Archiv 2017 — Vienna Design Week

Passionswege

Presentation

Zerunianandweisz with Wiener Silber Manufactur

Wiener Silber Manufactur, zerunianandweisz, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

29.9.–7.10.2017

In the beginning was inspiration: Motivated by their love for 1950s ballerina Zizi Jeanmaire, Nadja Zerunian and Peter Weisz developed a charming series of candy dishes that will debut at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK with the help of Vienna’s Silber Manufactur. A thoroughly precise performance – from its … more

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PLATFORM

Workshop

OPEN DAY IN THE MOST ANALOGUE HOTEL ROOM IN THE WORLD

25hours Hotel beim MuseumsQuartier

6.10.2017, 3pm–8pm

For almost two years, SUPERSENSE and the 25hours Hotel have been working on the most analogue hotel room in the world. Sensitively conceived places of retreat inspire people here to action and to reflection. Nothing is a piece of scenery here, nothing superficial design. “We want more than just to … more

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PLATFORM

Workshop

Workshop “Free Food Sharing”

Technisches Museum Wien mit österreichischer Mediathek

1.10.2017, 12.30pm–4pm

How do we want to live in the future? How do we want to organize our cities? And to whom will the city belong? As part of the exhibition THE URBAN FUTURE, the Technical Museum Vienna is showing projects that aim to rethink the city. What new forms of housing make urban densification not only … more

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PLATFORM

Workshop

Workshop “Research at First Hand”

Technisches Museum Wien mit österreichischer Mediathek

1.10.2017, 10.30am–1pm

How do we want to live in the future? How do we want to organize our cities? And to whom will the city belong? As part of the exhibition THE URBAN FUTURE, the Technical Museum Vienna is showing projects that aim to rethink the city. What new forms of housing make urban densification not only … more

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PLATFORM

Work-in-Progress

SONIC RUG – A FREQUENCY MODULATING TEXTILE INTERFACE

Selina Reiterer, Ruby Marie Hotel & Bar

4.10.2017, 11am–6pm

SONIC RUG is the result of an artistic approach to smart textiles. The project explores the possibilities of connecting soft material to the digital space, manifesting in an interactive installation: A basic frequency can be triggered, amplified, and distorted by touching different parts on the … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

WORK IN PROGRESS: EVOLUTION MONDAY

Bene

2.10.2017, 6pm

The future of work’s being widely discussed. But what will it be? In the course of a lively and inspiring evening, experts in the fields of furniture, design and architecture showed the effects that social change, digitization, mobility, big data, and co. will have on our working lives. Alongside … more

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Programme Partners

Exhibition

WE DON’T DO PRETTY

Gigodesign

29.9.–5.10.2017

Gigodesign, Slovenia’s leading industrial-design studio, espouses the philosophy that design isn’t a product of just magic or inspiration, that it’s most importantly a method for solving problems – a method that’s ultimately intended to make all our lives a little better. The fact that Gigodesign … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

OF LANDSCAPES AND PATTERNS, PLANTS AND FABRICS.

Kieran Fraser Landscape Design, duller/stippl

30.9.–8.10.2017

Reindorfgasse is both a melting pot and playground for creative industries. This became apparent in 2017 thanks to a project that joined several different design worlds at a single location: While Kieran Fraser and his team develop design concepts for functional and atmospheric landscapes, plants … more

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Programme Partners

Talk

VON LANDSCHAFTEN UND MUSTERN, PFLANZEN UND STOFFEN: Talk

Kieran Fraser Landscape Design, duller/stippl

5.10.2017, 7pm

Drei Designwelten an einer Location: Während Kieran Fraser mit seinem Team Gestaltungskonzepte für funktionale und atmosphärische Landschaften entwickelt, stehen bei Anita Duller und Hannah Stippl (duller/stippl) Pflanzen und Muster im Mittelpunkt – zu sehen in Form von großformatigen Wall … more

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PLATFORM

Guided Tour

VIENNA BIENNALE 2017: ROBOTS. WORK. OUR FUTURE

MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst

30.9.–1.10.2017

At various exhibition venues across the entire city, the VIENNA BIENNALE 2017 brought together some 300 designers, architects, artists, and other participants who drew a complex picture of our future digital world with their speculative and utopian (or dystopian) as well as auspicious practical … more

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Special

Talk

VERONIKA BURGER: EVEN WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT

Business Riot Festival

2.10.2017, 6pm

As part of a studio visit, the artist Veronika Burger showed her video installation EVEN WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT, which deals with the biography of the Viennese lamp designer Elisabeth Kemeter. Kemeter learned her trade from her aunt and was to hand on her knowledge later to her daughter. For thirty … more

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Programme Partners

Talk

TRIBUTE TO PAOLO PIVA

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

7.10.2017, 4pm

They had come to pay their respects to one of the greats of Austrian design and architecture. In memory of Paolo Piva, who taught the Industrial Design class at the University of Applied Arts Vienna for more than 25 years, Gerald Bast, Marcus Bruckmann (University of Applied Arts Vienna), Marino … more

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VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Fischka/Gregor Buchhaus

Programme Partners

Presentation

CELEBRATING TRADITION, NOT BACKWARDS BUT FORWARDS

Grand Ferdinand

6.10.2017, 6.30pm

When planning a new hotel, Florian Weitzer doesn’t rely on copy and paste but on an autonomous identity that he continues to address through lateral rethinking. In the Grand Ferdinand opened at the end of 2015, the objective is timeless aesthetic elegance covering everything from interior design to … more

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Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 4: URBAN WEST-END VIENNA, The Wiener Stadthalle

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

29.9.2017, 3pm–5pm

Exclusive guided tour through the historic main building … (Roland Rainer, 1958), also backstage areas and annex Halle F together with Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten (2006). Start: short guided overview tour through the Festival Headquarters North. Three different tours, three different … more

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Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 4: URBAN WEST-END VIENNA, Neighborhood tour

2.10.2017, 3pm–5pm

Start in the former branch of the Zentralsparkasse (Johann Georg Gsteu, 1970–1974). Multifaceted route to the Vienna Westbahnhof with its annexes and reconstructions by Neumann+Steiner. Numerous highlights like the urban topos (HOLODECK architects) and the new restaurant ON (BWM Architekten). Three … more

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Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 4: URBAN WEST-END VIENNA, Studio tour

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

6.10.2017, 3.30pm–5.30pm

Three different tours, three different architectural perspectives onto the 15th district: Starting out at the Festival Headquarters and temporary exhibition venues of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the tours and their cosmopolitan flair conveyed multifaceted impressions of Vienna’s west end – studio … more

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Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 3, DATE 4: DESIGN IN VIENNA, INNER CITY

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Gabriela Steiner-Scharfetter

6.10.2017, 3pm–5pm

Old handicrafts and young design ideas, almost forgotten manufacturing techniques and new business ideas, tradition and innovation – the range of this tour through Vienna’s inner city is huge: On their tour of discovery, participants visit projects as part of the Passionswege – cooperative ventures … more

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Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 3, DATE 3: DESIGN IN WIEN INNERE STADT

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Gabriela Steiner-Scharfetter

4.10.2017, 4pm–6pm

Altes Handwerk und junge Designideen, beinahe vergessene Fertigungstechniken und neue Geschäftsideen, Tradition und Innovation – das Spektrum dieser Tour durch die Wiener Innenstadt ist enorm: Auf ihrem Entdeckungsrundgang besuchen Teilnehmende Projekte im Rahmen der Passionswege – das sind … more

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Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 3, DATE 2: DESIGN IN VIENNA, INNER CITY

Gabriela Steiner-Scharfetter, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

30.9.2017, 10am–12pm

Old handicrafts and young design ideas, almost forgotten manufacturing techniques and new business ideas, tradition and innovation – the range of this tour through Vienna’s inner city is huge: On their tour of discovery, participants visit projects as part of the Passionswege – cooperative ventures … more

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Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 3, DATE 1: DESIGN IN VIENNA, INNER CITY

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Gabriela Steiner-Scharfetter

29.9.2017, 3pm–5pm

Old handicrafts and young design ideas, almost forgotten manufacturing techniques and new business ideas, tradition and innovation – the range of this tour through Vienna’s inner city was huge: On their tour of discovery, participants visited projects as part of the Passionswege – cooperative … more

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Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 2: ARCHITECTURE ON SPARKASSAPLATZ

