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Nov / 19 / 2008 ¬
Helsinki Biennale - World Fair With A Difference
Helsinki Biennale 2008 is a World Fair. In the basement of Designmuseum Helsinki 13 pavilions typical for World Fairs were built by 50 Finnish and almost 100 foreign artists. Installations, drawings, paintings, photography, video and audio works are to be seen among others.
Helsinki Biennale is an independent art organisation that operates on the border zone of art and design. The basement of Designmuseum came to be the place for this World Fair almost by itself. The...
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Nov / 18 / 2008 ¬
Ars Electronica Gets New Center in Linz
Ars Electronica’s outstanding international reputation assures it a place in the limelight during Linz’s term as European Capital of Culture in 2009. The city is now creating an appropriate architectural setting for this starring role by expanding the Ars Electronica Center. The planning is the work of Treusch architecture, Vienna.
A new, multilevel wing is being erected immediately adjacent to the existing building. The two structures will be wrapped in a backlit glass shell that creates a unitary architectural ensemble....
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Nov / 5 / 2008 ¬
Big Programme To Celebrate Saint Etienne International Design Biennial's 10 Years
This year's 6th edition of the Saint Etienne International Design Biennial is a pointedly multi-faceted event, carrying forward the success of the preceding editions. It will celebrate 10 years of existence with a big array of exhibitions and events all over the city of St. Etienne, bringing together all types of public from November 15 - 30. For the second time, the Biennial - organised by Cite du Design - is inviting curators like John Thackara, Jérôme Delormas and Claire Fayolle to put forth their personal vision of design and to explore new ways of exercising design as an active player in the sustainable development of urban life.
The action packed program, due to mainly take place at the Cité du Design exhibition venue, a former weapons factory in Saint Etienne, appears to defy the idea that the importance of design...
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Nov / 4 / 2008 ¬
Several Awards For Industrial Design Class From Vienna's University of Applied Arts
At the first edition of the "Createch ideas competition" organized by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Traffic, Innovation and Technology, the Industrial Design Class 2 at the University of Applied Arts Vienna finished first in three out of five categories. The competition called for creative solutions in the field of transportation of both passengers and goods. It aimed at companies from the creative industries as well as students. 21 projects were nominated out of a total of 56 submissions.
With her project "eRickshaw“, Anna Wiesinger, student of the Class for Industrial Design 2, convinced the jury in the category "Straight Forward: Street" which seeks ideas in...
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Oct / 20 / 2008 ¬
More than 900 Creative Professionals Celebrate New Look/Book Release
The Look/Book 2008 release party as crowning finale of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK was hosted by departure on Saturday, October 11, 2008, at Volksgarten Banane in Vienna. Sybille Straubinger, Municipal Councilor, and Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Managing Director of departure, presented this successful tour through the creative industries in Vienna. The evening, conducted by ORF-presenter Eva Pölzl as charming master of ceremonies, offered a lot for ears and eyes. DJane Amina Handke and DJ Skwerl (Sonar Kollektiv) provided the soundtrack of the night to dance to.
The audiovisuals for the event were created by organizer and curator of the sound:frame festival Eva Fischer. Special visuals as well as the visual presentation of departure’s Look/Book were...
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Oct / 9 / 2008 ¬
Creative Recycling of Materials or the Semi-finished Elegance of Porcelain
The second day of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK's design trail “Passionswege“, on Monday, 6 October 2008, led the design pilgrims into Vienna's 2nd district. The foyer of Augarten Palace, home of the time-honoured Augarten porcelain manufactory, housed a presentation by South Tyrolean designer Marco Dessi featuring three stunning projects which deal with the process of porcelain production.
In the manufactory, which already provided the high society in rococo with precious porcelain tableware and figurines, a designer is now experimenting with the production process and modifying...
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Oct / 7 / 2008 ¬
Wine and Design
On Saturday afternoon the bulthaup studio, showroom of the renowned kitchen producer next to Vienna's Opera, was cram-full, a fact that could not really be put down to the damp and windy autumn weather, but to the presentation of a new drinking set by Lobmeyr. „Wiener gemischter Satz“ is the cryptic name of the six-part set designed by Marie Rahm and Monica Singer from Polka, and subjected to a multiple drinking test by the visitors that very afternoon. Indeed, under the slogan "Wine and Design", the glasses could be tested with wine from four Viennese winemakers.
