Archive Tobias Pilz PLATFORM Presentation TEN DAYS OF STUDIO KOLLEKTIV PLUS ZWEI AND FRIENDS studio kollektiv plus zwei, Klara Neuber, Peter Reischl 28.9.–7.10.2018 … A contribution that has apparently been kissed by the muse. Or: by the Schmusechor. – As the case may be! How gentle design can be and how playfully it can be explored was shown by the charming retrospective of studio kollektiv plus zwei. In addition to making-ofs, new projects, random ideas … more
Archive imago.im PLATFORM Presentation WORLD CONTROL – THE TOTAL BOARD GAME imago.im 28.9.–7.10.2018 A micronation is an entity that acts as a sovereign state and gives the impression that it possesses government authority. The Republic of KugelMugel, a ball-shaped building in Vienna’s Prater park created by the artist Edwin Lipburger, conforms to this definition. Where, if not here, would be a … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Jelef PLATFORM Exhibition WORKSHOPS - IKEBANA: THINKING AND DOING 29.9.–7.10.2018 Participation fee: 96 Euros … Limited number of participants … Registration at lucia@designandart.at
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Jakob Urban Food & Design Food in Progress WORKSHOPS - FLAVOUR COLLAGE WORKSHOP: EDIBLE NEUBAU Kevin Smeeing 28.9.–7.10.2018 Limited number of participants … Registration at flavour.collage@gmail.com
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / workshops Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress WORKSHOPs - ARBEIT NACH DER ARBEIT IDRV – Institute of Design Research Vienna 30.9.–4.10.2018 „Was bedeutet der technologische Fortschritt und die Automatisierung von Arbeit für die Zukunft deiner Arbeit? Wie verändert sich deine Arbeit, wenn ein Roboter oder eine künstliche Intelligenz deine Arbeit übernehmen? Was würdest du tun, wenn du dann nicht mehr Arbeiten müsstest? Oder wie stellst … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Jakob Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience AN EAGLE-EYE VIEW OF VIENNA WienTourismus 28.9.–7.10.2018 Since it began, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK has worked to enable new perspectives on cities, including its own. One example of such an unexpected view provided in 2018, the Vienna Tourist Board’s immersive experience, fused the physical and virtual realities in a special way: From a great height – the … more
Archive Studio Riebenbauer PLATFORM Presentation WHAT THE FUCK IS HEIMAT? Studio Riebenbauer 4.–5.10.2018 What is Heimat? What’s identity? Through their joint scenario on a central group of themes relating to our times, Studio Riebenbauer and Vitra made comprehensible strategies and methods of using brands to evoke various senses of the concept of Heimat. Using concrete examples taken from … more
Archive Wideshot PLATFORM Guided Tour WHAT IF... ALL TRAFFIC WAS AUTONOMOUS? Wideshot 28.9.–7.10.2018 VR carries us off to new worlds. VR can sometimes also show us very real scenarios of the future. With this in mind, the architectural office Wideshot took participants to the city of tomorrow, where there’s much less moving and stationary traffic, and autonomous vehicles have long been reality. In … more
Archive Lost in the Garden Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience VR RESHAPE – REARRANGING AND RESHAPING EXISTING AESTHETIC FORMS IN A VIRTUAL ROOM Lost in the Garden 28.9.–7.10.2018 It’s often the easiest way to deal with a new artistic medium, trying it out courageously and making use of its instruments. With this in mind, the setting of VR RESHAPE by Lost in the Garden was transformed into an adequate laboratory and studio – a VR workshop where virtual objects can be formed … more
Archive werKnussbaumer PLATFORM Exhibition FROM MODEL TO FACTORY – AN EXHIBITION WITH STORIES (AND HISTORY) 28.9.–7.10.2018 The Brillantengrund in the heart of the Focus District, Neubau, has always provided fertile ground for handicraft businesses. This is also the home of the Imperial Furniture Collection, fixed point and institutional partner of every VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. Not far from it, you’ll find the home of … more
Archive Virtual Dynamix Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience VIRTUAL VACATION IN THE MINIMALHAUS 28.9.–7.10.2018 „Summer’s over. Let’s go on vacation!“ No sooner said than done. The virtual reality installation by Virtual DynamiX, the 7th district architecture and multimedia agency, took participants back to warmer climes: on an island in Dalmatia, to be precise. With its walk-in interactive 3-D model by … more
Archive ovos Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience VIRTUAL PAIDIA ovos media 28.9.–7.10.2018 According to the paidia concept, exploring new worlds – in this case virtual worlds – would be a child’s play. As children, we already opened up the world by trying out new things to understand them. With Vivien Schreiber and Jörg Hofstätter’s technically precise gaming app, VIRTUAL PAIDIA, players … more
Archive Glashütte Comploj PLATFORM Presentation VIENNA SCHEHERAZADE – DISTINCTIVE GLASS VASES Glashütte Comploj 28.9.–6.10.2018 “Each piece is one of a kind – and every one tells a fairy tale.” On the basis of this program announcement, the reader might think of a thick book of stories. The dazzling one-offs in the “1001 Nacht” series that Robert Comploj presented at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK could be seen as nothing less than … more
Archive Gabriel Roland PLATFORM Exhibition VIENNA DESIGN GARDEN bellaflora, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 28.9.–7.10.2018 A poetic installation as a scenario of a farewell party has been the icing on the cake of every festival visit. In cooperation with the renowned landscape-architecture office of Maria Auböck and Janos Kárász, and the garden center bellaflora, a setting was created on the spectacular roof terrace of … more
Archive Urban Food & Design Presentation VIENNA CALLING: CREATIVES - BRUNCH Wirtschaftsagentur Wien 29.9.2018, 11am–1.30pm The Vienna Business Agency supports creative entrepreneurship – from design and fashion to architecture and music. At this networking brunch, the Agency’s experts introduced the … Vienna Calling: Creatives grant, launched in January 2019. Through this call for tenders, Austrian and international … more
Archive Julia Schwarz Urban Food & Design Food in Progress TASTE TEST Julia Schwarz 7.10.2018, 12pm–2pm Something can be done about food shortages, according to Julia Schwarz. The world’s population is growing, harvests are failing, the climate is becoming increasingly extreme. As a consequence, a shortfall in the amount food has been forecast. As a speculative design project, UNSEEN EDIBLE addressed … more
Archive Michael Markschläger Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience V-ARIA – A JOURNEY THROUGH THE BAVARIAN STATE OPERA Moshel Film/FreshFX 28.9.–7.10.2018 The Frog Prince of the VR contributions! Amusing, entertaining, riveting – that describes the charming live-action film interspersed with animations that let the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK audience explore the Bavarian State Opera from entirely new perspectives. After taking a seat on a red velvet chair … more
Archive Urban Food & Design Food in Progress UNSEEN EDIBLE – LICHENS AS A SOURCE OF NUTRITION Julia Schwarz 28.9.–7.10.2018 Something can be done about food shortages, according to Julia Schwarz. The world’s population is growing, harvests are failing, the climate is becoming increasingly extreme. As a consequence, a shortfall in the amount food has been forecast. As a speculative design project, UNSEEN EDIBLE addressed … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka Education Guided Tour TOUR 5: DESIGN IN NEUBAU – FROM VIRTUOSO TO VIRTUAL VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, ARCH ON TOUR 5.10.2018, 3pm Vienna’s 7th district is a design universe in the best sense of the term, and exploring a cross section of it is the declared goal of this tour with Marion Kuzmany. It began with the Festival Headquarters in the former Sophienspital, where designers of selected contributions were present to answer … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Wideshot Education Guided Tour TOUR 4: BRAND-NEW SIGHTS IN THE CITY CENTER VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, ARCH ON TOUR 2.10.2018, 3.45pm There’s a great deal to discover in the center of Vienna – particularly in terms of architecture, virtual reality, design, and ceramics. The tour began at the Wideshot agency, which presented, along with its studio, projects in the area of virtual reality and a recently released short film. At its … more
Archive Walter Zednicek Education Guided Tour TOUR 3: CZECH INTERPRETS LOOS VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, ARCH ON TOUR 1.10.2018, 12.30pm With tours and talks on lighthouse projects relating to building design, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK focuses each year on selected themes in the transitional areas of design and architecture. For example, the highly popular tour with Hermann Czech began at the Bridge Club, an apartment Loos arranged for … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka Education Guided Tour TOUR 2: DESIGN IN VIENNA’S CENTER VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Gabriela Steiner-Scharfetter 29.9.–5.10.2018 The city center is a veritable crystallization point of design. Traditional crafts and artistic reinterpretations meet there, contemporary galleries stand next to venerable businesses and new exhibition spaces. On a tour of discovery through the diversity of design in Vienna’s center, participants … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka Education Guided Tour TOUR 1: PASSIONSWEGE IN BRILLANTENGRUND AND GOING OUT FOR A LIMO AFTER WORK VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Alexa Brauner 28.9.–6.10.2018 From leather, yarn, and silver to urban and rural space, from traditional craft companies to new life designs: That was the thematic arc this tour to stations of the Passionswege and Stadtarbeit formats followed through the Focus District Neubau. Currently, work represents an important pillar of … more