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Corona Gsteu

8.10.2017, 4pm–6pm

With its crowning dome, its façade studded with striking bull’s eyes, the building on Sparkassaplatz 4 erected during the time of industrial expansion in Austria takes on a notable position in the history of urban development. The two bottom floor levels of the building – formerly headquarters of … more

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Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 1, DATE 4: RUDOLFSHEIM-FÜNFHAUS – PROFITING FROM ONE/ANOTHER

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Alexa Brauner

7.10.2017, 11am–1pm

Every person is different. And every person can profit from someone else. This tour revolves around projects of the Passionswege and Stadtarbeit formats in the Focus District of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. It ranges from copper and horn to social diversity and playfully creative solution models, intimate … more

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Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 1, DATE 3: RUDOLFSHEIM-FÜNFHAUS – PROFITING FROM ONE/ANOTHER

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Alexa Brauner

5.10.2017, 4pm–6pm

Every person is different. And every person can profit from someone else. This tour revolves around projects of the Passionswege and Stadtarbeit formats in the Focus District of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. It ranges from copper and horn to social diversity and playfully creative solution models, intimate … more

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Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 1, DATE 2: RUDOLFSHEIM-FÜNFHAUS – PROFITING FROM ONE/ANOTHER

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Alexa Brauner

4.10.2017, 3pm–5pm

Every person is different. And every person can profit from someone else. This tour revolves around projects of the Passionswege and Stadtarbeit formats in the Focus District of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. It ranges from copper and horn to social diversity and playfully creative solution models, intimate … more

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Education

Guided Tour

TOUR 1, DATE 1: RUDOLFSHEIM-FÜNFHAUS – PROFITING FROM ONE/ANOTHER

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Alexa Brauner

3.10.2017, 4pm–6pm

Every person is different. And every person can profit from someone else. This tour revolved around projects of the Passionswege and Stadtarbeit formats in the Focus District of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. It ranged from copper and horn to social diversity and playfully creative solution models, intimate … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Workshop

TISCHLEIN DECK DICH - Workshop “Free Food Sharing”

Alexandra Trofin, Farkas Pataki

1.10.2017, 12.30pm–4pm

TISCHLEIN DECK DICH is a free food sharing event: “Just come and taste what we have to offer.” The project team is collaborating with refugee homes and is going to donate the urban kitchen to one them after the festival.

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Get together

TISCHLEIN DECK DICH - Romanian cooking

Alexandra Trofin, Farkas Pataki

30.9.2017, 2pm–6pm

“Let us introduce you to Romanian culinary culture and come to meet us! This event is a form of self-presentation – about us, our project, and our origin.”

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Get together

TISCHLEIN DECK DICH - Party

Alexandra Trofin, Farkas Pataki

7.10.2017, 7pm–10pm

Abschlussveranstaltung in der Werkstadt15. Alle Köchinnen und Köche sowie all jene, die im Laufe der Woche vorbeigekommen sind, sind eingeladen, noch einmal gemeinsam zu feiern!

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Work-in-Progress

TISCHLEIN DECK DICH - Object Assembly

Alexandra Trofin, Farkas Pataki

29.9.2017, 2pm–6pm

Piece by piece, the urban kitchen designed by Vitamin Architects will arrive in Vienna. If the instructions are followed and nothing get’s lost, its assembly is a fun game: “Hands on, TISCHLEIN DECK DICH!”

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Get together

TISCHLEIN DECK DICH - Multicultural Cooking in the Park

Alexandra Trofin, Farkas Pataki

2.–6.10.2017

A City Full of Design, a park full of multiculturality! Each day, another nation will host a dinner at Braunhirschenpark. “Come and explore the multicultural richness through gastronomy and approach the people living in your city from a whole new angle.”

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Workshop

TISCHLEIN DECK DICH - Feedback workshop

Alexandra Trofin, Farkas Pataki

8.10.2017, 11am–1pm

“On the last day of the festival, we will still be open to your feedback! Give us your advice so we can do better next time!”

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Get together

TISCHLEIN DECK DICH - Cooking with local food

Alexandra Trofin, Farkas Pataki

7.10.2017, 2pm–4pm

Willing to find out about local food initiatives, the team of TISCHLEIN DECK DICH will be inviting culinary experts to introduce Vienna's food scene in a final cooking event. “Come, eat, and tell us about it!”

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Get together

TISCHLEIN DECK DICH - Cocktail

Alexandra Trofin, Farkas Pataki

30.9.2017, 7pm–10pm

Café PROSA is moving, TISCHLEIN DECK DICH about to start! Closing and opening party on one and the same spot.

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Work-in-Progress

TISCHLEIN DECK DICH

Alexandra Trofin, Farkas Pataki

29.9.–8.10.2017

The goal of social design is to sketch a social framework that encourages a new type of community cooperation. Of course, the process involved can also appeal to the palate, which was shown by the TISCHLEIN DECK DICH project, a ramble through the Focus District, a tour of the varied culinary realm … more

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Guest Country

Exhibition

THREADS OF TRADITION

Romanian Design Week, Rumänisches Kulturinstitut Wien

29.9.–8.10.2017

The threads of tradition were literally woven through the Festival Headquarters North, permeating it and creating a finely meshed narration about innovations from Romania’s dynamic design scene that reference the past. The showcase masterfully dealt with the most important thing, returning to … more

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PLATFORM

Presentation

THE SIXTH SENSE OF A BRAND

Studio Riebenbauer

5.–6.10.2017

“Every sense has its own scenario!” was the announcement for Studio Riebenbauer’s festival contribution. And the agency’s installation lived up to this in every way. The intention was to convey to visitors the sensuous brand perception through touch – from coatings of fruits and vegetables to … more

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Debut

Exhibition

THE ANSWERING MACHINE

Polytechnische Universität Timișoara, Fakultät für Architektur und Stadtplanung

29.9.–8.10.2017

A foray through individual life stories, life plans and realities of working life. Beginning with the idea of interpreting a training center as an allegorical answer machine for existential questions, the Polytechnic University of Timișoara’s department of architecture and urban planning presented … more

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Programme Partners

Talk

Talk “Reproduction”

Bildrecht | Bildraum 01

6.10.2017, 5pm

In the WIENER WERKSTÄTTE series the artist Caroline Heider reproduces and adapts fashion photos from the twenties that the Wiener Werkstätte once commissioned from Dora Kallmus, alias Madame d’Ora, and Arthur Benda. Heider intervenes in the picture arrangement by subtracting parts of the photocopy … more

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Talk

Talk “New Forms of Housing and Urban Densification”

Technisches Museum Wien

1.10.2017, 1pm

How do we want to live in the future? How do we want to organize our cities? And to whom will the city belong? As part of the exhibition THE URBAN FUTURE, the Technical Museum Vienna is showing projects that aim to rethink the city. What new forms of housing make urban densification not only … more

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Talk

Talk “Exoticism – Intimacy – Hedonism”

Hofmobiliendepot • Möbel Museum Wien

2.10.2017, 6.30pm–7pm

Ilsebill Barta, scientific head of the Hofmobiliendepot · Imperial Furniture Collection, talking to the designer Sebastian Menschhorn about the passion for things Oriental between the Rococo era and the Enlightenment and the transposition of the eighteenth-century world of ideas into contemporary … more

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Talk

Talk „Evolution Design“

Bene

2.10.2017, 6.45pm

Evolution – the organic transformation of our everyday work environment: Experts from the fields of furniture production, design, and architecture discuss the effects of social change, digitalization, mobility, and big data on the different facets of our working lives. Along with its new office … more

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Programme Partners

Talk

Talk “Design and Living Together”

Kunsthalle Wien, Ineke Hans

29.9.2017, 7pm

Design can tell far more about people than their personal taste. It is a way to perceive and adapt to the world. This happens on a private level as well as in communities to construct identities to separate them from others. Design as material culture can be read as a signature of underlying … more

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Talk

Talk “Design Thinking Live”

Blaha Büromöbel

3.10.2017, 6pm–7.30pm

The Road to Design in the Blaha Büro Ideen Zentrum (BIZ) presents the latest global trends surrounding the hot topics of office and creativity. The festival public discusses with experts, gains insight into pioneering solutions, and discovers not only the emotionalizing of the office space but also … more

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Talk

Talk “The Pragmaticism of Ineke Hans”

Kunsthalle Wien, Ineke Hans

28.9.2017, 6pm

Ineke Hans' output in design is not characterized by a uniform style, but rather by its context and relation to time. Her designs react to the social necessities of our time and the objects she creates involve features that relate to everyday social concerns. Interactions between people, objects … more

