Virgil Abloh, the fashion designer of the Instagram generation who died in 2021, not only made the transition from streetwear to couture seemingly effortlessly. He also understood, like few others, […]
After two years of renovation, the Design Museum Denmark has reopened with a series of events and eight new exhibitions. The façade of the 1700s building in Copenhagen’s historic Frederiksstaden […]
Women have long been excluded from careers as artists. Access to other creative professions was also made more difficult for them. This has also been reflected in the museum collections: […]
Digitalization or not, the poster is still considered the supreme discipline in graphic design. If its design is convincing, it ensures the necessary attention in the midst of the public […]
Cesare Colombo, who called himself Joe, is without a doubt one of the most stimulating designers of the second half of the 20th century. In a television program on RAI […]
Architect, theorist, designer and critic: Aldo Rossi (1931 to 1997) is one of those who advanced architectural discourse in the second half of the 20th century. Rossi, who was awarded […]
21 international design talents, selected by an internationally renowned jury – that is ein&zwanzig, the international competition for young designers organised by the German Design Council. During Milan Design Week, […]
The Biennial of Design (BIO) in Ljubljana has been taking place since 1963, making it the oldest design biennial in Europe. The 27th edition will take place from 26 May […]
Designers use all kinds of waste materials for new products and harness the power of nature to develop unusual materials. The design studio Bentu, for example, makes furniture from ceramic […]
Architectural structures can also be viewed and used in a completely different way. The research agency “Forensic Architecture”, founded in 2011 by Eyal Weizman and based at the Centre for […]
Whether design emerges from art if it is only applied correctly or, on the contrary, purpose-free individual pieces and usable serial objects are to be considered separate from each other […]
For the first time, an exhibition in France is dedicated to the artistic wealth of the Weimar Republic. Until now, there has been none that has united architecture, design, film, […]
The oeuvre of the Mexican architect Luis Barragán (1902 to 1988) unfolded over a period from the late 1920s to the 1980s. Barragán, who is regarded as the most important […]
Whether it’s art, architecture or design, whether graphics, art history or theories of the latest aesthetics are in demand, everyone with a soft spot for books knows the Walther König […]
The end of the combustion engine has already been decided in many countries. The automotive industry is in a phase of profound transformation. The more the transition progresses, new value […]
Buildings of all kinds, proposals for competitions, but especially designs by the stars of the architectural scene circulate in the media today in the form of renderings and drawings long […]
This year, the Museum Folkwang, founded by Karl Ernst Osthaus in Hagen in 1902, celebrates its 100th anniversary at its Essen location. After Osthaus’s death in 1921, his collection had […]
Every day, we use artificial, mostly electrically generated light without giving it much thought. Darkness seems to be banished, light is always and everywhere available. When light is needed, we […]
Even in times of digitalisation, posters still have an impact in public spaces. Even if they only circulate as a data set, they are at the same time a medium […]
They are easy to shape, versatile and cheap to produce: For decades, plastics have inspired the imagination of designers, given rise to companies and electrified consumers. Plastics are everywhere – […]