Nakagin Capsule Tower is being demolished
When discussing Kikutake’s 1958 design of Marine City, Noboin Kawazoe used the Japanese term “shinchintaisha”, which is called “metabolism” in English. Kawazoe used the term to describe the exchange of […]
Schwarz Group enters cloud and retail media business
It is obvious that digitalisation has more than just technical facets. More and more digital services are being created around e-commerce. This has not only been recognised by the American […]
The Barragán Archive is transferred to the Vitra Design Museum
The oeuvre of the Mexican architect Luis Barragán (1902 to 1988) unfolded over a period from the late 1920s to the 1980s. Barragán, who is regarded as the most important […]
Paper-thin speaker can turn any surface into a sound source
A piece of wall or a door panel in the car that serves as a loudspeaker? A loudspeaker as small as a coin? Or one that can be used to […]
RETHINK:DESIGN. New format at the Design Center Baden-Württemberg and online lecture
All forces are needed to avert climate collapse. Design is not the least responsible: according to the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, up to 80% of a product’s impact […]
Trusted Brand 2022. Reader’s Digest study of Germany’s most trusted brands
In turbulent times, brands play an important role in purchasing, even if the consequences of the Corona pandemic are still dampening the desire to buy. Currently, two-thirds of respondents still […]
The BERLIN DESIGN WEEK starts under the guiding theme “Higher Purpose”.
From 12 to 22 May, the BERLIN DESIGN WEEK will take place for the fifth time and this year is dedicated to defining a more sustainable, “better future”. Design takes […]
Artists’ Books – A Success Story. The publishing house of the Walther König bookshop in the MAK Frankfurt
Whether it’s art, architecture or design, whether graphics, art history or theories of the latest aesthetics are in demand, everyone with a soft spot for books knows the Walther König […]
Robot rat. The mobile robot SQuRo is modelled on Norway rats
Not only animals have to be agile and manoeuvrable, but also robots. Especially when they are to be used in narrow, cluttered spaces. Large four-legged machines like BigDog and ANYmal […]
Design Networking Hub – let’s connect! Panel in Munich
International cooperation is becoming increasingly important. But how does intercultural cooperation work? What challenges must be mastered, what opportunities open up? Funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, the Design […]
German Aerospace Center (DLR) has investigated the potential of light electric vehicles
Anyone who drives a car with a combustion engine causes CO2 emissions. In principle, half of the kilometres currently travelled by car in Germany could also be covered by light […]
„Motion! Autos, Art, Architecture“ at the Guggenheim Bilbao
The end of the combustion engine has already been decided in many countries. The automotive industry is in a phase of profound transformation. The more the transition progresses, new value […]
Football at the London Design Museum. „Designing the Beautiful Game“
Hardly anyone will deny it: Football is the most popular sport in the world. Whether children, women or men, whether on the street corner, in the park or at Wembley […]
World Intellectual Property Day and Plagiarius Competition
Whether in art, architecture, design, technology or science – creative minds often drive weighty developments with their ideas. It is therefore all the more important that ideas, concepts and resources […]
Clean thing. Electrostatic cleaning of solar panels
Large solar parks are often located in deserts. There is plenty of space here and the sunlight needed to generate solar power is guaranteed all year round. But there is […]
Condor presents itself in an eye-catching striped look and with a new claim
The traditional logo, a stylised condor in a circle, goes back to Otl Aicher; the airline Condor has also advertised with the claim “We love flying” for many years. Now […]
For Zaha Hadid. Drawings by Antonio de Campos at the DAM
Buildings of all kinds, proposals for competitions, but especially designs by the stars of the architectural scene circulate in the media today in the form of renderings and drawings long […]
Remanufacturing. AI image recognition for vehicle components
How can used vehicle parts be dealt with sensibly? A large number of used parts end up in the scrap yard every year. As anyone who has ever tinkered with […]
Public Voting Design Campus 2022
In 2022, the Design Campus will award three workshop scholarships for the second time as part of the German Design Graduates Initiative for the annual summer school that takes place […]
Climate-friendly innovations. Germany leads according to DPMA
Not only in terms of political will, the conversion of industry and society in Germany to a sustainable and climate-friendly use of resources of all kinds is progressing. According to […]