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PLATFORM

Presentation

OPEN DAY IN THE MOST ANALOGUE HOTEL ROOM IN THE WORLD

25hours Hotel beim MuseumsQuartier

6.10.2017, 10am–8pm

Digital detox as a design maxim: This is probably the most analogue hotel room in the world! After nearly two years of preparation, room 509, conceived by SUPERSENSE and 25hours Hotel, was opened to guests for the first time as part of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. An ideal place for anyone who’s … more

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Talk

Swarovski Designer Talk

27.9.2017, 7pm–9pm

To celebrate the unveiling of the second Atelier Swarovski Home collection during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Swarovski has invited two of its designers, Aldo Bakker and Kim Thomé to talk about their inspirations, designs and creative process. Aldo Bakker, a trained silversmith and a jewelry and product … more

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Talk

SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION

Spirit Design

5.10.2017, 5pm

Spirit Design ensures that design is being rethought and expanded – all the way to Brazil. Because there, the Austrian innovation enterprise is at present enjoying success with the sustainability project Atmove. This originated in the idea of supporting farmers in emerging markets with small … more

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Studio Illustration

Work-in-Progress

STUDIO ILLUSTRATION - Theresa Hattinger

Theresa Hattinger

4.10.2017, 11am–8pm

Ten Days. Ten Designers. Ten Posters.

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Studio Illustration

Work-in-Progress

STUDIO ILLUSTRATION - Sorina Vazelina

Sorina Vazelina

2.10.2017, 11am–8pm

Ten Days. Ten Designers. Ten Posters.

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Studio Illustration

Work-in-Progress

STUDIO ILLUSTRATION - Saddo

Saddo

6.10.2017, 11am–8pm

Ten Days. Ten Designers. Ten Posters.

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Studio Illustration

Work-in-Progress

STUDIO ILLUSTRATION - Paul Riedmüller

Paul Riedmüller

8.10.2017, 11am–8pm

Ten Days. Ten Designers. Ten Posters.

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Studio Illustration

Work-in-Progress

STUDIO ILLUSTRATION - Kitra

Kitra

7.10.2017, 11am–8pm

Ten Days. Ten Designers. Ten Posters.

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Studio Illustration

Work-in-Progress

STUDIO ILLUSTRATION - Kape Illustration

Kape Illustration

3.10.2017, 11am–8pm

Ten Days. Ten Designers. Ten Posters.

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Studio Illustration

Work-in-Progress

STUDIO ILLUSTRATION - Franziska Romana

Franziska Romana

30.9.2017, 11am–8pm

Ten Days. Ten Designers. Ten Posters.

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Studio Illustration

Work-in-Progress

STUDIO ILLUSTRATION - Francesco Ciccolella

Francesco Ciccolella

5.10.2017, 11am–8pm

Ten Days. Ten Designers. Ten Posters.

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Studio Illustration

Work-in-Progress

STUDIO ILLUSTRATION - Emanuel Jesse

Emanuel Jesse

29.9.2017, 11am–8pm

Ten Days. Ten Designers. Ten Posters.

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Studio Illustration

Work-in-Progress

STUDIO ILLUSTRATION - Dasha Zaichanka

Dasha Zaichanka

1.10.2017, 11am–8pm

Ten Days. Ten Designers. Ten Posters.

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Studio Illustration

Work-in-Progress

STUDIO ILLUSTRATION

Erwin K. Bauer, Emanuel Jesse, Franziska Romana, Dasha Zaichanka, Sorina Vazelina, Kape Illustration, Theresa Hattinger, Francesco Ciccolella, Saddo, Kitra, Paul Riedmüller

29.9.–8.10.2017

Ten Days. Ten Designers. Ten Posters. … The experiment kicks off on the evening of the opening. All visitors are given tags at the entrance, which are then pinned on ten empty posters. On each of the following festival days, designers from Austria, the Guest Country Romania, and Germany create an … more

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PLATFORM

Exhibition

STADTFABRIK: NEUE ARBEIT. NEUES DESIGN.

29.9.–1.10.2017

StadtFabrik: Neue Arbeit. Neues Design.

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PLATFORM

Exhibition

CityFactory: New Work. New Design.

MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst

29.9.–1.10.2017

A project by the Vienna Business Agency with its creative center departure and the MAK … In the framework of the VIENNA BIENNALE 2017, the exhibition City Factory: New Work. New Design will develop three socially relevant topics about the work of the future: new creative work and transdisciplinary … more

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PLATFORM

Presentation

Speed interior designing

Wildwood

3.10.2017, 5pm

Wood, what would you want more? The new online platform wildwood is presenting its first products, staged in its temporary facilities in a versatile program – including the Designers Dinner, free drinks, and Hornig coffee, even speed dating for interiors with VIERZUEINS DESIGN – thus giving the … more

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PLATFORM

Exhibition

SPANNWERK

29.9.–4.10.2017

Bending wood is a traditional processing method that became widespread in Europe, in part thanks to Vienna’s long-established Thonet company. Starting with this technique, the Three-Dimensional Design and Model Building at Vienna’s University of Technology examined the field of product design at … more

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PLATFORM

Presentation

SONIC RUG – A FREQUENCY MODULATING TEXTILE INTERFACE

Selina Reiterer, Ruby Marie Hotel & Bar

30.9.–8.10.2017

A rug is what makes a room comfortable, which is true in this case too. Thanks to her artistic work with the theme of smart textiles – resulting in a black-and-white rug as an interface – Selina Reiterer connected soft material and the digital world so that the literally tangible quality of crafts … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

SCHIELE GOES 3-D – FROM PORTRAIT TO SCULPTURE

Hg5

29.9.–8.10.2017

Herrengasse is a hot spot: As a vital platform for contemporary and traditional design, Hg5 invited young Austrian designers to present themselves and their work in temporary showcases at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2017. Lucretia Schmidt, based in London, created sculptural representations of famous … more

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Presentation

ROAD TO DESIGN UND WERKSFÜHRUNGEN

Blaha Büromöbel

29.9.–6.10.2017

The journey was the reward. The Road to Design in Korneuburg’s Blaha Büro Ideen Zentrum (BIZ), to be precise. The renowned creator presented the latest global trends relating to the important fields of office and creativity. Following an invitation to a discussion with innovation experts, the … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Workshop

RE-TRACING HOME - Workshops

Guerilla Architects

29.9.–2.10.2017

What does home mean? The creative drawing and writing workshops bring new arrivals, social workers, designers, and visitors together for knowledge sharing about the old, the new, and the “ideal” home. The workshops investigate how far speaking, writing, and drawing with different voices and … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

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RE-TRACING HOME - Tearoom

Guerilla Architects

29.–7.10.2017

Tea and snacks help to motivate people in an informal setting to talk about the shared or different ideas of homeland and home from the point of view of refugees, partner organizations, and visitors of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK: Hand-out workshop documents will motivate further ideas, discussions, and … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Guided Tour

RE-TRACING HOME - City tours

Guerilla Architects

29.9.–2.10.2017

Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus is a multicultural urban district with a mixed neighborhood. The city tours with new arrivals include visits of various public spaces in this year’s Focus District. What does Vienna look like seen through their eyes? Where are their favorite places? What do they miss most? City … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Exhibition

RE-TRACING HOME - Finissage

Guerilla Architects

8.10.2017, 5pm–8pm

What does an “ideal” home look like? Based on the encounters of the city tours and the results of the five-day workshop, during the second half of the festival an “ideal” home will be built. Visitors are invited to experience the social and spatial sculpture in person and talk to the participants … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Workshop

RE-TRACING HOME - Construction workshops

Guerilla Architects

4.–7.10.2017

Building an “ideal” home: Based on the results of the creative workshop, an installation is created on the theme: How do we want to live? What should our home look like? The workshop is a work in progress and the outcomes are open. It enables participants to conceive, plan, and realize an “ideal” … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Exhibition

RE-TRACING HOME - Exhibition at OPENmarx

Guerilla Architects

3.10.2017, 5pm–10pm

The project’s half time is marked by a temporary exhibition to inform people on the interim status and results of the workshops. An evening event will provide the background for a public debate involving all participants, partners, and visitors in a knowledge sharing session on the meaning of home … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Work-in-Progress

RE-TRACING HOME

Guerilla Architects

29.9.–8.10.2017

What does being at home mean? While exploring this concept, the international collective Guerilla Architects’ two-phase project examined how the skills and sociocultural backgrounds of refugees can be transferred to the architecture and planning of alternative types of dwellings. The didactic and … more

