Archizoom, Alchimia, Memphis and on: Andrea Branzi has been involved in many formations of the critical Italian design avant-garde. Whether as a designer or theoretician, he never swam in the […]
Meinhard von Gerkan became famous far beyond Germany at a young age with his design for Berlin’s Tegel Airport. Right at the time of the opening in 1974, the architecture […]
To this day, the name Peter Ghyczy is inseparably linked with his “Egg Chair” from 1968. The furniture of the pop era hides more than just the spirit of a […]
Between structuralism and postmodernism, he developed an architectural language from patterns and structures: an obituary for the architectural theorist and architect Christopher Alexander, who passed away at the age of […]
Always open to encounters and suggestions: The industrial designer Peter Raacke experienced and helped shape design history in Germany. Now he passed away in Berlin at the age of 93. […]
He developed principles for ethical design under GDR conditions: obituary for the industrial designer Karl Clauss Dietel who passed away on 2 January at the age of 87. By Thomas […]
From American suburbia to the fashion Olympus: Virgil Abloh’s rise to become one of the last decade’s most influential personalities in the design world of was meteoric. On 28 November, […]
Architect, designer, curator and historian Gira Sarabhai has helped found some of the most important design institutions in post-colonial India and has influenced generations of designers, artists and craftspeople. She […]
Robert Haussmann passed away on 21 September. An obituary of the Swiss architect and designer and his playful approach to modernity. By Thomas Wagner. Robert Haussmann was born in 1931 […]
Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1930, Robert Ian Blaich completed a bachelor’s degree in industrial design at Syracuse University. He went on to work in design and marketing before […]
Selected materials, a fine feeling for colours and clear strong contours make up Pauline Deltour’s signature. “A perfect balance between art and mathematics” is how the exceptional French designer described […]
He combined technology, art and design and distinguished himself in Germany as a pioneer of digital design: Obituary of Joachim Sauter, co-founder of ART + COM and professor at the Berlin […]
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 […]
Helmut Jahn, born on 4 January 1940 in Zirndorf near Nuremberg, became famous above all for his designs for high-rise buildings and office towers – including the Xerox Center in […]
Design as an undisciplined discipline and a new notion of collaborative competence: a homage to the life of Michael Erlhoff, design theorist and CEO of the German Design Council from […]
Professor Birgit Weller died suddenly on 18 April 2021. Weller became a professor of industrial design in Hanover in 1994 and was the first professor appointed for the industrial-design programme […]
Design for the hand: his leadership saw the Heidelberg pen manufacturer become an international design brand. Vale Dr Manfred Lamy. By Thomas Wagner. Manfred Lamy can be said to have […]
The furniture designs of Enzo Mari are characterised by a consistent, direct style. His book “Autoprogettazione?” is an epochal work for furniture styled by the consumer with simple tools, and […]
An exhibition about Enzo Mari at the Milan Triennial, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Francesca Giacomelli, is taking place until 18 April 2021 to showcase the oeuvre of the […]
With the loss of Enzo Mari in Milan last Monday, the design world has lost one of its original rebels, a radical proponent of a conceptual design that commits to […]