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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.

Doshi Levien is a London based design office, established in 2000 by Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien. Doshi Levien's work celebrates the hybrid and explores the coming together of cultures, technology, storytelling, industrial design and fine craftsmanship. Nipa's refined and astute visual direction … more

Ravi Naidoo is the founder and managing director of Interactive Africa, a Cape Town based media and marketing company. After studying economics and physiology at the University of CapeTown he worked as account director at Young and Rubicam, and, after founding Interactive Africa, received … more

Dear Friends of Vienna Design Week! Yesterday we sounded the bell for a wonderful festival weekend! This Saturday will be sweetened up by Asian delicacies, a perfect place for children, eco-friendly inventions and elegant design solutions. The day can be kicked-off with a visit at the Wiener … more

Originally from London, Sophie Lovell studied biology and design before moving to Berlin in 1994 where she rapidly became an active member of the city’s burgeoning multidisciplinary creative scene. She writes regularly for Wallpaper* magazine and has been their Germany Editor since 2000. She has … more

Pecha Kucha Night, devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Klein Dytham architecture), was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers and architects to meet, network, and show their work in public. The key to Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding ever lasting presentations:

Konstantin Schmölzer is a young Austrian designer, who studied in Eindhoven and New York. Besides productdesign with the focus on advanced manufacturing techiniques, Schmölzer works in the fields of architecture, grafic-, motion- and webdesign as wall as branding and systemdesign. Verdarium, a … more

Zwanzig profilierte österreichische oder in Österreich lebende visuelle GestalterInnen wurden von „Die Presse“ und Post AG zum Ideenwettbewerb „Marke Österreich“ geladen. Ihren Zugang zum Thema der österreichischen Identität visualisierten sie in Form einer Briefmarke. Das Projekt wurde vom Wiener … more