Polka and glass manufacturer J. & R. Lobmeyr presented their second collaboration, the set called "Wiener gemischter Satz". The bulthaup studio not only provided the premises, but...
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Oct / 5 / 2008 ¬
About 1,000 Guests at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Opening
On Thursday evening, the opening of the 2nd edition of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK attracted over 1,000 invited guests to party far into the night with music and drinks in the hall of Liechtenstein Palace. The crowded night was hosted by Neigungsgruppe Design, organizers of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK nad the lifestyle magazine H.O.M.E.. As prelude of the evening, the installation VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND LANDING by german-swedish design duo Kram/Weisshaar was unveiled in the courtyard of Palais Liechtenstein. The 100 m² big flat cube is composed of specially designed fibre concrete pieces by Rieder Smart Elements.
"We want to extend the summer and keep the crowd in the streets," said the organizers in their inaugural address. "And show, of course, that the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is no flash in the...
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Oct / 5 / 2008 ¬
Maxim Velčovský's Luminiscent Mirage
This year's first design trail Passionswege led to Lobmeyr's business premises in Vienna's 1st district, which house an installation with glass objects from the company's own archive selected, arranged and composed by Czech designer Maxim Velčovský (Qubus design) from Prague.
New York, London, Moscow and Medina are the titles of the installations Prague-based designer Maxim Velčovský Lobmeyr created on the main floor of the premises in Vienna's...
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Oct / 5 / 2008 ¬
PureAustrianDesign IN THE CITY - A Huge Bubble Full of Design
On Friday, 3 October, the installation PureAustrianDesign IN THE CITY was unveiled in the main court of the MuseumsQuartier Vienna. For three days an oversized bubble served the austrian furniture industry as a showroom to present furniture design to the Viennese public.
On Friday, 3 October the installation PureAustrianDesign IN THE CITY was unveiled as the first highlight of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK after its official opening. Numerous guests who braved the foul...
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Sep / 30 / 2008 ¬
GD2D + PD3D, fresh air by PureAustrianDesign
Much fresh air is to be expected, in the form of a fresh gust of design wind from Austria. GD2D+PD3D, fresh air by PureAustrianDesign is a itinerant exhibition that brings along outstanding, extraordinary and unusual works of contemporary graphic and product design from Austria. On the itinerary are 20 stations including established design galleries, exhibition spaces or diverse Austrian Cultural Forum buildings. The first venue will be Bratislava / Slovakia with a private view at the Gallery SATELIT on October 8 at 6 pm.
The formula GD2D+PD3D
GD2D+PD3D, fresh air by PureAustrianDesign reveals the essence of contemporary Austrian design and brings together contemporary graphic and...
Sep / 22 / 2008 ¬
Award for departure Look/Book
The departure Look/Book designed by Rosebud, Inc. received a gold award at the International ARC Awards Competition, the world’s most important competition for annual reports. The design was based on a “White Cube”, filled with content and life by the ideas of Vienna’s creative professionals. The cover shows the word “Look” written in magenta and partly hidden under a white cloth, like an invitation to satisfy one’s curiosity and take a closer look at creative Vienna. The departure Look/Book, a comprehensive and extraordinarily designed inventory of the current development in the Viennese creative industries, is not only among the prize winners of the Creativ Club Austria: it also convinced the judges of the ARC, the Annual Report Competition. The Look/Book received a gold award in the category “Non-Traditional Annual Report: Government Agencies & Offices”.
ARC Awards 2008
The judges which evaluate the annual reports include top executives from the fields of investor relations, text, design and photography. The evaluation is not...
Sep / 2 / 2008 ¬
CASSIUS - Enter the ring for the virtual design interface by FLUID FORMS
Now it is time to don your virtual boxing gloves and jump in the ring with CASSIUS. Starting on Friday September 5th, the first CASSIUS lamps are waiting to be beaten into shape. What has originally been possible with the real sparing partner is now available online. The mouse dictates where the lamp should be formed by the virtual gloves. After a successful match with the help of a 3D-Printer, you can reward yourself with a truly unique trophy, the CASSIUS lamp.
