Automania: Time expired?
From individual transport to mass congestion: the Automania exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York takes its name from an animated film from the 1960s. The film, […]
Bionics at Festo – Show vs. business
Whether mechanical swallows or floating jellyfish – Dr Philipp Eberl and Dr Elias Knubben from Festo develop innovative machines that are modelled on living creatures. In their interview with Moritz […]
Digital design, an elite discipline: for good or bad?
Humans are not rational beings. Let us be clear: most of the decisions we make every day are for irrational reasons. This is a behavioural pattern as old as time […]
Media, Spaces, Installations: An obituary for Joachim Sauter
He combined technology, art and design and distinguished himself in Germany as a pioneer of digital design: Obituary of Joachim Sauter, co-founder of ART + COM and professor at the Berlin […]
The bungalow – an idealist in suburbia
A single storey, green surroundings, relaxed, modern: it is originally from Asia, is seen by the French as a holiday home and was regarded as a modern dacha in the […]
Women in Architecture festival in Berlin: Equality under construction
Women in Architecture 2021 is the first festival for women architects in Berlin. Almost 100 events at various locations throughout the city were held for a period of four weeks […]
What makes media brands special?
Digitalisation – a term that brand makers can hardly get around. But there are certain brands that have to deal especially with the topics of digitalisation and permanent innovation: Media […]
New European Bauhaus: The path to a sustainable future
As partners in the European Commission’s New European Bauhaus initiative, member-companies from the German Design Council’s network are researching how industry and business can contribute to making Europe climate-neutral by […]
“I sometimes get the feeling that products are overdesigned”
Dina Gallo is one of the managers who have a leading role in the design of capital goods. We spoke with the Trumpf design manager about design trends, brand management […]
Spoon Archaeology: a method that references the perspectives and attitudes in design
Single-use plastic cutlery will be banned in the EU as of 3 July. Can ecological transformation be forced by banning things, or can we hope for more success by informing […]
Insights Into Innovation: Future of Mobility, Future of Living and Working & Lighting
How will we travel, live and work in future? The digital transformation of our living and working worlds is creating significant changes, and the pandemic is accelerating them even further. […]
“Sustainability is a given for Porsche”: Interview with Oliver Blume
Oliver Blume has been Chairman of the Executive Board at Porsche AG for five years. Under his leadership, the company has enjoyed the most successful period in its history to […]
The German Brand Monitor: What’s really on the minds of brand decision-makers
Brand decision-makers are (actually) well aware that a brand will only succeed if it is holistically considered, developed and implemented. All too often, however, brand positioning is not sufficiently used […]
Spoon Archaeology: archaeology for the era of disposable objects
Single-use plastic cutlery is a symbol of a global throwaway society. Such cutlery will be banned in the EU as of 3 July. The “Spoon Archaeology” exhibition is looking at […]
Insights Into Innovation: “Smart 5.0: Connectivity, Robotics & AI” and “Medical & Health”
Innovative machines and smart technology hold huge potential to further develop the way we live and work. Smart solutions and robotics projects open up entirely new possibilities for industry, business […]