Archive Thomas Feichtner Studio PLATFORM Presentation THOMAS FEICHTNER: DESIGN SPHERE Dorotheum 28.9.–6.10.2018 Without a doubt, Thomas Feichtner can be considered a regular guest of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. The Dorotheum auction house, where auctions focusing on design are held regularly, presented an installation of the popular festival participant’s masterpiece “Sphere:” a bank of computer-generated … more
Archive Urban Food & Design Food in Progress THE TABLE IS A SITE OF 28.9.–7.10.2018 In times of rising rents and real-estate prices, restaurants are also having to work with less and less space. In order to make the best possible use of what’s available for gastronomic experiences, vertical space is being considered. This also happened in the Festival Headquarters’ basement. “The … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Noisternig Protest Talk THE ROLE OF DESIGN AND DIGITALIZATION IN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 6.10.2018, 1pm While protest and the tools used for it have changed little over the years, there’s now a much greater variety in the channels of communication, thanks to digitalization. At the same time, algorithms determine what we learn about the messages we receive and from whom we receive them – filtering or … more
Archive Seafire Power PLATFORM Presentation THE BATTI PROJECT Seafire Power 28.9.–7.10.2018 Power outages lasting at least twelve hours a day are still the norm in certain regions of India. The social-business project Seafire Power foregrounds the portable and long-lived folding light “Batti” in a simple business and financing model: While the reading and table lamps commonly used there … more
Archive SAE Wien Debut Experience THE ART WITHIN 28.9.–7.10.2018 As one of the domestic training centers for multimedia design, SAE Institute constantly strives to incorporate the newest technologies into its curriculum and educate students in their use. For the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Debut format, students devised an artistic VR contribution to present themselves … more
Archive Maciej Blaźniak Guest Country Exhibition THE ABCS OF POLISH DESIGN Adam Mickiewicz Institut, Polnisches Institut Wien 28.9.–7.10.2018 The multifaceted nature of Poland’s design landscape is well known, and there’s good reason that it received an especial amount of attention as the Guest Country of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. And the diversity in the showcase presentation reflected this fact, which monopolized the attention of viewers … more
Archive Christoph Kaltenbrunner PLATFORM Workshop TENSEGRITY – THE MAGICAL WORLD OF FORCES Technisches Museum Wien 28.9.–1.10.2018 Humans have long tried to unravel the mystery of how the world’s held together by forces – a phenomenon that was strikingly illustrated at the Technical Museum. In 1949, Kenneth Snelson developed the tensegrity structure in cooperation with Buckminster Fuller. It involves rods or struts held in … more
Archive E manuel Gollob Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience TEASER: DOING NOTHING WITH AI – A NEUROREACTIVE ROBOTICS INSTALLATION Emanuel Gollob 28.9.–7.10.2018 One of the stars in the Kenyon-Pavillon: a foam-suited robot with a waving mane of hair that expresses idleness, which is often frowned upon. Emanuel Gollob’s installation linked a wide variety of areas, from the default mode network in the human brain to machine learning to robotic choreographies … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Jelef PLATFORM Presentation TALK "URBANER RAUM, MOBILITÄTSBEDÜRFNISSE UND DESIGN" VELLO 3.10.2018, 6pm The wheel doesn’t have to be reinvented – but it can! With this in mind, Vienna’s young folding-bike startup VELLO opened its new multifunctional location in Vienna’s Margareten district as part of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. Various departments overlap here, and new developments in the area of folding … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / N. Havranek PLATFORM Presentation TALK "MON ONCLE, OR WHY AUTOMATION DOESN´T SCARE US ANYMORE" LAUFEN 1.10.2018, 6.30pm Mission Pee Power! How art, research, ceramics, and sustainable design can be intertwined in a pioneering way was on display at a sneak preview at the new LAUFEN Innovation Hub. In cooperation with EOOS, a seemingly futuristic project was developed that transforms urine into electric power by means … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Podesser PLATFORM Talk TALK "DIE ZUKUNFT DES BAUENS" Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien 29.9.2018, 3pm Talk mit: Thomas Romm (BauKarussell), Martin Kohlbauer (Architekt des Sophienspitals), Stadtbaudirektion Wien … Moderation: Brigitte Felderer (Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien)
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Gapp PLATFORM Presentation TALK "THE MARVELOUS RISE OF OFFICE WORK" Blaha Büromöbel 4.10.2018, 6pm–7.30pm Limited number of participants … Registration at www.blaha.co.at/veranstaltungen
Archive A limousine appears at the roadside and occupies several of the contested parking lots at once. It is a representative for the luxury of appropriating public (parking) space, it opens up and celebrates possibilities. Together with car-lovers as well as haters, the project team wants to discuss the car in the city: Sports car versus minivan? Parking in the vacant shop downstairs? How sustainable is the car ride to the organic food store? The new subway is stealing my parking space – where should I park, I just have to buy milk? Five hours’ ride by public transport to visit grandma? Drive-in cinema, mixtapes, caraoke, and much more transform the parked stretch limousine, as an exaggeration of a car, into a real-life laboratory offering much more than homemade lemonade. Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress TALK "AUTORADIO" 6.10.2018, 4pm–8pm When strolling, running, or driving down Burggasse, it couldn’t be missed. The pink stretch limousine was too flashy, and passersby were too worked up by the chutzpah that had monopolized this location, which provided enough room for several hotly contested parking spaces. With a multifarious … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Jelef Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience TALK - TEASER: DOING NOTHING WITH Al - EINE NEUROREAKTIVE ROBOTIKINSTALLATION Emanuel Gollob 2.10.2018, 7pm Wie wir das Nichts-Tun verlernen und wieder erlernen … Aktualisieren des Postfachs alle fünf Minuten, Dopamin-Ausstoß beim Abhaken von Checklisten und motorisches Scrollen am Screen bis die U-Bahn kommt. … Emanuel Gollob und Magdalena May sprechen über ihre neuroreaktiven Robotikinstallation … more
Archive Bartosz Stawiarski Guest Country Exhibition SYMBOL TO LOGO Polnisches Institut Wien, Adam Mickiewicz Institut 28.9.–7.10.2018 Logos as far as the eye can see. The guest country exhibition at the Polish Institute Vienna, SYMBOL TO LOGO, shone a light on the history of logo design in Communist Poland, which is relatively unknown in Austria. As a mosaic that filled the space and showed symbols commissioned by the state next … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka / Wurnig PLATFORM Exhibition SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN AUSTRIAN DESIGN 28.9.–7.10.2018 … In 2018, Swarovski granted, for the first time in a partnership with the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the Swarovski Award for Excellence in Austrian Design. Every other year, creatives in the fields of product and graphic design and also design organizations are eligible to win this award. That is, as … more
Archive Sveta Shuvaeva PLATFORM Exhibition SVETA SHUVAEVA: DRAW-S WOP Works on Paper 28.9.–6.10.2018 The gallery WOP Works on Paper was a recent addition entirely in the spirit of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK’s desire for quality. Furthermore, it was located in the center of the Focus District, which made it easier to love. The exhibition DRAW-S showed selected works on paper and an abstract cartoon by … more
Archive Studio Rygalik Passionswege Presentation STUDIO RYGALIK with Jarosinski & Vaugoin STUDIO RYGALIK, Jarosinski & Vaugoin, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 28.9.–6.10.2018 The birth of a child is certainly one of the most beautiful things in life. While the preparations in both families of this Passionswege duo coinciding with their festival participation wasn’t intended, it proved to be a happy circumstance. It was, however, no accident that Jean-Paul Vaugoin … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / N. Havranek Protest Guided Tour STUDIO PROTEST: PUBLIC SPACE FOR (CREATIVE) PROTEST VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Erwin K. Bauer 7.10.2018, 11am As a closing event for STUDIO PROTEST, this symbolic demonstration invited visitors to take part in a search for public space that’s suitable for protest. Where does the city offer opportunities for creative resistance? Where do protests take place? Which forms of protest are directed against … more
Archive Mateusz Halawa Protest Exhibition STUDIO PROTEST: DEMOKRACJA ILUSTROWANA & GRAFICZNE POGOTOWIE VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Erwin K. Bauer 28.9.–7.10.2018 After entering the grounds of the Festival Headquarters in the former Sophienspital, visitors were immediately confronted with this year’s theme of protest. Set up as islands of posters, for example, was a selection of political subjects from the Guest Country, Poland, where a new poster culture … more