About Fluid Forms
This innovative form finding process was developed by FLUID FORMS. Founded in 2005 by the designers Hannes Walter Williams and Stephen, the label combines...
Jul / 24 / 2008 ¬
Bene's Filo Chair Gets Company: The Filo Table
A new addition to the family: With the Filo table Vienna-based EOOS design team has conceived a table to match the success of the Filo office chair. Bene’s new conference and meeting furniture line will be unveiled at Orgatec 2008.
The new Filo table defines areas for concentrated communication. With its new table line, Bene is presenting an intelligent system for conferences and meetings, just in time for Orgatec 2008. The...
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Jul / 4 / 2008 ¬
Decorate Life – Fair for Home Accessoires in Frankfurt/ Main
From 4 to 8 July, this year's combined show Decorate Life in Frankfurt/ Main will focus on the field of tension between lifestyle and decoration. "The mere size of the fair and the variety of subjects and product groups covered make Decorate Life a quantitative lifestyle event", says Hansjerg Maier-Aichen, Professor for Product Design at Karlsruhe Design Academy (Hochschule für Gestaltung – HfG) who will guide representatives of the international press to the hotspots of designs at the fair.
The new combined show brings together two international trade fairs, Tendence Autumn + Winter and Collectione Preview Spring + Summer, the new Outdoor Living platform and The Design Annual, the...
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Jun / 25 / 2008 ¬
Design Contest: CRYSTALLIZED™ - Swarovski Elements Calls For Integration
CRYSTALLIZED™ - Swarovski Elements announces an outstanding design contest and calls for entries - in close cooperation with PureAustrianDesign.com. Participation is open to professional designers and design teams living and working in Austria and also to Austrians worldwide operating in the field of design. Submission is free through 30 November 2008.
“Designers bring to life our crystals, turning them into objects of desire and integral elements - an intriguingly creative material outstanding in its importance, message and...
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Jun / 18 / 2008 ¬
Noblesse Oblige - Renovated Viennese City Palace Becomes New OSCE Headquarters in Vienna
Residence of a nobleman 200 years ago, the Palais Pálffy, located in the heart of Vienna, has been subjected to a careful renovation, evoking the splendour of former days. Simultaneously the new architectural intervention is set to open new perspectives. Today, after 14 years of planning and construction, Palais Pálffy has become the permanent headquarters of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe). Austrian furniture manufacturer Bene designed the colour and furniture concept for this outstanding combination of impressive, showcase environments and modern offices.
Play of contrasts.
The past and present coexist in harmony at Palais Pálffy, creating intriguing contrasts. Viennese architects Ablinger, Vedral and partners, who also...
Jun / 12 / 2008 ¬
Sustainable City Main Theme at Forthcoming Designboost Event in Malmö
After last year's success with participants from around the globe, Designboost will now be back for the second annual edition on October 15-17, the vision of the event being "sharing design knowledge". This year's main theme will be THE SUSTAINABLE CITY and among the speakers are lifestyle guru Ilse Crawford, architect Bjarke Ingels and designer Ilkka Suppanen.
- THE SUSTAINABLE CITY is all about how we build houses, roads and parks. How we consume and translocate. How we live and educate ourselves. In shorter terms - how to, in the best way, create a...
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Jun / 3 / 2008 ¬
European Design Awards Jury Prize For Two Austrian Designers
The European Design (ED) Awards ceremony, the high-point of Stockholms European Design Week, gathered 380 professionals and students who came to Stockholm to be part of this premier event for communication design in Europe. The ceremony, which took place at the Södra Teatern in Stockholm on May 18, was a long, full night of celebration for European visual communication. As in 2007, the ED-Awards again distinguished the best in graphic design, illustration and multimedia design in Europe. The special Jury Prize went to Angie Rattray and Ulrich Einweg from Austria, for their ‘Planet Earth - directions for use’ project.
Close to 900 submissions were sent from 32 countries across the whole continent, and judged earlier this year by a jury comprised of editors from eleven prestigious communication design magazines...
