“Material Health is an Invitation to Innovate”
Alison Mears’ and Jonsara Ruth’s passion are healthy materials. The architect and designer co-founded the Healthy Materials Lab (HML) at Parsons School of Design, a design research lab “dedicated to […]
What Keeps the World Together
In the daily rush, we hardly notice them, even though they are all around us. Maybe it’s because of their omnipresence and the fact that we simply can’t do without […]
Akris: Art To Go
Geta Brătescu and Sou Fujimoto, Thomas Ruff and Rodney Graham: the sensual minimalist designs of the Swiss fashion company Akris thrive on dialogue with artists and architects. By Andrea Eschbach […]
The New Canadian Passport: Maple Leaf and Bear Cubs
First Norway, then Belgium, now Canada: New passports should not only be more secure, their graphic design should also be original and appealing. This arouses sympathy and serves nation branding. […]
100 Years of Broadcasting – 100 Years on Air
Regular radio has existed in Germany since 1923. Some companies created milestones of design through the innovative design language of their devices. This year, an exhibition and a conference at […]
On Trend Topics and (Digital) Innovations
The digital transformation of the economy and society is currently one of the most discussed and controversial topics. We present a selection of digital and forward-looking solutions from the areas […]
Focus on Biophilia: Nature-Inspired Design Strengthens People!
We spend up to 90% of our lives indoors, and our indoor environments often neglect our needs. Stress and pollutant levels are known to be higher in enclosed spaces with […]
Werner Sobek: Badly Built World
There is an urgent need for action in the direction of a circular economy: Werner Sobek is one of the world’s most renowned engineering scientists and construction researchers. With the […]
Rethinking the Furniture Industry: An End to the Throwaway Society!
Between sustainability promises and CO2 certificates on websites and in advertising campaigns for the furniture industry, you could get the impression that it has become an exemplary branch of industry […]
Artificial Intelligence in Marketing – For the Sake of the Brand
Brands can make use of artificial intelligence – for brand communication, brand design, brand management. The AI universe is large, the tools and possibilities numerous. We highlight individual aspects that […]
Materials Research: Young Designers Provide Fresh Impulses
Companies across many industries are looking for ways to make their products and manufacturing processes more sustainable in the future. This puts long-established manufacturing processes to the test and also […]
Direct Sales and Brand Experience: When the ”Kobold” Was Still Coming Home
The Tupperware brand is said to be in a bad state. Is this because Tupperware parties are old-fashioned and the concept of direct sales has outlived its usefulness in times […]
Ken Adam: The Eye of the Director
All just scenery, theatre, stagecraft? Far from it. James Bond movies like “Dr. No” and “Goldfinger” and the “War Room” for Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove” made him famous. The opulent volume […]
Milton Glaser, the Subtle Populist
He mastered the subtle as well as the striking, juggled art-historical quotations and was sometimes also very commercial: there are already a whole series of voluminous books about the New […]
Circular Furniture: Is the Furniture Industry Becoming Circular?
Germany is one of the markets where furniture is renewed most often. With new circular business models, the industry now wants to become more sustainable. The principle of “circular furniture” […]
Paula Scher: Try not to Be Boring
Graphic designer Paula Scher has designed brand identities, signage, packaging, and publications for a diverse range of clients, creating iconic and epic designs with fearless simplicity. Since 1991, she has […]
Togo – From the Spirit of the Anti-Bourgeois Residential Landscape
They helped to overcome conventional furniture and became a symbol for a relaxed, less bourgeois life: The Togo sofa elements by Ligne Roset celebrate their 50th birthday. By Thomas Wagner. […]
Jasper Morrison: “Sharing the Observations”
Jasper Morrison has had a long and special relationship with photography, which is unusual for an industrial designer. As far back as 1988, he let—mostly historical—photos speak for him: His […]
Technoprivilege: Design and the Question of Social Participation
Technologies are more important than ever in our social coexistence. The more relevant these technologies are for participation in society, the more we must discuss the importance of their design […]
Emotion Is the Main Topic – the Emojicalypse :-)
A film about emoticons and their ubiquitous descendants, emojis, explores the question of where the revolution of small emotion signs is leading and how images are changing our culture. By […]