Archive buero bauer Protest Exhibition STUDIO PROTEST VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Erwin K. Bauer 28.9.–7.10.2018 Protest is graphic. Protest is subtle. Protest is frontal. Protest makes us think and makes us smile. Protest can be taken home. And: Protest has many different facets and can be expressed in a variety of forms at various occasions. At demonstrations around the world, posters are obviously still … more
Archive Mark Glassner PLATFORM Presentation STILLNESS Nadja Zerunian 28.9.–7.10.2018 Nadja Zerunian, who was represented at the 2018 Festival with a number of aesthetic designs, worked with the exceptionally poetic assemblage STILLNESS at the Festival Headquarters of this year’s VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. The juxtaposition of handmade utensils of marble and silver were intended to capture … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Wittmann PLATFORM Presentation STANDARD EXPERIMENTE 2018 TREWIT 28.9.–7.10.2018 With its entirely likable presentation, Wittman, the family-run processor of solid wood, was indisputably one of the rising stars of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2018. The company located in Upper Austria’s Almtal showed two current projects by a designer closely bound to the Festival: While industrial … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress CONSULTATIONS - FROM LABOR TO WORK IDRV – Institute of Design Research Vienna 1.–4.10.2018 „Was bedeutet der technologische Fortschritt und die Automatisierung von Arbeit für die Zukunft deiner Arbeit? Wie verändert sich deine Arbeit, wenn ein Roboter oder eine künstliche Intelligenz deine Arbeit übernehmen? Was würdest du tun, wenn du dann nicht mehr Arbeiten müsstest? Oder wie stellst … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka Stadtarbeit – City Work Talk SOCIAL ANYWAY? – SOCIAL DESIGN IN THE SERVICE OF SOCIETY VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 5.10.2018, 4pm Design for social change, transformation of policies, civic engagement, design thinking, and designing for social impact. What do all these terms mean and why do we say social design when we talk about projects or interventions in public spaces? Notable guests from the field reflected on their own … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Jakob PLATFORM Presentation A WINDOW ON THE WORLD 28.9.2018, 6.30pm In times like these, it seems more important than ever to take a stand and support dialogue. No sooner said than done! Together with the design professor Lauren Boulay, who didn’t miss the opportunity to present the project at the festival herself, the jewelry workshop SKREIN* launched a … more
Archive Urban Food & Design Food in Progress SEPARATE TOGETHERNESS – A VIRTUAL MEAL Kneissl / Prade 28.9.–7.10.2018 We’re not alone as often when we’re together, as they say. But what does that mean these days? How one can spend time with others in spite of spatial distance is illustrated by the project SEPARATE TOGETHERNESS. Set up as a kind of private room in the Festival Headquarters in the former … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Podesser PLATFORM Presentation RITUALS FOR BOREDOM Sarah-Linda Forrer, Nadja Zerunian 28.9.–7.10.2018 Boredom was programmatic here. The intention of RITUALS FOR BOREDOM was to evoke moments of taking a break and drifting off into inactivity. Seven simple and at the same time highly aesthetic tools, which also represented a tour of Europe’s craftspeople, promised through endless tasks a mental … more
Archive Virgil Widrich Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience A JOURNEY ROUND MY ROOM Virgil Widrich 28.9.–7.10.2018 „What do the walls of the former Sophienspital, which date back to the monarchy, have to say when you look at them long enough?“ was the question Virgil Widrich himself asked in the runup to the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. And he had an answer ready. In a customarily meticulous way, he installed a loop of … more
Archive Roald Aron PLATFORM Exhibition RDW GLO AWARDS Rumänisches Kulturinstitut Wien 28.9.–7.10.2018 … The incredible spectrum of Romanian design, from handicrafts in the Danube Delta to diverse designs in the emerging urban centers, was last visualized in 2017 by the extensive guest appearance at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. And the previous year’s showcase showed conclusively that Romanian design … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka Protest Talk PROTEST ARCHITECTURE FROM SEMPER TO OCCUPY VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Oliver Elser 3.10.2018, 7.30pm A talk given by architectural ace Oliver Elser is considered a good choice among experienced festival visitors. And that proved to be the case once again this year. In 2018, in a familiarly winning way and with expert knowledge, the audience favorite focused on the surprising variety to be found in … more
Archive Kang Wang Debut Talk PROPHECY OF THE FALLEN 2.10.2018, 5.30pm Vor der Praxis kommt die Praxis. In ihrer Ausbildung am SAE Institute Wien erlernen Studierende, wie multimediale Produktionen inhaltlich erdacht, funktionierende Teamstrukturen geschaffen und Projekte von A bis Z umgesetzt werden. Ein solches praxisnahes Projekt ist etwa „Prophecy of the Fallen … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Severin Wurnig PLATFORM Presentation PRIVATE VIEWING ONE FOR HUNDRED 5.10.2018, 2pm–6pm As is well known, private celebrations are events that create lasting memories. Hardly anywhere else do guests come into direct contact with their hosts. With this in mind, the young Austrian label ONE FOR HUNDRED transformed an apartment in an old building on Löwelstraße into a temporary salon and … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Gapp Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress PREVIEW ZOOM Kindermuseum, Sarah Maria Kamleitner / Johann Kamleitner 26.9.2018, 5pm Father, daughter, and Mother Nature – in their joint project, Johann (Farmer) and Sarah Kamleitner (Fine artist) addressed themes involving agriculture and the food industry: From the field to the germinating seed to the threshed ear – how much energy, time, and effort is required to produce a ton … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / Kramar Stadtarbeit – City Work Preisverleihung AWARD CEREMONY ERSTE BANK MEHRWERT-DESIGNPREIS 2018 VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 5.10.2018, 6pm Design for social change, transformation of policies, civic engagement, design thinking, and designing for social impact. What do all these terms mean and why do we say social design when we talk about projects or interventions in public spaces? Notable guests from the field reflected on their own … more
Archive A limousine appears at the roadside and occupies several of the contested parking lots at once. It is a representative for the luxury of appropriating public (parking) space, it opens up and celebrates possibilities. Together with car-lovers as well as haters, the project team wants to discuss the car in the city: Sports car versus minivan? Parking in the vacant shop downstairs? How sustainable is the car ride to the organic food store? The new subway is stealing my parking space – where should I park, I just have to buy milk? Five hours’ ride by public transport to visit grandma? Drive-in cinema, mixtapes, caraoke, and much more transform the parked stretch limousine, as an exaggeration of a car, into a real-life laboratory offering much more than homemade lemonade. Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress PRÄSENTATION "AUTOKINO" 3.10.2018, 6pm–8pm When strolling, running, or driving down Burggasse, it couldn’t be missed. The pink stretch limousine was too flashy, and passersby were too worked up by the chutzpah that had monopolized this location, which provided enough room for several hotly contested parking spaces. With a multifarious … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / Kramar Stadtarbeit – City Work Presentation PRÄSENTATION - SOWIESO SOZIAL VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 5.10.2018, 5pm Design für den sozialen Wandel, Transformation der Politik, bürgerschaftliches Engagement, Design Thinking und Designing for Social Impact. Was bedeuten all diese Begriffe und warum sagen wir Social Design, wenn wir über Projekte oder Interventionen im öffentlichen Raum sprechen? Der Dienst an der … more
Archive MAK / Georg Mayer PLATFORM Exhibition POST-OTTO WAGNER: FROM THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK TO POST-MODERNISM 28.9.–7.10.2018 To mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Otto Wagner (1841–1918), the MAK exhibition POST-OTTO WAGNER: FROM THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK TO POST-MODERNISM investigated Wagner’s role as the “Father of Modernism” and pointed out not only the context and the interaction between Wagner and other … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Noisternig PLATFORM Presentation PORCELAIN THAT SHINES NEU/ZEUG 28.9.–7.10.2018 One of the most architecturally exceptional spaces in the Kohlbauer wing of the former Sophienspital was the location of a partly playful, partly extravagantly hung first collection of NEU/ZEUG, a design label for sustainably produced lamps from Upper Austria, a collaboration of the studio Lucy.D’s … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Gapp Guest Country Talk POLISH DESIGN AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 30.9.2018, 3pm–4pm “What’s the essence of Polish design? And what sets it apart?” The answers to these questions formulated in the runup to the festival, provided by experts from the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK’s Guest Country, were for the most part unanimous. Because all designers work to conquer international markets while … more