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PLATFORM

Exhibition

RADO STAR PRIZE AUSTRIA 2017

Rado

28.9.–8.10.2017

And the winner is: Flora Miranda. To kick off the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the Swiss watch brand Rado revealed the winner of the 2017 Rado Star Prize Austria design competition. From January to August, emerging Austrian talents were invited to present their installations in the Rado Boutique shop … more

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PLATFORM

Preisverleihung

Award “PIXEL ART”

Bene

2.10.2017, 8pm

Evolution – the organic transformation of our everyday work environment: Experts from the fields of furniture production, design, and architecture discuss the effects of social change, digitalization, mobility, and big data on the different facets of our working lives. Along with its new office … more

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Guest Country

Exhibition

PLAY&REWIND – MEMORIES, GAMES AND TALES IN ROMANIAN DESIGN

Romanian Design Week, Rumänisches Kulturinstitut Wien

29.9.–8.10.2017

Wooden cars and planes, a colorful card game, candelabra, desk sets, and more. Initiated by the Romanian Design Week, the group show focused on childhood, the living memory of this period, humanity’s first phase of existence. In the kind of high-quality contribution we expect from the Romanian … more

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Presentation

PETALS & LEAVES: FLORAL BOWL SETS MADE OF COLORED PORCELAIN

feinedinge*

29.–7.10.2017

A festival wouldn’t be a festival without Sandra Haischberger. Granted, the flowers presented by the porcelain manufactory at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2017 contributed to justifying this statement: Beginning with floral basic elements, the manufactory feinedinge*, located in Vienna, used a … more

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1+1=1 / HOW DO YOU FIT FIVE PEOPLE ONTO TWO CHAIRS?

30.9.2017, 6.30pm

SITZFLÄCHE enjoys the status of being an institution in the 15th district. Since 2009, it has been a showroom for design chairs and at the same time a platform for social integration – and makes seating options into places of encounter, even in the public space. At this interface of private and … more

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VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar

Passionswege

Presentation

Pavillon_35 with Saint Charles Apotheke

Saint Charles Apotheke, pavillon_35, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

29.9.–7.10.2017

Smoking to improve your health? It’s possible! Together with Alexander Ehrmann, a sixth-generation pharmacist, pavillon_35 members Günter Seyfried, Kristin Weissenberger, and Moya Hoke served in Saint Charles Alimentary a three-course menu, one intended to bring all the forest’s sensory experiences … more

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Passionswege

Presentation

Pavillon_35 Apotheke

Saint Charles Apotheke

29.9.–7.10.2017

The Saint Charles Apotheke in Vienna isn’t a pharmacy in the conventional sense. Here, you can find not only registered orthodox medicaments, but also traditional European medicines and self-mixed natural cosmetics. There is a coherent philosophy behind this: “The herbs we find on our doorstep, we … more

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Special

Exhibition

PANZERSCHRANK POTEMKIN

Virgil Widrich

29.9.–8.10.2017

A dream of a project – one that celebrated a cinematic dream: “When strongrooms are retired, they quite often dream of the cinema – and of the time when break-ins were physical actions, gold bars and bundles of banknotes were still real, and hermetically sealed chambers developed by master … more

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Presentation

ORNAMENT SMITHIES – Presentation

Karak

7.10.2017, 6pm

Creative workshop becomes temporary fabric and fashion smithy. In the facilities of die ProtoTypen, different fabrics are printed with ornaments from the Karak tile factory in Vorarlberg and then processed by the Viennese fashion label meshit. The one-offs produced in this ephemeral process are … more

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Work-in-Progress

ORNAMENT SMITHIES

Karak

29.9.–8.10.2017

Inspired by the English verb “to mesh,” the name of the Viennese fashion label meshit, which Karak convinced to become a partner in 2017, was programmatic. Characterized by the connection and combination of seemingly contrary elements, a traditional technique using wooden models was employed in the … more

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Presentation

Open house in the workshop (NUT & FEDER)

BUY SOCIAL DESIGN

6.10.2017, 10am–2pm

How design can make a contribution to a better world is shown by the social businesses GOODGOODs, magdas DESIGN, NUT & FEDER, and zerunianandweisz for MBQ. All four initiatives combine the work of international designers with the handicraft skills of people facing special challenges – and then … more

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Exhibition

#OFFLINE – DESIGN FOR THE (GOOD OLD) REAL WORLD

Spazio Pulpo, breadedEscalope, chmara.rosinke, Klemens Schillinger, Patrick Rampelotto

29.9.–8.10.2017

The insider festival tip that isn’t really a secret. At most, it’s difficult to find. But after walking through the picturesque courtyard and climbing the narrow staircase, you’ll find a mixture of exuberance and design positions on the cutting edge. chmara.rosinke, breadedEscalope, Klemens … more

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Exhibition

ON THE TOP LEFT

mischer'traxler studio

29.9.–7.10.2017

Cabinet of curiosities, designsmithy: Both describe the workshop of mischer’traxler studio on Sechshauser Straße. What the festival audience could see here in 2017 was nothing less than overwhelming thanks to its careful presentation. On a tour of discovery between workday routine and the materials … more

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Exhibition

MORPHOSIS, A DESIGN EXHIBITION

Schloss Hollenegg for Design

29.9.–8.10.2017

Always worth a visit: Schloss Hollenegg for Design south of Graz. For the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the lady of the castle, design aficionado Alice Stori Liechtenstein, presented excerpts of pieces from a show she curated at the Festival Headquarters North in the Blaues Haus. Five positions by emerging … more

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Work-in-Progress

WISHFUL FURNITURE

Glein Manufakturmöbel aus Wien

30.9.–8.10.2017

1 Drop in. – 2 Sketch pictures of furniture on postcards. – 3 Win. That’s all there is to the simple concept of this manufactory, which specializes in contemporary furniture and shoes made of high-quality, durable materials. And people answered this call. Lots of them. Desks, loft beds, shoes rack … more

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Workshop

WITH HAND AND HEART: IKAT DYEING WITH VEGETABLE DYES

29.9.–1.10.2017

The ingredients are acorns, oak apple, and aluminum wool. The process is known as ikat. Though it may seem to have been the case, in the Vorarlberg company TISCA’s booth there was neither adulteration nor fooling around with natural cooking. An extremely high-precision process was used there to … more

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Passionswege

Presentation

Matthias Lehner with Hegenbart Kupferschmiede

Hegenbart Kupferschmiede, Matthias Lehner, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

29.9.–7.10.2017

Roman Hegenbart, master coppersmith and a member of the fourth generation to run his family’s long-established company, is familiar with all metalworking methods. You could even call him Iron Man. Hegenbart’s motto: “Anything goes!” And he was backed up by the Passionswege project with the Munich … more

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Talk

MAK DESIGN SUMMIT: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – GENUINE EMOTIONS. HOW ROBOTS SHAPE OUR LIVES

MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst

30.9.2017, 2pm–6pm

Today, we depend on intelligent devices to get us through our daily lives. We trust our smart assistants to navigate us through strange cities, remind us of appointments, and keep us informed at all times on any given topic. Anyone who’s had to dispense with a smartphone for an entire (work) day … more

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Presentation

MAK DESIGN NITE: AUDIO INSTALLATION AND HAPPENING – ROLF SACHS

MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst

3.10.2017, 7pm

The performances and interactive installations in the often-lively MAK Design Nite are part of every VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. This was no different in 2017, when the focus was word and sound. First, Rolf Sachs created an installation that triggered emotions and invited visitors to engage in … more

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Talk

LOCAL COLOR

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

8.10.2017, 4pm

Between hot spot and focus, gentrification and ghettoization, between district festival and neighborhood branding: How do urban districts work on their image to manage the transition from workers’ district to creative hub? How do they exploit the public space? And how far do they need a critical … more

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Exhibition

LOBMEYR CONTEMPORARY: ENTWÜRFE SEIT 2000 / DESIGN SINCE 2000

J. & L. Lobmeyr

29.9.–7.10.2017

After more than 100 new designs, it was time to take stock. Andreas, Leonid, and Johannes Rath who in the sixth generation head the firm of J. & L. Lobmeyr established since 1823, presented an exhibition and a book published by Birkhäuser on the first phase of their creative period. The book is a … more

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Presentation

LeveL – THE FRAGILE BALANCE OF UTOPIA

MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst

29.9.–1.10.2017

In their installation LeveL – THE FRAGILE BALANCE OF UTOPIA, the designers of mischer’traxler studio (Katharina Mischer and Thomas Traxler) analyze the bipolarity of utopia as a complex construct of individual and social ideals: a fragile system as a balancing act that takes into account the needs … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Workshop

LEBENSWELTEN - Workshops “INI PART– What Moves Me?“

Dementia. Arts. Society. – D.A.S.

