Archiv 2008 — Vienna Design Week

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Workshop: Design & the Law

designforum Wien

3.10.2008, 4pm

This workshop deals with the legal protection of designers beginning with making the offer to providing the service to invoicing. One focus is on legal aspects in the digital field under the heading "Law and the Internet" (www, e-mail acquisition, tips and the basics of the E-Commerce Act 2002).

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Wiesner-Hager Design Competition 2008: Settee – spatial zone for the meantime

10.10.2008, 6.30pm

In October 2007 Wiesner-Hager announced a settee design competition. The office furniture specialist went in search of experimental designs with young designers who instead of the normal waiting situation put communication and an exchange of ideas much more in the foreground. As part of VIENNA … more

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Wine and Design

J. & L. Lobmeyr, POLKA

4.10.2008, 3pm

The new drinking service created by the designer duo POLKA with the glassmaker Lobmeyr has turned out comparatively simply: consisting of two wine glasses, water glass, champagne glass, liqueur glass and carafe, it introduces a contemporary position on the theme of drinking glasses. The aim was to … more

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VTOL – VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING

2.10.2008, 7pm

In the courtyard of the baroque Liechtenstein Museum the site-specific installation VTOL – VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING by Reed Kram and Clemens Weisshaar will be presented. Accompanying the installation a retrospective with work by the two young renowned designers will be on display at Sotheby's … more

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Talk by Heath Nash: IT'S BEAUTIFUL HERE

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

9.10.2008, 11am

Young South African Designer Heath Nash does Recycling Designs made from found Material, transforming them via Low-Tech into poetic and elegant Objects. bring a piece of garbage!

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UNDISCIPLINED. The Phenomenon of Space in Art, Architecture and Design

11.10.2008, 7pm

Artists: Werner Feiersinger, Andreas Fogarasi, Martino Gamper, Krüger Pardeller, Gregor Neuerer, PAUHOF Walter Niedermayr, Nicole Six Paul Petritsch … Concept: Krüger Pardeller … The concept of the project is oriented towards interfaces and deals with the theme of space and spatial design in terms … more

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Carpetplots! Design Initiative for Floors & Walls

8.10.2008, 7pm

As part of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK prodomo is presenting a special edition of design carpets made with a special technology by the producer ege, under the title "Carpetplots! – Design Initiative for Floors & Walls". PRODOMO invited six Austrian creative talents to produce one design each. So what does … more

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TECH"KNOW"LOGIE

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

6.10.2008, 6pm

The exhibition shows works from the fields of wood, ceramics, metal and paper by students of the Institute of Art Studies, Art Education and Art Communication at the University of Applied Arts. The exhibits represent a cross-section of the artistic-technical creations of the students in the various … more

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Tangible Traces - Dutch Architecture and Design in the Making

5.10.2008, 7pm

On the invitation of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) presents some prominent Dutch positions from design and architecture with the exhibition Tangible Traces. The show, conceived as a contribution to the Sao Paulo Biennale 2007, is concerned with the significance of … more

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Exhibition

Susanne Philippson (D) at Wittmann Furniture Workshops

Wittmann Möbelwerkstätten GmbH

7.10.2008, 5pm

At the Wittmann showrooms the German designer Susanne Philippson is showing a "daytime divan bed with museum character" which she developed with the upholstery handcraft specialists. In the process she takes up the Wittmann slogan "When handcraft becomes art" and extends its meaning beyond … more

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Susanne Lippitsch (A) at the jeweller A. E. Köchert

7.10.2008, 5pm

The Austrian packaging designer Susanne Lippitsch has been occupying herself with the theme of "jewel case" at the traditional jeweller A. E. Köchert. The valuable object, in the best case a gift, requires a case which firstly prolongs the decisive moment (unpacking) and then beautifies (the first … more

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Steffen Kehrle (D) at Jenner & Zopf Instrumentenbau

6.10.2008, 5pm

At the instrument makers Jenner & Zopf in Grosse Sperlgasse there will be music during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. There the German designer Steffen Kehrle created his tandem guitar with the instrument makers. Fascinated by the idea and practice of musicians playing together, Kehrle has radicalised the … more

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Tour

sonntags designsafari Prague

Az W – Architekturzentrum Wien

2.10.2008, 10am

The central concern of the new Designsafari format is the exploration of upcoming design scenes outside Austria. It was developed in cooperation between the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and the series “sundays” by Architekturzentrums Wien. In the framework of sundays, during the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK (2-12 … more

