Architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are celebrating their 70th birthday They made a name for themselves with the flat glass and concrete cube for the Goetz Collection in […]
Ilkka Suppanen receives the Kaj Franck Prize 2020 The Kaj Franck Prize has been awarded in Finland since 1992 to personalities whose oeuvre reflects the values of the award’s namesake, […]
People in design: Rosemarie Baltensweiler (1927–2020) The Swiss Federal Office of Culture awarded her with the Grand Prix Design for her oeuvre early in the summer of 2019. Now Rosemarie […]
Matthew Weaver becomes Vice President of Nissan Design Europe Japanese car manufacturer Nissan maintains design centres across the world to cater to cultural differences and expectations of local consumers. Matthew […]
Claudia Perren leaves the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation She took over the leadership of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation as Director and Executive Board member in 2014, developing new event and communication […]
Veronika Aumann appointed Professor of Textile Design in Stuttgart There has been a new appointment to the textile design professorship at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. With […]
Carsten Hendrich takes over brand strategy, marketing and communications for the KaDeWe Group The KaDeWe Group includes the KaDeWe store in Berlin (short for “Kaufhaus des Westens”, the Department Store […]
Aaron Betsky appointed Director of the Virginia Tech School of Architecture and Design The name Aaron Betsky will be familiar to readers of international specialist publications. Since completing his studies […]
Pritzker Prize goes to Grafton Architects The announcement of the Pritzker Prize is an eagerly awaited annual event which never fails to deliver a surprise. The lucky winner from the […]
Raf Simons joins Prada The Prada brand and the fashion it produces are inextricably related to, and associated with, Miuccia Prada. But Prada also represents amazing, original, and brand-new projects, […]
David Adjaye and Cai Guo-Qiang win an award Isamu Noguchi (1904 to 1988) was born in the USA and he spent his life there, but his Japanese roots strongly influenced […]
Margriet Vollenberg is to curate Helsinki Design Week The renowned Helsinki Design Week is considered the largest design event in the Nordic region. Every year since its creation in 2005 […]
GEM Award for Martin and Maximilian Viessmann The end of 2017 marked the end of an era for the Viessmann business in Allendorf, Germany. From 1992 to 2017, Prof. Dr. […]
Anna Dziwetzki, New Director of Porzellanikon Wilhelm Siemen, the founding director and manager of Porzellanikon, has gone into retirement after almost 35 years at his post. Founded as the State […]
Obituary: Adolfo Natalini, co-founder of the design collective Superstudio, has passed away. Architect Adolfo Natalini died in Florence at the age of 78. The word most often used to describe […]