1.–6.10.2017

This artistic intervention allows participants to take a new look at themselves. What are the things that make us forget time and space? Passions and interests become visible when filling the tree of potentials, which will be provided for each participant. Links between people with and without … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Work-in-Progress

LEBENSWELTEN - Work in Progress „Sensual Fake“

Dementia. Arts. Society. – D.A.S.

3.–6.10.2017

By means of unconventional design objects, the project calls attention to the challenges people with dementia experience.

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Talk

LEBENSWELTEN - Talk

Dementia. Arts. Society. – D.A.S.

5.10.2017, 6pm

The transdisciplinary team of Dementia. Arts. Society. – D.A.S. introduces itself and talks about the personal experiences in the context of its Stadtarbeit project. How did the individual team members perceive the different participatory workshops and interactions in the public space? What kind of … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Exhibition

LEBENSWELTEN - Public drawing “Familiar and yet Strange“

Dementia. Arts. Society. – D.A.S.

1.–8.10.2017

We all have experiences with confusion and order, feeling familiar and foreign – at any age. Drawings in public space document disorientation and put it up for discussion. Also, various musicians will interpret these contributions to the “Archive of Confusions” (Mateus-Berr) live as musical … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Exhibition

LEBENSWELTEN - Finissage

Dementia. Arts. Society. – D.A.S.

8.10.2017, 3pm–5pm

The team of Dementia. Arts. Society. – D.A.S. invites all visitors and cooperation partners to an inspiring closing event with food, drinks, and workshops.

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LEBENSWELTEN - Opening

Dementia. Arts. Society. – D.A.S.

30.9.2017, 3pm–5pm

The opening event takes place at the café of the project partner Ingrid Leodolter Haus. Visitors will have the chance to experience the public interactions “Familiar and yet Strange“ as well as “Sensual Fake”.

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Work-in-Progress

LEBENSWELTEN

Dementia. Arts. Society. – D.A.S.

29.9.–8.10.2017

Busy Kardinal-Rauscher-Platz surrounding the neo-Gothic brick church near Johnstraße seems like a biotope for all kinds of social milieus. Harmonizing the types of worlds to be found here was the goal of the participative project LEBENSWELTEN, which focused on examining the theme of dementia … more

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Presentation

LAUNCH AND POP-UP-STORE

Wildwood, Lavinia Hausner und Christian Lutz

29.9.–8.10.2017

What does design feel like? Just like that! For wildwood’s launch, visitors were invited to demonstrate their sensuous skills with the aid of an interactive furniture-sculpture piece and then get to know the initial products sold on the new online platform. wildwood doesn’t just join new design and … more

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CHROMATIC ARCHITECTURE

RWA Architetti

29.9.–8.10.2017

The combination was perfect: Italian aperitivo culture coupled with architectural verve, set in a former antique store in Vienna. The international Italian architecture and interior architecture studio RWA_Architetti (Ruffo Wolf and partners) showed a selection of radiantly colorful and … more

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Guided Tour

COMMUNCIATION SPACES OF THE FUTURE

Veech x Veech

29.9.2017, 10.30am

For nearly 25 years, the internationally renowned architecture and design bureau Veech X Veech have been producing innovative and prizewinning projects, including the impressive overall solutions for broadcast media enterprises, among them ORF – The Austrian … Broadcasting Corporation, Al Jazeera … more

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Children's Workshop

Children’s workshop with eematico

Meșteshukar ButiQ, zerunianandweisz

7.10.2017, 10am–2pm

Based on the exhibits by zerunianandweisz, eematico is organizing a hands-on workshop for five- to eight-year-olds: The children use different materials to make toy versions of the figural exhibits FIDDLER, PFEIFFER & SCHLAU. Wood, string, wire, paper, and cardboard are cut, polished, glued … more

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Children's Workshop

Children’s workshop “Hello, Rocking Robots!”

MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst

30.9.2017, 2pm–4pm

Two MAK Design Kids workshops for eight- to twelve-year-olds (without accompanying persons). The 30.9. has the motto “Hello, Rattling Robots!”. In the current exhibition HELLO, ROBOT., children get to know the robot species in all their forms, meanwhile exploring the meaning of artificial … more

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Children's Workshop

Children’s workshop “Film Away!”

MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst

7.10.2017, 2pm–4pm

Two MAK Design Kids workshops for eight- to twelve-year-olds (without accompanying persons). The 30.9. has the motto “Hello, Rattling Robots!”. In the current exhibition HELLO, ROBOT., children get to know the robot species in all their forms, meanwhile exploring the meaning of artificial … more

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Passionswege

Presentation

Katharina Eisenköck with Petz Hornmanufaktur

Petz Hornmanufaktur, Katharina Eisenköck, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

29.9.–7.10.2017

A village in the city. An enchanted horn manufactory in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus’ Nobilegasse. The workshop, founded in 1862, is accessed through an ivy-covered courtyard. It’s filled with the unique smell of horn, and magically sparkling dust fills the air. This place seems to belong to a bygone era.

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Passionswege

Presentation

Jólan van der Wiel with J. & L. Lobmeyr

J. & L. Lobmeyr, Jólan van der Wiel, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

29.9.–7.10.2017

“Let nature do the job.” This premise guided the work Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel did for the long-established Viennese company J. & L. Lobmeyr – “An inspiring and overwhelming place for designers.” He produced a vase inspired by the flow of water and staged the company’s products in its … more

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Exhibition

IT FEELS! DESIGN FOR THE SENSES

Polnisches Institut Wien

3.–8.10.2017

We can feel you, Poland! And not just in a social sense. According to the motto “Our bodies tell stories worth listening to,” the show curated by Agata Kiedrowicz collected functional and visionary thesis projects from Poznań’s School of Form. All of them, from a corsage to a cosmetic product, are … more

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Exhibition

IS MA WUARSCHT: THE VIENNESE WÜRSTELSTAND, RELOADED

Heimat Wien – Agentur für Veränderung

29.9.–8.10.2017

Everything eventually comes to an end, even the design competition of Heimat Wien. Unfortunately. In the leadup to the festival the agency invited sausage stands to reevaluate in light of the architectural, cultural and social developments of the past few years. The jury, Georg Feichtinger, Josef … more

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Exhibition

INNER STRUCTURE – NATURAL REALITIES

Lavinia Hausner und Christian Lutz

29.9.–8.10.2017

That’s wood too, and that’s leather too. The only difference is the perspective, and the method of processing. By emphasizing inner structures, Lavinia Hausner and Christian Lutz put on display qualities of the two materials that are rarely paid attention to. For example, what happens when inner … more

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INCLUSIVE, ANALOGUE, AND DIGITAL

NOUS

3.10.2017, 5pm

How can art be experienced without looking at it? How can visual content be translated into an audio and tactile experience? And in general: How might inclusive design in museums look in the future? NOUS presented an award-winning example, the joint project Eye to Ear, which focuses on the cultural … more

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Exhibition

Ineke Hans. Was ist Loos?