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Jun / 2 / 2008 ¬
Design Match 08 Tour's Successful Second Stop In Bratislava
Bratislava's Národné Osvetové Centrum (House of Art) is hosting the Design Match 2008 exhibition on its second stop until 13 June 2008, before it will leave for Budapest, next stop on its itinerary. The opening on 13 May 2008 met with a similarly big approval as in Prague where the exhibition had been grandly inaugurated two months before.
Design Match 08 is an extraordinary design biennial among designers from different countries. This edition of Design Match is a friendly competition between Czech, Austrian, Slovak and Hungarian...
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Jun / 2 / 2008 ¬
Kick-off In The Office: Bene Presents Exclusive Table Football Table
Table football brings team spirit and stadium-like atmosphere into the office. On occasion of Euro 2008, Austrian office furniture manufacturer Bene creates AL_Kicker, a table football table in an elegant design and in a stylish form.
Playing table football is cult. Bene aligns football & fun with office & enthusiasm. A quick match during work break helps loosen the wrist and clear the head. Moreover, this sociable trend...
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Jun / 2 / 2008 ¬
viteo>outdoors Presents New Awning: Sun Shades by Structurelab
A freely curved awning revolutionizes the world of sun screens: A distinctive form and an innovative construction characterize the Viteo Sunshades by Structurelab. The awning is exclusively held from above.
Powder-coated aluminum profiles and coverings made of coated polyester fabric create an extremely light and elegant appearance, also providing a long shelf life. On squares, in parks or gardens,...
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May / 30 / 2008 ¬
Czech Glass and Porcelain Design Wins 2008 ICFF Editors Award
The much-anticipated 2008 ICFF Editors Awards were bestowed on best-of-show products in a total of 16 categories. The ICFF Editors Awards Ceremony took place during the 20th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) on 21st of May at the ICFF Exhibitors Reception at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The crème de la crème of contemporary Czech designer glass and porcelain called Křehký obtained this very prestigious award as the first Eastern European participant of this fair.
Křehký was introduced to public for the first time within the official Days of Design in Prague – Designblok ’07. Designblok has quickly become a significant design show within...
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May / 30 / 2008 ¬
100% Futures - Showcasing the World’s Best Emerging Design Talent
An unmissable showcase for the best emerging creative talent from around the world, 100% Futures reveals tomorrow’s design superstars. Edgy, exciting and innovative, it is part of leading contemporary interiors event 100% Design. Be part of it at London’s Earls Court on 18 - 21 September.
Buyers, press and specifiers make it their mission to visit 100% Futures, making the show a launchpad for your design career. In 2007 the show drew 1,432 press and 26,730 trade...
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May / 30 / 2008 ¬
B.R.A.N.D.Aktuell Showcases Work By Austrian 80s Designers Group B.R.A.N.D.
From 5 to 21 June 2008, the internet auction company Auteno.com hosts the first exhibition with works of Vienna-based designers Group B.R.A.N.D., which received national and international attention for their designs in the mid-80s. In its flagship store in Vienna, Auteno.com presents the whole equipment created by the Group B.R.A.N.D. for the renowned “Black Market” record store which recently closed for ever. Numerous other works are in the show giving an overview on the complete work of Group B.R.A.N.D.'s outstanding position in the Austria's design scene of the 80s.
New Design of the Eighties
Starting in Italy (Alchimia, Memphis), the postmodern design concepts spread also north of the Alps (Forum Design, Linz 1980) at the beginning of...
May / 21 / 2008 ¬
"Cologne Thumper“ 2008 to Stefan Sagmeister
This year’s winner of the unique design-award "Cologne Thumper" is Stefan Sagmeister. The students of Cologne's KISD (Köln International School of Design) voted for the famous Austrian designer and thereby pay tribute to his outstanding work of the last years. Sagmeister will personally receive the "Kölner Klopfer" in Cologne on 5 June 2008. The ceremony takes place at 6.30 p.m. in the "Museum für angewandte Kunst Köln".
With the "Cologne thumper“ students of the Köln International School of Design award the world’s best designer, recognizing extraordinary individuals or groups who render...
