With the digitalisation of communication across all industries, architectural communication has also changed fundamentally. The importance of social media, especially the image-heavy platform Instagram, is taking on an increasingly important […]
Founders Dr Kati Ernst and Kristine Zeller have translated their idea of developing sustainable period and lactation underwear for women into a convincing brand world with ooia. Female empowerment is […]
Never before has wood been so highly in demand as a building material. The Zurich exhibition “Touch Wood” explores the future of building with wood. The book that accompanies it […]
In a time of rapid developments in hybrid communication, companies across all sectors are faced with the great challenge of communicating their brand identity confidently on all channels, both internally […]
Mobile housing containers and plug-in cities – can we still learn from the urban utopias of the 1960s and 1970s? Do concepts of modular architecture still have an influence on […]
What will the living spaces of the future look like? Have previous living concepts had their day? The last few years alone have shown how much the areas of living […]
Passion, pace, and patience. That’s what it takes to create a globally successful company, according to Stefan Ytterborn, founder and Chief Executive Officer of the e-motorcycle brand CAKE. But not […]
Pli selon Pli: Orbituary on the death of the Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake By Thomas Wagner. Simply “Making Things” was the title of the exhibition Issey Miyake set up […]
The German Brand Award, initiated by the German Design Council, honours successful brand management in Germany. It discovers, presents and awards unique brands and brand makers. This year, the jury awarded […]
Once again, design in the narrower sense does not feature at the Biennale di Venezia. However, since autonomous art-art is increasingly beset by hybrid forms of fashion, design, marketing and […]
Biodesign is paving the way for the next generation of materials, geared towards sustainability, optimum performance and healthier ecosystems. With global demand expected to generate 87 billion dollars by 2026, […]
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is one of the most renowned climate researchers in the world. He is an advocate of limiting global warming, and considers the building […]
Our cities are dominated by buildings made of mineral building materials such as concrete and steel, whose raw materials endanger ecosystems during extraction and are very CO2-intensive in production. Low-tech […]
When it comes to autonomous driving, many people think of cars that will one day drive their passengers safely and comfortably through bustling city traffic or over many kilometres of […]
For him, finding, collecting, recognising and designing belong together. The best-known designs of Franco Clivio include the Gardena system, the pico from Lamy and spotlights and luminaires for Erco. On […]
Clean, clear water cannot be taken for granted. The company OASE offers water technology from aquariums to pond pumps to the creative design of water features in city centres and […]
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 […]
Fritz Eichler (1911 – 1991) was perhaps the most important design manager of the young Bundesrepublik. Long before this job title became customary, he played a decisive role in shaping […]
How will we use resources responsibly in the future? What contribution can visionary design make to this? More and more start-ups, up-and-coming designers and product developers around the world are […]
During the pandemic, people cooked at home and ate with their families. The open kitchen became the centre of life. We talked to Volker Irle, Managing Director of the “Arbeitsgemeinschaft […]