“Design is a tool of change.” Interview with Prof. Dr. Lilac Osanjo
Prof. Dr. Lilac Osanjo is the Director of the School of the Arts and Design at the University of Nairobi. She has been developing projects in the field of design […]
Victor Papanek: Against Rhinestone-Studded Shoehorns
How does social design change the perspective on design processes? What criteria need to be considered? And what role does the concept of responsibility play in this? Anyone who reads […]
Mareike Gast: “Products will grow in labs” – the BurgLabs
Two years ago, BurgLabs was established as a platform for cross-disciplinary research on materials and technologies at Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, funded by the state of Saxony-Anhalt and the European […]
Brands in transformation: Midgard – traditional brand and pioneer for the lighting industry
The engineer Curt Fischer pioneered the development of movable work lights with steerable light. In 1923, he began producing his luminaires, for which he had previously launched the Midgard brand. […]
Hans (Nick) Roericht – Design as a “holistic problem-solving tool”
As a student of industrial design at the Ulm School of Design (HfG Ulm), Hans (Nick) Roericht achieved great fame with his TC 100 stacking tableware for the porcelain manufacturer […]
Karl Schwanzer: A Modernist – Cosmopolitan And Dance-like
He has been an architect of world class. The Viennese Karl Schwanzer was a visionary, an artist, a university lecturer, even a poet. His BMW high-rise in Munich is still […]
Traces in fresh snow. “Roots and Wings” – Peter Schreyer
„Roots and Wings“ is the name of an opulent volume about the automobile designer Peter Schreyer, who, after designing the TT and A2 for Audi, the New Beetle and Golf […]
The Garden City: Fresh air, more space and close to nature
Green City, Part 3: Arduously greening large cities? Or rescue the countryside through new garden cities? Ebenezer Howard developed a city model at the end of the 19th century that […]
Fail Better. Success Through Failure
Failure is the basic prerequisite for innovation, says Moritz Marder, Chief Home Officer of Rakete aus Knete. The road to an innovation’s shining story is often rocky. According to Marder, many […]
Resilient into the future. The GDC Summit
Can good design increase the resilience of companies and entire economic sectors to crises? Are strong brands and companies with high design standards and adaptable products more resilient? The leitmotif […]
Design Culture or the Expansion of the Comfort Zone
“You have to get out of your comfort zone” – a standard saying from advice literature and management seminars, which may have a certain validity for individual personality development. Design […]
Creating Circular Design – the Circular Design Guidebook
[Advertorial] In the Circular Design Guidebook, polymer manufacturer Covestro presents approaches and strategies on how the transformation to a circular economy can succeed. Von Martina Metzner Covestro is one of […]
Design Research: The Transfer into Application
The tasks of design are becoming increasingly complex. This also opens up new spheres for design research. In the following, we present three current projects by design students that show […]
Social Design: Democracy. Participation. Empowerment.
How do we want to live together? A question that concerns young designers at German universities. They try to find answers by working out different projects in the field of […]
Mobility in the City of the Future
Green City, Part 2: In times of climate crisis, sustainable forms of propulsion, comprehensive charging infrastructure for electromobility and safe route concepts for cyclists are needed to advance the transport […]
Dorte Mandrup: “We need to share our knowledge.”
The building sector is considered one of the biggest polluters worldwide. But how can architecture become more sustainable? With her projects, Dorte Mandrup wants to encourage greater awareness of the […]
Circular Economy: In a cycle out of the permanent crisis
Circular products conserve resources and reduce emissions. Young designers in particular are facing up to the challenges of our time with designs that leave linear economic activity behind and focus […]
Shaping the City – Making Frankfurt
Start of our Green City series: In Frankfurt am Main, „Making Frankfurt“ wants to make the city more liveable, mobility-friendly and climate-friendly – an example for urban development initiatives worldwide. […]
Living together – #OrteFürAlle
It is not people who have a disability, but places. With creativity and empathy, Aktion Mensch’s campaign #OrteFürAlle (Places for All) provides new perspectives on the topic of accessibility and […]
Reduce – Reuse – Recycle – Refill
Every person in Switzerland produces over 700 kg of waste per year. This adds up to a total of over 6 billion kilograms. A fact that moved Greenpeace Switzerland to […]