We are probably all familiar with hasty action and blind actionism from our own private and/or professional experience. Especially when we have lost sight of the big picture and there […]
Consistency, transparency, attitude: Nils Holger Moormann is regarded as a likeable oddball who likes to step out of line. Based in Aschau in Chiemgau, he has achieved amazing things in […]
The sea, the Arctic, the forest, the lithium plant. In the face of elemental upheavals within our human-altered landscapes, designers are leaving the ordered environment of the design studio and […]
The trend of Sustainable Web Design is becoming more and more popular, because the World Wide Web consumes large amounts of energy. More consistent UX design, improved SEO, more efficient […]
Ten years ago, the American graphic designer and art director Jessica Walsh rose to international fame when Stefan Sagmeister asked her to be his creative and business partner, resulting in […]
He is undoubtedly one of the most committed personalities of the German design scene: Tassilo von Grolman. As a designer, he thought transdisciplinarily early on and worked in many design […]
When supply chains are interrupted and energy reserves are scarce – real scenarios here and now – then it is no longer enough to substitute individual materials or increase the […]
Have you already found all the gifts for your loved ones? Or are you looking for some Christmas inspiration for yourself? Whether you want to do something good for yourself […]
He was quite a controversial jack-of-all-trades: on 15 December, the typographer, graphic designer, consultant, typeface scholar, essayist, speaker and university lecturer Kurt Weidemann would have turned 100. By Thomas Wagner […]
Prof. Dr. Lilac Osanjo is the Director of the School of the Arts and Design at the University of Nairobi. She has been developing projects in the field of design […]
How does social design change the perspective on design processes? What criteria need to be considered? And what role does the concept of responsibility play in this? Anyone who reads […]
Two years ago, BurgLabs was established as a platform for cross-disciplinary research on materials and technologies at Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, funded by the state of Saxony-Anhalt and the European […]
As a student of industrial design at the Ulm School of Design (HfG Ulm), Hans (Nick) Roericht achieved great fame with his TC 100 stacking tableware for the porcelain manufacturer […]
„Roots and Wings“ is the name of an opulent volume about the automobile designer Peter Schreyer, who, after designing the TT and A2 for Audi, the New Beetle and Golf […]
“You have to get out of your comfort zone” – a standard saying from advice literature and management seminars, which may have a certain validity for individual personality development. Design […]
[Advertorial] In the Circular Design Guidebook, polymer manufacturer Covestro presents approaches and strategies on how the transformation to a circular economy can succeed. Von Martina Metzner Covestro is one of […]
The tasks of design are becoming increasingly complex. This also opens up new spheres for design research. In the following, we present three current projects by design students that show […]
How do we want to live together? A question that concerns young designers at German universities. They try to find answers by working out different projects in the field of […]
Green City, Part 2: In times of climate crisis, sustainable forms of propulsion, comprehensive charging infrastructure for electromobility and safe route concepts for cyclists are needed to advance the transport […]
Circular products conserve resources and reduce emissions. Young designers in particular are facing up to the challenges of our time with designs that leave linear economic activity behind and focus […]