebastian Herkner and Christian Zanzotti have all been honoured as “German Design Awards Newcomers” in the past. The German Design Council’s Newcomer Awards has often acted […]
The “Third German Design Debate” succeeded in bringing together different perspectives, approaches and generations in a highly concentrated programme: All speakers raised questions, formulated theses, created contradictions and opened up […]
He has designed more than a dozen new museum buildings around the world in the last three decades. However, his most important contributions to contemporary architecture are the projects in […]
History does not make itself. In Germany, Gert Selle, art educator and later professor of aesthetic education, has been actively involved in writing a well-founded history of design since the […]
Whether in the urban wilderness or small oases between concrete and steel – inner-city locations such as community centers, playgrounds, market halls or banks can be much more than mere […]
The whole world of skiing under one roof: over the years, Laurent Donzé has collected thousands of skis, helmets, boots, goggles and much more. Now his treasures can be admired […]
Grand gestures and meaningful places: If you want to successfully design large-scale projects in China, you have to adapt to different needs and circumstances than in Europe. Wei Wu and […]
For many decades, Herbert Lindinger has demonstrated the important role that design plays in processes of renewal. His work also shows the advantages of modularisation and that good design always […]
Timelessness as a vision, craftsmanship as a basis: Jil Sander, who was honoured with the German Design Award’s Personality award for her life’s work in 2018, is an exceptional figure […]