Archive Stefano D'Alessio Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience PLUG YOUR NOSE AND TRY TO HUM 28.9.–7.10.2018 Where does our nature begin, and where does it end? The role of the media, by definition, is expanding human perception. Virtual reality possibly goes a little further, letting us explore completely new and unfamiliar worlds – a previously little researched field, let alone fully exhausted in terms … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Podesser PLATFORM Presentation PATRICK RAMPELOTTO: MICRO MACRO Patrick Rampelotto, Teppichgalerie Geba 28.9.–7.10.2018 „A magical rug whose soul is no longer a hidden secret.“ Graz’s Teppichgalerie Geba used these auspicious words to announce the textile work of the festival classic regular Patrick Rampelotto. And they came true! It’s like looking into a rug through a magnifying glass: Patrick Rampelotto took the … more
Archive Falbanka PLATFORM Presentation PATCH – IT – MORE – AND LIVE WITH LESS! Falbanka 28.9.–7.10.2018 Recycling and upcycling are design principles that have become standard elements of the sustainability idea. With the objective of mending the fractures in our throw-away society with smart patches, the Polish design studio Falbanka has developed along these values decorative jacquard patches that … more
Archive Misha Gurovich PLATFORM Exhibition PARTY IN WIRR Burggasse 98 6.10.2018, 9pm The microfestival EXIST: DESIGN DAYS – DIGITAL NATIVES came in like a wrecking ball! Burggasse 98 sees itself as a new artistic hot spot in Vienna. It’s difficult to do justice to the location and the program full of experiences, interactive artworks, talks, curator-led tours, and an afterparty in … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Gapp PLATFORM Work-in-Progress PARTY - FIRED TRACES Karak 6.10.2018, 7pm Karak stands for fire. Karak stands for show. Karak stands for craftsmanship employed in everyday practice. The Vorarlberg manufactory presents these qualities year after year at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. In 2018, it was attracted by the opportunity to watch someone make tiles. At the 2nd district’s … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Noisternig PLATFORM Presentation OPEN ROOM - LESUNG IM ANALOGEN HOTELZIMMER 25hours Hotel beim MuseumsQuartier 2.10.2018, 3pm–8pm A nostalgia date over Vienna’s rooftops, a panoramic view of the past, an anachronistic tête-à-tête with entertainment value: In “Gerade gestern” (Carl Hanser Verlag), writer Martin Meyer remembers what defined everyday life ten, 20, or 30 years ago. Florian “Doc” Kaps, founder of SUPERSENSE and … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Noisternig Protest Presentation NO MORE BULLSHIT. THE MANUAL AGAINST SEXIST PLATITUDES Sorority 5.10.2018, 8pm “Liberté, egalité, smash the patriarché, mic drop.” With its event series No More Bullshit!, the … women’s network Sorority has taken on the task of countering familiar killer phrases, with facts. In a crowded Thalia branch, the network presented its publication of the same name as part of the … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Jakob PLATFORM Exhibition NEW HANDICRAFT – NEW ECONOMY New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten, Werkraum Bregenzerwald 28.9.–7.10.2018 “The most attractive handcrafted designed objects are of no use if they can’t survive on the market.” In accordance with this premise, students and member companies of the Werkraum Bregenzerwald focused on development processes rather than end products. In an open exchange of ideas, they looked for … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Podesser PLATFORM Presentation NEW VISUAL INSTRUMENTS Process – Studio for Art and Design 28.9.–7.10.2018 Text and graphic elements from Bueronardin’s festival subject were randomly rolled from above onto the screen and left in different combinations like in a game of pick-up sticks. For the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Process developed an interactive tool based on its visual identity to which some animations … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Podesser PLATFORM Exhibition NANOTOURISM AA nanotourism Visiting School, BIO 50 - Biennial of Design in Ljubljana, 2014, TU Vienna, Institute of Architecture, Department of Building Theory by Design 28.9.–7.10.2018 The concept of nanotourism stands in critical and creative opposition to the ecological, economic, and social effects of dominant mass tourism. It’s defined as a location-specific, participative, and locally oriented bottom-up alternative that motivates exchange between providers and travelers … more
Archive Rado PLATFORM Exhibition MASTER OF MATERIALS Rado 28.9.–7.10.2018 How innovative design and material art can be harmonized at the highest level was made visible by Rado in a setting with a complex design. Framed by a wall installation by Louisa Köber and the design studio POLKA, which took up the color spectrum and haptics of the chronometers on display through … more
Archive handmitauge Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience LINGER handmitauge 28.9.–7.10.2018 We’re being exposed to more visual information than ever, and images are flooding our heads. The digital age insists that we stay in constant motion, keeping pace with never-ending progress. The result: Lingering in the moment, standing still, stopping and smelling the flowers, putting future and … more
Archive Line Finderup Jensen Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience LINE FINDERUP JENSEN: VERNISSAGE FOR BEGINNERS 26.–30.9.2018 Is the art business just a big show? With her obviously subversive video game, Line Finderup Jensen provided an opportunity to examine the art scene in a self-ironic way. The interactive work, on display at both the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and the simultaneous PARALLEL VIENNA, linked the two festivals … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Jelef Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience LIGHT KISSES Luma.Launisch 28.9.–7.10.2018 The park surrounding the Festival Headquarters in the former Sophienspital is considered the 7th district’s lung. And there’s an even more spectacular, though virtual, paradise garden inside the Kenyon-Pavillon: With their poetic and atmospheric installation, the duo Luma.Launisch lured visitors … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Noisternig PLATFORM Presentation READING IN THE ANALOGUE HOTEL ROOM 25hours Hotel beim MuseumsQuartier 2.10.2018, 3pm–7pm A nostalgia date over Vienna’s rooftops, a panoramic view of the past, an anachronistic tête-à-tête with entertainment value: In “Gerade gestern” (Carl Hanser Verlag), writer Martin Meyer remembers what defined everyday life ten, 20, or 30 years ago. Florian “Doc” Kaps, founder of SUPERSENSE and … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Noisternig PLATFORM Presentation LESUNG - LESUNG IM ANALOGEN HOTELZIMMER 25hours Hotel beim MuseumsQuartier 2.10.2018, 6pm–7pm A nostalgia date over Vienna’s rooftops, a panoramic view of the past, an anachronistic tête-à-tête with entertainment value: In “Gerade gestern” (Carl Hanser Verlag), writer Martin Meyer remembers what defined everyday life ten, 20, or 30 years ago. Florian “Doc” Kaps, founder of SUPERSENSE and … more
Archive Leonhard Hilzensauer PLATFORM Exhibition LEGACY 28.9.–7.10.2018 The Schloss Hollenegg for Design showcase is always a herald of summer. That’s when the institution invites teams of international designers to spend extended residencies in Southern Styria. At the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, a selection of works from 2018 was on display: During their stay, breadedEscalope … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / Kramar Passionswege Presentation LAURIDS GALLÉE with M. Maurer Laurids Gallée, M. MAURER, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 28.9.–6.10.2018 Anachronism meets the avant-garde: Laurids Gallée and the rich trove of forms of a veritable jewel in a back courtyard. Since 1863, the passementarie factory M. Maurer in the 7th district has produced all kinds of textiles that can be used as decorations: fringe, ribbons, borders, cords, braid … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / N. Havranek PLATFORM Presentation LAUFEN INNOVATION HUB AT MARIENSTIEGE LAUFEN 28.9.–5.10.2018 Mission Pee Power! How art, research, ceramics, and sustainable design can be intertwined in a pioneering way was on display at a sneak preview at the new LAUFEN Innovation Hub. In cooperation with EOOS, a seemingly futuristic project was developed that transforms urine into electric power by means … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Podesser PLATFORM Workshop LASER CUT YOUR OWN SHIRT Happylab 2.10.2018, 4pm–8pm The future is custom made. People are different, so why should they continue to buy clothes from the rack? The fact that our view of consumption could in the future shift even further from uniformity and mainstream to individuality was illustrated by Happylab’s hands-on textile workshop. Together … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / Kramar Passionswege Presentation KUENG CAPUTO with Etui Fialka Sarah Kueng & Lovis Caputo, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 1.–4.10.2018 Cases are used for storing valuable things. As metaphor for civil-society solidarity, KUENG CAPUTO and Etui Fialka dreamed up boxes to display medals earned for saving refugees. Production of the cases and the medals themselves was another expression of cooperative action. As part of the … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Noisternig PLATFORM Exhibition KRÜGER & PARDELLER: VOTIVPARK-GARAGE Krüger & Pardeller 29.9.–7.10.2018 Underground parking garages are not just venues for wild film chases, they can also provide a setting for impressive artworks, which was demonstrated by Vienna’s Votivpark-Garage. Drive-in bank windows, waitresses on roller skates, underground flower beds, and an elegant bar: In Vienna’s first … more
