Biennale di Venezia: Panton Vamp meets Soft Machine
Once again, design in the narrower sense does not feature at the Biennale di Venezia. However, since autonomous art-art is increasingly beset by hybrid forms of fashion, design, marketing and […]
People in design. Beatrice Leanza succeeds Chantal Prod’Hom as director of mudac
The Plateforme 10 Foundation, which brings together three Vaud cantonal museums in the new Quartier des Arts in Lausanne, has announced that Italian museum director Beatrice Leanza will become the […]
Facets of 20th century architecture. The online magazine moderneREGIONAL
The online magazine moderneREGIONAL is dedicated to the architecture of the 20th century. What began in 2014 as a project of a freelance team was transformed into a non-profit institutional […]
Ask Me If I Believe in the Future. Exhibition at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
What can design do? Can design contribute to a better future? What ideas, questions and strategies do designers have to offer when it comes to developing visions for a better […]
Variety. BVG has introduced a new pattern for their seats
After the previous pattern of seat covers in the underground trains, buses and trams of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), officially called “Urban Jungle” and designed by Herbert Lindinger, can no […]
Autonomous drone system. Innovative concept for rescues at sea
As a result of humanitarian crises, thousands of refugees and migrants have fled across the seas worldwide in recent years. The sea has often proved to be an extremely dangerous […]
Three Trends Driving Biodesign
Biodesign is paving the way for the next generation of materials, geared towards sustainability, optimum performance and healthier ecosystems. With global demand expected to generate 87 billion dollars by 2026, […]
“From climate sinner to climate saint”. Interview with Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is one of the most renowned climate researchers in the world. He is an advocate of limiting global warming, and considers the building […]
Low Tech Architecture. The (re)discovery of sustainable buildings
Our cities are dominated by buildings made of mineral building materials such as concrete and steel, whose raw materials endanger ecosystems during extraction and are very CO2-intensive in production. Low-tech […]
AquaStop™. A waterproof and recyclable coating for paper packaging
The Smurfit Kappa company has developed a sustainable, water-resistant paper. AquaStop™ is part of Smurfit Kappa’s new TechniPaper® portfolio, which consists of a range of high-performance papers suitable for complex […]
A building material made from microalgae to replace cement
Inspired by the composition of coral and shellfish, Prometheus Materials, a Colorado-based company founded in 2021, has developed masonry blocks made from a cement-like and low-carbon material grown from microalgae. […]
Geoengineering. Bubble shield to reduce global warming
Global warming and climate change are progressing more or less unchecked. The further the average temperature on earth rises, the more urgent becomes the question of how to counteract it. […]
Two exhibitions. “The Olympic City of Munich” and “Design for the Olympics”.
On April 26, 1966, the International Olympic Committee chose the Bavarian capital of Munich as the venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics. On Oberwiesenfeld, four kilometres from the city centre, […]
Shocking! Les Mondes Surréalistes d‘Elsa Schiaparelli
“To be able to work with artists like Bébé Bérard, Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dalí, Vertès and Van Dongen, with photographers like Honingen-Huene, Horst, Cecil Beaton and Man Ray, was exciting. […]
On the road alone: autonomous logistics
When it comes to autonomous driving, many people think of cars that will one day drive their passengers safely and comfortably through bustling city traffic or over many kilometres of […]
“Wellbeing Design and Spaces” CreativeDays Stuttgart
The CreativeDays will take place again at the regular date from 15 to 21 July 2022: The poonamdesigners Studio presents the CreativeDays 2022, which will take place with the theme […]
The toolmaker
For him, finding, collecting, recognising and designing belong together. The best-known designs of Franco Clivio include the Gardena system, the pico from Lamy and spotlights and luminaires for Erco. On […]
Marcus Fairs. Founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of the online platform Dezeen died.
The news from Dezeen has hit everyone in the design community like a bolt from the blue: “We are,” shared Benedict Hobson, “very sad to announce the sudden and unexpected […]
Tours and 2022 annual exhibitions of art and design universities.
It’s that time again: At the end of the summer semester, many art and design universities are once again inviting visitors to tours and annual exhibitions. In Stuttgart, people are […]
Interdisciplinary Master’s program “Inclusive Design” presents itself online
Design solutions that do not exclude anyone and also enable people with a handicap to lead a self-determined life are becoming increasingly important in an open society. Until now, the […]