Mr. Braun – The Protestant Design Pope Dieter Rams
On 20 May Dieter Rams turns ninety. His purist designs for Braun dusted off industrial design and made him famous worldwide. Some became models for the Walkman and the iPhone. […]
Design with substance: Material Innovation
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 […]
100th Birthday of Otl Aicher: Things Should Stand for Themselves
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, […]
“Our name sounds like a law firm”. An Interview with Daniel Brandt of Brandt Brauer Frick
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 […]
Low-Tech in Design. Good for the Climate
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 of “The Limits to Growth”. At Any Cost?
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 […]
Tomás Maldonado. The Age of Conception
He developed the “Ulm Model” and gave important design impulses for an era whose complexity put the will to design to a hard test day after day. Tomás Maldonado would […]
Wicked Problems: Design Ambiguity and Providing Systems
What role do “Wicked Problems” play in the context of global transformation tasks? And how does design position itself in this context? A conversation between Prof. Markus Frenzl (Faculty of […]
Living in motion: Homo movens
We want to enjoy freedom and keep moving. And our living spaces should be able to reflect that – living in motion with adaptable interior design that is homely and […]
Sustainability in practice
Under the heading “Hands on! Sustainability in Practice”, the Design Talk Conference 2021 addressed the central question of how companies can successfully master the many challenges surrounding the topics of […]
“Minimalist design is becoming more and more popular in China” – Thomas Stopper und Ren Quansheng about AXOR
Hansgrohe is one of the German companies with an outstanding relevance in China. We spoke with Thomas Stopper, Vice President Sales Asia, and Ren Quansheng, President of Hansgrohe China, about […]
Peter Ghyczy. More than plastic and zeitgeist
To this day, the name Peter Ghyczy is inseparably linked with his “Egg Chair” from 1968. The furniture of the pop era hides more than just the spirit of a […]
Kim Fischer and Lena Schrum from Aware: “It’s Fun to be Able to Live Sustainably”
To make the world not only more sustainable, but also more beautiful, the platform “Aware” is breaking new ground. The two founders Kim Fischer and Lena Schrum explain why bans […]
Christopher Alexander. A “Pattern Language”
Between structuralism and postmodernism, he developed an architectural language from patterns and structures: an obituary for the architectural theorist and architect Christopher Alexander, who passed away at the age of […]
Peter Raacke. A Cheerful Balance Artist
Always open to encounters and suggestions: The industrial designer Peter Raacke experienced and helped shape design history in Germany. Now he passed away in Berlin at the age of 93. […]
Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fascinating facts about the culture and architecture of a continent
With the seven-volume “Architectural Guide Sub-Sahara Africa”, Philipp Meuser and Adil Dalbai have succeeded in creating a compendium that not only presents a panorama of Africa’s diverse architectures, but also […]
Urban mining and adaptive reuse for the ecological shift
Demolishing old buildings and replacing them with new ones is often a losing proposition from an ecological point of view, because many building materials cannot be recycled. Renovation, urban mining […]
The Language of Spaces: How to catch and direct the eye
Of cabinets of curiosities, showcases and displays: Erika Thümmel has written a richly illustrated introduction to the history of staged spaces and presentation strategies with “The Language of Spaces”. An […]
Li Xiang: Design a surprise for the future
Over the past ten years, architect Li Xiang, founder or X+Living, has explored interior design with her unique and rebellious style. Her many works in diverse fields such as culture, […]
Green Future. Shaping ecological and economic sustainability
In terms of both energy supply and our consumption of raw materials, we cannot simply carry on as before. Design and innovation make a central contribution to a green future, […]