Kunsthalle Wien, Ineke Hans

29.9.–8.10.2017

Vienna revisited? For the exhibition in the Kunsthalle Wien, Dutch native Ineke Hans developed new hybrid works that thematize Vienna as a site for design and production on the one hand, and on the other point out new ways to develop and distribute design. Similarly to Adolf Loos, Hans questions … more

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IN RELATION

MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, mischer'traxler studio

29.9.–7.10.2017

Insects circle the lights, bumping against the glass. Mushrooms sprout. Felt stools that resemble tree trunks surround the installations. If you close your eyes, the soundscape’s reminiscent of warm summer nights in the woods. As a spinoff and advancement of earlier works, IN RELATION’s objects … more

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IDEAS COMPETITION: KINDER, KINDER! NEW DESIGN IDEAS FOR A PLAYFUL CITY

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

5.10.2017, 6.30pm

For the Vienna Business Agency’s competition of ideas, creatives, producers, manufacturers, and everyone else was invited to share their perspectives – focusing on cities through the eyes of children. All the submissions – design concepts, innovative technologies, and sharing models – represented … more

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VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Petra Rautenstrauch

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HOTEL BELLE SOL

1.10.2017, 12pm–6pm

Lotus Belle and SolCube demonstrate how an empty space can be transformed to provide a luxurious experience! With their minimalist design and high-quality materials – Lotus Belle tents, created by British designer Harriet Seddon, bring Glamping to the next level. They attract attention, whether in … more

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Presentation

AUTUMN COLLECTIONS OF THE COLEFAX & FOWLER GROUP

Vienna Fabrics & Design

6.10.2017, 10am–6pm

As a furnishing house for textile design, Vienna Fabrics & Design presents the most comprehensive range in Vienna of high-quality decorative textiles by renowned international and national producers. Vienna Fabrics & Design provides individual solutions for textile applications both in private … more

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Exhibition

HELLO, ROBOT. DESIGN BETWEEN HUMAN AND MACHINE

MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst

29.9.–1.10.2017

Guided tours are essential educational tools. This is also true when creating contact with the omnipresent robot species. Robotics – driven by Digital Modernity – has already fundamentally altered our working and daily lives. HELLO, ROBOT. told the story of a convergence of human and machine. More … more

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Global Tools – Design Education Today

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

2.10.2017, 4pm

New territories always mean new challenges and chances. This is true of upcoming designers as much as of the institutions where they are trained in the hope of becoming such. In times of an ever-broadening concept of design, both sides are often faced with the same questions: Specialization or … more

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Presentation

GLASS ARTIST

Glashütte Comploj

29.9.–7.10.2017

A punk attitude meets a glass-art aesthetic meets a hipster neighborhood: Robert Comploj is a master of glass art, and his bold and innovative work methods are well known outside Austria. After learning his craft in Murano, Comploj spent several years as an apprentice in North America and Denmark.

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GIVE LIFE A CHANGE: A NEW PLATFORM

design:mikimartinek

29.9.–8.10.2017

The technical problems of printing were incidental to Miki Martinek’s contribution at most. While the presentation’s context, dr.uckerei Riegelnik in the 8th district, played an important role, the focus of the GIVE LIFE A CHANGE design service was primarily projects that contribute to sustained … more

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Exhibition

G: Studio visit

4.10.2017, 5pm

Starting out from the project Langsames Licht / Slow Light in the Wachau region, for which the artist produced a chandelier in 2015, Siegrun Appelt has made other objects in Czech glassworks in the glassmaking region of North Bohemia. In 2016, Appelt worked for instance with OLED technology … more

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Exhibition

G

29.9.–8.10.2017

Starting out from the project Langsames Licht / Slow Light in the Wachau region, for which the artist produced a chandelier in 2015, Siegrun Appelt has made other objects in Czech glassworks in the glassmaking region of North Bohemia. In 2016, Appelt worked for instance with OLED technology … more

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Guided Tour

Guided tour “How Do You Create an Exhibition?”

Technisches Museum Wien mit österreichischer Mediathek

1.10.2017, 2pm

How do we want to live in the future? How do we want to organize our cities? And to whom will the city belong? As part of the exhibition THE URBAN FUTURE, the Technical Museum Vienna is showing projects that aim to rethink the city. What new forms of housing make urban densification not only … more

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Exhibition

FRESH AIR FOR PROTOTYPES

undpartner

5.–6.10.2017

A festival like the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK offers opportunities to exhibit new products, try out bold experiments, and explore entirely different types of presentation. The approach chosen by Barbara Gollackner and Michael Walder could be termed contrarian. In the Mediterranean ambiance of the Hotel am … more

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Exhibition

FOOD DESIGN & KITCHEN HACKING

New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten

29.9.–8.10.2017

What do a piece of meat in the shape of a cat and a dinner table have in common with a seesaw? That’s right. Both could be part of our daily life in 2040. They could! Bachelor degree students worked on ideas and products relating to the culture of cooking and eating, the kitchen space, and cooking … more

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Presentation

FIDDLER, PFEIFFER & SCHLAU

Meșteshukar ButiQ, zerunianandweisz

29.9.–8.10.2017

Friendly monster designs by the design monster zerunianandweisz conquered the Festival Headquarters South on Sparkassaplatz. The former was created in cooperation with Meșteshukar ButiQ (MBQ), which is dedicated to supporting traditional Roma crafts. Together with the craftspeople, Nadja Zerunian … more

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Party

FESTIVAL SUNDOWNER

Ruby Marie Hotel & Bar

4.10.2017, 8pm

An after show over the rooftops of Vienna. While Austrian and international guests gathered for a fitting celebration of the design spectacle’s conclusion with cocktails and chillout beats, visitors tore up the ground-floor event space. Not a red carpet, but that of the interactive installation … more

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Presentation

EXHIBITS FROM THE ATELIER SWAROVSKI HOME COLLECTION

Swarovski Kristallwelten Store Wien

29.9.–7.10.2017

No one disagrees that it’s impossible to maintain a balance of innovative energy, artistic crafts, and exceptional quality and precision as convincingly as Swarovski. Once again, this was made clear by the latest objects in the Swarovski Home Collection. The Dutch designer Aldo Bakker’s modular … more

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Preisverleihung

ExtraVALUE Design Award

Erste Bank

7.10.2017, 5pm

The Erste Bank ExtraVALUE Design Award is being presented this year for the third time. Sat 7.10., 5pm in the Festival Headquarters South at Sparkassaplatz followed by a presentation of the winning project. … Stadtarbeit means togetherness. Design in general makes our world more beautiful and … more

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Presentation

A POP-UP SHOP FOR FURNISHING AND DESIGN PRODUCTS

BUY SOCIAL DESIGN

29.–8.10.2017

Design represents much more than planning and shaping material goods. The fact that design, for example, can improve the world was shown by the social businesses GOODGOODs, magdas DESIGN, NUT & FEDER, and zerunianandweisz for MBQ. All four link the work of designers and manual skills of individuals … more

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Talk

EAST MEETS WEST: HENRY STEINER IN VIENNA

designaustria

2.10.2017, 5pm–7pm

In Hong Kong, you can see his work nearly everywhere – on billboards, banks, and all kinds of buildings. People even have it in their pockets in the form of banknotes. Henry Steiner, who has been named the “father of Hong Kong design”, was born as Hans Steiner in Vienna in 1934. In 1939, the … more

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Work-in-Progress

DRAWING PUBLIC SPACE - Work in Progress

ECÒL

29.9.–4.10.2017

„We define pure geometry as an accomplished architectural gesture, as an immediate spatial producer. Looking for a new iconography still rich of symbolism, we use geometry as a tool to intuitively address human reactions and to trigger spontaneous social engagement.“ Treated as an urban canvas, the … more

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Exhibition

DRAWING PUBLIC SPACE - „Urban Exhibition“

ECÒL

5.–6.10.2017

The intervention is completed! – Geometry has temporarily transformed the square. For two days, the making process will be stopped, the space is ready to be exhibited, contemplated, and populated. “Come and step on it! It's time for the pattern to be inhabited.”

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Exhibition

DRAWING PUBLIC SPACE - Finissage „Dismantling Performance“

ECÒL

8.10.2017, 3pm–8pm

Step by step! The layers of tape will not be removed as quickly and simultaneously as possible (as compared to a usual dismantling process). During a public act, a structured choreography involving not only the working team, but also locals and visitors, framed areas, and unexpected paths emerge … more

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DRAWING PUBLIC SPACE - Cocktail

ECÒL

30.9.2017, 6pm–10pm

To launch its public intervention DRAWING PUBLIC SPACE at Schwendermarkt, the team of ECÒL hosts an opening cocktail at Improper Walls – logistic base during the construction workshop – to illustrate the project, visions, and the social effects aimed for. A small prototype of the drawn carpet to be … more

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DRAWING PUBLIC SPACE - Block Party

ECÒL

7.10.2017, 7pm–10pm

It's time to celebrate! The square has been established as a vivid meeting place. Local inhabitants, friends, visitors, architects, and children gather to celebrate the project’s results at the ultimate party. The market café and shop Landkind serves with food, booze, music, and fun!

