Monobloc. What matters is that you sit
The best-selling piece of furniture of all time: With “Monobloc”, Hauke Wendler has succeeded in making a great documentary that is much more than a film about design. He tracks […]
Going Circular: Why wait?
With the transformation to a circular economy, we are facing a necessary paradigm shift, which will only succeed if everyone participates: politics, business and society. Design plays a decisive role […]
It’s about time. Porsche Design celebrates its 50th birthday
When you hear Porsche, you involuntarily think of the 911. And when you talk about the sports car icon, you think of its designer Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935 to 2012) […]
The „Film My Design 2022“ festival in Cairo
The first, reportedly very successful, edition of the Film My Design (FMD) festival took place in February 2019 at Cinema Karim’s Zaywa cinema in Cairo. Five local and four international […]
Fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler died
The striking look of the “Mugler woman” includes padded shoulders, low-cut necklines and an hourglass waist. It was made famous in the 1970s by top models from Jerry Hall to […]
Call for entries for the German Ecodesign Award 2022
Environmental and climate protection, innovation and excellent design – that’s what the German Ecodesign Award stands for. Companies of all sectors and sizes, designers and students can apply with their […]
“Functionality is a key incentive”. An interview with the founders of FOND OF
With FOND OF, Sven-Oliver Pink, Florian Michajlezko and Dr. Oliver Steinki have managed to conjure fantastic, successful brands from scratch and consistently develop them. New ideas, openness, persistence, sustainability and […]
Gio Ponti. Cheerful, Mediterranean, modern
Ornament and pleasure: He designed the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan, breathtaking villas in Caracas, a super-light chair and interiors of shimmering elegance. Now publisher Taschen-Verlag celebrates Gio Ponti’s versatile oeuvre […]
Electronic music at the Düsseldorf Kunstpalast
The Studio for Electronic Music at the WDR in Cologne, founded in 1951, legendary clubs such as the Ratinger Hof or the Creamcheese, but also places such as the Düsseldorf […]
EE module façade. Innovative and energy-efficient. Fraunhofer IBP develops façade module for existing buildings
Buildings account for a significant share of the total energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions in Germany. In order to become climate neutral, it is necessary to create an energy […]
Design Research Nomination 2021 for planet-centered design: “Spree&Berlin” by Jakob Kukula
Jakob Kukula developed a buoy at the Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin that uses various tools and media to make the actual state of a river visible. We asked him four questions […]
“Africa has always viewed resources as finite and tried to maximize utility”. Interview with Prof. Mugendi M’Rithaa
Mugendi M’Rithaa is an industrial designer, professor and educator from Kenya. He has travelled, worked, and taught across the globe, and was the first African President of the World Design […]
Plant Fever. Design from the plant perspective
What is nature? Are plants only useful biomass? Do fauna and flora have to serve humans alone? Global warming, species protection and ecological footprints make it clear that humans urgently […]
Exhibition “Formafantasma: Cambio” in Zurich. Tree, Wood, Man
Wood has a green image. It is praised as an unproblematic and sustainable material in numerous areas – from pellet heating to paper production and, more recently, even in the […]
Project Maybach. Design study by Mercedes and Virgil Abloh
Mercedes-Benz has honoured the recently deceased Virgil Abloh with the presentation of the “Project Maybach” design study. “As a humble contribution to Virgil’s legacy,” reads the press release, “the Mercedes-Maybach […]