YouGov Study. Global Media Outlook Report 2022
Habits play an important role in media consumption. Those who ask who uses which media and when must nevertheless be prepared for surprises. For example, 27% of Germans say they […]
Brand Language makes the difference
If there is one thing brands have to do in this day and age, it is to make themselves unique and, above all, recognisable. Most of the time, this is […]
Digital transformation. Aim to disrupt!
Digital transformation has now also taken a firm grip on our personal lives. More and more fundamental questions are arising. To deal with them confidently, we need background knowledge and […]
Captain Iglo loses trademark dispute with Appel
Iglo has suffered its second defeat in court in a long-running legal dispute over the uniqueness of the well-known advertising figure Captain Iglo. The Munich Higher Regional Court dismissed the […]
HygroShape. Self-shaping wooden furniture
Can furniture be made that takes on its final shape by itself after unpacking? Furniture was traditionally mostly made by a carpenter or in a factory and then transported in […]
Natilus: Cargo drone to transport goods more efficiently
The demand for air freight capacity is high worldwide, which is why new approaches in logistics are being considered everywhere. The US start-up Natilus is proposing a new form of cargo drone […]
Maria Nicanor becomes new director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Maria Nicanor, executive director of the Rice Design Alliance (RDA) at Rice University’s School of Architecture in Houston, Texas, since 2017, has been appointed director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian […]
Redefine Meat. Plant-based meat from the 3D printer
There is growing concern among many people about whether the global meat industry will be able to meet the needs of the growing world population in a sustainable way. Alongside […]
The world’s first hydrogen transport ship is underway
Australia wants to become a leading hydrogen exporter. Now the country has exported the world’s first shipment of liquefied hydrogen, heralding the start of an important new energy export industry. […]
The most successful brand spots on Youtube Germany 2021
Youtube has chosen the most successful brand spots on the platform in the past year. The ranking is based on the monthly “Youtube Ads Leaderboard”, which takes into account views, […]
materials.cologne – The Digital Conference for Design and Innovation
Focus 2022: “Materials and Future Technologies The fifth edition of materials.cologne, the well-known platform for knowledge exchange, dialogue and networking on the topic of material innovation, will focus this year […]
Interior Trend: Smart together. Digital support for the home
The pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges that are being met with innovative technology: Smart technology has become a valuable aid to our social interaction. By hicklvesting. Unlike in previous centuries, […]
Premium brand. Committed to tradition? Yes, and to the future too!
Premium brands can draw a lot of added value from their long history. But they must not lose sight of the future. The example of Bethmann Bank shows how a […]
The new Belgian passport: Travelling with Tintin, the Smurfs and Marsupilami
The Belgian passport has a new design. Proudly parading in the official document are scenes and characters from famous Belgian comics – from the moon rocket from Tintin to Lucky […]
Design against discrimination and gender stereotyping
The design of environments, spaces and objects shapes societies in profound, yet often subtle, unconscious ways. Design can also exclude, for example when an object cannot be understood or used […]
Daimler AG becomes Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Since 1 February, Daimler AG has become Mercedes-Benz Group AG. The renaming completed the realignment of the company that began last year. With the previously announced change, the Group is […]
Brand Finance Ranking 2022. Worldwide and in Germany. These are the most valuable brands
In the Brand Finance ranking of the 500 most valuable brands, no fewer than seven US companies have made it into the top ten, some with impressive growth rates. With […]
First fully 3D printed and flexible OLED display
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have succeeded in fully 3D printing a flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. OLEDs function as high-quality and flexibly designable digital displays […]
Planet Digital. In Zurich, the University and Museum of Design are dedicated to the digital transformation
There was a time when the term digitisation simply referred to the conversion of analogue information into digital data. Now, everyone is aware that digitisation and artificial intelligence are fundamentally […]
Exhibition at the Haus am Waldsee. “New Normals” by Konstantin Grcic
A smartphone lying on a desk seems familiar to us. If a time-travelling person were to look at it from the past, the object would seem strangely mysterious. We are […]