Archive Tobias Pilz PLATFORM Presentation KONZERT "SCHMUSEN MIT DESIGN" MIT SCHMUSECHOR studio högl borowski 4.10.2018, 7pm … A contribution that has apparently been kissed by the muse. Or: by the Schmusechor. – As the case may be! How gentle design can be and how playfully it can be explored was shown by the charming retrospective of studio kollektiv plus zwei. In addition to making-ofs, new projects, random ideas … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Osama Reshee Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress KINDERWORKSHOP "WIE DER WIND IM WEIZENFELD" ZOOM Kindermuseum, Sarah Maria Kamleitner / Johann Kamleitner 5.–7.10.2018 What does growing feel like for a seed? How does an ear of wheat move in a summer wind? And in a storm? How do a large number of ears move together as a whole? What movements can be seen during the harvest? And what does a field do in winter? These and many other interesting questions will be … more
Archive Sarah Kamleitner Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress KINDERWORKSHOP "VOM SÄEN UND VOM ERNTEN" ZOOM Kindermuseum, Sarah Maria Kamleitner / Johann Kamleitner 29.9.–6.10.2018 What happens before a seed goes into the ground? How long does it take until the grain’s ready for harvest? What does a mill sound like from the inside? What does straw feel like? And a pile of grains of wheat? Together with the farmer Johann Kamleitner, the life of an ear of wheat, from seed to … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Noisternig Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress KINDERWORKSHOP "GESTALTEN MIT DER WEIZENÄHRE" ZOOM Kindermuseum, Sarah Maria Kamleitner / Johann Kamleitner 28.–30.9.2018 In this creative workshop given by the artist Sarah Kamleitner, participants will create small artworks using the natural material wheat, through printing, painting, and handicrafts. While handling the foodstuff with respect, possible uses of what are considered food waste products will be … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka PLATFORM Presentation KIM + HEEP FOR RADO Rado 28.9.–6.10.2018 More than instagramable! Inspired by the motif of (self-)reflection, the designers KIM + HEEP created the installation „Spieglein, Spieglein …“ that could be admired during the festival at the Rado Boutique in Vienna’s center. In it, the international duo focused on … the concept of the selfie and … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Podesser Talks Talk JOINTS AND FITTINGS VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 1.10.2018, 5pm Welcome to Vienna, Stefan Diez! Stefan Diez is one of the most renowned designers in Europe. After completing an apprenticeship in carpentry, he trained as an industrial designer, finishing his education under great masters such as Richard Sapper and Konstantin Grcic. Since 2002, Diez has run his … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Gapp PLATFORM Talk INTRA-TEMPORALITY IN Residence_Design 30.9.2018, 5pm–6pm If we were able to detect unused time in intervals between “current” moments, how would we make use of the additional temporal resources? In performative workshops and a summary in the form of a talk, the international designers Zanellato / Bortotto and Julien Carretero, together with participating … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / N. Havranek PLATFORM Presentation INNOVATIVE AND DOWN TO EARTH TU Graz, Institut für Raumgestaltung, amm – architektInnen machen möbel 28.9.–6.10.2018 Creating aids for reaching up was the intention of a student project initiated by the label amm – architektInnen machen möbel of the TU Graz’s Institute of Architecture. Needless to say: The prototypes, all of which took an architectural approach, were also intended to advance the careers of those … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Jelef PLATFORM Exhibition IKEBANA: THINKING AND DOING 28.9.–7.10.2018 Japan meets the USA in Vienna’s Neubau district. Michael Turkiewicz’s DESIGN&ART gallery is as much part of the city’s design scene as ikebana belongs to the land of the rising sun. Surrounded by contemporary objects from around the globe, the ikebana artist Toru Watarai provided some insight into … more
Archive Vanessa Lindenau / a b c Passionswege Presentation HONEY & BUNNY with Die Zuckerlwerkstatt HONEY & BUNNY, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 28.9.–6.10.2018 It’s well known that the way to the heart is through the stomach. The fact that passion takes the same route was shown by the sweet joint venture of the food designers Honey & Bunny and Die Zuckerlwerkstatt. The duo’s interested in playing with the materials, forms, and codes of our everyday food … more
Archive Swarovski Kristallwelten PLATFORM Presentation HOMAGE TO VIENNESE MODERNISM Swarovski Kristallwelten Store Wien 28.9.–6.10.2018 Swarovski stands for incomparable radiance, excellent craftsmanship, and masterful design – qualities recognized by the Swarovski Award for Excellence in Austrian Design, presented for the first time in 2018 in partnership with the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. The glittering, and more than deserving … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Noisternig Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience HERWIG SCHERABON AND ARNO DEUTSCHBAUER WITH MICHAEL ARI AND LUKAS FLISZAR (101): AFTERLIFE sound:frame 28.9.–7.10.2018 Space: the final frontier. The contemplative virtual-reality experience AFTERLIFE, which was inspired by Buddhist techniques, invited visitors to escape earthly worlds and thoughts and let go of expectations and cares. The work, created in a collaboration of Herwig Scherabon, Arno Deutschbauer … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / 2MVD Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience HEAD IN A CLOUD 2MVD 28.9.–7.10.2018 Good scenography follows function, is unobtrusive, and allows us to sense the content. This is the case in Valerie Messini and Damjan Minovski’s experience, in which lengths of transparent plastic that extended to the ceiling represented something like a gateway to a new world – a world where the … more
Archive Urban Food & Design Food in Progress HANDHANDPICKED BY – BAKING, SPROUTS & ELDERFLOWERS 28.9.–7.10.2018 Kitchens serve as the center of every party. That also applied in a figurative sense to the Urban Food & Design project HANDHANDPICKED BY, which examined possible methods of urban food production in the beautiful courtyard park of the Festival Headquarters in the former Sophienspital. For this … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / Kramar Passionswege Presentation HANAKAM & SCHULLER with J. & L. Lobmeyr HANAKAM & SCHULLER, J. & L. Lobmeyr, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 28.9.–6.10.2018 If you’re familiar with the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, it should come as no surprise that the glass manufactory J. & L. Lobmeyr participated once again, in the festival’s twelfth year. Without a doubt, this long-established Viennese company, a treasure trove of excellence in glass, is one of its favorite … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / Kramar Protest Talk TAKE A STAND! VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 7.10.2018, 5.30pm What was true before the Festival still applied after it was over: „In challenging times, when starkly polarized opinions collide, taking a stand and forcefully expressing one’s convictions is of decisive importance.“ Moderated by the writer and journalist Christopher Wurmdobler, engaged … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Gapp PLATFORM Exhibition GO WEST! AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION designforum Wien, designaustria 28.9.–7.10.2018 designforum Wien is an inherent component of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK’s festival map. In 2018, the show there focused on the US illustration scene, the intention being to put it on the map. And so, GO WEST! presented the best elements of a colorful mixture – from emerging young talents to seasoned … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Jelef PLATFORM Presentation GELÉE ROYALE – JEWELRY DESIGN FROM ISRAEL AT THE SALON Gottfried & Söhne 28.9.–7.10.2018 The shop that opened in the Jewish Museum Vienna in 2018, Gottfried & Söhne, is a veritable jewelry box. As a location for a wide variety of encounters in line with the century-old idea of the salon, it’s dedicated to a selected assortment of literature, music, and design, and is the first store in … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Gapp PLATFORM Work-in-Progress FIRED TRACES Karak 28.9.–7.10.2018 Karak stands for fire. Karak stands for show. Karak stands for craftsmanship employed in everyday practice. The Vorarlberg manufactory presents these qualities year after year at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. In 2018, it was attracted by the opportunity to watch someone make tiles. At the 2nd district’s … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Jakob PLATFORM Exhibition SOPHIENSPITAL AS A GOLDMINE Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien 28.9.–7.10.2018 In a sense, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2018 was also a farewell to the building Martin Kohlbauer built on Vienna’s Gürtel in 1999. To celebrate the upcoming renovation of the former Sophienspital, an installation by three social design alumni directed the gaze at this alteration of the wing. With a … more
