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Exotic objects have always held a fascination for Europeans who came in contact with ethnic groups from far-away lands. Over the centuries the treasure chambers of the rulers of the times were filled. However, articles were largely ignored that could not immediately be recognised as being the … more

TOTEM AND TABOO: complexity and relationships between art and design examines the interrelationships between art and design, and also the strategies employed by artists and designers in the bordering and overlapping areas of their respective disciplines. With Øystein Aasan, Stephane Barbier Bouvet … more

AUDIO: JOJA (JNE // sound:frame AV) KEN HAYAKAWA & LUMA.LAUNISCH, „INNENWELTKOSMOS“ audio-visual live show (sound:frame AV) QUARION (Drumpoet Community, Retreat, Berlin) GEORGE FITZGERALD (Hotflush, London) VISUAL: WEMAKEVISUALS (sound:frame AV) VALENCE (sound:frame AV) Eintritt: AK 14€ … … more

With the material ‘Buzzi felt’, a maximal sound insulation is achieved and simultaneously recycling ideas implemented, for it is 100 per cent made of used PET-bottles. The ‘Buzzi felt’ thus unites two topical subjects: ecological awareness in the form of recycling, and combating noise pollution … more

The 80th anniversary of the world famous service by Adolf Loos will be celebrated with a publication initiated by traditional chrystal manufacturer J&L Lobmeyr. The New York-based graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister has now been commissioned to deliver his interpretation of Loos's classic. The … more

What happens when you decouple design from the marketplace, when rather than making technology ever more consumable, designers use the language of design to pose questions, entertain, and provoke – to transport our imaginations into parallel but possible worlds? Fiona Raby, one of today's most … more

How can I make it from an idea to the first prototype to a perfected … solution? Where do I get the necessary start-up capital for the realisation? You will find out this and much more at ‘impulse insight’. Besides all of the important information about impulse | aws and the possibilities for … more

The expert team of ABSOLUT will be hosting a talk on copyright issues in product design. A must-see for professionals and for design lovers! Wednesday, Oct. 5.2011, 5:30–6:30 p.m. stilwerk Wien … Praterstraße 1 … 1020 Wien

The Canadian yet Berlin based designer Jerszy Seymour is no longer an insider tip. His unique experimental style excited big companies like , Vitra, IDEE and many others. Today Jerszy Seymour will share his visions of the future in society and design. Tuesday, October 4.2011, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.