Green Future. Shaping ecological and economic sustainability
In terms of both energy supply and our consumption of raw materials, we cannot simply carry on as before. Design and innovation make a central contribution to a green future, […]
Electromobility: Design meets elegance and high-tech
In the future, more and more goods and people will be transported with electric engines. Electromobility is not only spreading rapidly in everyday life, but is increasingly fascinating design and […]
Brain-Computer Interface: The power of thought
Operating machines by mere thought: a vision that is becoming reality step by step and has received a significant boost in recent years. The brain-computer interface (BCI) stands for a […]
Design Research Nomination 2021 for planet-centered design: “Spree&Berlin” by Jakob Kukula
Jakob Kukula developed a buoy at the Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin that uses various tools and media to make the actual state of a river visible. We asked him four questions […]
“Africa has always viewed resources as finite and tried to maximize utility”. Interview with Prof. Mugendi M’Rithaa
Mugendi M’Rithaa is an industrial designer, professor and educator from Kenya. He has travelled, worked, and taught across the globe, and was the first African President of the World Design […]
ICE designer Alexander Neumeister turns 80. Design on a large scale
He shaped the ICE, worked on the design of the Transrapid, brought a new travel culture to life at Deutsche Bahn and helped design a Shinkansen in Japan: On 17 […]
Design Research Award 2021 for Freshness made visible: “Vorkoster” by Kimia Amir-Moazami
Kimia Amir-Moazami researched sustainable storage methods for food at the UdK Berlin. She has developed a project that indicates the deterioration of food: the “Vorkoster” (food tester). We asked her […]
3D Pioneers Challenge 2021: pushing boundaries
At the 3D Pioneers Challenge 2021, professionals, young professionals, start-ups and students from 32 countries and five continents inspired with innovations in additive manufacturing and advanced technologies. The 3D Pioneers […]
Bionics at Festo – Show vs. business
Whether mechanical swallows or floating jellyfish – Philipp Eberl and Dr Elias Knubben from Festo develop innovative machines that are modelled on living creatures. In their interview with Moritz Rose, […]
Insights Into Innovation: Future of Mobility, Future of Living and Working & Lighting
How will we travel, live and work in future? The digital transformation of our living and working worlds is creating significant changes, and the pandemic is accelerating them even further. […]
Insights Into Innovation: “Smart 5.0: Connectivity, Robotics & AI” and “Medical & Health”
Innovative machines and smart technology hold huge potential to further develop the way we live and work. Smart solutions and robotics projects open up entirely new possibilities for industry, business […]
Events after Corona: Paths to the future conference
At the first Stream Conference “Paths to the Future” of the “Convention Wiesbaden Campus”, renowned experts exchanged views on successful events after Corona. Communication can give hope and reassurance in […]
Trinity of Design, Brand and Innovation
Innovation is far more than lucky coincidence. In fact, the development of successful productsis grounded on an understanding of the crucial importance – and correlation – of three pillars: design, […]
Jet Packs: Straight out of Q’s lab
Ideal for rescuers and fans of extreme sport, but perhaps less so for 00 agents, jet packs are being perfected all the time, allowing the user to take off at […]
Zheng Han: “Chinese entrepreneurs do not wait – if anything, for the customer”
To many German and European people, businesses and associations, China still comes across as distant and enigmatic, and often even threatening when it comes to technology and market power. Bernd […]
Digital heroes: Eckart Köhne of the Expothek
With the Expothek at Baden State Museum, Eckart Köhne has created a digitised exhibition that makes roughly 650,000 years of human history an experience to enjoy with the latest technology […]
Brand Relaunch: how a relaunch can strengthen a brand
Brands must keep developing, since target markets, industries, consumption patterns and values do change. Such development can be done in one large step with a brand relaunch. These three examples […]
The new Norwegian passports: Connecting landscapes
The passports of the Kongeriket Norge, as Norway is known in its official language Bokmål, recently began sporting a fresh new design. It took a long time for the design […]
Smart Medication: The winner of the Design Research Award
Up-and-coming designer Kilian Frieling came out on top in the public vote for the Design Research Award 2020 with his Smart Medication project. Smart Medication focuses on the possibilities of […]
Retail in flux – the art of smart networking
Bricks-and-mortar retail is dead – long live bricks-and-mortar retail! News of the sector’s death may well be premature, and I am sick of hearing that the high street is doomed […]