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May / 21 / 2008 ¬
Design Conference TYPO Berlin 2008 Explores Reality of Image Creation
Whether it’s a brand, a high-profile businessman or a magazine, those right at the top evoke a distinct picture in the consumer’s mind. The role that design and typography plays in this will be explored at the international design conference TYPO Berlin 2008 in over 50 presentations and workshops. From 29 to 31 May 2008, around 1,200 typographers, graphic and media designers from all over the world will be looking at the reality of image creation. International speakers at the conference in the "Haus der Kulturen der Welt", include British design icon Jonathan Barnbrook, NY-based Austrian designer Stefan Sagmeister and Berlin’s star photographer Jim Rakete.
Graphic designer and typographer Kurt Weidemann, photographer Jim Rakete, whose highly acclaimed retrospective recently finished in Berlin, and design star Stefan Sagmeister, who caused sensation...
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May / 15 / 2008 ¬
Last Days To Apply For 100% Futures Show in London
From 18 to 21 September, London's 100%Design show, the most influential contemporary design fair in Britain, opens its gates at Earls Court. The 100% Futures show, a section of 100%Design, is dedicated to the upcoming international design talent. In a few days, on 19 May 2008, ends the deadline for potiential design exhibitors at 100% Futures.
100%Futures is a specific area of 100%Design dedicated to showing contemporary interiors from the best emerging national and international design talent. Buyers, press, specifiers and manufacturers...
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May / 14 / 2008 ¬
Finnish Designs Take Over Meatpacking District During New York Design Week 2008
HARDCORE New Finnish Design will showcase 20 individual design projects and concepts from Finland presented in collaboration with major Finnish design companies. The exhibition will be the centerpiece of Meatpacking District Design Week May 17-19, 2008.
The HARDCORE exhibition combines a curated selection of innovative concepts and projects realized by designers and design companies from Finland and a HARDCORE lounge hosted by major Finnish design...
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May / 13 / 2008 ¬
20th ICFF Design Fair Opens New York's Design Gates
The 20th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) May 17-20, 2008, will convert New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center into a worldwide wonder for design disciples. North America's singular showcase for contemporary design, the Fair draws the most intrepid seekers of design truth and design trends to an extraordinary exhibition of the most inspired models of design on the forefront, as well as thought-provoking programs and a schedule of supplementary exhibits and features.
During the Fair's four days, 145,000 net square feet (14,500 net square meters) of the Javits Center will bustle with more than 25,000 interior designers, architects, retailers, designers,...
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May / 14 / 2008 ¬
Two-days' Architecture Experience Throughout Austria
On 16 and 17 May, it is all about architecture throughout Austria. Under this year's motto "Experiencing Architecture", "Architekturtage 2008“ (Architecture Days 2008) invites to an endless number of trips, bus tours, events, open workshops, panel discussions, film screenings and festivals.
In all nine Austrian states as well as in Bratislava, Liechtenstein and Eastern Switzerland, about 1,000 items are scheduled to inform about the multifaceted architectural scene of Austria and its...
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May / 9 / 2008 ¬
Last Days For Austria At EXPO Shanghai 2010 Ideas Competition
The first ideas competition for Austria's performance at Shanghai Expo to take place from 1 May to 31 October 2010, will be over soon. By May 15, Austria's creatives are called on to submit ideas and concepts. The four best entries selected by a top-level jury will be awarded with 25,000 Euros. In a second stage, an architectural competition based on the winning ideas will be announced in summer 2008.
With an estimated attendance of 70 million and over 200 participating countries and organizations, Expo 2010 Shanghai promises to blast all previous dimensions at world fairs. The expected high...
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May / 8 / 2008 ¬
departure supports Life Ball 2008
Under the motto “Landing on Planet Life Ball”, the 16th Life Ball will blast off into the vastnesses of outer space on May 17, 2008, using this imagery to explore the social issues of Aids in all its societal aspects and, at the same time, to emphasize “universal” togetherness. departure, Vienna's business development program for the creative industries, supports Life Ball 2008 as a visible and audible presentation of Viennese creativity.
The Life Ball is not only an important charity event but also an excellent advertisement for Vienna as a creative city and attractive business location. This event with an international flair...
