Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarPassionswegeExhibition15 years of PassionswegeVIENNA DESIGN WEEK25.9.–4.10.2020“OPEN!” was the word that greeted you, glowing in bright neon letters that emerged from a space bathed in pale pink light, as soon as you entered the Festival Headquarters in the Amtshaus Theresienbadgasse. And you were immediately, magically drawn into this former office, which Eldine Heep and … mehr
Event BueronardinVirtual & Augmented RealityExperienceA CITY FULLER OF DESIGN - EXPLORE VIENNA VIA AUGMENTED REALITY APPVIENNA DESIGN WEEKGame on! Mit Programmpunkten quer durch die ganze Stadt verwandelt die VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Wien Jahr für Jahr zur City Full of Design: Übersehene Ecken werden zum Schauplatz für Gestaltung, kritische und leichtfüßige Auseinandersetzung mit der lebendigen (lokalen) Designsparte. Kurz: zu einer … mehr
Event Studio Weholo, Vincent WagnerVirtual Festival HeadquarterExperienceAI-NIMALSUniversität für angewandte Kunst Wien25.9.–4.10.2020Marlene Kager, Maris Nisu, Maximilian Prag, and Pauline Jocher (Graphic Design class) developed the subject of the AI-NIMALS for the latest edition of the Angewandte Festival in alternate.mode. The computer-generated, morphing animals now found a new habitat in the Virtual Festival Headquarters of … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersPresentationAL-TIME TOURS – DESIGN YOURSELF AN EXTRA HOUR!Valentinitsch Design26.9.–1.10.2020What if the day had 25 hours? How would we design this extra hour? With their watch brand AL-Time, the designers Tino Valentinitsch and Michael Bauchowitz showed us everything that is possible. During VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, they invited visitors to the wonderful Valentinitsch Design Studio close to … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappProgramme PartnersPresentationALMOST TWO – WIENER TIMES AND ZESTREAco/rizom26.9.2020, 12pm–6pmThe Vienna initiative co/rizom supports small manufacturers with expertise and strategies in the areas of design, product development, branding, and marketing. The objective is to prepare these traditional craft businesses for the market with the help of globally applicable tools. On the occasion … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappProgramme PartnersPresentationANALOG AFTERWORK KARAOKE25hours Hotel beim MuseumsQuartier29.9.2020, 5pm–9pmIn keeping with the motto “We create memories!” the 25hours Hotel offers, in cooperation with SUPERSENSE, analog experiential adventures designed to inspire guests from all around the world to act and think. About the fact that, for example, the combination of gramophone record and loft can be more … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserEducationTourARCH ON WALK – ACHLEITNER RELOADED IN MEIDLINGARCH ON TOUR, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK26.9.–3.10.2020The architectural guided tours offered by Marion Kuzmani (ARCH ON TOUR) during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK have been a fully-booked success story for years. This year, the architectural expert devoted one of the two formats to Friedrich Achleitner, the author of the historical guide “Österreichische … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappStadtarbeit – City WorkWork-in-ProgressARCHE – A VIEWING PLATFORM IN THE WILDERNESS OF THE VACANT PLOTdas BAU25.9.–4.10.2020The Arche was one of two projects that occupied a piece of waste ground as part of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020. The concept was to make such plots accessible and transform them into temporary urban gardens. However, according to the initiators of the project from das BAU, it is not enough to simply … mehr
Event Maximilian Prag, areaforvirtual.artVirtual Festival HeadquarterExperienceAREA FOR VIRTUAL ARTsound:frame25.9.2020Eva Fischer, Angie-Shahira Pohl, and Martina Menegon from the AREA FOR VIRTUAL ART were commissioned by VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 to curate an exhibition in the Virtual Festival Headquarters, in which they presented the work of international digital artists. With their online platform AREA FOR … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko HavranekProgramme PartnersPresentationARTEK MEETS MIDGARD IN THE NEW CONCEPT STOREZIMMER Working in Concept25.9.–3.10.2020ZIMMER is both a concept store and a co-working space in the heart of the Seventh District. Markus Rauer established the space in 2016 with the vision of combining timeless design with modern work. During VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, ZIMMER invited visitors to venture beyond the large glass façade of … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Lischka/Stefanie FreynschlagProgramme PartnersTalkAWS CREATIVE IMPACT: FUNDING LUNCHaws – austria wirtschaftsservice30.9.2020, 11.30amThe nation needs new solutions. This has been clearly demonstrated to us, not least by the COVID-19 pandemic. aws Creative Impact supports innovative new products and services, which have the potential to make a positive social and sector-specific impact beyond the limits of a company itself.
