We are increasingly asking ourselves where our products are produced and what ecological footprint we leave behind with their purchase. The coronavirus pandemic has further increased awareness of the scarcity […]
Putting the question: an interview with Zheng Han. Interview: Bernd Müller and Thomas Wagner. To many German and European people, businesses and associations, China still comes across as distant and […]
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the focus has shifted to our homes. Prolonged periods spent at home are awakening new expectations. It is clear that quality and durability […]
By Thomas Wagner. Right way up or wrong way round? Mirror or selfie? What is the idea behind mirror images of brand names and logos? There is an unrelenting war […]
By Thomas Wagner. “In a world where no less than 400,000 litres of water are used to manufacture a car, it is ridiculous to urge people to use the water […]
Nils Holger Moormann is a brand in his own right among furniture makers. As an industry outsider who came to design in a roundabout way, he successfully worked together with […]
By Thomas Wagner. It’s official: the current IKEA catalogue for the year 2021 will be the last of its kind. Having just celebrated its 70th birthday last summer, the catalogue […]
By Hans Meier-Kortwig. Christmas is an emotional time by its very nature. This year, in the midst of the pandemic, everything is a bit different. More intense. We are more […]
By Hans Meier-Kortwig. Strong brands offer a point of orientation in times of uncertainty, for both customers as well as the brand’s employees, and the crisis has demonstrated this too. […]
By Helmut Maternus Bien. With the Expothek at Baden State Museum, Eckart Köhne has created a digitised exhibition that makes roughly 650,000 years of human history an experience to enjoy […]
Architecture is not only a formal and aesthetic practice, but also a social one. While modern urban planning neglected this aspect of space for a long time, the call for […]
By Thomas Wagner. Many consider Frank Lloyd Wright to be the greatest architect of the 20th century. Sigrid Faltin’s documentary “The Phoenix from the Ashes” examines his visionary architecture as […]
By Lutz Dietzold. Crises make people question what they are familiar with and put it under scrutiny. What is truly tenable? What can disappear? The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in […]
The second Design Talk in 2020: on mobility design When it comes to research projects and the study of other complex questions, the quality of the results always improves when […]
The furniture designs of Enzo Mari are characterised by a consistent, direct style. His book “Autoprogettazione?” is an epochal work for furniture styled by the consumer with simple tools, and […]