Raumwelten 2022: From Conference to “VR Hub“
It has a certain consequence that with Raumwelten, of all things, an established event that deals with communication in space at the intersection of scenography, architecture and media is shifting […]
Infrared laser instead of mains and charging cable?
Our digital everyday helpers, from smartphones to room thermostats, are becoming more and more powerful. How can the resulting hunger for energy be satisfied without annoying cables? Batteries that suck […]
Schwarz Group enters cloud and retail media business
It is obvious that digitalisation has more than just technical facets. More and more digital services are being created around e-commerce. This has not only been recognised by the American […]
WDR, ARD, RTL and ntv make programmes in Ukrainian
In the wake of the war in Ukraine, countless people have fled to Germany from the embattled country. To provide them with information about the war in their home country […]
Digital transformation. Aim to disrupt!
Digital transformation has now also taken a firm grip on our personal lives. More and more fundamental questions are arising. To deal with them confidently, we need background knowledge and […]
Interior Trend: Smart together. Digital support for the home
The pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges that are being met with innovative technology: Smart technology has become a valuable aid to our social interaction. By hicklvesting. Unlike in previous centuries, […]
Planet Digital. In Zurich, the University and Museum of Design are dedicated to the digital transformation
There was a time when the term digitisation simply referred to the conversion of analogue information into digital data. Now, everyone is aware that digitisation and artificial intelligence are fundamentally […]
Brain-Computer Interface: The power of thought
Operating machines by mere thought: a vision that is becoming reality step by step and has received a significant boost in recent years. The brain-computer interface (BCI) stands for a […]
Bitkom calls for more digital competence in schools and universities
At the end of last year, the digital association Bitkom called on the Bundestag and the new federal government to grant everyone in Germany an enforceable “right to digital education” […]
The 2nd Transformation. Visible brand sustainability
Digitalisation is still in full swing as the first major transformation, but it is already being overshadowed by a second one: sustainability. It is not only politicians who are demanding […]
Digital Life Index: Good user experience is the be-all and end-all of online shopping
The trend to shop online and have goods delivered to one’s home is unbroken. Not least the Corona pandemic has made it impressively clear how important digital sales channels are […]
Terravision: The whole earth in view
What began as an art project ended with Google Earth: In 1994, the digital and interactive globe “Terravision” was developed at Art+Com in Berlin. In the fictional series “The Billion […]
Design Research Nomination 2021 for Gender Equitable Design: “Divided by Design” by Daphne Braun
What can give design students orientation in gender-neutral design? With her website “Divided by Design”, Daphne Braun has developed a low-threshold introduction to the topic of gender and design. We […]
Anna Alex: “The best time to become climate neutral is always now”
Anna Alex is co-founder of Planetly, a company that supports the business community in becoming climate neutral. There she concentrates the know-how of experts in business, environment and technology. We […]
SwissGradNet Discovery Conference No. 3. Implications of artificial intelligence for the future of art and design universities
Digitalisation continues to advance in all areas of life and work. Artificial intelligence systems play a central role in this. Increasingly, such self-learning algorithms are being used in companies, in […]
Symposium for the digitisation of Jan Tschichold’s estate
Jan Tschichold is one of the most significant book and type designers of the 20th century. He worked adjacently to the Bauhaus and had a major influence on typography after […]
eCulture Convention. The economic and cultural impacts for the digital age
Design involves an interaction and connection between art and economics. The eCulture Convention is a forum for experts around the world to discuss developments in art, culture and business, and, […]
Digital design, an elite discipline: for good or bad?
Humans are not rational beings. Let us be clear: most of the decisions we make every day are for irrational reasons. This is a behavioural pattern as old as time […]
Media, Spaces, Installations: An obituary for Joachim Sauter
He combined technology, art and design and distinguished himself in Germany as a pioneer of digital design: Obituary of Joachim Sauter, co-founder of ART + COM and professor at the Berlin […]
Design Justice. The struggle for non-discriminatory technologies
With ongoing digital transformation and the spread of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making systems, the subject of alleged objectivity in these systems continually rears its head. […]