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VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria Noisternig

Stadtarbeit – City Work

Work-in-Progress

DRAWING PUBLIC SPACE

ECÒL

29.9.–8.10.2017

Form follows Focus District! With the goal of fundamentally improving the appearance and perception of an outdoor market, the Schwendermarkt, both during the festival and in the future, a large-scale pattern of graphic symbols was created. Lines, tiles and pathways created in the middle of … more

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Exhibition

THE URBAN FUTURE_CHANGING CITY TOGETHER

Technisches Museum Wien

29.9.–8.10.2017

How do we want to live in the future? How do we want to organize our cities? And who will own them? As part of the exhibition DIE ZUKUNFT DER STADT, the Technical Museum Vienna searched for projects intended to rethink the city and conveyed the resulting knowledge in the form of workshops, talks … more

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Presentation

RADO TRUE DESIGN EDITIONS 2017

Rado

29.9.–8.10.2017

A watch for every space, a scenario for every watch. At the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the Swiss watch brand Rado presented a limited series of exclusive chronometers that were given a unique touch by the renowned designers of the popular Rado True (such as Rainer Mutsch, Oskar Zięta and BIG-GAME). All of … more

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Talk

DESIGN CONFERENCE: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FOOD DESIGN

New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten

30.9.2017, 3pm–7pm

Nothing uses up so many resources, changes the climate as radically, or is such an economic and survival factor as our daily food. Thus, no field of design is positioned so close to the lever of change as food design! Together with the international food design top stars Sonia Massari (IT) … more

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Exhibition

DESIGNING CRAFT, CRAFTING DESIGN

Werkraum Bregenzerwald

29.9.–8.10.2017

Urban or rural? What sounds like opposites in this case turned out to be a symbiotic relationship, fertile soil, a playground for young London designers. Under the direction of the design collective diaméter, students of the Royal College of Art (RCA) London were inspired to reflect on their … more

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Get together

Designers Dinner

Wildwood

5.10.2017, 7pm

Wood, what would you want more? The new online platform wildwood is presenting its first products, staged in its temporary facilities in a versatile program – including the Designers Dinner, free drinks, and Hornig coffee, even speed dating for interiors with VIERZUEINS DESIGN – thus giving the … more

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Talk

Design in Romania – Design from Romania

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

8.10.2017, 2pm

Design made in Romania! The Guest Country of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2017 was Romania. Alongside the key themes, the regional focus is reflected particularly in the presence of many Romanian designers, who were represented in very diverse ways across the board of all festival formats. A welcome … more

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DESIGN IN FILM: Workshop “Costume Design/Concept Realization”

VÖF – Verband österreichischer FilmausstatterInnen (Austrian Filmdesigners Association)

30.9.2017, 4pm–6pm

As part of an event lasting several days, the VÖF – Austrian Filmdesigners Association celebrates its 30th anniversary and showcases the styledefining effect of film design. A film show with subsequent talk with team members spotlights exemplary works by Austrian film designers, curated by Hoanzl … more

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DESIGN IM FILM: Workshop “Costume in Film/Job Descriptions“

VÖF – Verband österreichischer FilmausstatterInnen (Austrian Filmdesigners Association)

1.10.2017, 4pm–6pm

As part of an event lasting several days, the VÖF – Austrian Filmdesigners Association celebrates its 30th anniversary and showcases the styledefining effect of film design. A film show with subsequent talk with team members spotlights exemplary works by Austrian film designers, curated by Hoanzl … more

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DESIGN IN FILM: SET – COSTUME DESIGN – PROPS – TAILORING

VÖF – Verband österreichischer FilmausstatterInnen (Austrian Filmdesigners Association)

29.9.–1.10.2017

What would a film be without the right scenery, without authentic props and suitable production design? For its 30th anniversary, the Association of Austrian Filmdesigners fittingly celebrated Austrian film design with a program including screenings, panel discussions, workshops, and a wardrobe … more

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Design Everyday

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DESIGN EVERYDAY – DESIGN FÜR DEN GEBRAUCH

29.9.–8.10.2017

Twenty-eight contemporary products created by a veritable who’s who of Austrian designers. Bordered by matte-black corrugated sheets and highlighted by means of bright-red displays, the objects at Georg Schnitzer and Peter Umgeher’s show, conceived and curated at the invitation of the VIENNA DESIGN … more

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Guided Tour

THE FARAWAY LAND – Short guided tours

2.10.2017, 6pm–6.30pm

Introduction to Maria-Theresian Rococo with Schönbrunn Palace as an example in the exhibition “300 Years of Maria Theresa” with the curator Elfriede Iby. Reduced admission 6 €

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THE FARAWAY LAND – BORDERS ARE ONLY IN THE MIND

29.9.–8.10.2017

You could call it the festival’s best-furnished home away from home: Vienna’s Imperial Furniture Collection has been a fixture of each VIENNA DESIGN WEEK for some time. In 2017, the occasion was an exhibition dedicated to Maria Theresa, and an installation by Sebastian Menschhorn was there to … more

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Education

Guided Tour

DEPARTURE TOUR 3: DESIGN IN FOCUS

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, mischer'traxler studio

6.10.2017, 11am–2pm

What was true before the festival is still the case today: “More and more design studios are relocating to the 15th urban district – firstly, because it’s near the center, secondly, because of the relatively reasonable rents.” In the course of this Focus tour, participants visited the design … more

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Education

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DEPARTURE TOUR 2: LOCAL PRODUCTION IN FOCUS

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

4.10.2017, 11am–1.30pm

“Spotted: three locals.” As it turned out, what we used as a motto for this tour in the Guide 2017, inspired by a well-known travel platform, couldn’t be more fitting. Participants visited companies that produce goods in the Focus District, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, and learned about them: Starting … more

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Education

Guided Tour

DEPARTURE TOUR 1: ARCHITECTURE IN FOCUS

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

3.10.2017, 4pm–6pm

The eclectic neighborhood tour through the southern portion of Vienna’s 15th district began at the Festival Headquarters South, once a branch of the Zentralsparkasse bank which was revamped by Johann Georg Gsteu from 1970 to 1974. Heading north, participants then explored urban developments in the … more

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DEPARTURE TALK 3: DESIGN IN RUDOLFSHEIM

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

4.10.2017, 6.30pm

The 15th is an upcoming Viennese urban district. While increasing numbers of young enterprises from design and architecture are setting up here, there are quite a few established concerns and agencies that are also based in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. Much that is new is cropping up, and has done in … more

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DEPARTURE TALK 2: RAUMLABORBERLIN IN FOCUS

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

3.10.2017, 6pm

“Bye bye, utopia!” wrote the Berlin studio raumlabor in its mission statement. Since 1999 the architecture interest group has worked at the concrete interface of architecture, urban planning, art and intervention, addressing themes such as space, city, and urban construction as a cultural project.

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DEPARTURE TALK 1: DESIGNING BUSINESS

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, aws – austria wirtschaftsservice

30.9.2017, 10am–11.30am

A journey through the world of design, an exchange that took place in the form of talks: For the CREATORS LAB, a format created by the Vienna Business Agency in cooperation with aws – austria wirtschaftsservice, three international designers presented their studios. The product designer Ineke Hans … more

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DESIGNING DEMOCRACY

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

1.10.2017, 3.30pm

In the beginning was the thought experiment: What if our political system was replaced by an artificial intelligence? Regardless of how speculative Jakob Zerbes’ thesis project seems, inherent to it is the increasingly volatile discussion around our democratic awareness. What role is played by … more

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Exhibition

THE ORNAMENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Fedrigoni, TU Graz, Institut für Raumgestaltung

4.–5.10.2017

By definition, an ornament is a repeating, often abstract or abstracted pattern. Ornaments can be found on textiles, buildings, wallpaper and – in this case – in the form of matte-black Fedrigoni high-quality paper on the walls of an exhibition space. In a course at Graz’s Technical University … more

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AT HOME AT JOHAN’S

MARCH GUT

29.9.–7.10.2017

Long time, no see! After a few years of abstinence, Linz’s design duo MARCH GUT 2017 once again participated at the festival. A good thing, and this provided an even better occasion. Alongside the handmade chair series “Hockn” by Tischlerei Pühringer, Christoph March and Marek Gut premiered the … more

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CURATED BY_VIENNA: THE GALLERY FESTIVAL WITH INTERNATIONAL CURATORS IN VIENNA

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

15.9.–14.10.2017

“image/reads/text.” With exhibitions conceptualized by international curators in Vienna’s leading art galleries, the gallery festival examined the significance of language in contemporary art. Due to the digitalization of all areas of life, we are increasingly confronted with the verbalization of … more

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CREATORS LAB: DESIGNING BUSINESS

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, aws – austria wirtschaftsservice, studioBASAR

30.9.2017, 12.45pm–6pm

Networking beyond Austria’s borders has always been a vital issue at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. And the Vienna Business Agency provided an opportunity in 2017 in the form of CREATORS LAB, which inspires creatives to rethink their business models in an exchange with international design experts. In … more

