From 2022. First paper-based laundry detergent bottle
Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the impact of some products on the planet and are making purchasing choices based on sustainability factors. Producing packaging for liquid laundry detergent, shampoo […]
New Design department at Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule Mobile University of Technology
Designers are just as much at home with technology as they are with aesthetics, culture, materials science and much more. Design has therefore become integral in the age of digitisation […]
Stiftung Buchkunst. The Best German Book Design of 2021
Two expert juries have chosen the 25 most outstanding books in the “Best German Book Design” competition for 2021. The 14 jurors spent seven days discussing more than 633 entries. […]
29 June. World Industrial Design Day
The World Design Organization (WDO) has a task of supporting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals using the opportunities provided by design. An international non-governmental organisation based in Montreal, the […]
Frankfurt Fashion Week 2021
How do we coexist? How do we do business? What do we respect and protect? One thing is clear: the world and the way it works will be different in […]
Movin‘On 2021: Michelin presents innovative solutions for sustainable transport
There are alternatives to everyday, on-road transport. With blow-up sails for greener shipping and high-performance racing tyres made from sunflower oil, Michelin is thinking outside the box and presenting two […]
BILLY.forsale. A platform for vintage furniture and accessories from Ikea
When it comes to the “TED” folding chair or “Plagg” clothes rack, there are bound to be people who still remember these products and regret throwing or giving them away. […]
Maarten Baas: Solo exhibition “New Times”
Maarten Baas, born in 1978, is always good for a surprise. Back in 2002, he caused a furore with his degree project “Smoke”, a series which involved charring design classics […]
Heimtextil is launching a digital “Future Materials Library”
Trade fairs are places of many different interactions. They are where people meet, connect with contacts, discover new things and do business. Convention centres have had to stay closed since […]
Material Loops – Paths to a Circular Future at Berlin’s Kunstgewerbemuseum
In the economic and societal structure that prevails today, resources and objects are largely used according to a linear pattern of “take, make and waste”. Global material consumption has octupled […]
Latest study. Retail and consumer goods industries are not using the potential of their data
According to a recent study, data-driven retailers and consumer goods manufacturers have measurable advantages over their competitors. Three out of four companies (73%) said they “derive quantifiable business value from […]
Architect and Pritzker Prize winner Gottfried Böhm has died aged 101
With the passing of Gottfried Böhm on 9 June, Germany has lost one of its most eminent 20th-century architects and a defining figure of post-war architecture. He died in Cologne […]
ETH Zurich. New Centre for Augmented Computational Design
When architects and engineers plan structures and develop them technically, it usually takes a lot of time to get from the initial draft to the first sod being turned. Various […]
Silk and the modern era. Online architecture guide for Krefeld
To celebrate Bauhaus’ 100th anniversary in 2019, Thomas Schütte from the Projekt MIK initiative conducted a research and exhibition project called “Bauhaus and the Textile Industry” in the Krefeld Pavilion, […]
Sustainable, circular economy. Recycling polypropylene from carpet waste
Roughly 1.6 million tonnes of carpet is wasted every year in just the EU alone. Most of it goes to landfill or is incinerated as carpet is a compound material […]
Austrian Brand Stories. Exhibition at Designforum Wien
Whether Almdudler, Atomic, Manner, KTM, Red Bull, Pago, Bad Ischler Salz, ÖBB or Zumtobel, many Austrian brands have a presence in Germany and internationally, too. Nevertheless, they still beg the […]
Future Mobility. Special exhibition at the Mercedes-Benz Museum
The automotive sector is undergoing disruption and facing extensive transformation processes. However, it is not only the engines that are changing. The question is what forms of transport and how […]
More bicycles, fewer vehicles. Paris’s transport revolution
Paris is seeking to rely more on cycle lanes in the future. Climate change is not the only thing that has had an effect on transport planning, with the coronavirus […]
Supersalone. Fresh start for Salone del Mobile 2021
Milan’s Salone del Mobile will become the “Supersalone” this year. Barely two weeks after Stefano Boeri’s appointment as the curator for this special edition of the international furniture fair (see […]
Modular cycle path canopy that produces electricity
Cycle paths are becoming an increasingly important element of a changing transport infrastructure within cities. This by nature stimulates the imaginations of designers and architects to think about the potential […]