Archive KHM-Museumsverband PLATFORM Presentation FÜHRUNGEN - DER ANDERE BLICK Weltmuseum Wien 30.9.–2.10.2018 Anlässlich der Neueröffnung des Imperial Shop Vienna stellt das Weltmuseum Wien ein fantasievolles Design von Peter Weisz vor. Die Arbeiten von Weisz zeichnen sich durch einen un verstellten Blick auf Gegenstände und deren Machart aus. Mittels vielschichtiger Bezüge zu 15 ausgewählten Exponaten … more
Archive Thomas Feichtner Studio PLATFORM Presentation FÜHRUNG - THOMAS FEICHTNER: DESIGN SPHERE Dorotheum 6.10.2018, 8pm Without a doubt, Thomas Feichtner can be considered a regular guest of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. The Dorotheum auction house, where auctions focusing on design are held regularly, presented an installation of the popular festival participant’s masterpiece “Sphere:” a bank of computer-generated … more
Archive MAK / Georg Mayer PLATFORM Exhibition FÜHRUNG - POST OTTO WAGNER 29.9.2018, 2pm To mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Otto Wagner (1841–1918), the MAK exhibition POST-OTTO WAGNER: FROM THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK TO POST-MODERNISM investigated Wagner’s role as the “Father of Modernism” and pointed out not only the context and the interaction between Wagner and other … more
Archive Selina Reiterer Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience FOUR6 – TEXTILE INTERACTIVE OBJECTS Selina Reiterer, Oliver Maklott 28.9.–7.10.2018 The haptic and contemplative experience FOUR6 by textile designer Selina Reiterer and media artist Oliver Maklott could be described as petting and purring therapy in the Kenyon-Pavillon. The series of interactive objects with textile surfaces questions not only conventional methods of operating … more
Archive Urban Food & Design Food in Progress FLAVOUR COLLAGE WORKSHOP: EDIBLE NEUBAU Kevin Smeeing 28.9.–7.10.2018 What does the 7th district taste like? Flavor, memory, and stories are factors that connect us as individuals. The objective of EDIBLE NEUBAU is to bring together participants of different backgrounds to jointly create an alternative edible architectural model of the district. The German designer … more
Archive Shirin Omran Protest Exhibition FLAGS OF UTOPIA Theresa Hattinger 28.9.–7.10.2018 In 2018, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK was all about protest, expressing and standing up for one’s beliefs. In line with this theme – both in literal and figurative senses – was Theresa Hattinger’s confusing and conspicuous installation on the facade of the Festival Headquarters in the former … more
Archive Alexander Gotter Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress FINISSAGE "DEMOLITION PARTY" Kulturverein Kopfhoch 7.10.2018, 4pm The city’s developing. Let’s develop with it! The participative outdoor project BLAUSTELLE – ENTWICKLE DEINE STADT, which saw this appeal as a photographic product, invited participants to produce impressions of locations undergoing change as photograms and to make this urban change visible by … more
Archive feinedinge* PLATFORM Presentation EXPERIMENTAL VASE SERIES LALA feinedinge* porzellanmanufaktur 28.9.–6.10.2018 We consider Sandra Haischberger’s porcelain manufactory in Vienna, feinedinge*, an important fixture of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. Her new series of vases, “Lala,” was created through experimentation with plaster-filled condoms that were then pressed into handwoven wire baskets. The results of this … more
Archive Spazio Pulpo PLATFORM Exhibition EXIT Spazio Pulpo 28.9.–7.10.2018 Spazio Pulpo will be remembered on two accounts: First, there’s the fact that the showroom in its courtyard has long been a place to be, a location for experimentally conceived design and lively celebrations (known to many as Negroni paradise). It was without question a high-density center for … more
Archive Misha Gurovich PLATFORM Exhibition EXIST: DESIGN DAYS – DIGITAL NATIVES Burggasse 98 1.–6.10.2018 The microfestival EXIST: DESIGN DAYS – DIGITAL NATIVES came in like a wrecking ball! Burggasse 98 sees itself as a new artistic hot spot in Vienna. It’s difficult to do justice to the location and the program full of experiences, interactive artworks, talks, curator-led tours, and an afterparty in … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Severin Wurnig PLATFORM Presentation OPENING - PRIVATE VIEWING ONE FOR HUNDRED 4.10.2018, 6pm As is well known, private celebrations are events that create lasting memories. Hardly anywhere else do guests come into direct contact with their hosts. With this in mind, the young Austrian label ONE FOR HUNDRED transformed an apartment in an old building on Löwelstraße into a temporary salon and … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Gapp Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress A TON ZOOM Kindermuseum, Sarah Maria Kamleitner / Johann Kamleitner 29.9.–4.10.2018 Father, daughter, and Mother Nature – in their joint project, Johann (Farmer) and Sarah Kamleitner (Fine artist) addressed themes involving agriculture and the food industry: From the field to the germinating seed to the threshed ear – how much energy, time, and effort is required to produce a ton … more
Archive PEUGEOT Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience DRIVING VISIONS Peugeot 28.9.–7.10.2018 A road trip through new worlds, a virtual test drive was provided by the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK’s mobility partner of many years: In a virtual reality corner set up for this purpose, PEUGEOT invited guests to take a look at the PEUGEOT 508 sedan from a 360° perspective. What set it apart? Features and … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / Kramar PLATFORM Presentation DREIBAUM 28.9.–7.10.2018 With the DREIBAUM project, a microarchitecture for education about the natural environment, hunting, and forestry, the off-grid experiment returned to an urban context. Developed for the Austrian Federal Forestry Agency by TRIALE, a research facility for design research and knowledge transfer, it … more
Archive Urban Food & Design Presentation DINNER NIGHT Wirtschaftsagentur Wien 5.10.2018, 8pm As the main course of the Urban Food & Design format, the Vienna Business Agency, in cooperation with the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and the designers chosen in the Urban Food & Design open call, served up on the festival’s Friday a multicourse culinary multiple-stage theater that involved new kinds of … more
Archive PLATFORM Presentation DINNER - EXPERIMENTAL VASE SERIES LALA feinedinge* porzellanmanufaktur 4.10.2018, 6.30pm We consider Sandra Haischberger’s porcelain manufactory in Vienna, feinedinge*, an important fixture of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. Her new series of vases, “Lala,” was created through experimentation with plaster-filled condoms that were then pressed into handwoven wire baskets. The results of this … more
Archive Kristina Satori Virtual & Augmented Reality Talk DIGITAL VISIONS AND FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES: OUR FUTURE’S DESIGN VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Business Riot Festival 5.10.2018, 7pm As a complement to the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK’s focus on protest, the concluding workshop series of the Business Riot Festival, which was also held at the Festival Headquarters, thematized feminist perspectives in digital innovations and technologies. In her keynote, Jessica Sanchez, as a … more
Archive Jakob Glasner Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience DESIGNING REALITIES CONFERENCE 5: DATABAR 4.10.2018, 7pm Whoever wanted to continue a discussion in comfortable surroundings after an intense afternoon at the conference, which offered plenty of input from various fields relating to extended realities, or just have a drink was confronted with another installation. Jakob Glasner’s DATABAR, manned by … more
Archive VRVienna Virtual & Augmented Reality Talk DESIGNING REALITIES CONFERENCE 4: XR BETWEEN EXHIBITION SPACE AND VIRTUAL REALITY VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, sound:frame 4.10.2018, 7.30pm Spectacles are necessary. In the past, amusements were elementary parts of our daily lives. Then came the rigid division into work and leisure time. At present, we’re facing increasing intertwining of real and virtual worlds due to growing digitalization. The demand for spectacles is by all … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Jakob Virtual & Augmented Reality Talk DESIGNING REALITIES CONFERENCE 3: VR BEYOND PLAY VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, SUBOTRON 4.10.2018, 6.15pm For some time, television was considered a window to the world. Gradually, it grew and developed, becoming, thanks to new technologies used by the entertainment industry, a gateway to virtual worlds. In his keynote, game-console mastermind Russel Harding outlined how gaming and the related gadgets … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Jakob Virtual & Augmented Reality Talk DESIGNING REALITIES CONFERENCE 2: ART UNFRAMED – VR AS AN ARTISTIC MEDIUM VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 4.10.2018, 5pm Peggy Schoenegge, curator at peer to space, puts together exhibitions that deal with the digital age’s effects on our society. In her talk, she will discuss virtual reality as an artistic medium that carries forward art-historical traditions in a new way and enables innovative forms of visual … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Jakob Virtual & Augmented Reality Talk DESIGNING REALITIES CONFERENCE 1: VR AND ARCHITECTURE VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 4.10.2018, 3.30pm Jason Bergeron from the d2 Conferences has brought together some of the best minds in the fields or architecture, visualization, and software development for a panel talk to discuss the promises and challenges of utilizing virtual reality in architecture. The most common (and most obvious) use of … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Jakob Urban Food & Design Presentation DESIGN NITE: WORKSHOP Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst, IDRV – Institute of Design Research Vienna 2.10.2018, 12pm–5pm Begrenzte Plätze … Anmeldung unter www.mak.at/vdw2018
