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As a result of the Passionwege dialogue, within a short fixed period of time emerge works, installations, and sometimes products that are shaped by the experimental nature of the format. Today we introduce the Austrian designer Hermann Trebsche and the balloon specialist Ballons & Ballons! After … more

As a result of the Passionwege dialogue, within a short fixed period of time emerge works, installations, and sometimes products that are shaped by the experimental nature of the format. Today we introduce the young Vienna based designer Patrycja Domanska at the traditional Austrian Dirndl company … more

Delmore Schwartz's song lyrics "Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn" served as inspiration for Doris Schamp's installation "Time is fire". Eight neon green drip candle columns containing of 250 single candles, visualize various processes of time. The candles … more

As a result of the Passionwege dialogue, within a short fixed period of time emerge works, installations, and sometimes products that are shaped by the experimental nature of the format. Today we introduce Tomas Alonso at Wiener Silbermanufactur. The native of Spain and Londoner by choice Tomas … more

As before, almost all of the programme highlights have free entry. There are eight programme formats and several focal points, and we will outline the festival contents accordingly in this text. You will receive your copy of the generally valid Festival Guide at the end of August. However, if you’d … more

Up to 30 new product designs, the work of design students and young designers from around the world, will be preselected and featured in a special exhibition for the ninth time. The jury for the design competition, the Interior Innovation Award 2012, (due to be held at imm cologne) will then choose … more

This year, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is setting up a cooperation with Caritas Vienna. As one of five Carte Blanche projects, the designer Michael Fetz and the sociologist / photographer Florian Rainer will focus on youth poverty and homelessness. Fruitful synergies are already visible: various chairs … more

The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Debut, established in 2009, is a cooperative project with the James Dyson Award and the James Dyson Foundation. The format has been developed as a platform for advanced university students and young professionals from the areas of product and industrial design. Ten of the … more

Coral-red and respberry-violet are our colors this year! And we want more! Show us your favorite sweater, bikini, shoes, plant, food in this juicy combination of colors! The best, greatest, funniest, prettiest images will be shown on VIENNA DESIGN WEEK on facebook and will be awarded with great … more

A rapid prototyping machine produces the content of a Rado watch as well as some objects refer to the topic "time". "Open source allows us to recreate, rebuild or to re-interpret our products inspired by objects which already exist", Talia Redford specifies her project. Until July 17, the Radobot … more