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Guide the Diver/Stadtarbeit 2014
Guide the Diver/Stadtarbeit 2014, Kollektiv Fischka

Stadtarbeit – City Work

Work-in-Progress

Wiedentour, World Class - “Würstel” feast

Julia Landsiedl + | Strategic Design & Storytelling, Cora Akdogan

28.9.2013, 2pm–5pm

You have to know Viennese neighbourhoods and their residents to love them. This is true whether you are a local or an outsider coming in. They respond to the same district in different ways. Part of the project involves dyed-the-wool Wiedner people introducing “their” district to young Afghan new … more
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Guide the Diver/Stadtarbeit 2014
Guide the Diver/Stadtarbeit 2014, Kollektiv Fischka

Stadtarbeit – City Work

Tour

Wiedentour, World Class - Neighbourhood tour 2

Cora Akdogan, Julia Landsiedl + | Strategic Design & Storytelling

30.9.2013, 5.30pm–7.30pm

You have to know Viennese neighbourhoods and their residents to love them. This is true whether you are a local or an outsider coming in. They respond to the same district in different ways. Part of the project involves dyed-the-wool Wiedner people introducing “their” district to young Afghan new … more
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Zeitloses Design Stefanie Unterhauser 2013 DAE_Lehrveranstaltung Nachhaltiges Design
Zeitloses Design Stefanie Unterhauser 2013 DAE_Lehrveranstaltung Nachhaltiges Design , Stefanie Unterhauser

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Exhibition

Upcycling – Sustainable Design

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, design.mikimartinek

27.9.–5.10.2013

This semester, Miki Martinek’s key theme with students at the Vienna University of Applied Arts is sustainable design. In cooperation with Gabarage, during the festival a group of students will develop solutions for upcycling design. Their topics for discussion include such formulations as low-cost … more
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Tradition vs. Moderne
Tradition vs. Moderne, The Infinitive Factory, Graz & rausgebrannt, Wien

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Presentation

Tradition vs. Modernity

Fedrigoni, Lukas Fliszar, The Infinitive Factory, rausgebrannt

2.–4.10.2013

Printing on paper is nothing new, but the technical options of printing/lasering are becoming increasingly diverse. A large selection of the finest paper and carton is on show in the Fedrigoni showroom; as part of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK this year two completely different printing technologies are … more
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Matalie Crasset, 2013 © matali crasset productions
Matalie Crasset, 2013 © matali crasset productions , © matali crasset productions

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Talk

Talk departure/MAK: MATALI CRASSET. Root ’n’ Books

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

3.10.2013, 5pm–6pm

For the MAK exhibition NOMADIC FURNITURE 3.0 New liberated home living? the Paris designer Matali Crasset developed a “tree for living” inspired by the living cubes proposed in the DIY manuals Nomadic Furniture (1973/74) published by James Hennessey and Victor Papanek. She sees her interpretation … more
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Ania Rosinke und Maciej Chmara (chmara.rosinke), Kubus 2,5³, 2013, Interpretation der Wohnkuben von James Hennessey und Victor Papanek aus Nomadic Furniture 1, entstanden anlässlich der Ausstellung 2,5³ in der Galerie Arsenal in Poznań (PL) © chmara.rosink
Ania Rosinke und Maciej Chmara (chmara.rosinke), Kubus 2,5³, 2013, Interpretation der Wohnkuben von James Hennessey und Victor Papanek aus Nomadic Furniture 1, entstanden anlässlich der Ausstellung 2,5³ in der Galerie Arsenal in Poznań (PL) © chmara.rosink, © chmara.rosinke

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Tour

Guided Tour: NOMADIC FURNITURE 3.0. New Liberated Home Living?

28.9.2013, 2pm–3pm

This exhibition curated by Martina Fineder, Thomas Geisler and Sebastian Hackenschmidt and designed by raumlaborberlin examines the DIY movement based on the book series Nomadic Furniture published by James Hennessey/Victor Papanek in the 1970s. Looking back at the historical development enables a … more
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MAK-Ausstellungsansicht, 2013, TOUR DU MONDE. Fahrradgeschichten © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen
MAK-Ausstellungsansicht, 2013, TOUR DU MONDE. Fahrradgeschichten © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen, © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

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Tour

Guided Tour: TOUR DU MONDE. Bike Stories

1.10.2013, 6.30pm–7.30pm

Including bicycle icons of the twentieth/twenty-first centuries from the EMBACHER-COLLECTION, the exhibition tells the story of this classic vehicle with all its design quality and variety and whose successive development in technology can be read as a history of innovation and design. Functional … more
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Social Design Symposium am 26.9 und 27.9. im Heiligenkreuzerhof
Social Design Symposium am 26.9 und 27.9. im Heiligenkreuzerhof

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Talk

Social Design – Public Action. International Symposium

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

27.9.2013, 9.30am–7pm

Initiated by the new Master’s course “Social Design: Arts as Urban Innovation” at the University of Applied Arts, the interdisciplinary symposium addresses issues of socially relevant design as an element of communal and transcultural exchange in the urban environment. Within this context, Social … more
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PW 2013, Sebastian Zachl bei Donauer Lampenschirme
PW 2013, Sebastian Zachl bei Donauer Lampenschirme

