Institutions
Sep / 19 / 2006 ¬
European Commission Funds New UEA ProjectBrussels
In the past three years, the UEA has warned about the problems created by the structural changes in the furniture industry in the EU 15. The European Commission has officially recognized the fact that the sector is undergoing structural changes and has made it a priority sector for a number of actions. DG (Directorate General) Enterprise is undertaking a competitiveness study of the furniture industry; DG Trade has moved up the importance of the market access for the furniture in the...
Vienna has a long history of design. Where Josef Hoffmann, Kolo Moser, Dagobert Peche and Otto Wagner used to work, today, a young generation of design professionals such as Thomas...
Oct / 24 / 2008 ¬
ViennaSelectedDesign at "Tokyo Designer's Week 2008"Under the name "ViennaSelectedDesign", Vienna presents itself in the context of "Tokyo Designer's Week 2008" on Asia's design hotspot par excellence. The design selection...
Vienna To Sit On
Huge, inflated letters in bright Vienna-red, which correctly read add up to the term "WIEN“ (VIENNA), stand on the exhibition area. They divide the space and invite the visitors to sit on. The very design products are displayed on large platforms. 40 m² are available to stage the 6 outstanding design studios from Vienna with their creations: Element Design, Eva Kim Heu, Destilat, Rainer Mutsch design, bkm - design working group...
With a network of more than 100 offices in 70 countries AUSTRIAN TRADE is uniquely...
Aug / 11 / 2008 ¬
Future Journeys 2008 to Tokyo and BelgiumIn October 2008 Austrian Trade (AWO) will organize two of the so-called future journeys, to Tokyo, trendy metropolis in Asia, and to Belgium, individual and self-confident country for cutting-edge...
The future journey design - Tokyo 08
The future journey design - Tokyo 08, from 28 October to 2 November 2008, is a symbol of Tokyo Designer's Week, the largest design event in Japan. In the framework of this series of events, visits to various exhibitions and trade fairs and other hot spots of Japan's creative scene are on the agenda. The Austrian delegation will also visit the largest fashion design school in Japan and several design exhibitions.
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departure aims at people employed...
Sep / 20 / 2006 ¬
re:Design – design as a process and strategyNew thematic call launched by departure wirtschaft, kunst und kultur gmbh - Press conference with: Norbert Kettner, Managing Director of departure wirtschaft, kunst und kultur...
„departure does not only provide economic funding, but is also active in redefining and repositioning design as an economic factor in Austria. Design has to become as necessary for a company as the tax consultant, the lawyer or the coffee break”, declared Norbert Kettner, Managing Director of departure in the scope of the press conference on the thematic call 2006 initiated by departure wirtschaft, kunst und kultur gmbh, the...