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Jakob PLATFORM Presentation DESIGN NITE & MASTERCLASS – MARTÍ GUIXÉ: DESIGN AS TOOL FOR EMPOWERMENT Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, IDRV – Institute of Design Research Vienna 2.10.2018, 12pm–5pm Workshop and lecture by and with the Catalan designer Martí Guixé: As an “antidesigner,” Guixé espouses a type of design that changes the way we work, think, and live as part of a process. In his projects (“Social Movement Design Book” and “Food Design”), Guixé conveys designers’ role in the future … more
Archive Thomas Holota PLATFORM Presentation DESIGN MEETS DIGITAL FABRICATION Happylab 28.9.–7.10.2018 Make things happen! With a combined showroom and maker space conceived for this purpose, Happylab showed at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK’s Festival Headquarters for ten days a selection of designed objects that were manufactured digitally and invited visitors to take matters in their own hands. Happylab … more
Archive Vandasye Design Everyday Exhibition DESIGN EVERYDAY - DESIGN FÜR DEN GEBRAUCH 2018 Vandasye 28.9.–7.10.2018 In light of the setting, one might guess that this careful selection of the best examples of Austrian product design is a barn party, a celebration of regional design. In a large shed flooded with fall light, a show window that festival director Lilli Hollein wanted to be seen as the continuation … more
Archive Jan Lutyk Debut Work-in-Progress DESIGN EMERGENCY ROOM Akademie der bildenden Künste Warschau, Fakultät für Design, Adam Mickiewicz Institut 28.9.–7.10.2018 Good design prevents problems before they arise. Inspired by the Festival Headquarters’ location in the former Sophienspital, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw students wearing doctor’s white coats listened and ascertained symptoms, then prescribed personalized prophylactics and ad hoc treatments. As … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Gapp PLATFORM Presentation DESIGN BRUNCH TREWIT 30.9.2018, 11am With its entirely likable presentation, Wittman, the family-run processor of solid wood, was indisputably one of the rising stars of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2018. The company located in Upper Austria’s Almtal showed two current projects by a designer closely bound to the Festival: While industrial … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Jakob Passionswege Talk DESIGN & WIRTSCHAFT - OHNE TELLERRAND DENKEN Wirtschaftskammer Wien 1.10.2018, 7pm Design connects. That has been demonstrated by the Passionswege year after year. Alongside international designers and companies that produce locally, the Festival’s oldest format once again teamed the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK with the Vienna Economic Chamber – an agile duo that showcased the range and … more
Archive KHM-Museumsverband PLATFORM Presentation A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE Weltmuseum Wien 28.9.–7.10.2018 For the reopening of the Imperial Shop Vienna, the Weltmuseum Wien presented a fanciful design by Peter Weisz. His works are characterized by a direct gaze at objects and how they’re constructed. Through manylayered references to 15 selected exhibits at the Weltmuseum Wien, Weisz created … more
Archive Urban Food & Design Guided Tour DEPARTURE TOUR 2: FUTURE HOSPITALITY Wirtschaftsagentur Wien 3.10.2018, 3pm What we expect of food and how it’s consumed, which is becoming increasingly personal, requires innovative concepts from the fields of design and gastronomy. This involves the desire for special taste experiences, various characteristic cultural or ethnic forms of eating, or food allergies, which … more
Archive Urban Food & Design Guided Tour DEPARTURE TOUR 1: URBAN PRODUCTION Wirtschaftsagentur Wien 1.10.2018, 2pm How can food be produced in an urban context sustainably and in a way that uses as few … resources as possible? Which new sources of food can be exploited? Approaches from the field of circular economy, the zero-waste movement, and industrial design show how pioneering urban food production can … more
Archive Urban Food & Design Talk DEPARTURE TALK 2: DESIGNING THE EXPERIENCE - FOOD AND BUSINESS Wirtschaftsagentur Wien 3.10.2018, 6pm Designers provide solutions for new social issues around the field of gastronomy. What will modern coffeehouse, Heuriger, and bar culture in Vienna be like? What are the parameters for supply and atmosphere? In close cooperation with producers and customers, the reciprocal effects of design and … more
Archive Urban Food & Design Talk DEPARTURE TALK 1: URBAN FOOD STRATEGIES Wirtschaftsagentur Wien 1.10.2018, 6pm First, there was the egg. The fertilized egg, to be precise. It provided the basis of the dietary model that the eating designer Marije Vogelzang explained in the packed festival auditorium, along with the egg bank she devised. Another concept that demonstrated the Dutchwoman’s creative praxis … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Gapp Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience DEPART: THE LACUNA SHIFTS - ANNEX sound:frame 28.9.–7.10.2018 What immersion can mean in the best case and the undreamed-of worlds virtual reality has in store for us was made more than vivid by the experience THE LACUNA SHIFTS – ANNEX by Leonhard Lass and Gregor Ladenhauf. First, we looked into a mirror and saw our reflection, then the art installation drew … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / 11th Dimension Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience DE PROFUNDIS Adam Mickiewicz Institut 28.9.–7.10.2018 How it must feel to immerse oneself in the mystic and archaic topoi from the works of the painter Zdzisław Beksińsk, who passed away in 2005, was illustrated by the Polish studio 11th Dimension’s virtual reality installation. Accompanied by atmospheric music and ambient noises, users roam the … more
Archive Protest Workshop DANCE AWAY TOXIC MASCULINITY Fearleaders 7.10.2018, 3pm I dance the world that I want! Far from heteronormative categories and ascriptions, the Fearleaders’ dance-on workshop is an expressive means to simply dance away toxic masculinity. Pirouettes, shorts, and pompoms – all that can occasionally be a mocking expression of protest and dated gender … more
Archive Tale of Tales Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience CRICOTERIE Adam Mickiewicz Institut, Tale of Tales 28.9.–7.10.2018 CRICOTERIE is a virtual reality application and installation that immerses the user in the bizarre world of the late Polish stage director Tadeusz Kantor. CRICOTERIE isn’t a digital version of any particular play, but a collection of objects and characters to be freely manipulated by the user. In … more
Archive mo° sound PLATFORM Presentation COME TO HEAR! PORCELAIN BALL LOUDSPEAKERS mo° sound 28.9.–6.10.2018 One group had the soundtrack, the others the matching sound, if not the matching mood. At the listening session of mo° sound, the manufactory of porcelain ball loudspeakers, aficionados and audiophiles were invited to experience and enjoy the harmonious interplay of audio technology and porcelain … more
Archive Alexander Gotter Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress COCKTAIL "RICHTFEST" Kulturverein Kopfhoch 29.9.2018, 5pm–8pm The city’s developing. Let’s develop with it! The participative outdoor project BLAUSTELLE – ENTWICKLE DEINE STADT, which saw this appeal as a photographic product, invited participants to produce impressions of locations undergoing change as photograms and to make this urban change visible by … more
Archive Tobias Pilz PLATFORM Presentation COCKTAIL "DRINKS UND EXPERIMENTE" studio högl borowski 2.10.2018, 7pm … A contribution that has apparently been kissed by the muse. Or: by the Schmusechor. – As the case may be! How gentle design can be and how playfully it can be explored was shown by the charming retrospective of studio kollektiv plus zwei. In addition to making-ofs, new projects, random ideas … more
Archive A limousine appears at the roadside and occupies several of the contested parking lots at once. It is a representative for the luxury of appropriating public (parking) space, it opens up and celebrates possibilities. Together with car-lovers as well as haters, the project team wants to discuss the car in the city: Sports car versus minivan? Parking in the vacant shop downstairs? How sustainable is the car ride to the organic food store? The new subway is stealing my parking space – where should I park, I just have to buy milk? Five hours’ ride by public transport to visit grandma? Drive-in cinema, mixtapes, caraoke, and much more transform the parked stretch limousine, as an exaggeration of a car, into a real-life laboratory offering much more than homemade lemonade. Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress COCKTAIL "CAR-AOKE" 29.9.2018, 3pm–6pm When strolling, running, or driving down Burggasse, it couldn’t be missed. The pink stretch limousine was too flashy, and passersby were too worked up by the chutzpah that had monopolized this location, which provided enough room for several hotly contested parking spaces. With a multifarious … more
Archive HEYSISTER! PLATFORM Presentation COCKTAIL - BUILD YOUR OWN CARTON BAG HEYSISTER!, raumkomplett 2.10.2018, 6.30pm When the content equals its packaging, either deceptive packaging is involved or – as in this case – a packaging-design project focused on the playful interaction of smart cardboard box construction and graphic design that’s ideal for it. For one evening, the design duo HEYSISTER! transformed the … more
