As Philippe Starck puts it at the beginning of Saléha Gherdane’s documentary, she was “an eccentric”, a “high priestess” whom no one could hold a candle to. Andrée Putman (1925 to 2013), born Aynard, came from […]
Even people who are critical of the automobile know his name: Enzo Ferrari. After all, they say, he was “one of the most famous Italians after Leonardo da Vinci”. Today, Ferrari is a global brand. But […]
Many people are familiar with the large-scale floral patterns, the play with geometric shapes and many other colourful fabric designs of the Finnish company Marimekko. The Finnish artist Maija Isola (1927 to 2001) worked as a […]
Do you know the Anglepoise Type 75 lamp? Or the Kodak Instamatic 33 camera that was widely used in the 1960s? Or have you ever seen the British Railways Intercity Type 125? Do you know the […]
A single storey, green surroundings, relaxed, modern: it is originally from Asia, is seen by the French as a holiday home and was regarded as a modern dacha in the GDR. In post-war West Germany, it […]
Gigantic screens on skyscraper facades, flying cars, no sunshine, constant rain – and AI humanoids used for slave labour: a grim vision of the future once presented on the silver screen – and now our present reality? […]
Design is frequently regarded as the seductive facade of a global capitalist system focused on never-ending growth. Designers, the argument goes, sniff out trends and fashions, constantly creating new incentives for people to buy products and […]
Now aged 61, design guru Bruce Mau’s career has spanned decades. During this time, he has developed a radical vision of the capabilities of design. For Mau, design is the ability to imagine a future and […]
This year, film-maker Gary Hustwit – known for films such as “Helvetica”, “Objectified” and “Rams” – had the pleasure of following the agency Work & Co. as they redesigned New York City’s digital subway map. The […]
