A side table made of chrome-plated tubular steel with a height-adjustable glass top – a classic today, a design revolution in 1927. With the E1027, architect and designer Eileen Gray created a piece of furniture that […]
With elections just around the corner, there is a lot of talk about manifestos, leaders and coalitions – but little about how policy is actually made. With the Gestaltungszentrale Politik, Philipp Cartier and his team are […]
British economist Kate Raworth invented the ‘Doughnut economy’. She and the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) were honoured as ‘Personality of the Year’ at the German Design Awards 2025 for their globally successful concept. We spoke […]
Over the next two years, the Design Museum in Munich will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of its opening. To mark the occasion, we spoke to its director, Prof. Dr. Angelika Nollert, about how contemporary design […]
Freitag became famous for upcycling used truck tarpaulins into bags. Now the Swiss company is working with partners such as Heytex and Covestro to develop a circular truck tarpaulin. In this collaborative and educational process, they […]
The corporate design of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) tells a story of change and reunification. The book ‘Berlin ist Gelb’ documents how design created orientation and redefined a city brand in the 1990s – a look back […]
