The team captain: An obituary for Dr Manfred Lamy
Design for the hand: his leadership saw the Heidelberg pen manufacturer become an international design brand. Vale Dr Manfred Lamy. By Thomas Wagner. Manfred Lamy can be said to have […]
“The Farmer Chair is a perfect fit for today’s world”
Designer Gerd Lange is celebrating his 90th birthday this year. Cor is rereleasing the 1965 Farmer Chair just in time for this milestone. Leo Lübke explains how this came to […]
New European Bauhaus. Design stage launched
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced the New European Bauhaus initiative in her 2020 State of the Union address. The design stage has now been launched […]
Fraunhofer Institute has developed coloured covers for solar panels
Generating power from the sun is taken for granted these days. Photovoltaic panels have also long established themselves as a standard technology. Unlike 20 years ago, they are now produced […]
Vitra Design Museum and Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden exhibit German Design 1949–1989
German design achieved worldwide renown at the beginning of the 20th century, after having been shaped by the Bauhaus and Werkbund. After 1949, it underwent a development as surprising as […]
Production designer Ken Adam would be 100 this year
Ken Adam, or more accurately Sir Kenneth Adam, was born as Klaus Hugo Adam in Berlin on 5 February 1921, the son of an upper-class Jewish family. He died in […]
Daniela Römgens takes charge of Brand Management and Corporate Communications at Blanco
Blanco has reorganised its communications management. Daniela Römgens became Managing Director / Head of Global Brand & Market Communications and Global Group Communications in early December, taking charge of the […]
Neutral network generates images from text
Picture an avocado-shaped armchair. Or picture the outlandish creature created by crossing a tortoise with a giraffe. People, for example, are able to vividly picture things that are described in […]
The BDA-Denklabor. Podcasts about current questions in design
Emblazoned with the motto “Don’t Waste the Crisis”, the Association of German Architects (BDA) is using its “BDA-Denklabor” (“thinking lab”) to explore current design issues through podcasts. Be it climate […]
Visualisation widens perspective in product development
Developing and designing products is becoming increasingly demanding. Not only are the quality, developer and designer requirements skyrocketing, criteria such as sustainability and energy efficiency must also be considered. The […]
#LikeABosch becomes a platform for sustainability
Live like a Bosch? Admittedly, a special taste is needed for the humour in the company’s advertisement for the internet of things (IoT). Whether IoT hero Shawn is discovering the […]
Call for Papers for Markentag 2021
“Der Markentag” at the Mainz University of Applied Sciences has in recent years developed into the German-speaking world’s leading discussion platform for the future of branding. At this academic conference, […]
Interior Trend 2021 “Ecology 2.0.”: Longevity counts
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 […]
Zheng Han: “Chinese entrepreneurs do not wait – if anything, for the customer”
To many German and European people, businesses and associations, China still comes across as distant and enigmatic, and often even threatening when it comes to technology and market power. Bernd […]
Interior Trend 2021 “New Simplicity”: Design for being
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 […]
Using an inverted Logo: Mirror, mirror in my hand
Right way up or wrong way down? Mirror or selfie? What is behind companies using an inverted logo or a mirrored brand name? By Thomas Wagner. There is an unrelenting […]
The Materials Library from the Materiom Platform
For billions of years, both on land and in water, plants and animals have evolved to make materials with a particular set of components that other organisms know how to […]
Boston Dynamics makes robots dance
Robot manufacturer Boston Dynamics came up with a special marketing gag for the new year which gained attention among netizens. The company had a few of its robots take to […]
Veganuary campaign. More than 100 companies are participating
Rammstein (the band) and the vegan lifestyle? How do these two go together? Well, Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann is seen indulging in a meat-free burger in a video for Düsseldorf […]
novum magazine to be integrated into Page. The old team is planning new Grafikmagazin
Printed design magazines continue to become rarer. As an international specialist magazine published in German and English, novum has for 96 years presented outstanding work in the fields of graphic […]