Mr. Braun – The Protestant Design Pope Dieter Rams
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. […]
100th Birthday of Otl Aicher: Things Should Stand for Themselves
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, […]
Tomás Maldonado. The Age of Conception
He developed the “Ulm Model” and gave important design impulses for an era whose complexity put the will to design to a hard test day after day. Tomás Maldonado would […]
Maria Nicanor becomes new director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Maria Nicanor, executive director of the Rice Design Alliance (RDA) at Rice University’s School of Architecture in Houston, Texas, since 2017, has been appointed director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian […]
Steffen Rübke becomes the new CEO of C. Josef Lamy GmbH
The Lamy brand stands worldwide for high-quality writing instruments that combine perfect functionality and timeless aesthetics. The success story initiated by Dr Manfred Lamy according to the Bauhaus principle began […]
Rossana Hu heads the Department of Architecture at Tongji University in Shanghai
Rossana Hu, architect and founding partner of the design studio Neri&Hu, has been appointed Chair of the Department of Architecture at Tongji University in Shanghai. Hu is the first woman […]
Conseil National du Design founded in France
On 6 September 2021, the Conseil National du design (CNDes) was founded in France. The council is composed of various actors from the design scene – designers, companies, schools, organisations […]
Gira Sarabhai, co-founder of the Indian National Institute of Design has died
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 […]
Katrin Menne moves from Merck to Commerzbank
Katrin Menne, Head of Branding at the Darmstadt-based technology and science group Merck since May 2019, will move to Commerzbank in Frankfurt am Main by 1 January next year at […]
A homage to Robert Ian Blaich: design manager at Herman Miller and Philips
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 […]
Gerd A. Müller: design that is subordinate and blends in
He worked in conjunction with Dieter Rams at Braun, designed for brands such as Lamy and Wega; and developed the logo for Friends of the Earth Germany. Nevertheless, people still […]
Perfect balance between art and mathematics. Obituary of Pauline Deltour (1983-2021)
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 […]
Siemens Hausgeräte. Sonja Schiefer becomes head of design
On 1 September 2021, Sonja Schiefer took on the leadership of the design team and responsibility for the future design language at Siemens Hausgeräte, one of the world’s leading home appliance manufacturers. […]
Design is successful when it lets us make a difference together
Designit was founded in Aarhus, Denmark, in 1991 as an agency for industrial design. Today it is a company with studios across the world, working internationally for design-led innovation. We […]
Maria Porro is the new president of the Salone del Mobile
Maria Porro has become the new president of the Salone del Mobile, taking over from Claudio Luti, who unexpectedly resigned from the post in April. The board of directors of […]
Architect and Pritzker Prize winner Gottfried Böhm has died aged 101
With the passing of Gottfried Böhm on 9 June, Germany has lost one of its most eminent 20th-century architects and a defining figure of post-war architecture. He died in Cologne […]
First things first. Graphic Designer Ken Garland has died
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 […]
Mads Ryder is now CEO of Rosenthal GmbH
The Rosenthal company, based in Selb in Bavaria’s Upper Franconia region, was established in 1879. Its two plants in Selb and Speichersdorf manufacture premium china, exclusive designer objects and stylish […]
World-famous architect of the Frankfurt Trade Fair Tower Helmut Jahn has died
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 […]
Salone del Mobile. Claudio Luti steps down as president
Claudio Luti has resigned from the Salone del Mobile presidency in a surprising move. He announced his decision ahead of a board meeting of FederlegnoArredo, the Italian timber trade body […]