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Apr / 29 / 2008 ¬
A Brush for the Goddess of Wisdom
During an art performance facing the Austrian Parliament on 29 April 2008, Pallas Athena, symbol of Austria's parliamentary system, received an oversized brush by students of Vienna's University of Applied Arts in presence of the principal.
"The action is meant to be a sign that it is just in a culture-based state where the Parliament should help art to gain more weight and hence more social force and impact," says principal...
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Apr / 23 / 2008 ¬
New Kitchen Designed by M&G Interiors
Joachim Mayr and Heinz Glatzl, who stand each for the M and G of Vienna-based design studio M&G Interiors, presented the visitors of Vienna's recent "Wohnen & Interiors 08" fair a newly created kitchen, coming up with durable materials and tons of details, and following a completely new stylistic idiom especially with the central block – leaving the prevailing cubism towards a free idiom, which has taken hold of architecture actually for a long while.
The compact central block still is the focus of the kitchen, but it dissolves into a totally free organic form. Without corners and edges - everything centers on this gentle monolith: cook, guests...
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Apr / 17 / 2008 ¬
Wittmann Presents Two New Products at Milan's Salone del Mobile
This year's edition of Milan's world famous furniture fair is just around the corner. For several days, the whole design world will look at what is happening in furniture design in this north-italian metropolis. For the well-known furniture manufacturer from Austria Wittmann enough reason to put two new pieces of furniture in the spotlight of Milan's Salone del Mobile: Lester, an upholstered armchair by young designer's duo Soda Designer, and the armchair called Auriana by experienced master Paolo Piva.
Lester, an Upholstered Deckchair
Lester - a deckchair with fine leather upholstery - is a contradiction in itself, yet its appearance, functionality, and seating and reclining...
Apr / 15 / 2008 ¬
sixxa Dinghy Store Opens in Vienna
Austrian young streetwear brand for girls "sixxa“ opens an own store in Vienna. Following the current trend of mono-brand shops, this label's first concept store moves into Vienna's 7th district, the fashion district. Opening ceremonies go for three days, from 24 to 26 April 2008.
One of the differences of the new store is that the young label run by Kathi Macheiner has only little space available, that's why the 25m2 large shop is called "dinghy" - with a grain of...
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Apr / 11 / 2008 ¬
Design Studio For Use Presents New Products at Milan's Salone del Mobile
In the framework of this year's edition of the Salone del Mobile in Milan, Vienna and Zagreb based design studio For Use is presenting a number of new products ranging from seating furniture to lighting. The light object series under the label „Numen“ is to be seen at Milan's Zona Tortona from 15 to 21 April 2008.
Numen Light Objects Presented at Zona Tortona
What exactly are Numen Objects? These mostly cubic light objects are structures made out of two-way mirrors and light, providing...
Mar / 25 / 2008 ¬
NY Gallery Showed Stefan Sagmeister's Experimental Work Coinciding With His New Book Release
In February on show at Deitch Projects‘ Grand Street gallery in New York was an exhibition of work by New York-based Austrian graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister. Entitled "Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far“, the exhibition included works that have a life of their own, transforming throughout the exhibition as viewers engaged with them. "Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far“ was timed to coincide with the release of a new book of the same title, which surveys Sagmeister's illustrious career and is to be published by Abrams Books this spring.
The book is based on a list of maxims made by the graphic designer on his “experimental year” in 2000, where he took time out from working on commercial projects. While the maxims read...
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Mar / 25 / 2008 ¬
Team 7's Precious Wood Bed riletto Wins Red Dot Design Award
The bed riletto by Austrian natural wood specialist TEAM 7 has just received the renowned red dot design award 2008. 50 top products have been awarded with a "red dot: best of the best", out of more than 3,200 entries from 51 countries. Further 676 products have been confered the "red dot" quality seal for high design quality.
Despite its enormous size, the riletto bed seems to float on the floor, only the wooden head board joins it with the earth, creating a clear form, and a modern and noble aura. Its...
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Mar / 18 / 2008 ¬
Vorarlberg-based Design Office memux Picks The "red dot: best of the best 2008"
Vorarlberg-based memux design office received the "red dot: best of the best design award 2008 for outstanding product design“. The "concrete curtain", already awarded with the Austrian State Prize for design 2007, also convinced the jury of one of the hardest international design competitions.
