Building Your Own World – When Memphis Meets Bauhaus
By Jasmin Jouhar. How do you establish a furniture company? Berlin’s Moritz Bannach, at least, started with a real statement five years ago and has been growing his Bannach brand […]
The New Canadian Passport: Maple Leaf and Bear Cubs
First Norway, then Belgium, now Canada: New passports should not only be more secure, their graphic design should also be original and appealing. This arouses sympathy and serves nation branding. […]
Woom Bikes. The MAK in Vienna Shows Iconic Children’s Bikes
Bicycles have been used for over 150 years. As a sports and leisure device, as a lifestyle product, as a sustainable means of transport in the course of a mobility […]
Book Recommendation. U-Connections – A taxonomy of connections
The connection of two elements is not only a functional but also an aesthetic challenge for designers and architects. The book “U-Joints – A taxonomy of connections” helps in the […]
Circular Furniture: Is the Furniture Industry Becoming Circular?
Germany is one of the markets where furniture is renewed most often. With new circular business models, the industry now wants to become more sustainable. The principle of “circular furniture” […]
Against the theft of ideas. The “Plagiarius” negative prize was awarded again
In a globalized economy with diverse markets, digital communication, cross-border online trade and often confusing supply chains, product and brand piracy is a lucrative billion-dollar business. As far as plagiarism […]
Koziol produces reusable tableware made of biocircular plastic for Disneyland Paris
Used cooking oil from restaurants and snack bars usually has to be disposed of at collection points and usually ends up in incineration plants where it is thermally recycled and […]
Rope Dancer on the Kampenwand: Nils Holger Moormann on his Seventieth Birthday
Consistency, transparency, attitude: Nils Holger Moormann is regarded as a likeable oddball who likes to step out of line. Based in Aschau in Chiemgau, he has achieved amazing things in […]
Tassilo von Grolman: At home in all disciplines
He is undoubtedly one of the most committed personalities of the German design scene: Tassilo von Grolman. As a designer, he thought transdisciplinarily early on and worked in many design […]
Mono V is the cutlery of the 21st century
Hardly any cutlery has become as much the epitome of its product category as the Mono A, designed by Peter Raacke in 1959, which secured its place in New York’s […]
Ingo Maurer becomes part of the creative hub of Italian lighting manufacturer Foscarini
Specializing in luminaires and lighting installations, designer Ingo Maurer (1932 to 2019) was regarded worldwide as a poet of lighting design. Made famous by “Bulb”, one of his first designs […]
The new Belgian passport: Travelling with Tintin, the Smurfs and Marsupilami
The Belgian passport has a new design. Proudly parading in the official document are scenes and characters from famous Belgian comics – from the moon rocket from Tintin to Lucky […]
10 years of Pressed Chair at Moormann
Less is hardly possible. A piece of aluminium sheet just 2.5 millimetres thick is pressed into a chair that can withstand a lot. All-round recesses and curves provide stability and […]
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 […]
All eyes on Brigitte, now. Vienna Design Week 2021
Vienna Design Week is Austria’s largest curated design festival and has been making Vienna and a rotating “focus district” a venue for numerous events since 2007. This year’s festival, its […]
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 […]
Campbell quits pop: a new design for the world’s most famous soup
Andy Warhol transformed Campbell’s soups into pop art and made them world-famous beyond any supermarket shelves with his “Campbell’s Soup Cans” in 1962. Campbell has now changed its soup design […]
Visualisation widens perspective in product development
Developing and designing products is becoming increasingly demanding. Not only are the quality, developer and designer requirements skyrocketing, criteria such as sustainability and energy efficiency must also be considered. The […]
Paul Smith – Cheerful and stripy
Paul Smith is considered a charismatic designer who produces more than fashion. A new monograph published just in time for his brand’s 50th anniversary captures the spirit and coolness of […]
The new Norwegian passports: Connecting landscapes
The passports of the Kongeriket Norge, as Norway is known in its official language Bokmål, recently began sporting a fresh new design. It took a long time for the design […]