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On Thursday, March 14 2013, stilwerk Vienna invites you to the official design party! Drinks and music, design on three floors! Don´t miss the design intermezzo with designer Marco Dessi at VIENNA DESIGN Office. Starting at 7! Free entry!

Save the date! stilwerk Vienna invites you to the official design party on March 14! All stores are opened, drinks and music are served. At the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Office a design intermezzo is taking place with Marco Dessi. Free entry! Starting at 7!

Don´t miss the talk with designer Nada Nasrallah and Christian Horner (SODA DES/GNERS) and Tulga Beyerle, director VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, on March 5 at 18h as part of the exhibition "WerkStadtVienna". Free admission!

From now on, exhibitions on Austrian and international design will be held at the "STILWERK LIMITED EDITION WINDOW GALLERY, curated by VIENNA DESIGN WEEK" for several times a year. Don´t miss the current exhibition "Der Spiegel" curated by Klara Sumova and OKOLO.

Since 2006 the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK format of the "Passionswege" (the paths of passion or pain) bring together designers with out-of-the-ordinary businesses, workshops and long-established shops in Vienna. Through March 17, the exhibition "WerkStadt Vienna. Design Engaging the City" shows a selected …

In the context of the exhibition "WerkStadt Vienna" a talk on February 5 deals with the rediscovery of Vienna's manufacturing culture. With Carl Auböck (Workshop Carl Auböck), Tulga Beyerle (VIENNA DESIGN WEEK), Alexandra Feichtner (section.a), Harald Gründl (EOOS), Axel Kufus (Berlin University of …

Designers and artists are invited to design the window display of the Swiss watchmaker Rado at Vienna Kärntnerstraße. In addition to a month-long presentation the winner will be awarded with the "Rado Star Prize 2013". Sebastian Menschhorn is currently presenting his installation entitled …

Curated by Tulga Beyerle the exhibition (until April 21) at the Museum of Applied Arts Cologne presents contemporary design between poetry and provocation. With Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Patricia Urquiola, Philippe Starck, Hella Jongerius, Formantasma, Julia Lohmann, Robert Stadler, Jaime Hayón …

All of us at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK wish you a wonderful holiday season and a new year full of design and inspiration!

The 6th edition of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK had a programme of 99 events and projects at 61 venues throughout Vienna. The most encouraging figure at the end: The 10-day design festival attracted 37,025 visitors! We thank everyone for participating and attending! By the way, we are already planning …

Sascha Mikel, Martin Schnabl and Michael Tatschl move their workshop into the museum. From Nov 29 to Dec 2 the Viennese design studio will produce the so-called "Winterthur's chair" in the context of the exhibition "wood loop" at the Gewerbemuseum Winterthur. From steam bending, assembly, surface …

Lectures, discussions and workshop reports in German & English - free entree on both days from 2pm to 10pm … For registration please write to: conference@urban-matters.org

We are very glad, that the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK generates a great amount of press attention. Have a look here...

Through November 4, the designforum Vienna shows the exhibition "Tools for the Design Revolution". A few more days "Dansk Mobel Design" (through Nov 17) at Wagner:Werk Museum Postsparkasse and "Graphic Detour - Crossing Borders in European Design" (through Nov 25) at freiraum of quartier21/MQ are …

Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi from Studio Formafantasma win with their souvenir "Vienna PlayingCards" the design contest "European Home Run". Héctor Serrano with "Pop-up Vienna" emerged as the winner of the public vote. Lilli Hollein curated the contest. More here...

Until Sunday, November 4, the exhibition "Tools for the Design Revolution" shows sustainable design, that particularly encourages us consumers to rethink. More here...

While currently in Eindhoven the "Dutch Design Week" is running, here in Vienna, the successful model of this city is discussed in terms of design. With lectures by Renny Ramakers (NL) and Formafantasma (I / NL). Today at 8 p.m. with free admission! More here ...

The sixth VIENNA DESIGN WEEK has come to a close and we'd like to thank everyone – designers, sponsors, partners, visitors - whose hard work, dedication and enthusiasm make Vienna a great city for design, not just during the Festival, but all year long!

Who holds in Vienna, Who in Berlin the "creative threads" in hand? Lucas Verweij moderates the discussion with guests from Berlin (Frederik Frede, Fons Hickmann, Axel Kufus, Jörg Suermann) and Vienna. More here... .

Today at 17:00 your are invited for a cocktail to celebrate the first Austrian pop-up store by the HELMRINDERKNECHT contemporary design gallery from Berlin. Also, Thomas Schiefer's staircase "Air Stair", is another reason for a get-together at stilwerk Vienna. Afterwards, departure & MAK are …

"Experimental design as an open process" or "business-as-unusual": International designers are brought together to develop a project with … Viennese industrial producers and businesses. The results are shown at the opening receptions of "Passionswege" in the 6th and 7th district. That can only be …

Today at 17:00 two high-profile talks are on the agenda: Designer Martí Guixé and architect/designer Hadi Teherani talk about cooperation between designers and producers, and resolve issues such as: How does the exchange take place? What hurdles have to be overcome? FREE ADMISSION … More here ... .

500 visitors celebrated the start of this year's VIENNA DESIGN WEEK at the Gschwandner last night. Among the guests were Eberhard Schrempf, Nives Widauer, Markus Schinwald, Erwin Wurm, Eva Blimlinger, Hermann Czech and Gregor Eichinger.

The programme of this year's VIENNA DESIGN WEEK includes 99 events at 61 locations throughout the city. Advice from the directors, Tulga Beyerle and Lilli Hollein: "Inhale! Design is in the air!" … Leran more about festival day 1 here:

Future Urban Mobility shows the domestic status quo, gathers together expertes from design, the industry and mobility and presents the best pick of pioneering electrovehicles, in part with on-the-spot tests!