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 […]
Art and design universities. Digital tours and annual exhibitions in 2021
The summer semester was shaped by the restrictions relating to the coronavirus pandemic again this year. Teaching and project work was often limited to a digital or hybrid format at […]
Women Artists of the Wiener Werkstätte: exhibition at MAK Vienna
Upon hearing the name “Wiener Werkstätte”, people usually think of work by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and Dagobert Peche. The women designers who significantly broadened the spectrum of the Wiener […]
AI. Robotics. Design. Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum in Munich turns its attention to digital transformation
When the topics of digitisation and digital transformation come up, the focus quickly falls on artificial intelligence and robotics. Both present major challenges for society, the working world and everyday […]
Maarten Baas: Solo exhibition “New Times”
Maarten Baas, born in 1978, is always good for a surprise. Back in 2002, he caused a furore with his degree project “Smoke”, a series which involved charring design classics […]
Spoon Archaeology: archaeology for the era of disposable objects
Single-use plastic cutlery is a symbol of a global throwaway society. Such cutlery will be banned in the EU as of 3 July. The “Spoon Archaeology” exhibition is looking at […]
Future Mobility. Special exhibition at the Mercedes-Benz Museum
The automotive sector is undergoing disruption and facing extensive transformation processes. However, it is not only the engines that are changing. The question is what forms of transport and how […]
From A to J. Berlin metro trains of yesterday and tomorrow
The past and the future are juxtaposed in a new exhibition at Deutsches Technikmuseum. The show, named “From A to J – Berlin’s Metro from 1902 to 2072”, was organised […]
Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to street. Exhibition at the Design Museum London
The humble word “trainer” has for a long time not done justice to what these shoes have become. Sneakers are now an established cultural symbol of the era in which […]
“Exhibition Fever” at Ulm School of Design
As one of the 20th century’s most influential design schools, the Ulm School of Design was in many ways a trailblazer for the contemporary understanding of design as an interdisciplinary […]
Looking back and ahead. Dieter Rams at MAK Frankfurt
Industrial designer Dieter Rams has long been a legendary figure. He designed more than 350 products for Braun and Vitsœ which are used day after day by people around the […]
Alexey Brodovitch. The first Art Director
Studio images framed plainly, blocks of text set classically: magazine layouts were not very creative until the early 1930s. This changed when the chief editor of fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar […]
South by Southwest Festival online
For a number of years now, the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, has been the prime hotspot and meeting place for digital creatives when it comes to […]