The jury members of the red dot design awards were enthusiastic about this extraordinary application of concrete. This year, companies from 51 countries applied for this prestigious...
Mar / 18 / 2008 ¬
Audience Prize for Wiesner-Hager Seating Bench By Public Voting
Vote and win! A couple of months ago, Upper Austrian furniture manufacturer Wiesner-Hager invited Austrian designer to creatively reinterpret the issue 'seating bench'. In today's time, a bench has not just the unpopular role of a waiting bench, it is also an office chair, a cinema chair, a telephoning stool, a relaxation chair, a TV sofa, a bench to play on and much more.
Vote and win!
While a jury has identified the main prizes among the many submissions, the audience prize will be awarded in collaboration with DiePresse.com. You are...
Mar / 18 / 2008 ¬
Massive Attendance At Design Match 2008 Opening in Prague
With a massive rush of visitors and in the presence of celebrities from the fields of politics and culture from the participating countries, the design biennial "Design Match 2008" opened on 13 March 2008 in the exhibition building of Prague's National Gallery. The only sour note was the absence of the Austrian ambassador and the official authorities in charge of endorsing Austrian design. Austria is present in the different categories of the exhibition with 22 product and graphic designers.
Exhibits of 120 Designers From The Participating Countries
After a successful first "Design Match" exhibition two years ago, which brought together design from...
Mar / 7 / 2008 ¬
Wittmann To Open Showroom in Beijing
Just before the start of the Summer Olympics on 8 August 2008, Wittmann goes to Beijing: China's purchasing power already allows the entry of this high-price furniture producer.
Wittmann Möbelwerkstätten is about to jump on the Chinese market: The showroom in the Chinese capital is programmed to open in June, and in any case, before the start of the Summer...
Feb / 22 / 2008 ¬
Norwegian Artist Bjarne Melgaard Shows Wittmann Couches With Specially Designed Fabrics at Greene Naftali Gallery in NY
New York based Greene Naftali Gallery hosts an exhibition by Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard featuring a special edition series of couches by Austrian manufacturer Wittmann with fabrics designed by the artist himself. The exhibition comprises paintings, drawings, video, a sculptural novel and furniture. The show is to been from February 15 - March 15, 2008.
Since the mid-1990s, Melgaard has enacted an art practice that uncomfortably crosses transgressive subcultures (black metal, steroid-infused hardcore gay culture) with a beguiling artistic...
Feb / 12 / 2008 ¬
Final Round for 3 Austrian Students' Projects at International Design Competition "Design for Happiness" in Kyoto
At the international design competition "Design for Happiness" in Kyoto, the industrial design class under Professor Hartmut Esslinger at University of Applied Arts Vienna reached the final round with 3 projects. One project won the "Corporate Prize".
In the category "Tradition", Gerda Hopfgartner's "Gavari Violin," a semi-acoustic violin, is nominated. Gerda Hopfgartner has already received the "Corporate...
Jan / 29 / 2008 ¬
TEAM 7's New Chair Lux Awarded With "interior innovation award 2008" at Cologne Furniture Fair
TEAM 7's performance at the international furniture fair in Cologne (imm cologne) caused a lot of sensation this year. Nine nominations for innovative designs by this Austrian furniture manufacturer were given by the imm jury
Winner of the prestigious "interior innovation award 2008" was the chair lux - the first work of young TEAM 7 designer Jacob Strobel. Jacob Strobel is one of the youngest...
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Jan / 29 / 2008 ¬
Austrian Designers Among The Best at Art Competition "Young? Creative? Chevrolet! "2007 in Paris
On 25 January 2008, the winners of the European art competition "Young? Creative? Chevrolet! ", sponsored by the car company Chevrolet, were celebrated in Paris. Young talents had previously applied for the areas of visual arts, photography, video, interior design and fashion, submitting a total of 70 projects from the most prestigious art schools from six European countries, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Spain. The Austrian representatives scored very well in the fields of Interior and Fashion Design.
In the section of "Interior Design" all three winning prizes went to the design class of Paolo Piva from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna for a booth design. As for the fashion...