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarProgramme PartnersGuided TourBAKELITE: THE GEORG KARGL COLLECTIONMAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst1.10.2020, 4.30pmIn a dialog tour of the MAK during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, Rainald Franz (curator of the exhibition and of the MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection), Mladen Bizumic (artistic exhibition design), and Maroš Schmidt (Slovak Design Center) discussed the history of the material Bakelite. A special … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria NoisternigStadtarbeit – City WorkTalkVACANT PLOTS, WASTELAND, VOIDSVIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Erste Bank29.9.2020What is the value of voids in the urban fabric? Vienna is full of unused gaps that are all too quickly ignored. And yet thinking about public spaces, and how we design and responsibly use them, is fundamental for the functioning of a society – especially in a restricted, urban context. The talk … mehr
Event Stefan ZeislerEducationTourBEISLPROTOKOLLE #1 WITH STEFAN ZEISLERSophie Lingg, Helena Schmidt, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK3.10.2020, 8pm–10pmOne novelty of this year’s VIENNA DESIGN WEEK was the educational format the Beisl Tour. Well-known Meidling faces took visitors on a tour of their favorite ‘Beisl’ or pubs – for where does one get to know a neighborhood better than in its pubs? The special guest who was invited to lead the first … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarEducationTourBEISLPROTOKOLLE #2 WITH DENICE BOURBONSophie Lingg, Helena Schmidt, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK4.10.2020, 5pm–7pmOne novelty of this year’s VIENNA DESIGN WEEK was the educational format the Beisl Tour. Well-known Meidling faces took visitors on a tour of their favorite ‘Beisl’ or pubs – for where does one get to know a neighborhood better than in its pubs? On the final day of the festival, the performer … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersPresentationBREATHING SOFTSPACE – AN INTERACTIVE TEXTILE INSTALLATIONMarie Schumann, Lisa Marleen Mantel, Matthias Rosenthal25.9.–4.10.2020Perhaps the most popular photo opportunity at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 was the – in the truest sense of the word – breathtaking installation BREATHING SOFTSPACE. This allowed one to immerse oneself, with one’s entire body and all one’s senses, in what to all effects was a breathing space. The three … mehr
EventVirtual Festival HeadquarterExperienceCaptcha Design Festival MannheimCAPTCHA is a design festival that is organized every year by students of the Faculty of Design at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences. In a series of workshops, participants are supported by their workshop leaders as they create works that are exhibited in the (virtual) Mannheimer Kunstverein.
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Stefanie FreynschlagUrban Food & DesignTalkCAROLIEN NIEBLING - THE SAUSAGE OF THE FUTUREVIENNA DESIGN WEEK1.10.2020, 1.30pm–2.30pmIn her talk, which could be followed live both in the exhibition of the Guest Country Switzerland and online via livestream, the future food designer Carolien Niebling spoke about her research on the subject of design and the sausage. As part of her master’s studies at ECAL (École cantonale d'art … mehr
Event Phillip PodesserTalksTalkCHANTAL PROD'HOM: PLATEFORME 10 – AN EXEMPLARY "KULTURINSEL" IN GENEVA WITH A MUSEUM OF DESIGN- CANCELLEDVIENNA DESIGN WEEK26.9.2020, 5.30pm–6.30pmText und Playereintrag folgen in Kürze.
EventGuest CountryTalkCIRCULAR DESIGN ENTREPRENEUR STRATEGIES FORUM - CANCELLEDPro Helvetia25.9.2020, 1pm–5pmIn view of the current health situation and the restrictions in terms of audience, this event is unfortunately cancelled.