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Cocktail pop-up-shop

Meșteshukar ButiQ, zerunianandweisz

5.10.2017, 6pm

The design duo zerunianandweisz has accompanied the Meșteshukar ButiQ (MBQ) since the very beginning: Nadja Zerunian and Peter Weisz discuss, draw, forge ideas. They sit side by side with the Roma craftspeople who are supported by the initiative – whether in the bone-chilling cold of the … more

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CAROLINE HEIDER: WIENER WERKSTÄTTE

Bildrecht | Bildraum 01

29.9.–7.10.2017

What fashion cutups and potato prints have in common was shown by the artist Caroline Heider in Bildraum 01. Her design of the exhibition space used Wiener Werkstätte motifs from the MAK Archive. Embedded in them was a series of reproduced and adapted fashion photographs from the 1920s that the … more

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Guided Tour

STAGE FOR ART AND DESIGN

Wiener Stadthalle

2.–6.10.2017

Vienna’s Stadthalle is equipped to host a rich program of events, as everyone knows. The fact that exciting experiences are possible thanks to its architecture alone is possibly not as familiar. Star architect Roland Rainer created Halle D, one of most important structures in Austrian architecture … more

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Buffet and networking

Blaha Büromöbel

3.10.2017, 7.30pm

The Road to Design in the Blaha Büro Ideen Zentrum (BIZ) presents the latest global trends surrounding the hot topics of office and creativity. The festival public discusses with experts, gains insight into pioneering solutions, and discovers not only the emotionalizing of the office space but also … more

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BEST OF AUSTRIAN DESIGN: WINNING PROJECTS OF THE AUSTRIAN STATE PRIZE 2017

designforum Wien

29.9.–8.10.2017

A simple wireless studio microphone with an integrated audio recorder and a connected app, an impressive mobile crushing and sieving plant in bright orange, a suitably staged hiking trail with a memorial, a faucet with an integrated water meter, a spatial augmented reality application, and a total … more

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BE YOUR OWN DESIGNER AND MAKE IT YOURS!

USM

29.9.–8.10.2017

To mark the launch of its online configurator, the Swiss furniture manufacturer USM, together with Immo KURIER and the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, put on a design competition, be creative!, in the summer of 2017. The winning contribution – an elegant egg-yolk-yellow sideboard – was seen in the flesh for … more

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ATELIER ARETI: DESIGNING LIGHT

behan+thurm

29.9.–7.10.2017

Arrêter pour Areti! The wordplay and command to stop and admire the formally precise lamps created by the sisters Guillane and Gwendolyn Kerschbaumer shouldn’t be ignored. What was on display in the behan+thurm flagship store on Schwarzenbergplatz, near the busy Ring, was worth seeing:

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AESTHETICS = FUNCTION

Steininger

29.9.–7.10.2017

Monolithic kitchens of ultrathin sheets of concrete, stone or aluminum: They’re the centerpiece of Martin Steininger’s design. “Reduction to the essentials,” as stated in the announcement, is STEININGER’s trademark, which was clearly put on display for the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK audience in the … more

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SOPHISTICATED DESIGN FROM THE PEUGEOT DESIGN LAB

Peugeot

4.10.2017, 5.30pm

From a bicycle to the festival shuttle. In his talk Cathal Loughnane, director of the Peugeot Design Lab, provided a look at the work done by the multidisciplinary designsmithy, explaining the power of the Peugeot brand and the significance of good industrial design for successful products in the … more

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ALTERNATE REALITIES

Francesco Ciccolella

29.9.–8.10.2017

The artist: one of the world’s most popular Austrian illustrators of his generation. The content: witty narratives and visual metaphors walking a tightrope between lie and truth. The one-man exhibition in T/abor: a premiere. In seemingly simple pastel illustrations, ALTERNATE REALITIES told complex … more

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Happy Birthday!

TON

29.9.–8.10.2017

Happy birthday, TON! For the company’s first birthday, the showroom on Rudolfsplatz invited the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK audience to celebrate along with international designers. Whoever wanted to know what’s behind TON’s products and how they’re produced was also warmly invited to visit the factory in … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

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ADMIRABEL - Talk

Cosima Terrasse, Veronika Hackl, Andrea Visotschnig

5.10.2017, 7pm

Experts discuss the topics of betting, gambling, and the places where they take place. Why do we gamble? What ideas and wishes motivate it? How are we conditioned to play, and what effect can alternative betting have?

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ADMIRABEL – Betting brunch

Cosima Terrasse, Veronika Hackl, Andrea Visotschnig

8.10.2017, 10am

To finish off the mobile betting performance, ADMIRABEL – the betting shop without money – extends an invitation to a betting brunch. The best and most creative bets of the previous days are announced and new ones placed once more. Moreover, the brunch is the last opportunity to redeem long-term … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Work-in-Progress

ADMIRABEL – WAS KOSTET

Cosima Terrasse, Veronika Hackl, Andrea Visotschnig

29.–8.10.2017

Wanna bet? Conceived with minute attention to detail, moderated with a fine touch: The social design intervention ADMIRABEL, which focuses on creative betting combined with immaterial benefits, was awarded the Erste Bank’s ExtraVALUE Design Award in recognition of its excellent qualities. “Without … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

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ADMIRABEL - Cocktail

Cosima Terrasse, Veronika Hackl, Andrea Visotschnig

30.9.2017, 6pm

For the opening, ADMIRABEL – the betting shop without money – extends an invitation to a cocktail hour. Visitors can place their bets for the ADMIRABEL special: “Try and guess what this cocktail is worth to you!” Each bet is negotiated individually with the ADMIRABEL team and taken by independent … more

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Action Reading

design:mikimartinek

2.–6.10.2017

The aim is to contribute purposefully to everyday life: With this goal, design:mikimartinek presents selected examples of its new design service GIVE LIFE A CHANGE. The open platform features contributions to positive change and life enhancement. Every month, Miki Martinek presents a different … more

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A QUESTION OF CONTEXT

Qwstion invites, ECAL – École cantonale d'art de Lausanne

29.9.–7.10.2017

Questions, questions – and a backpack full of answers. Together with the handbag label QWSTION and ECAL – University of Art and Design Lausanne, students examined new methods of carrying things, starting with the ultralight, biologically produced material CottonShell®. Under creative director … more

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A DIGITALLY FABRICATED NEW WORLD. WHAT?

LAUFEN

5.10.2017, 5pm

Does additive production have the potential to change markets radically? Is it an alternative or supplement to traditional production methods, or is it perhaps a revolution? How does the use of artificial intelligence and robotics change the design and manufacturing process? After welcoming words … more

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A CURATED ART SHOW. WHAT?

LAUFEN

29.9.–8.10.2017

Culture, The World, The Robot. Allegorical ceramic figurines populated a glaring-white miniature-sculpture park at the Festival Headquarters South on Sparkassaplatz, each one creating a variety of artistic references relating to the products of the Austrian company with a Swiss parent. To be brief:

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A CONVERSATION IN DESIGN: THE UNTAMED VS. THE ORDERLY

United Colours of Design

29.9.–8.10.2017

To the sound of drums and trumpets – and vuvuzelas and taikos – the United Colours of Design’s contribution celebrated the link between South African and Japanese design in the Festival Headquarters North. Textiles, objects, patterns, and symbols spoke on the one hand of a certain consciousness of … more

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A B C GRAND TOUR

5.10.2017, 3pm–6pm

Everyone who’s familiar with Ana Berlin knows that standing still isn’t her thing. According to the motto “Always on the move” participants of the GRAND TOUR visited the studios, offices and workplaces of selected A B C clients. Fittingly, the starting point was the VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE / A B C … more

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4 ROOMS. 4 DESIGNERS. 1 HOTEL.

Hotel Altstadt Vienna

1.10.2017, 5pm

Whether in the Lilli Hollein Suite, Roland Nemetz’s Theater Suite, the Gregor Eichinger Room, or the Adolf Krischanitz Room: The details are key to the enjoyment. Specifically, enjoying these hotel rooms, designed by four creative thinkers and now ready for occupancy. they’re bursting with the work … more

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1+1=1 / HOW DO YOU FIT FIVE PEOPLE ONTO TWO CHAIRS?

SITZFLÄCHE

29.9.–8.10.2017

When approaching the Schwendermarkt it can hardly be missed. A bench, in the yellow of Doka construction forms, extends along the street and since 2009 has served as much more than just a place to sit. This bench, in front of the showroom for designer chairs, is also a platform for social … more