Low-Tech in Design. Good for the Climate
Cooling consumes up a lot of electricity and generates high CO2 emissions. Young designers have tackled the question of how energy consumption in design can be reduced right from the […]
Design against discrimination and gender stereotyping
The design of environments, spaces and objects shapes societies in profound, yet often subtle, unconscious ways. Design can also exclude, for example when an object cannot be understood or used […]
Design Research Nomination 2021 for planet-centered design: “Spree&Berlin” by Jakob Kukula
Jakob Kukula developed a buoy at the Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin that uses various tools and media to make the actual state of a river visible. We asked him four questions […]
A matter of transfer. Connecting design graduates and companies
How do design graduates and companies come together? The discussion round “Transfer performance. How ideas come out of the design universities’ realm of possibilities into practice” addressed this question on […]
Design Research Nomination 2021 for Gender Equitable Design: “Divided by Design” by Daphne Braun
What can give design students orientation in gender-neutral design? With her website “Divided by Design”, Daphne Braun has developed a low-threshold introduction to the topic of gender and design. We […]
Design Networking Hub: Using potential together
The German Design Museum Foundation has just initiated the “Design Networking Hub”. It is a new type of collaboration with young designers and architects from Germany and Kenya, and it […]
Both iconic and reserved: David Wojcik is German Design Award Newcomer 2021
The innovative product developments of David Wojcik help people. Some are even made to save lives, such as “Bloop”, a medical tool for collecting autologous blood, and “Balloo”, a signal […]
Bamboo Pavilion. Students test the combination of digital manufacturing and natural materials
Bamboo is a high-quality, fast-growing raw material with extraordinary properties. As a building material, it is comparable to hardwood, and yet it is extremely light and elastic. For this reason, […]
Julian Peschel, German Design Awards Newcomer Finalist 2021
Julian Peschel, born in 1993, is an information designer with a strong passion for research and narrative visuality. Based on his portfolio, he was chosen as one of five finalists […]
Upcoming! Verena Zirngibl, Finalist for the German Design Award Newcomer 2021
Verena Zirngibl was born in Regensburg in 1996. After school, she decided to start a bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Design at FHWS University of Applied Sciences, Würzburg. In […]
Upcoming! David Wojcik, Finalist for the German Design Award Newcomer 2021
David Wojcik, born in Augsburg in 1989, studied product design at the University of Schwäbisch Gmünd. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 2016. Based on his portfolio, he was […]
Upcoming! Max Witzstrock, Finalist for the German Design Award Newcomer 2021
Max Witzstrock studied industrial design at HTW University of Applied Sciences Berlin and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2019. Based on his portfolio, he was chosen as […]
German Design Graduates part 2: the power of collaboration.
The second German Design Graduates programme, taking place this year, is a non-commercial initiative that aims to distinguish graduates of German colleges and universities each year and in doing so […]
German Design Graduates: Design Research Award to be presented for the first time.
The second German Design Graduates programme, taking place this year, is a non-commercial initiative that aims to distinguish graduates of German colleges and universities each year and in doing so […]
ABK Stuttgart open days from 17 to 19 July 2020
Sponsored News Students at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design will be presenting their latest coursework and projects in digital and analogue formats for this year’s open days […]
Inspired: newcomers make an impression with new types of furniture and material experiments
How can the growing number of technical devices be integrated harmoniously into our living environments in future? Can innovative materials and their sustainable use inspire product developments? Three newcomers have […]
Textiles that can do more: up-and-coming designer Juliette Berthonneau receives award
Textiles with an intricate design that are cushioning, absorbent, light and simultaneously self-supporting. As contradictory as that may sound, Juliette Berthonneau, from France, proves that that does not have to […]
Focusing on the person: an interview with 2020 newcomer Janina Hünerberg
Industrial designer Janina Hünerberg has previously received many renowned awards for her work that focuses on medical design. Recently she was presented with the German Design Award Newcomer 2020 from […]
Eager-to-experiment newcomers to design are reinventing the kitchen
Living environments, society, consumption patterns and ways of life are changing rapidly. Rooms at home and in the office are increasingly being replaced by zones. The kitchen and the utensils […]
Upcoming! 3 questions for designer Bernhard Osann
Bernhard Osann graduated from the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg and has been a freelance industrial designer since 2016. Based on his work, which includes minimalist lamps and shelving, […]