Aesthetics as Bait
Designing for a future we want to live in. This is how Johanna Seelmann sees her job as a designer. She sees the object as the medium and research as the basis. We visited the 33-year-old […]
Ambiente Talents – Apply now!
In February 2025, the Ambiente trade fair in Frankfurt will once again bring together thousands of exhibitors from all over the world. The Talents programme offers designers and graduates free exhibition space and an international networking […]
Design Meets Sustainability:
Three Books in Focus
Hot off the press from our design library: three new publications that look at sustainability in very different ways. Each offers inspiring insights and practical recommendations for a more sustainable future in design. By Helge Aszmoneit […]
FIX: Care and Repair
Until 31 December, the exhibition FIX: Care and Repair at the Design Museum and the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki addresses the need for maintenance and restoration. Objects and buildings are subject to wear and […]
Holy Polymers – HolyPoly Startup
By their very nature, certain processes of renewal are bound to occur in endless cycles. The recycling of plastics is gaining significant momentum thanks to the Dresden-based startup HolyPoly. By Markus Hieke The environmental impact of […]
German Ecodesign Award 2024: Registration is Now Open
Transformation processes need to be designed. The German Ecodesign Award, which has been presented by the German Ministry for the Environment (BMUV) and the German Environment Agency (UBA) in cooperation with the International Design Centre Berlin […]
At the Vitra Design Museum. Transform! Design and the Future of Energy
Modern industrialised societies cannot function without energy. In order to reduce global CO2 emissions and halt climate change, we urgently need to move away from fossil fuels. Just as dependence on non-renewable raw materials has characterised […]
Nothing is Finished! Posters for Environmental Protection by Klaus Staeck
Emissions of climate-damaging gases continue to rise worldwide and measures to reduce greenhouse gases are inadequate. New heat records, extreme weather events and floods seem to have become the norm. The Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 […]
Graphic Optimism: Stefan Sagmeister Thinks “Now is Better”
Bad world, good numbers? With his new book “Früher war Heute ist besser”, Stefan Sagmeister goes against the spirit of the times. Precisely because a distorted and unreflected picture of global developments is often drawn, the […]