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sonntags designsafari Bratislava

Az W – Architekturzentrum Wien

5.10.2008, 10am

The central concern of the new Designsafari format is the exploration of upcoming design scenes outside Austria. It was developed in cooperation between the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and the series “sundays” by Architekturzentrums Wien. The lively journey leads to particular examples of the latest … more

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Swedish instead of Persian. Carpets by Kasthall

Wohnsalon P

6.10.2008, 6pm

Kasthall is one of the leading carpet makers in Europe and always aims to combine the known and the surprising. This is taken care of by, among others, the Swedish designer Gunilla Lagerhem Ullberg. The wonderful ideas for the producer's hand-tufted and woven carpets spring from her head.

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Limited Editions Design from 1930 to 1970

designfunktion Gesellschaft für moderne Büro- und Wohngestaltung GmbH., Robert Rüf

6.10.2008, 4pm

This year designfunktion is taking part in Vienna Design Week for the first time and for the occasion is bringing its "Limited Editions" collection of great design objects out of the archives. As part of a fascinating presentation of the young industrial designer Robert Rüf the unsellable … more

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PureAustrianDesign IN THE CITY. How do you find your way in a city full of design?

3.10.2008, 2pm

A breathtaking installation in the main courtyard of the Museumsquartier Vienna will disclose this secret and help you find your way. Austrian design has experienced an enormous boom in recent years. On international stages contemporary design "made in Austria" in its ever increasing variety has … more

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PRINZGAU/podgorschek: the nth Table

KlausEngelhorn Depot

4.10.2008, 12.30pm

Pieces of furniture by PRINZGAU/podgorschek are articles of daily use with a history. The frame of an old children's trampoline becomes a table, the spaghetti box without an interior life becomes a stool and the door handle by Max Bill becomes a practical walking stick under the title "und max geht … more

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Pecha Kucha Night Vienna supported by departure

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, Pecha Kucha Night Vienna

9.10.2008, 8.20pm

Presentations at the PECHA KUCHA NIGHT are fast and incisive – to a certain extent a race. Interesting talks from the fields of design, architecture and fashion among others give an insight into the Vienna creative scene. The rules of PECHA KUCHA: projects are presented to the audience on the basis … more

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Numen Light in the Rado Store Vienna

Rado, NUMEN/FOR USE

10.10.2008, 5pm

Rado, the Swiss watchmaker, presents an installation by the designers Numen/For Use. Christoph Katzler, Nikola Radeljkovic and Sven Jonke have made a name for themselves with their unique understanding of the dynamic potential of space and light. Virtual spaces – neon grids into infinity, the … more

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Nicole Aebischer (CH) at Wiener Silberschmiede

3.10.2008, 5pm

The young Swiss designer Nicole Aebischer concerned herself with the silversmiths who have been in existence for almost three hundred years. In the Lobmeyr showroom she will not be presenting silver "tableware" utensils but from the outset a whole table made of silver.

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New Shirts in Town

7.10.2008, 6pm

Little Joe's Gang is not a gang in the normal sense of the word, rather a loose collection of people who participate in Little Joe’s Gang label with exhibitions, events and DJ lines. In the 13m2 "mini flagship store", run by Nikolaus Weitzer, the label is represented at the interface of everyday … more

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"Fashion and Despair": Auction of "significant" pieces of clothing

quartier21/MQ

4.10.2008, 9pm

The exhibition "Mode & Verzweiflung", a cooperation between Freiraum/quartier 21/Artist in Residence and the University of Applied Art Vienna, shows a political history of fashion in the Second Republic. The clothes of Austrian politicians have always been observed with great media attention in the … more

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Kids

Mini-MAK

12.10.2008, 1pm

Design your own design museum – in a banana box

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Exhibition

Megumi Ito at Altmann & Kühne (JP) confectioners

7.10.2008, 5pm

The Japanese designer Megumi Ito is to intervene at the confectioners Altmann & Kühne. Based on the beautiful traditional decorative papers of the confectioners, which Ito transfers to textiles, a small edition of little bags will be created. In addition the designer, who is particularly known for … more

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maybe Design Vienna/Istanbul and the 19th Century Passion for the Orient

8.10.2008, 8pm

With the starting point of the exhibition "Kronprinz Rudolf – Lebensspuren" ("Crown Prince Rudolf – Traces of Life") at this year's Vienna Design Week the focus is on the general passion for the Orient towards the end of the 19th century and Crown Prince Rudolf's journey to the Orient and his … more

