The brothers Carsten and Samuel Waldeck founded SHIFT GmbH together in 2014. With the sustainable m-series of the SHIFTPHONE, the startup introduced the world’s most modular smartphone in 2016. SHIFT’s […]
Dutch industrial designer Taco Carlier founded the legendary e-bike brand VanMoof with his brother Ties. We talked to him about his vision for urban mobility. VanMoof was founded in 2008 […]
Philipp Mainzer could have celebrated the 25-year anniversary of his company e15 last year. However, the pandemic prevented any sort of large celebration. We spoke with Mainzer about how the […]
Designit was founded in Aarhus, Denmark, in 1991 as an agency for industrial design. Today it is a company with studios across the world, working internationally for design-led innovation. We […]
Digitalisation – a term that brand makers can hardly get around. But there are certain brands that have to deal especially with the topics of digitalisation and permanent innovation: Media […]
Dina Gallo is one of the managers who have a leading role in the design of capital goods. We spoke with the Trumpf design manager about design trends, brand management […]
Single-use plastic cutlery will be banned in the EU as of 3 July. Can ecological transformation be forced by banning things, or can we hope for more success by informing […]
Oliver Blume has been Chairman of the Executive Board at Porsche AG for five years. Under his leadership, the company has enjoyed the most successful period in its history to […]
Single-use plastic cutlery is a symbol of a global throwaway society. Such cutlery will be banned in the EU as of 3 July. The “Spoon Archaeology” exhibition is looking at […]
The German Design Museum Foundation has just initiated the “Design Networking Hub”. It is a new type of collaboration with young designers and architects from Germany and Kenya, and it […]
David Basulto is one of the founders of ArchDaily, a web portal that recently merged with Architonic. We have asked him what made him start the site, what projects matter […]
Putting the question: an interview with Kengo Kuma. His buildings reinterpret traditional Japanese forms and construction methods in surprising ways. They often establish a close connection to nature and attach […]
RAL Colour Feeling 2021+ is a tool for designers. Professor Timo Rieke explains why there is a whole range of colours instead of one trending colour, what “reThink” and “Create” […]
In her many years as a curator and author, Paola Antonelli has impressively demonstrated the extent to which design influences the development of culture and society, as well as how […]
Digitalisation and an increasing need for sustainability are changing almost every aspect of the way we live and work. Technology is changing the way we communicate and work with one […]
Markus Weisbeck, designer and Professor of Visual Communication at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, has for a long time been involved in the development of animated visuals accompanied by digitally generated sounds. He […]
Designer Gerd Lange is celebrating his 90th birthday this year. Cor is rereleasing the 1965 Farmer Chair just in time for this milestone. Leo Lübke explains how this came to […]
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 […]
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 […]
What part does a global manufacturer of recyclable materials such as Covestro play in driving innovation and the further development of materials? How can a sustainable circular economy be achieved? […]