Graphic Optimism: Stefan Sagmeister Thinks “Now is Better”
Bad world, good numbers? With his new book “Früher war Heute ist besser”, Stefan Sagmeister goes against the spirit of the times. Precisely because a distorted and unreflected picture of […]
Bad world, good numbers? With his new book “Früher war Heute ist besser”, Stefan Sagmeister goes against the spirit of the times. Precisely because a distorted and unreflected picture of […]
The Swedish design studio Form Us With Love creates concepts, furniture and products for well-known companies such as Ikea and Hem. We visited the two founders during the Stockholm Design […]
False signals: Lufthansa is reshaping its Executive Board – and cutting the position for brand management and sustainability in the process. In view of the accelerating climate crisis, shouldn’t a […]
Brand, power and bricks: For years, there has been a legal dispute about whether a special Lego brick enjoys trade mark protection or not. Are technical factors weighted more heavily […]
How do you spell sustainability? Have we become blind to simple solutions? In the book “A way of life: Ballenberg Notes”, Rolf Fehlbaum, together with renowned designers, invites us to […]
For Werner Sobek, it is an obligatory task for mankind in the coming decades: To build emission-free and with less material for more people. In the second volume of his […]
Eva Marguerre, Marcel Besau, Sebastian Herkner and Christian Zanzotti have all been honoured as “German Design Awards Newcomers” in the past. The German Design Council’s Newcomer Awards has often acted […]
The “Third German Design Debate” succeeded in bringing together different perspectives, approaches and generations in a highly concentrated programme: All speakers raised questions, formulated theses, created contradictions and opened up […]
He has designed more than a dozen new museum buildings around the world in the last three decades. However, his most important contributions to contemporary architecture are the projects in […]
History does not make itself. In Germany, Gert Selle, art educator and later professor of aesthetic education, has been actively involved in writing a well-founded history of design since the […]
The whole world of skiing under one roof: over the years, Laurent Donzé has collected thousands of skis, helmets, boots, goggles and much more. Now his treasures can be admired […]
For many decades, Herbert Lindinger has demonstrated the important role that design plays in processes of renewal. His work also shows the advantages of modularisation and that good design always […]
Timelessness as a vision, craftsmanship as a basis: Jil Sander, who was honoured with the German Design Award’s Personality award for her life’s work in 2018, is an exceptional figure […]
Successful internal branding turns employees into credible brand ambassadors. If it is to be successfully developed and implemented, the strategy must fit the company and its goals. By Lisa Schlomann […]
Architecture learns from Las Vegas, media transmits in real time, skyscrapers look like mocha pots, and in design, form now follows fun. “Everything at once – Postmodernism 1967 – 1992” […]
For the book “HerStories”, Gerda Breuer looked at the history of female graphic designers from 1880 to the present day. In this interview, the historian explains how important female designers […]
With their Designed Realities Lab at The New School in New York, Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby are once again stepping beyond the boundaries of their own discipline. Together with […]
Bruno Sacco left his mark on Mercedes design between 1975 and 1999. Many of the models created under his aegis are now among the brand’s classics. Bruno Sacco is now […]
Archigram, pop and ever further into the future: in his drawings, the British avant-garde architect Peter Cook has been thinking radically differently about cities and landscapes for decades. His “Speculations” […]
More and more front gardens in housing estates are adorned with an outdoor heat pump unit: good for the climate, hopefully, but aesthetically problematic. Why are the boxes needed at […]