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarUrban Food & DesignThe New LocalCIRCULAR FOOD PRODUCTION – A HOME AQUAPONICS KITTeleAgriCulture25.9.–4.10.2020What’s that fish doing in the exhibition? That is what some visitors may have thought upon discovering an aquarium in the URBAN FOOD & DESIGN section in the Festival Headquarters. This was part of a home aquaponics construction kit, which combines the breeding of fish in aquaculture and the … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Lischka/Stefanie FreynschlagProgramme PartnersTalkCIRCULAR STRATEGIES SYMPOSIUM - ONLINEUniversität für angewandte Kunst Wien2.10.2020, 9.30am–5.30pmEveryone’s talking about sustainable architecture. A key aspect of this is a circular economy, which operates at every scale – from the individual building material to the entire city. During this one-day, English-language Zoom symposium presented by the University of Applied Arts, a wide range of … mehr
Event Rosa Rogina, Rosa RoginaSpecialDesign ResearchCURATOR IN RESIDENCE: ROSA ROGINAVIENNA DESIGN WEEK30.9.2020, 4.30pmIn 2020, Rosa Rogina took up the first research residency in the history of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. This residency for curators from the United Kingdom was the subject of a call that formed part of the Design Connections Programme of the British Council. It is curators who enable a design event to ask … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarPassionswegePresentationDANIELA SCHÖNBÄCHLERJ. & L. Lobmeyr25.9.–3.10.2020Entering the premises of J. & L. Lobmeyr in Kärtner Straße is truly a magical experience – the family company’s venerable original store is home to an impressive selection of glasses, mirrors, and chandeliers produced by their manufacturers. From the generous upholstered bench on the second floor … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersPresentationDARJA MALEŠIČ: FLOWESKICA25.9.–4.10.2020Darja Malešičs exhibitions of products are a traditional feature of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. This year, she displayed wonderful drinking bottles in wickerwork holders. These rigorously follow the principles of a circular economy: local, renewable materials, the production of which results in a net … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria NoisternigSpecialExhibitionDESIGN EVERYDAY – DESIGN FOR DAILY USE 2020Vandasye25.9.–4.10.2020The exhibition DESIGN EVERYDAY – DESIGN FOR DAILY USE 2020 presented outstandingly designed everyday objects from the Austrian design scene for the fourth time. At VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, the issue of sustainability was particularly prominent – and even the exhibition’s display stands (which were … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarProgramme PartnersPresentationDESIGN EVERYDAY-POP-UP-SHOPQWSTION25.9.–3.10.2020Got a question? Questions about local, everyday design products were answered at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 not only in the Festival Headquarters in Meidling but also in the QWSTION store in the Seventh District. Every year, the initiative DESIGN EVERYDAY – DESIGN FOR DAILY USE sheds light on the … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserDebutWork-in-ProgressDESIGN FOR HEALTHZHdK – Zurich University of the Arts, Department of Design25.9.–4.10.2020The view through the display window of our Solarium satellite was definitely one of the highlights of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020. It wasn’t so uncommon here to catch sight of someone asleep on the other side of the glass. Decked out in striped pajamas and felt slippers, Rafael Gil Cordeiro spent much … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko HavranekProgramme PartnersTalkDESIGN RESIDENCIES: A SPACE FOR NEW PERSPECTIVESFinnland-Institut in Deutschland, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK2.10.2020, 6pmFinland was the Guest Country at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2019 – and the impact of this Guest Country was a long-term one, as a result of which Finnish protagonists were also to be found at the festival in 2020. This was because last year’s cooperation with the Finnish Institute in Berlin had led to a … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarGuest CountryExhibitionDESIGN SWITZERLANDPro Helvetia25.9.–4.10.2020Switzerland and design – they belong together like cheese fondue and white wine. In this carefully curated and superbly staged show, Switzerland, as the Guest Country of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, presented nine innovative positions from young studios and startups. Despite the exceptional … mehr
Event Genoma GroteskGuest CountryPresentationDesign Switzerland Matchmaking Rendez-vousPro Helvetia26.9.2020, 4pm–6pm9 young design studios and start-ups introduce themselves. What they have in common is the vision of effective design entrepreneurship in an ecological, social or cultural context. The intention is to cooperate with Austria. The Rendez-vous ’are aimed at the specialist audience from design … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarProgramme PartnersPresentationTHE DESIGN FIRE EXTINGUISHERFARA25.9.–3.10.2020FARA is a young Viennese company that produces stylish and individually designed fire extinguishers. It marked VIENNA DESIGN WEEK by presenting an impressive, up-to-date selection of these one-off objects in the premises of the jewelry manufacturers Atelier im Ersten. And the shop window was graced … mehr
