Brand purpose: the brand as an answer
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 […]
Freedom of movement with design
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 […]
Sustainability audit. Is the furniture industry shutting its eyes to environmental issues?
Design consultancy Dodds & Shute is dedicated to the issue of sustainability and presents conscientiously manufactured furniture and lighting on its website. They take the optimistic view that “the design […]
Kar-go. Delivering autonomously with zero emissions
It is difficult, bad for the environment and expensive to deliver online shopping when it is transported from depots to its recipient. Emissions and costs on the final few kilometres […]
Vehicle hire service DiDi Chuxing and carmaker BYD present the D1 electric car
German carmakers have been recording record sales in the Middle Kingdom for years. In contrast, major Chinese brands such as BAIC Motors, Dongfeng, Geely and Zoyte remain virtually unknown in […]
Back to tomorrow. Porsche exhibits previously unpublished design studies
Porsche is opening the gates to its development centre’s archives with a series entitled “Porsche Unseen”. For the first time ever, it is presenting 15 previously secret design studies and […]
London’s V&A Museum is holding an exhibition called Bags: Inside Out
Handbags, shopping bags, rucksacks: there is no other accessory that is as practical and has such a fashionable, indispensable and expressive place in everyday life. Bags, whatever their type or […]
“Enzo Mari Costellazione” – podcasts pay tribute to the design legend
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 […]
2020 Cultural and Creative Industries Monitoring Report
Germany, among other countries, has imposed a temporary shutdown of museums, theatres, concert halls and other event venues for November due to fast-increasing Covid-19 infections. As a consequence of this […]
A Loon balloons record-making flight
What does a balloon do when it drifts through the stratosphere for almost a year? A Loon system set a new flight time record of 312 days at the start […]
Earthquake-proof. Muji opens its “plain house” for those interested
Japan is afflicted by earthquakes particularly often owing to its geographical location on an unstable part of the earth’s crust where continental plates collide against each other. The inhabitants of […]
2020 Julius Posener Award. Werkbund Berlin presents title to Annemarie Jaeggi
Awarded for the first time in 2016, Deutscher Werkbund Berlin presents the Julius Posener Award in cooperation with Berlin University of the Arts every two years for outstanding contributions to […]
VDM: Elmar Duffner elected new president
The Association of the German Furniture Industry (VDM) has a new president: Elmar Duffner, who was elected to succeed Michael Stiehl at a video conference of members. Sixty-year-old Duffner is […]
Cheerful and stripy
By Thomas Wagner. Paul Smith is considered a charismatic designer who produces more than fashion. A new monograph published just in time for his brand’s 50th anniversary captures the spirit […]
Restarting: how a relaunch can strengthen a brand
Brands must keep developing, since target markets, industries, consumption patterns and values do change. Such development can be done in one large step with a brand relaunch. These three examples […]