Whether it is the design of furniture, fashion, graphic or industrial design, women have contributed significantly to the development of modern design. They were and are just as successful as […]
Whether in the form of a book, a film or a television series, science fiction stories have always spurred inventors, scientists and designers to make real what the imagination has […]
Seventy years ago, the modern windows of Frankfurt’s Kaiserdom were created. It is usually overlooked that their creator, Hans Leistikow (1892 to 1962), was the most important graphic artist of […]
It is very rare, very shy, quite caring, but – for example, if you want to catch it yourself or your children – it can get very very angry: the […]
On 20 May Dieter Rams turned ninety. His purist designs for Braun dusted off industrial design and made him famous worldwide. Some became models for the Walkman and the iPhone. […]
He was a co-founder of the Ulm School of Design, created the corporate design for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and shaped the appearance of brands such as Braun, […]
The ensemble Brandt Brauer Frick combines techno beats with the sounds of classical instruments. Visually, the artists present themselves as versatile – but emphatically serious. We spoke with Daniel Brandt […]
Ken Garland was born in Southampton in 1929. After studying design at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London in the early 1950s, he worked for six years […]
Hans Hillmann (born 1925, died 2014) was an important graphic designer and illustrator who is considered one of the original minds behind the modern German film poster. He started creating […]
He was the first and, so far, the only designer to receive the National Medal of Arts, the greatest award for an American artist. It was presented to him by […]
Olympic Games Tokyo. Kinetic pictograms Corporate design not only conveys the spirit of a company or an event, – the design itself also reveals technical and aesthetic preferences that are […]
Joseph Binder Award 2020 – Call for entries designaustria once again invites you to take part in the international Joseph Binder Award (JBA20) for graphic design and illustration. Designers, illustrators and […]
Stankowski + Duschek Studio. An exhibition in Berlin Brand development, corporate identity, advertising and infographics – all this was part of Stankowski + Duschek’s core business for five decades. Only […]
Norm. An exhibition in Zurich It was in 1999 that Dimitri Bruni, Manuel Krebs and Ludovic Varone founded their graphic design firm, which they simply called Norm (or “Standard” in […]
Isotype. Past and present Infographics have once again become a hot topic. Presenting facts and information in a way which enables them to be quickly and accurately absorbed and understood […]
Drawing in the digital world. A film Illustrations, especially done the old-fashioned way with lead and coloured pencils or with brush and ink, are making a comeback, with a surprising […]
Anton Stankowski. House numbers for individualists As well as being a famous son of the city of Gelsenkirchen, the photographer, painter, and graphic artist Anton Stankowski (1906 until 1998) is […]
People in design: Typographer Xu Xuecheng has passed away The very nature of Chinese characters makes them a challenge for Westerners. The sheer number of different characters is so large […]
By Thomas Wagner At the International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main, Volkswagen didn’t just present their new electric vehicle models– the company also unveiled a revised logo and a […]
The German artist and graphic designer Anton Stankowski (1906-1998) produced a great number of brand images during his time. Many of the iconic text-and-image logos he created are still in […]