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Exhibition

Maxim Velčovský/Qubus Design (CZ) at J. & L. Lobmeyr

J. & L. Lobmeyr

3.10.2008, 5pm

The Czech designer Maxim Velčovský shut himself in the cellar of the glassmaker J. & L. Lobmeyr for some time and experimented there with the extraordinary archive of chandelier glass parts from all epochs. His contribution is a personal interpretation of the laterna magica and concentrates on the … more

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Passionswege

Exhibition

Marco Dessi (IT) at Augarten Porzellan

Studio Marco Dessí

6.10.2008, 5pm

The second Passionsweg of the festival leads out of Vienna city centre for the first time and the area to the north of the Danube Canal will be explored. There pilgrims can see a presentation by the young South Tyrolean designer Marco Dessi in the foyer of the Augarten Porcelain Manufactury. In the … more

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Workshop

MAK4FAMILY

11.10.2008, 3pm

A guided tour for families organized by MAK4FAMILY

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Tour

MAK Special Guided Tour: Furniture and interiors from the "Empire" and "Biedermeier"

12.10.2008, 1pm

Expert: Brigitte Moser

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MAK Special Guided Tour: The Clock Collection Franz Sobek at Geymüllerschlössl

5.10.2008, 1pm

Expert: Walter Frühwirt

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MAK Special Guided Tour: The Thonet Firm. From the beginnings to designs by Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos and Otto Wagner

12.10.2008, 3pm

Expert: Gabriele Fabiankowitsch (Head of the MAK educational programmes and guided tours)

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MAK Special Guided Tour: The floral aspect

5.10.2008, 3pm

Expert: Elisabeth Schmuttermeier (MAK-curator metalwork and Wiener Werkstätte)

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Tour

MAK Special Guided Tour: Exhibition Formless Furniture

10.10.2008, 4.30pm

Expert: Sebastian Hackenschmidt (MAK-curator furniture and woodwork)

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MAK Design Shop After Work Meeting Point: Lili Ploskova

MAK Design Shop

7.10.2008, 8pm

On 7 October, at the MAK Design Shop, Lili Ploskova presents her Shop LEATHER Edition “Accessories by Lili Ploskova”: the designer and founder of the label LILA PIX has created a series of leather mittens and leather bag-belts exclusively for the MAK Design Shop.

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Exhibition

loosgelöst - An intervention by Robert Stadler

Wien Museum

7.10.2008, 6.30pm

The living room with fireplace from the flat of Adolf Loos is one of the highlights of the Wien Museum Karlsplatz permanent exhibition and at the same time a rare, authentically preserved example of Loosian interior design. In 1903 the architect here realised his artistic design and furnishing … more

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Kram/Weisshaar:Economies of Scale

3.10.2008, 6pm

The exhibition shows a cross-section of the work of the renowned design studio Kram/Weisshaar.

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Kids

Children's workshop: Zweckentfremden = Zweckentdecken

design°mobil

5.10.2008, 2pm

Caroline eats her breakfast from a screw nut. Lukas hangs his jacket on a shovel. Jakob picks watercress from his empty CD cases. Marlene takes goggles on every train ride. Don't you know what's going on anymore? Schwamm drüber! Just come to our workshop and become an discoverer of uses! Just like … more

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Kids

Children's workshop: Super size it!

design°mobil

5.10.2008, 2pm

Designers think things out or find new kinds of forms for known objects. But where do they actually get all their many ideas? Slip into the role of a designer with us and get to know crazy and funny ways to take inspiration from available objects. Make small things bit and huge things tiny! For … more

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Children's workshop: The Muno Expedition

design°mobil

7.10.2008, 2pm

Participants find themselves on an expedition to planet Muno. The aim is to present our human way of nourishing ourselves to the inhabitatants of this planet, who only have three fingers per hand. There's just one problem: we've forgotten the cutlery. What is needed now is a talent for … more

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Karim Rashid: Future Design Thinking

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

3.10.2008, 7.30pm

Karim Rashid is one of the leading personalities in product, furniture and interior design and known for communicating exceptional design to a broad public. He creates a highly emotional design world with the help of his widely varied, intense style whose references range from the 60s, to Op Art to … more

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Party

"Handwerk"

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

9.10.2008, 11pm

A Party hosted by the classes Industrial Design 1 and 2 of the University of Applied Arts.