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Jan / 15 / 2008 ¬
Bene's RF Corridor Wall Wins iF product design prize 2008
Austrian office furniture manufacturer Bene wins the renowned iF product design prize for 2008, awarded by the International Forum Design in Hanover, for its RF corridor wall, a pure glass wall. Its intelligent design, flexibility and innovative technology all contributed to make this innovative room partitioning system stand out from the competition.
Designed by Johannes Scherr, Bene's RF corridor wall completely forgoes vertical profiles and lets its transparent glass surfaces shine forth. Glass walls provide structure without separating, they...
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Dec / 11 / 2007 ¬
Call for Entries: Design Match 2008 Exhibition Is Looking for New Austrian Design
After the first successful Design Match exhibition in 2006, it is time for another volume of this particular contest between designers of different countries, the Design Match 2008. This time, Czech Republik, Slovakia, Hungary and Austria are the contenders. Austrian designers can still submit their works. Deadline ends on December 17, 2007.
The last edition presented in Prague in 2006 was a unique exhibition of Czech and Slovakian design, very appreciated by both public and professionals. For the next design match, organizers have...
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Dec / 3 / 2007 ¬
Buchegger, Denoth, Feichtner Create Door Handles For FSB
Austrian design studio Buchegger, Denoth, Feichtner designed two models of door handles for FSB. They were first presented in the framework of the exhibition "Axiome. Buchegger, Denoth, Feichtner Design" at the Museum for Applied Arts in Vienna MAK, which ended on 2 December.
FSB, renowned door handle manufacturer from Germany, regularly invites international designers and architects to workshops in order to develop new perspectives on hand and handle. Along with...
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Nov / 30 / 2007 ¬
Umdasch Shop-Concept Forum: Successful Premiere in London
On 22 November 2007, the Umdasch Shop-Concept Forum, well-known for many years especially in German-speaking countries, celebrated a glittering premiere in the British metropolis. More than 100 guests appeared in the club 24London, in the heart of London's shopping district. Under the title "Creating unique environments", current trends in urban and shopping center development were presented.
The Umdasch Shop-Concept forum rounds off the seminar offer in the Umdasch Shop Academy. It is understood as a platform for an open exchange of ideas among professionals in the fields of trade,...
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Nov / 20 / 2007 ¬
Hariri & Hariri Break Ground on Luxury Residences Development in Historic Central Salzburg
On 20 September 2007, coinciding with the world-renowned Salzburg Festival, New York based Hariri & Hariri Architects broke ground on the $80 Million Sternbrauerei (“Star Brewery”) luxury residential and mixed-use complex on the last remaining large-scale buildable site in the heart of Salzburg, Austria. Sculptural crystalline forms define the former Stern Brewery site as the architects' largest project to date and a cultural landmark for 21st century Salzburg.
The project’s six new and two historic structures will be comprised of luxury urban condominiums, premium penthouses, artist’s studios, an exhibition space, a restaurant, spa...
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Nov / 15 / 2007 ¬
VIENNA DESIGN WEEKs - Two Weeks of Product Design Events in Vienna
For two weeks in October, product design was not to be overlooked in Vienna. A huge variety of events and exhibitions all about design attracted more than 10,000 visitors to the different places during the first VIENNA DESIGN WEEKs.
The first edition of VIENNA DESIGN WEEKs was geared to make design visible and to increase the awareness of it in everyday life. The design weeks proved that good product design is here to stay in...
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Nov / 6 / 2007 ¬
Adolf Loos State Prize Design 2007 Awarded
Austria's highest awards for best product design, the State Prize for Design and Adolf Loos Design Award 2007, were awarded on 3 October 2007 during a ceremony in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier.
The Winners 2007
Michaela Martinek for her simple and highly innovative glass series "Wein & Wasser" (Producer: J. & L. Lobmeyr) in the category...
Oct / 31 / 2007 ¬
Blickfang Zurich Hosts PureAustrianDesign Landing for the First Time
The exhibition "PureAustrianDesign" is landing in Switzerland, for the first time in the framework of the BLICKFANG fair at Kongresshaus Zurich. PureAustrianDesign is an independent platform that promotes Austrian designers and companies.
After the big international success in Prague, Barcelona, London, New York, and most recently in Vienna, the exhibition is again