Herbert Bayer: Graphic designer. Exhibition in New York Herbert Bayer (1900 – 1985) is regarded as one of the most significant graphic designers, typographers and exhibition architects of the 20th […]
People in design: Hussein Chalayan becomes Professor at the HTW Berlin Time and again, his fashion, his idea of clothing, his shows, his exhibitions and his communication of his own […]
Speechless communication. An exhibition in Dallas Communication is certainly one of the most commonly used terms of our time. Coping with the challenges of everyday life without constant communication seems […]
Reading as a form of cultural technology: A conference in Münster Proclaiming the death of the printed word has long since become commonplace. While much of the world’s knowledge is […]
People in design: Wolfgang Rieder appointed Loeb Fellow at Harvard The Austrian Rieder Group has cooperated with architects, designers and artists for many years in the application and further development […]
Innovative products from emerging designers. The Mia Seeger Prize 2019 The Mia Seeger Prize – with its 2019 slogan “Was mehr als einem nützt” (“Benefiting more than just one person”) […]
New materials and production processes. Trade fair in Frankfurt am Main It’s not enough just to have innovative ideas and to design innovative products – it has to be possible […]
The plastic bag. A swansong exhibition Is the plastic bag a cultural artefact, or the cause a rubbish problem? There was a time when the plastic bag – the means […]
People in Design: Lukas Eiselin appointed as managing director at MetaDesign On 1 November Lukas Eiselin joined forces with the management team at MetaDesign. As an additional managing director, Eiselin […]
Herman Miller acquires majority interest in Danish furniture manufacturer HAY Back in 2018, the US furniture manufacturer Herman Miller, one of the world’s leading listed furniture manufacturers, already had a […]
On the hunt for innovation. Lectures in Berlin When it comes to innovation, we usually imagine it refers to something new, surprising and previously unheard of, or even something that […]
Common knowledge – the theme of the 2019 Ljubljana Biennial We currently live in a knowledge-based society. But how do we acquire this knowledge? What information can we trust? Is […]
The Playground Project. An exhibition in Frankfurt am Main In recent years, design for children has often degenerated into a mere lifestyle theme. All of a sudden we had design […]
People in Design – Obituary: death of Ingo Maurer Lighting designer. Lighting artist. Lighting poet. Many names have been used to describe the designer Ingo Maurer, who recently passed away. […]
People in the world of design: Jony Ive by Andreas Gursky Since 1856, the London National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has been collecting portraits of historically significant Britons whose fame has […]