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FLAG Bastien Aubry/Dimitri Brouquard

Walking-Chair Design Studio

10.10.2009, 7pm

Flag is a two-man design studio from Zurich; Bastien Aubry and Dimitri Brouquard comment laconically on their show at the WALKING-CHAIR DESIGN GALLERY: "Business as usual: getting to the office late, checking emails, drinking coffee with our neighbours, talking about jobs, taking care of business … more

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MAK DESIGN NITE: First Supper

7.10.2008, 9pm

On the occasion of the MAK DESIGN NITE on 7 October 2008, Berlin-based designer Jerszy Seymour invites the audience to First Supper - an extraordinary dinner. The “design situation” which Jerszy Seymour creates, critically withdraws from the notion of design as the commodification of everyday … more

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EOOS Design (A) at Song

6.10.2008, 5pm

At Song in Praterstrasse the designers from EOOS are presenting a vision of the future of equally luxurious and ecologically sustainable business with their installation. The model of an "algae power station" is presented in front of the high-end fashion shop Song, an new technology where micro … more

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Gregor Eichinger (A) at Naber Kaffee

3.10.2008, 5pm

Austrian architect Gregor Eichinger is presenting his approach to the coffee cup at Naber Kaffee on Wipplinger Strasse. A new design of this article of everyday use that is so essential in Vienna is presented in a participative installation. Make sure you bring a coffee cup from home with you!

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Panel discussion: Designing Education

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

9.10.2008, 6.30pm

What competencies are stimulated by experiencing design processes? Why is the promotion of creativity and unconventional thinking forward-looking for education? What can young people learn from things about themselves and our society? And what general conditions are necessary in order to realise … more

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Designerdock Vienna - YOUNG DOCKERS AWARD

9.10.2008, 5pm

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS … On the occasion of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2008 Designerdock Vienna is for the first time giving the YOUNG DOCKERS AWARD for young creative designers for the best submission in the field of graphic design. The jury is made up of well-known and particularly experienced masters in … more

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Film

DESIGN DYSTOPIAS: Sleeper (USA 1973, Dir.: Woody Allen)

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

7.10.2008, 8pm

Design and film in the 20th century are inextricably bound in their depictions of the imagined futures of modernity. From director King Vidor’s iconic treatment of the free-thinking Modernist architect in The Fountainhead (1949) to Stanley Kubrick’s violent depiction of a post-war sub-cultural … more

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DESIGN DYSTOPIAS: Playtime (F/I 1967, Dir.: Jacques Tati)

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

6.10.2008, 8pm

Design and film in the 20th century are inextricably bound in their depictions of the imagined futures of modernity. From director King Vidor’s iconic treatment of the free-thinking Modernist architect in The Fountainhead (1949) to Stanley Kubrick’s violent depiction of a post-war sub-cultural … more

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DESIGN DYSTOPIAS: Fountainhead (USA 1949, Dir.: King Vidor)

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

4.10.2008, 8pm

Design and film in the 20th century are inextricably bound in their depictions of the imagined futures of modernity. From director King Vidor’s iconic treatment of the free-thinking Modernist architect in The Fountainhead (1949) to Stanley Kubrick’s violent depiction of a post-war sub-cultural … more

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DESIGN DYSTOPIAS: Blade Runner (USA/SING 1982, Dir.: Ridley Scott)

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

10.10.2008, 8pm

Design and film in the 20th century are inextricably bound in their depictions of the imagined futures of modernity. From director King Vidor’s iconic treatment of the free-thinking Modernist architect in The Fountainhead (1949) to Stanley Kubrick’s violent depiction of a post-war sub-cultural … more

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DESIGN DYSTOPIAS: A Clockwork Orange (UK 1971, Dir.: Stanley Kubrick)

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

8.10.2008, 8pm

Design and film in the 20th century are inextricably bound in their depictions of the imagined futures of modernity. From director King Vidor’s iconic treatment of the free-thinking Modernist architect in The Fountainhead (1949) to Stanley Kubrick’s violent depiction of a post-war sub-cultural … more

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Party

departure Look/Book Release Party

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

11.10.2008, 7.30pm

Presentation of the departure Look/Book, a "tour de force" through the Vienna creative scene and overview over the projects supported by departure.

