The designers Julia Huhnholz and Friedrich Gerlach, graduates of the Bauhaus University Weimar, were awarded “Best of Best” for their project “The Essence of Biocement” at the one&twenty competition of […]
Ambiente Talents has been one of the most successful programs at the Ambiente trade fair since 2001. Every year, selected newcomers are invited to present themselves to the industry and […]
With the support of the Karl Schlecht Foundation and other sponsors, the aed 2023 is offering the ninth “neuland” interdisciplinary competition for young talent. Students and graduates of universities, academies […]
Under the motto “Thirsty for Packaging”, the Model Young Package competition is now looking for creative and innovative beverage packaging: Refreshing, sustainable, unusual. Pupils, students and young designers aged 15 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]