Event Christoph LiebentrittfaraProgramme PartnersGuided TourTHE DESIGN FIRE EXTINGUISHERFARA1.10.2020, 4pmElegance attracts. The young Viennese company FARA is also well aware how to achieve this, in that it transforms every fire extinguisher into an unmistakable one-off. FARA is marking the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK by presenting its latest design collection in the premises of the jewelry manufacturers … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko HavranekProgramme PartnersPresentationDESTINATION: EXPERIENCE DESIGNNiederösterreichische Bergbahnen25.9.–4.10.2020Going out safely – is something that one was able to do at the Festival Headquarters of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, despite COVID-19. Because the former Amtshaus in Theresienbadgasse has its own courtyard, a courtyard that also hosted the exhibition installation for the Niederösterreichische … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Stefanie FreynschlagProgramme PartnersPresentationDIGI CHALETEngelstein & Grünberger studios2.10.2020, 11amAs part of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, the multidisciplinary creative studio Engelstein & Grünberger offered an invitation to visit its premises. Or – more specifically – its new space-within-a-space. Because Engel-stein & Grün-berger studios has created a temporary ground-floor space for the digital … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersExhibitionDON’T HURRY, BE HAPPY!FREITAG/ ALLAN DRANSFIELD25.9.–4.10.2020“Big hugs” – was one of many answers to the simple yet central question of what actually makes us happy. Many other individual answers, which had been gathered around the world, could be read in the exhibition DON’T HURRY, BE HAPPY! in Vienna’s Walking Chair Design Studio. The show is the result of … mehr
Event Romy RainerProgramme PartnersPresentationENTER THE LAB – ANNO 50 | 60 | 70ohne butter25.9.–4.10.2020Touch, sense, feel. Immerse yourself in the world of mid-century modern. The protagonists of this multisensory contribution from ohne butter, which is quite literally the delicatessen amongst vintage design shops, are items of furniture – their design, their craftspersonship, their materials, the … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarProgramme PartnersTalkEITHER OR – BOTH AND. GENDER-SENSITIVE DESIGNNew Design University (NDU) St. Pölten2.10.2020, 9.30am–5pmAn entire day of the 2020 festival was held in line with the motto EITHER OR – BOTH AND. GENDER-SENSITIVE DESIGN. This was also the theme of a symposium organized by the New Design University St. Pölten (NDU), which brought international positions to Vienna. The event attracted a large number of … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarProgramme PartnersPresentationFEEL IT!Rado25.9.–3.10.2020A special reinterpretation of Rado’s Vienna boutique is something of a tradition at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. Every other year, designers are invited to arrange the shop window in the First District. For the duration of this year’s festival, Heike Stuckstedde, the founder of ATARA design and a … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Lischka/Stefanie FreynschlagProgramme PartnersInstallationFLOATING SCULPTURESStudio Weholo25.9.–4.10.2020The two young guys from Studio Weholo were always to be found in the Festival Headquarters in the Amtshaus Theresienbadgasse. The box room of the former caretaker’s apartment on the first floor of the Amtshaus proved to be a perfect space for their interactive installation, which enabled visitors … mehr
Event AA Nanotourism visiting schoolSpecialWork-in-ProgressGUIDED TOURS: MEIDLING, VIENNA, 2020AA nanotourism Visiting School26.9.–4.10.2020How does one research a neighborhood? And how can one exhibit the results of such urban research? The AA nanotourism Visiting School visited Meidling in the run-up to the festival and explored the district from the perspective of the everyday tourist. Experts from the fields of architecture … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappUrban Food & DesignThe New Local#GARDENFIT – REIMAGINING GARDENING AS A SPORTMagdalena Mojsiejuk, Alicja Lesia25.9.–4.10.2020In the URBAN FOOD & DESIGN exhibition, the designer Magdalena Mojsiejuk and the photographer Alicja Lesia combine two areas that really aren’t so different: gardening and sport. What if we understood gardening ('Gärtnern' in Austria and 'Garteln' in Southern Germany) more as a sport than as a … mehr
Event Cenk Güzelis & Dominic SchwabVirtual Festival HeadquarterExperienceGardens of DEL(igh)ETEVIENNA DESIGN WEEK25.9.–1.10.2020“The pleasure garden was always a place to escape to – a fantasy in a garden, filled with art, music, fashion, society, and sex.” – Cenk Güzelis & Dominic Schwab … The garden is commonly regarded as a place of pleasure – right across the globe, gardens have historically been designed as places in … mehr