Archive Peter Kainz PLATFORM Talk COCKTAIL - ATMOVE: DESIGN ALS INNOVATIONSTREIBER IN SCHWELLENLÄNDERN Spirit Design 3.10.2018, 5.30pm The original idea of Spirit Design’s successful sustainability project in South America involves a small tractor that runs on biogas made by farmers themselves. The objective: a systemic innovation for small and medium-sized agricultural operations and the climate. The status quo: an on-site … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Noisternig Protest Presentation CLOSING PARTY - NO MORE BULLSHIT. DAS HANDBUCH GEGEN SEXISTISCHE STAMMTISCHWEISHEITEN Sorority, Business Riot Festival 5.10.2018, 8pm “Liberté, egalité, smash the patriarché, mic drop.” With its event series No More Bullshit!, the … women’s network Sorority has taken on the task of countering familiar killer phrases, with facts. In a crowded Thalia branch, the network presented its publication of the same name as part of the … more
Archive Kristina Satori Virtual & Augmented Reality Party CLOSING PARTY - DIGITALE VISIONEN UND FEMINISTISCHE PERSPEKTIVEN: DAS DESIGN UNSERER ZUKUNFT VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Business Riot Festival, Sorority 5.10.2018, 10pm As a complement to the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK’s focus on protest, the concluding workshop series of the Business Riot Festival, which was also held at the Festival Headquarters, thematized feminist perspectives in digital innovations and technologies. In her keynote, Jessica Sanchez, as a … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Gapp PLATFORM Presentation FLOODING OFFICES WITH BEAUTY Blaha Büromöbel 28.9.–5.10.2018 We spend a large portion of our lives at work, many of us in offices. But how can these places be filled with beauty so that culturally charged greenhouses of creativity are created? That’s what Jan Teunen and Hajo Eickhoff, expert on the theme of sitting, explained when presenting their book … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / Kramar Passionswege Presentation BURKART FURTENBACH with Albert Pattermann BURKART FURTENBACH, Albert Pattermann, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 29.9.–6.10.2018 The intention of the Passionswege has always been bringing things that have proven their value from behind the scenes and placing them in unexpected new contexts. The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK found a veritable partner in crime for this endeavor in bagmaker Alexander Rippka. He recently brought the … more
Archive HEYSISTER! PLATFORM Presentation BUILD YOUR OWN CARTON BAG HEYSISTER!, raumkomplett 28.9.–6.10.2018 When the content equals its packaging, either deceptive packaging is involved or – as in this case – a packaging-design project focused on the playful interaction of smart cardboard box construction and graphic design that’s ideal for it. For one evening, the design duo HEYSISTER! transformed the … more
Archive Julia Schwarz Urban Food & Design Food in Progress BREAD-BAKING EVENTS Julia Schwarz 29.9.–5.10.2018 Something can be done about food shortages, according to Julia Schwarz. The world’s population is growing, harvests are failing, the climate is becoming increasingly extreme. As a consequence, a shortfall in the amount food has been forecast. As a speculative design project, UNSEEN EDIBLE addressed … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / P. Podesser Urban Food & Design Food in Progress BREAD-BAKING EVENTS 29.9.–7.10.2018 Kitchens serve as the center of every party. That also applied in a figurative sense to the Urban Food & Design project HANDHANDPICKED BY, which examined possible methods of urban food production in the beautiful courtyard park of the Festival Headquarters in the former Sophienspital. For this … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / N. Havranek PLATFORM Exhibition BRING ART TO LIFE! Fedrigoni 2.–4.10.2018 First there was parchment, then paper, and lastly e-paper. Although development of the medium has continued, paper and its unique haptic quality – as confirmed by the Festival Guide 2018 – is in greater demand than ever. At the same time, new technologies have provided new possibilities: The way … more
Archive Alexander Gotter Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress BLAUSTELLE – DEVELOP YOUR CITY Kulturverein Kopfhoch 29.9.–6.10.2018 The city’s developing. Let’s develop with it! The participative outdoor project BLAUSTELLE – ENTWICKLE DEINE STADT, which saw this appeal as a photographic product, invited participants to produce impressions of locations undergoing change as photograms and to make this urban change visible by … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Kollektiv Fischka / M. Jelef PLATFORM Presentation BLAUES GOLD – POURING THE SOURCE OF LIFE design.mikimartinek 28.9.–6.10.2018 Water is the source of all life. And clean drinking water is one of the Earth’s most valuable resources. This is a fact that deserves more consideration. Inspired by the preciousness of nature and Austria’s presidency of the EU Council, the designer Miki Martinek developed a set of water glasses … more
Archive Tobias Pilz PLATFORM Presentation BLAUDRUCKWORKSHOP "KEEP IT BLUE!" MIT KLAR studio högl borowski 30.9.2018, 2pm … A contribution that has apparently been kissed by the muse. Or: by the Schmusechor. – As the case may be! How gentle design can be and how playfully it can be explored was shown by the charming retrospective of studio kollektiv plus zwei. In addition to making-ofs, new projects, random ideas … more
Archive Urban Food & Design Food in Progress BEYOND TASTE - A MUTLI-SENSORIAL SERIES OF TABLEWARE Teresa Berger 28.9.–7.10.2018 Just smoke and mirrors? Far from it. Proceeding from the thesis that advancing digitalization involves sensory detachment, Teresa Berger focused on the interplay of all the senses, the haptic and tactile experience, in her widely popular Urban Food & Design project: Her eight-piece series of … more
Archive Leonardo Ramirez Castillo PLATFORM Presentation CARS CANNOT BE FOLDED VELLO 3.10.2018, 5.30pm The wheel doesn’t have to be reinvented – but it can! With this in mind, Vienna’s young folding-bike startup VELLO opened its new multifunctional location in Vienna’s Margareten district as part of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. Various departments overlap here, and new developments in the area of folding … more
Archive Kohlmaier PLATFORM Presentation FROM THE ARCHIVES: CLASSICS, RARITIES, PROTOTYPES Kohlmaier 28.9.–5.10.2018 The term archive doesn’t necessarily connote a dusty room, a fact illustrated by the fresh overview of precious furniture at this year’s VIENNA DESIGN WEEK: The fusion of contemporary design and traditional handicrafts has long been the focus of the family-owned Kohlmaier company, founded in 1884 … more
Archive A limousine appears at the roadside and occupies several of the contested parking lots at once. It is a representative for the luxury of appropriating public (parking) space, it opens up and celebrates possibilities. Together with car-lovers as well as haters, the project team wants to discuss the car in the city: Sports car versus minivan? Parking in the vacant shop downstairs? How sustainable is the car ride to the organic food store? The new subway is stealing my parking space – where should I park, I just have to buy milk? Five hours’ ride by public transport to visit grandma? Drive-in cinema, mixtapes, caraoke, and much more transform the parked stretch limousine, as an exaggeration of a car, into a real-life laboratory offering much more than homemade lemonade. Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress AUF ’NE LIMO 28.9.–7.10.2018 When strolling, running, or driving down Burggasse, it couldn’t be missed. The pink stretch limousine was too flashy, and passersby were too worked up by the chutzpah that had monopolized this location, which provided enough room for several hotly contested parking spaces. With a multifarious … more
Archive Peter Kainz PLATFORM Talk ATMOVE: DESIGN AS A MOTIVATOR OF INNOVATION Spirit Design 3.10.2018, 4.30pm The original idea of Spirit Design’s successful sustainability project in South America involves a small tractor that runs on biogas made by farmers themselves. The objective: a systemic innovation for small and medium-sized agricultural operations and the climate. The status quo: an on-site … more
Archive Ottonie von Roeder Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress FROM LABOR TO WORK IDRV – Institute of Design Research Vienna 28.9.–7.10.2018 What happens when robots and artificial intelligences take your job? What would you teach this technology about your work? And what is it that you really, really want to do in the future? The changes in work toward a new form of employment is one of the most talked-about themes at present. If the … more
Archive Kathrin Gollackner PLATFORM Presentation 3-D PRINTING FOR BETTER DAYS Studio Barbara Gollackner 28.9.–7.10.2018 I print the world the way I like it. In this case with ecologically sound and sustainable printing filaments. Because 3-D printing has revolutionized the world of product design. But regardless of how many benefits have come from the new technology of rapid prototyping, every prototype means … more
Archive J. Pichlbauer / K. Kender / A. Fruhstorfer / L. Hofer Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress 1070 UNSEEN – SIGNALS FROM OFFSTAGE Johanna Pichlbauer/Kay Kender/Alexandra Fruhstorfer/Lisa Hofer 28.9.–7.10.2018 The home-based care provided by Caritas supports people who’re no longer able to leave their living spaces, people who are easily forgotten in the daily hustle and bustle of Vienna’s Neubau. The project team, after tracking the caregivers, read several mostly unknown and extremely personal stories … more