Counterpart at eye level
More than just the woman at Dieter Rams’ side: photographer Ingeborg Kracht-Rams has died. As only now became known, the photographer Ingeborg Kracht-Rams has already died on May 7 in […]
100th Birthday of Otl Aicher: Things Should Stand for Themselves
He was a co-founder of the Ulm School of Design, created the corporate design for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and shaped the appearance of brands such as Braun, […]
Tomás Maldonado. The Age of Conception
He developed the “Ulm Model” and gave important design impulses for an era whose complexity put the will to design to a hard test day after day. Tomás Maldonado would […]
Peter Ghyczy. More than plastic and zeitgeist
To this day, the name Peter Ghyczy is inseparably linked with his “Egg Chair” from 1968. The furniture of the pop era hides more than just the spirit of a […]
Christopher Alexander. A “Pattern Language”
Between structuralism and postmodernism, he developed an architectural language from patterns and structures: an obituary for the architectural theorist and architect Christopher Alexander, who passed away at the age of […]
Peter Raacke. A Cheerful Balance Artist
Always open to encounters and suggestions: The industrial designer Peter Raacke experienced and helped shape design history in Germany. Now he passed away in Berlin at the age of 93. […]
Karl Clauss Dietel. The five great L’s. An obituary for the industrial designer
He developed principles for ethical design under GDR conditions: obituary for the industrial designer Karl Clauss Dietel who passed away on 2 January at the age of 87. By Thomas […]
Virgil Abloh. Design, for purists and tourists
From American suburbia to the fashion Olympus: Virgil Abloh’s rise to become one of the last decade’s most influential personalities in the design world of was meteoric. On 28 November, […]
Robert Haussmann: The playful modernist. An obituary
Robert Haussmann passed away on 21 September. An obituary of the Swiss architect and designer and his playful approach to modernity. By Thomas Wagner. Robert Haussmann was born in 1931 […]
Prof. Dr Michael Erlhoff. A virtuoso of hospitality and conversation
Design as an undisciplined discipline and a new notion of collaborative competence: a homage to the life of Michael Erlhoff, design theorist and CEO of the German Design Council from […]
Ken Adam: Expressionism reloaded
Ken Adam made a name for himself with his set design for the James Bond film “Dr. No”, but rose to fame with the War Room he created for Stanley […]
“Enzo Mari Costellazione” – podcasts honour design legend
The furniture designs of Enzo Mari are characterised by a consistent, direct style. His book “Autoprogettazione?” is an epochal work for furniture styled by the consumer with simple tools, and […]