People in design. Zeev Aram has died
Zeev Aram, founder and chairman of Aram Designs, passed away in London on 18 March, at the age of 89. Aram lived an eventful life. Born in Cluj, Romania, to the […]
Designer and Plagiarius initiator Rido Busse has died
“Design successful products”: his credo sounded as simple as it was persuasive, though it needed to be put into practice first. That is because Rido Busse was only happy with […]
Production designer Ken Adam would be 100 this year
Ken Adam, or more accurately Sir Kenneth Adam, was born as Klaus Hugo Adam in Berlin on 5 February 1921, the son of an upper-class Jewish family. He died in […]
Daniela Römgens takes charge of Brand Management and Corporate Communications at Blanco
Blanco has reorganised its communications management. Daniela Römgens became Managing Director / Head of Global Brand & Market Communications and Global Group Communications in early December, taking charge of the […]
Stefan Sielaff is leaving the VW Group and moving to Geely
As reported by Business Insider, Stefan Sielaff is vacating his position as chief designer at prestigious brand Bentley and moving to Geely in China, where he plans to head design […]
People in design – obituary: Ernesto Gismondi
Having studied aerospace engineering, Ernesto Gismondi began developing and producing lighting in the 1960s and founded Studio Artemide with designer Sergio Mazza. He thereby laid the foundations for the Artemide […]
Piero Lissoni joins B&B Italia as Artistic Director from January 2021
Two big names in the furniture sector are joining forces: B&B Italia and Piero Lissoni. From 1 January 2021, Lissoni will take on the role of artistic director at B&B […]
Tadao Ando is the 2021 guest editor of Domus Magazine
Architecture and design magazine Domus is welcoming Japanese architect Tadao Ando, its fourth guest editor in a series of ten internationally renowned architects who for one year decide on the […]
Ulrike von Mirbach to head Mini Germany from January 2021
Ulrike von Mirbach will take over the leadership of MINI Germany on 1 January 2021. This makes her the successor of Wolfgang Büchel, who will be taking over the leadership […]
2020 Julius Posener Award. Werkbund Berlin presents title to Annemarie Jaeggi
Awarded for the first time in 2016, Deutscher Werkbund Berlin presents the Julius Posener Award in cooperation with Berlin University of the Arts every two years for outstanding contributions to […]
VDM: Elmar Duffner elected new president
The Association of the German Furniture Industry (VDM) has a new president: Elmar Duffner, who was elected to succeed Michael Stiehl at a video conference of members. Sixty-year-old Duffner is […]
Design at Volkswagen, SEAT and CUPRA under new management
There are gradual changes happening in the design departments of the Volkswagen Group. Back in April, Klaus Zyciora was named Head of Volkswagen Group Design and took on responsibility for […]
Enzo Mari passes away at age 88 in Milan
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 […]
Eugenio Perazza, founder of furniture manufacturer Magis, has been awarded the Compasso d’Oro for his life work
Eugenio Perazza has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 by the jury of the XXVI ADI Compasso d’Oro. The founder of furniture manufacturer Magis, who initially resided in a […]
People in design. Farewell to architect and designer Cini Boeri
Cini Boeri, born on 12 June 1924, obtained her degree from the polytechnic university of Milan in 1951. After it, she completed an internship at Giò Ponti’s architecture firm and […]