Sharp for Meat, Soft for Butter
Will the knife of the future be able to adapt itself to different tasks? How programmable materials may one day become an everyday reality – and how far we still […]
It’s pearling!
The Perlenflasche by Günter Kupetz is Germany’s most recognisable beverage bottle. And this design classic is now celebrating its 50th anniversary. By Thomas Wagner. Products which can look back on over […]
Interacting on an Equal Footing – Brand and Design as Values in Global Competition
The People’s Republic of China is one of the world’s largest economies. In recent years, China has developed at a breathtaking pace, becoming a production location for highly innovative technological […]
Brand value added squared
The German artist and graphic designer Anton Stankowski (1906-1998) produced a great number of brand images during his time. Many of the iconic text-and-image logos he created are still in […]
The Necessary and the Appropriate
As CEO of ERCO, Klaus Jürgen Maack wasn’t just a passionate champion of design and technology – he was also committed to developing the best possible solutions for building lighting. […]
Material matters – innovative materials for sustainable production
The problems caused by conventional petroleum-based plastics and the high levels of energy and resources required to make them are becoming increasingly apparent. For years now, commerce and industry have […]
The concept of versatility – a visit to Besau Marguerre
by Jasmin Jouhar. It’s impossible to pin them down: Hamburg design duo Besau Marguerre works in all sorts of creative disciplines at once, including product and graphic design, interior styling […]
A frame of mind – VanMoof rethinks bicycle design
By Martin Krautter. The city bikes from Dutch brand VanMoof are easy to recognise by the thick top tube that transitions into the front and back lights. But there’s a […]
Oslo: a city with a new visual language
Oslo is considered to be a modern, multi-faceted and liveable metropolis. This year, in order to reflect this lifestyle attitude in its visual identity, Oslo has launched a changeover to […]
Sustainability: How do we implement ecological change?
It is a topic that is indispensable in our society. The Fridays for Future movement is growing and the World Design Organization celebrated the World Industrial Design Day in June […]
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Jil Sander: A world of her own
By Andrej Kupetz The German Design Award 2018 in the Personality category went to Jil Sander for her life’s work – a fitting honour for the Queen of Less, whose […]
Turrell in the menswear boutique
By Martin Krautter. It doesn’t always have to be light art by a celebrated name: LED technology has created new ways of using colour temperature to subtly generate atmosphere and […]
The spirit of modernism
By Andrej Kupetz The 100th anniversary of the founding of Bauhaus, the school of design, architecture and applied arts, is rapidly approaching. The ideas and products developed there still attract […]