London Design Festival 2019
London Design Festival 2019 From 14 to 22 September Londoners are set to host the London Design Festival 2019, one of the most prestigious design festivals worldwide – demonstrating once […]
A visit to Dietrich F. Brennenstuhl
By Martin Krautter The light-emitting diode has gained universal acceptance as a light source. Yet it’s only 10 years since LEDs were first used to illuminate entire buildings. Nimbus, a […]
Design Biennale Zurich 2019
Design Biennale Zurich 2019 To play is something we can do alone or with others. It promotes motor skills and social skills, and we can learn from it. As Friedrich […]
The concept of versatility – a visit to Besau Marguerre
by Jasmin Jouhar. It’s impossible to pin them down: Hamburg design duo Besau Marguerre works in all sorts of creative disciplines at once, including product and graphic design, interior styling […]
Shy, creative, destructive: Innovation – the paradoxical being
By Lutz Dietzold. Innovation – a paradoxical phenomenon: in common parlance, particularly of advertising and marketing, its presence already is inflationary – at the same time, it is in truth […]
A frame of mind – VanMoof rethinks bicycle design
By Martin Krautter. The city bikes from Dutch brand VanMoof are easy to recognise by the thick top tube that transitions into the front and back lights. But there’s a […]
adidas ruling: No trademark protection for the triple stripe in the EU
‘The brand with the three stripes’ – many people associate this claim with one of the best-known brands in the world. But can you trademark three parallel stripes that might […]
Peter Schmidt – The Brand Creator
Interview by Andrej Kupetz It’s hard to think of anyone with a more diverse career than Peter Schmidt. The breadth of his experience runs the gamut from packaging through to […]
Jil Sander: A world of her own
By Andrej Kupetz The German Design Award 2018 in the Personality category went to Jil Sander for her life’s work – a fitting honour for the Queen of Less, whose […]
Newcomers’ exhibition by Studiopepe in Milan
From 09–14 April 2019, the exhibition of the award-winning products of the ein&zwanzig 2019 competition took place as part of the Tortona Design Week in Milan. The 824 entries received […]
Turrell in the menswear boutique
By Martin Krautter. It doesn’t always have to be light art by a celebrated name: LED technology has created new ways of using colour temperature to subtly generate atmosphere and […]
The spirit of modernism
By Andrej Kupetz The 100th anniversary of the founding of Bauhaus, the school of design, architecture and applied arts, is rapidly approaching. The ideas and products developed there still attract […]
21 newcomers in the spotlight
In April 2018, the exhibition of the winning products of the ‘ein&zwanzig’ Newcomer Award for products from the interior and product design sector took place during the Tortona Design Week […]