Event Pro HelvetiaGuest CountryTourGeführte Besichtigung der Ausstellungen Design Switzerland + SWISS CRAFTLABPro Helvetia26.9.2020, 11am–12.30pmDesign has an effect in a wide variety of areas and intends to create comprehensive added value in the respective context. During the tours - in the presence of the designers, you will gain in-depth insights. The exhibitions Design Switzerland - smart innovations - and SWISS CRAFTLAB - contemporary … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersExhibitionGENDER-SENSITIVE! DESIGN FOR SPACES, PRODUCTS and DEBATESNew Design University (NDU) St. Pölten25.9.–4.10.2020This year, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK exhibited a range of design positions from young students in its Expositur SOLARIUM. As part of this format, two courses from the New Design University St. Pölten (NDU) – the bachelor's course Manual & Material Culture and the master's course Interior Design & Visual … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarProgramme PartnersExhibitionHARDWARE – DESIGN FROM HALBZEUGrauminhalt_harald bichler25.9.–3.10.2020Every year, the opening cocktail party at rauminhalt_harald bichler during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK provides the local design scene with a memorable get together. So it was no surprise that the gallery also convinced visitors this year with its careful selection of a contemporary design position: Klemens … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersExhibitionHOUSE BY THE SEA – VIENNA 2020Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel25.9.–4.10.2020Anyone examining the design objects sent to Vienna by the industrial design students of Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design Kiel was overcome by the sense of a port city. Muthesius is Germany’s most northerly art university and was exhibiting at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK for the second time. This … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarProgramme PartnersExhibitionCHANGING IDEAS – TEN YEARS OF THE “KLASSE FÜR IDEEN” AT THE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTSdesignforum Wien29.9.–4.10.2020The exhibition CHANGING IDEAS marked the tenth anniversary of the “Class for Ideas in Graphic Design and Advertising” of the University of Applied Arts Vienna by attracting festival visitors to the Museumsquartier. Or, more specifically, to the designforum, where they were eloquently guided through … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappStadtarbeit – City WorkWork-in-ProgressINSTITUTE FOR VALUATIONKollektiv Raumstation Wien25.9.–4.10.2020A sunny autumn afternoon is drawing to an end. On a piece of wasteland in the 17th District one finds a scattering of tables and chairs, a small greenhouse, an awning, signs driven into the ground, a bag of potting soil, chessboards, and all sorts of technical equipment. A car pulls to a halt and … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarUrban Food & DesignThe New LocalKITCHENBATH – EMBODIED BACTERIA ENCOUNTERSAnastasia Eggers / Philipp Kolmann25.9.–4.10.2020Exactly what one experienced in the Festival Headquarters of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 naturally depended upon the timing of one’s visit. There were days when someone was cooking in the courtyard but others when someone was bathing there. More precisely, in a large tub that is actually used in the … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersExhibitionL00S 2020 // DESIGN & REDESIGNMöbelmuseum Wien25.9.–4.10.2020The Imperial Furniture Collection (originally the Hofmobiliendepot) has been a partner of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK for many years and, for all its venerability, also regularly presents highly contemporary positions. This year, the 150th birthday of the world-famous Austrian architect Adolf Loos … mehr
Event Pro HelvetiaGuest CountryTourLive from the Festival Headquarters: Guided tour of the Design Switzerland + SWISS CRAFTLAB exhibitionsPro Helvetia25.9.2020, 1pm–2.30pmDesign has an effect in a wide variety of areas and intends to create comprehensive added value in the respective context. During the tours - in the presence of the designers, you will gain in-depth insights. The exhibitions Design Switzerland - smart innovations - and SWISS CRAFTLAB - contemporary … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko HavranekSpecialExhibitionLOCAL RESPONSE, GLOBAL NEED – DESIGN RESPONSES TO SHIELD MASKSDistributed Design Platform, Happylab, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK25.9.–4.10.20202020 was notable for the new designs and everyday objects on the street. One of these was indisputably the face shield. The transparent face mask was used worldwide – but the design solutions varied widely. Visitors to the exhibition during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 were amazed by just how different … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarProgramme PartnersGuided TourTHE RECORDING OF A MAGIC MOMENT IN THE PUBLIC REALMVinylograph25.–27.9.2020From the studio (SSTR6), to the workshop (Kunst- und Räderwerk), and out into the world: Vinylograph circled around and could be seen in two locations during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020! … Natascha Muhic and Christoph Freidörfer have been creating, arranging, and producing one-off records in Vienna … mehr
