German Design Graduates 2020/21
When graduates leave university, it can be the decisive moment for the start of a design career. For the start to be successful, one thing is needed above all: attention […]
“Design & Bahn”: an exhibition at Nuremberg’s DB Museum
Through its 20 different sections, the Design & Bahn exhibition presents the development of rail design in Germany. Beginning in circa 1900 when rail design first became significant, it stretches […]
Fashion photography from the 90s, curated by Claudia Schiffer
In the 1990s, photographers like Ellen von Unwerth, Richard Avedon, Patrick Demarchelier, Herb Ritts and Bruce Weber produced captivating images of ambitious fashion designers’ extravagant creations as worn by supermodels […]
All eyes on Brigitte, now. Vienna Design Week 2021
Vienna Design Week is Austria’s largest curated design festival and has been making Vienna and a rotating “focus district” a venue for numerous events since 2007. This year’s festival, its […]
Couturissime: Thierry Mugler retrospective in Paris
Haute couture, prêt-à-porter, perfume, photography, shows – the trained ballet dancer and couturier Thierry Mugler, born in Strasbourg in 1948, was successful in many fields. He designed his own world and […]
Oil. Beauty and Horror in the Petrol Age at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
John Gerrard’s “Western Flag” denotes the start and end of the modern petroleum era. The digitally generated black flag made of atomised raw oil asks pressing questions about a global […]
IAA MOBILITY 2021
Formerly known as the Frankfurt Motor Show, the International Motor Show (IAA) will be held in Munich for the first time this year. The trade show has also adopted a […]
Interactive museum dedicated to behavioural science
What feels real? What happens when details influence our decision-making? Who is prepared to take risks? When do our eyes deceive us? What should you order from a menu if […]
Farmer designers. Exhibition in Bordeaux
The modern era has fostered the idea that people can control the environment and make nature serve them without limits. These days we know where that leads. The crises we […]
Design Biennale Zurich. Installations under the title of “Clash”
Do the analogue and the digital oppose one another? What design potential is there in cultural differences? How do expectations and reality interact? When does the natural start to become […]
Universum Olivetti. Community as a tangible utopia
Olivetti is a company that was driven by design and social ideas from an early stage, even if that now seems to be somewhat forgotten. It is thanks to Adriano […]
Two German architectures 1949–1989. Exhibition at international cultural relations institute ifa
Architecture in the East and architecture in the West – how close were they to one another and how far apart did they diverge? Thirty years after the reunification of […]
Exhibition “Dress Code”. Are You Playing Fashion?
The term “dress code” refers to rules and guidelines related to how individuals are expected to dress – whether in private or as members of specific social, occupational or ethnic […]
The body and the space. 114 contributions exploring sensual cognisance
Space is a synaesthetic phenomenon and we experience it with all our senses – from our eyes, ears and nose to our largest organ, the skin. Proportion, materiality and light […]
Women in Architecture festival in Berlin: Equality under construction
Women in Architecture 2021 is the first festival for women architects in Berlin. Almost 100 events at various locations throughout the city were held for a period of four weeks […]