Passion, pace, and patience. That’s what it takes to create a globally successful company, according to Stefan Ytterborn, founder and Chief Executive Officer of the e-motorcycle brand CAKE. But not […]
Pli selon Pli: Orbituary on the death of the Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake By Thomas Wagner. Simply “Making Things” was the title of the exhibition Issey Miyake set up […]
The German Brand Award, initiated by the German Design Council, honours successful brand management in Germany. It discovers, presents and awards unique brands and brand makers. This year, the jury awarded […]
Once again, design in the narrower sense does not feature at the Biennale di Venezia. However, since autonomous art-art is increasingly beset by hybrid forms of fashion, design, marketing and […]
Biodesign is paving the way for the next generation of materials, geared towards sustainability, optimum performance and healthier ecosystems. With global demand expected to generate 87 billion dollars by 2026, […]
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is one of the most renowned climate researchers in the world. He is committed to limiting global warming. The building and design sector […]
Our cities are dominated by buildings made of mineral building materials such as concrete and steel, whose raw materials endanger ecosystems during extraction and are very CO2-intensive in production. Low-tech […]
When it comes to autonomous driving, many people think of cars that will one day drive their passengers safely and comfortably through bustling city traffic or over many kilometres of […]
For him, finding, collecting, recognising and designing belong together. The best-known designs of Franco Clivio include the Gardena system, the pico from Lamy and spotlights and luminaires for Erco. On […]
Clean, clear water cannot be taken for granted. The company OASE offers water technology from aquariums to pond pumps to the creative design of water features in city centres and […]
More than just the woman at Dieter Rams’ side: photographer Ingeborg Kracht-Rams has died. As only now became known, the photographer Ingeborg Kracht-Rams has already died on May 7 in […]
Fritz Eichler (1911 – 1991) was perhaps the most important design manager of the young Bundesrepublik. Long before this job title became customary, he played a decisive role in shaping […]
How will we use resources responsibly in the future? What contribution can visionary design make to this? More and more start-ups, up-and-coming designers and product developers around the world are […]
During the pandemic, people cooked at home and ate with their families. The open kitchen became the centre of life. We talked to Volker Irle, Managing Director of the “Arbeitsgemeinschaft […]
On 20 May Dieter Rams turned ninety. His purist designs for Braun dusted off industrial design and made him famous worldwide. Some became models for the Walkman and the iPhone. […]
The quality of good design is closely related to the quality of the materials used. This starts with pollutant- and emission-free production. Material innovation is becoming a key discipline. By […]
He was a co-founder of the Ulm School of Design, created the corporate design for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and shaped the appearance of brands such as Braun, […]
The ensemble Brandt Brauer Frick combines techno beats with the sounds of classical instruments. Visually, the artists present themselves as versatile – but emphatically serious. We spoke with Daniel Brandt […]
Cooling consumes up a lot of electricity and generates high CO2 emissions. Young designers have tackled the question of how energy consumption in design can be reduced right from the […]
50 years ago, the study “The Limits to Growth”, commissioned by the “Club of Rome”, was published. It became the founding document of the environmental movement and called for a […]