Passionswege

Presentation

Sebastian Zachl (AT) at Donauer Lampshades

Donauer Design Lampenschirme, Sebastian Zachl

27.9.–5.10.2013

The Donauer company has been designing, making and restoring lampshades for forty years now and its repertoire ranges over series production of lampshades all the way to individual light solutions. The young Austrian designer Sebastian Zachl now draws inspiration firstly from the sculptural quality … more
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Adolf Loos: Sessel für das Café Museum in Wien, 1898. Buchenholz, z.T. gebogen, rot gebeizt; Rohrgeflecht. © MAK/Georg Mayer
Adolf Loos: Sessel für das Café Museum in Wien, 1898. Buchenholz, z.T. gebogen, rot gebeizt; Rohrgeflecht. © MAK/Georg Mayer, © MAK/Georg Mayer

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Exhibition

Focus day Thonet in the MAK

28.9.2013, 10am–8pm

During VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the MAK ART SOCIETY (MARS) will be dedicating a day to furniture manufacturer Thonet: with a panel discussion including Konstantin Grcic and Robert Stadler, the presentation of a gift of Thonet objects (designed by Stefan Diez, Naoto Fukasawa, Konstantin Grcic, Robert … more
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Ansicht der Ausstellung "Mehr als Mode - die Sammlung Katarina Noever", 2012, Gestaltung: Carmen Wiederin / propeller z
Ansicht der Ausstellung "Mehr als Mode - die Sammlung Katarina Noever", 2012, Gestaltung: Carmen Wiederin / propeller z, (c) Wien Museum

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Exhibition

FAST YEARS. Wien Museum: Exhibition Design 2003–2013

Wien Museum

4.–6.10.2013

Ten years ago the “Wien Museum” made its debut as a brand – starting signal for the museum’s repositioning. Since then it has achieved an outstanding reputation. From the very beginning great value was placed on design, whether in communication or in the hundred or more exhibitions and catalogues.
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FLUX by Numen / For Use
FLUX by Numen / For Use, kramar/kollektiv fischka / Rado Österreich

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Presentation

Rado Star Prize Austria 2013

Rado, Antoinette Bader, Sebastian Menschhorn, Megumi Ito, mathak + mahlknecht, White Elephant, Soybot, MARCH GUT

27.9.–5.10.2013

The Swiss watch manufacturer Rado presents the winner of the Rado Star Prize Austria 2013. The contest is based on the Rado creative approach of constantly striving for innovative designs and materials, and the starting signal was given at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2012. From January until August … more
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MAK-Ausstellungsansicht, 2013, MAK FASHION Lab #01 SONIC FABRIC feat. BLESS N°45 Soundperfume engineered by Popkalab, Recording Shoes, 2013 © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen
MAK-Ausstellungsansicht, 2013, MAK FASHION Lab #01 SONIC FABRIC feat. BLESS N°45 Soundperfume engineered by Popkalab, Recording Shoes, 2013 © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen, © 2013, MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

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Presentation

MAK FASHION Lab #01 SONIC FABRIC feat. BLESS No 45 (Testvorführung)

29.9.2013, 11am–12pm

BLESS (Desiree Heiss, Paris/ Ines Kaag, Berlin), with the technical support of Popkalab (Rotterdam/Rio de Janeiro), transforms the MAK DESIGN SPACE into an interactive sound landscape consisting of articles of clothing and accessories for analogue and digital sound generation and which act as … more
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© Aldo Giannotti, 2008 Foto: Gianmaria Gava
© Aldo Giannotti, 2008 Foto: Gianmaria Gava

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Presentation

"Italien Square", performance by Aldo Giannotti

Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Niederösterreich, Land Niederösterreich, Abteilung Kunst u. Kultur

5.10.2013, 7pm–9pm

Is it architecture or is it people who constitute social space? Giannotti places a minimalist platform in the exhbition space and invites a group of Italians to inhabit it for three hours. Over time these people form a community that gradually forgets about the stage setting situation; the space is … more
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“the stationary point in the evolution of a system”
“the stationary point in the evolution of a system”, Aldo Gianotti, Foto: Gianmaria Gava

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Exhibition

INSIDE.outside.INSIDE – The non-digital virtual space

Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Niederösterreich, Land Niederösterreich, Abteilung Kunst u. Kultur

27.9.–5.10.2013

How do we perceive our environment? How does its perception shape us, and is it possible to react to it in an alternative way? Christian Knechtl gathers together projects in the interdisciplinary exhibition which challenge existing design norms and investigate how they shape our social behaviour.
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sofaBANK design: mikimartinek handmade: kohlmaierWIEN maße: auf wunsch
sofaBANK design: mikimartinek handmade: kohlmaierWIEN maße: auf wunsch, foto: rita newman, (c)2012

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Exhibition

Freihausviertel in design:context

design.mikimartinek

27.9.–5.10.2013

This year design:mikimartinek is putting on its show in the Freihaus quarter. In a design:caching trip through the “Soho of Vienna” you can find new collector’s pieces: Fair Trade carpets (handmade by Geba), paper hammocks (handmade by Kohlmaier Wien) and sitting balls up-holstered in Loden and … more
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8 chairs by Clarke and Reilly. Courtesy Gallery Libby Sellers, London.
8 chairs by Clarke and Reilly. Courtesy Gallery Libby Sellers, London., Photo by Ed Reeve, 2013

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Exhibition

8 Chairs by Clarke & Reilly

HIMBEER & SODA. Raum für Kunst, Design und Plauderei

27.9.–6.10.2013

Himbeer & Soda presents the exhibition “8 Chairs” by the London artist duo Clarke & Reilly, famous for the sensuous romanticism they pour into used objects. For “8 Chairs”, 8 historical chairs were up-holstered with antique materials and then exposed to the icy winter on a roof in England and to … more