Paths to the future: events after Corona
Communication can give hope and reassurance in times of crisis and disaster. But at the present time, when event halls, cultural halls, concert halls, exhibition halls, congress centres, museums and […]
Straight out of Q’s lab
By Thomas Wagner. Ideal for rescuers and fans of extreme sport, but perhaps less so for 00 agents, jetpacks are being perfected all the time, allowing the user to take […]
“Chinese entrepreneurs do not wait – if anything, for the customer”
Putting the question: an interview with Zheng Han. Interview: Bernd Müller and Thomas Wagner. To many German and European people, businesses and associations, China still comes across as distant and […]
Digital heroes: Eckart Köhne of the Expothek
By Helmut Maternus Bien. 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 […]
Restarting: 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 […]
Connecting landscapes
By Thomas Wagner. 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 […]
Smart Medication: Interview with 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
By Lutz Dietzold. 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 […]
Designers in the operating theatre
The first Design Talk in 2020 on medical design There are various aspects to design research. Universities play an important role, but research is by no means restricted to academic […]
The old new.
The new new. An opportunity or wishful thinking? Stephan Ott, Director of the Institute for Design Research and Appliance, spoke about this topic at the Kunstverein Familie Montez gallery in […]
Ecological transition right now: green construction projects with a future.
The climate crisis is and will remain one of the key concerns and challenges of the 21st century. The targets that have been set are ambitious. The European Union is […]
Designers are the ambassadors of what we can do.
Putting the question: an interview with Hans-Eberhard Stein and Christopher Stillings. Interview by Thomas Wagner. What part does a global manufacturer of recyclable materials such as Covestro play in driving […]
Everything must go! Creating space for new living.
By Lutz Dietzold. You are bound to have noticed that the queues for recycling depots keep growing longer. In the past, the hordes usually gathered there in spring or on […]
Stimulating innovation for sectors.
Innovations create more than just business growth for individual companies – they also provide important stimuli for entire sectors and they change and shape various aspects of life. The following […]
The younger generation has a different approach when it comes to their homes.
Putting the question: an interview with Oona Strathern-Horx. Interview by Peter Lewandowski. Even as a child, Oona Strathern-Horx was fascinated by houses and architecture. Having later also developed an interest […]