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departure speed dating with the experts

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

9.10.2008, 5pm

Selected experts from departure_expertenpool as well as design mentors such as Hartmut Esslinger (frog design) and Tulga Beyerle (Neigungsgruppe Design) answer all the questions of businesspeople from the Creative Industries or those yet to be. A design expert can be booked for a quarter of an hour … more

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departure design talk: Antenna Design/New York

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

6.10.2008, 9pm

The Austrian-Japanese duo "Antenna" creates everyday design that helps users – also to make them better people. The wide spectrum in which the two designers move is especially fascinating: from the design of the New York Underground to simplified ticket vending machines to art projects for museums … more

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Presentation

The Crowned Jam Jar

Studio Dankl

4.10.2008, 10am

Can Staud´s jam be crowned? How do tidbits rise up into the star role? Where do gherkins find a proper foothold? In their work for Staud's the designers Kathrina Dankl, Lisa Elena Hampel and Julia Landsiedl are concerned with the appearance of non-returnable jars around the dining table. Miniatures … more

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Exhibition

"Stool Coppice" – an intervention by Daniel Spoerri at Rauminhalt

rauminhalt_harald bichler space & content

7.10.2008, 6pm

In advance of his installation at Rauminhalt design gallery in which he is to install a sculpture consisting of folding chairs, the Swiss artist Daniel Spoerri has revealed the following: Strotzender Stuhlgestrüpp Strauch. Struppig sich sträubendes Gestühl. Störriges Stuhlstück Gesträuch. (D.S. … more

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Contributions from the South

HABARI

8.10.2008, 7pm

In recent years, particularly in Anglo-Saxon countries "South African Contemporary Design" has developed into a success story and a "must-have" for the design-loving public. The design objects of South Africans presented at HABARI Vienna need not mention their international awards to the viewer and … more

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Computer Aided Architectural Design

Zieta Prozessdesign Sp. z o.o.

2.10.2008, 7pm

Am Lehrstuhl für CAAD (Computer Aided Architectural Design) der ETH Zürich wird nicht einfach nur gestaltet, sondern „Technologie manifestiert“, wie es der in Polen geborene Designer Oskar Zieta formuliert. Mit seinen „Blow Ups“ sorgte er letztes Jahr in Mailand für Furore. Das aufblasbare … more

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"Coming soon"

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

7.10.2008, 6pm

The exhibition "Coming soon" presents works by Students from the departments of Industrial Design, University of Applied Arts Vienna.

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Book launch 360° Design Austria #2

designaustria, designforum Wien

9.10.2008, 7pm

Together with the project partners the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, Wirtschafts-Standort Vorarlberg (WISTO), ImpulsProgramm Creativwirtschaft (IP), Creative Industries Styria (CIS), departure and ARGE creativ wirtschaft austria, designforumMQ is presenting the book 360° Design Austria … more

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Party

Bombay Sapphire-Lounge in OFROOM

3.10.2008, 9pm

On four evenings during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK the Bombay Sapphire-Lounge at the OFROOM will be open from 20:00 to host talks and presentations by designers and around design, but also to serve as the festivals’ prime party location

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blumberg's best Friend°

4.10.2008, 10am

Friend° is a mobile kitchen system on wheels. Its three-legged, stainless steel frame has a fold-out work and table surface and its easily lowered stabilisers adapt to any uneven ground, enabling Friend° to be used anywhere. In summer cooking in the open air becomes a shared experience, whereby … more

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Exhibition

Bartosz Mucha (PL) at Haushaltswaren Siegfried Reiter

6.10.2008, 5pm

The polish designer Bartosz Mucha is presenting his survival kit for contemporary nomads at Haushaltswaren Siegfried Reiter in Leopoldgasse. As a contrast to the shop, which justifiably has the reputation in the district of having everything in stock that could possibly be needed in the kitchen … more

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Aluminium Architecture Prize 2008

9.10.2008, 6pm

The Aluminium Architecture Prize, announced for the sixth time by The Austrian Architecture Foundation (Architekturstiftung Österreich), the Chamber of Architects and Engineering Consultants (Kammer der Architekten und Ingenieurkonsulenten) and the Aluminium Window Institute (Aluminium … more

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7 Days 7 Nights

10.10.2008, 3pm

A design theatre. We are playing the Alice in Wonderland of interior design. Innovation is the stage, material the fittings, international design highlights are the protagonists and inspiration is the theme. And in accordance with modern theatre the audience may interact, further develop … more

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1968 and the Consequences. Sitting in Concrete

KlausEngelhorn Depot

7.10.2008, 6pm

The famous Sacco by the Italian designers Gatti, Paolini and Teodoro is among the most well-known design objects of the 20th century. As a light, mobile and affordable piece of furniture in mostly poppy colours, in 1968 the beanbag embodied the spirit of the time. It rebelled against conservative … more