“Design is a tool of change.” Interview with Prof. Dr. Lilac Osanjo
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 […]
Victor Papanek: Against Rhinestone-Studded Shoehorns
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 […]
Mareike Gast: “Products will grow in labs” – the BurgLabs
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 […]
Hans (Nick) Roericht – Design as a “holistic problem-solving tool”
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 […]
Traces in fresh snow. “Roots and Wings” – Peter Schreyer
„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 […]
Design Culture or the Expansion of the Comfort Zone
“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 […]
Creating Circular Design – the Circular Design Guidebook
[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 […]
Design Research: The Transfer into Application
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 […]
Social Design: Democracy. Participation. Empowerment.
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 […]
Mobility in the City of the Future
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 Economy: In a cycle out of the permanent crisis
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 […]
Shaping the City – Making Frankfurt
Start of our Green City series: In Frankfurt am Main, „Making Frankfurt“ wants to make the city more liveable, mobility-friendly and climate-friendly – an example for urban development initiatives worldwide. […]
The good Spirits of Wood – on the book “Touch Wood”
Never before has wood been so highly in demand as a building material. The Zurich exhibition “Touch Wood” explores the future of building with wood. The book that accompanies it […]
Focus on modular design and multifunctionality
What will the living spaces of the future look like? Have previous living concepts had their day? The last few years alone have shown how much the areas of living […]
Issey Miyake: Creating Things instead of destroying them
Pli selon Pli: Orbituary on the death of the Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake By Thomas Wagner. Simply “Making Things” was the title of the exhibition Issey Miyake set up […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Counterpart at eye level
More than just the woman at Dieter Rams’ side: photographer Ingeborg Kracht-Rams has died. As only now became known, the photographer Ingeborg Kracht-Rams has already died on May 7 in […]