EventProgramme PartnersPresentationMAK DESIGN NITE: ZERO WASTE – CIRCULAR DESIGNMAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst29.9.2020, 7pm–10pmThe MAK Design Nite is the annual highpoint of the cooperation between the MAK and VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. The theme in 2020 was “Zero waste – circular design”. Plastic is the material non grata of the 21st century. But what are the possibilities for using new technologies such as machine learning and … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappProgramme PartnersPresentationMY MEIDLING – THE PARTICIPATIVE CLIMATE-NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTEIGENSINN25.9.–4.10.2020VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 offered a number of festival visitors the opportunity to discover Meidlinger Markt for themselves. The project MY MEIDLING was one of many to take place directly on the market, which bustled during the festival due to the autumn sunshine. In a specially created temporary … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarEducationChildren's WorkshopMEIDLING DIGITAL DESIGN TOUR – HASHTAGS, LINKS and MEMESSophie Lingg, Helena Schmidt3.10.2020, 2pm–3.30pmThe art and design educators Sophie Lingg and Helena Schmidt explored VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 together with school classes, children, and young people. This exploration took the form of tours and workshops in and around the Festival Headquarters in Meidling, during which design could be experienced … mehr
Event off plate, off plateUrban Food & DesignThe New LocalMEIDLING, LOCALoff plate25.9.–3.10.2020Pullover, mask, relaxing music, and communal eating as an experience. On four wonderfully warm autumn afternoons, the courtyard of the Festival Headquarters of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK in the Amtshaus Theresienbadgasse was filled with noise, cooking, and entertaining. The food events were started by … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserSpecialWork-in-ProgressMEIDLING, VIENNA, 2020AA nanotourism Visiting School25.–26.9.2020How does one research a neighborhood? And how can one exhibit the results of such urban research? The AA nanotourism Visiting School visited Meidling in the run-up to the festival and explored the district from the perspective of the everyday tourist. Experts from the fields of architecture … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko HavranekProgramme PartnersPresentationMIAMIFICATION (RARE) FURNITURE DROPBureau Populaire25.9.–3.10.2020Bureau Populaire, which sees itself as an artists’ collective, exhibited a collection of furniture at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK that is very consciously positioned at the interface between art and design. At the cocktail party in the Vintage Concept Store Burggasse24, one could admire the stainless steel … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersPresentationMISSING LINK. A NEW TYPE OF FURNITUREWalter Grill25.–30.9.2020Ever had breakfast with a designer? At VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, early birds were able to eat muesli in the Grätzlhotel on Meidlinger Markt with Walter Grill, while chatting with him about the innovative furniture that was one show. The menu included coffee and organic muesli from Verival, which was … mehr
Event sara seraProgramme PartnersExhibitionN186 by Love architecture and urbanismLAUFEN25.9.–2.10.2020Visitors to the LAUFEN showroom in the First District during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 marveled at a star-shaped object. The installation consisted of 186 ceramic pipes radiating outwards from a static hollow sphere. The seemingly crystalline object with a total diameter of 2,700 millimeters was … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersExhibitionNATURPHILIASchloss Hollenegg for Design, mischer'traxler studio25.9.–4.10.2020Finding oneself in the heart of the forest while gazing out over the rooftops of Meidling … not possible? Oh yes it is! Alice Stori Liechtenstein of Schloss Hollenegg for Design in Styria marked VIENNA DESIGN WEEK by bringing natural and design objects from the Green Heart of Austria to a photo … mehr
Event Orlando Lovell - Taste the Now, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria NoisternigUrban Food & DesignThe New LocalONLINE-KICK-OFF OF THE FUNDING COMPETITION URBAN FOODWirtschaftsagentur Wien1.10.2020, 4pmFor the submission start of our funding competition "Urban Food" for creative impulses for food culture in the city, we will inform you via zoom in our virtual Q&A on October 1 at 4 pm. With the competition we support the development and implementation of creative products, services or processes:
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersPresentationOPEN DESIGN STUDIOLukács László Vienna25.9.–4.10.2020The designer Lukács László’s open studio and footwear workshop at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 represented his second appearance at the festival. What does the perfect men’s shoe look like? And what about modern, high-quality, and individual product design? In order to answer exactly these questions … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko HavranekUrban Food & DesignThe New LocalOPEN FOOD DESIGN – FROM THE TOMATO TO THE PLATEJakob Glasner25.–26.9.2020What does the journey from the tomato to the plate actually look like? The designer Jakob Glasner and the agronomist Philipp Lammer joined up to trace this process for VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020. For example, they developed a new variety of tomato, whose seeds are now available as a public asse … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappProgramme PartnersExhibitionPETRA GELL: THE SPACE AROUNDT/abor25.9.–3.10.2020Space became art, architecture became image. The artist Petra Gell marked VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 by testing the limits of the disciplines and inviting visitors to immerse themselves in a world in which it was impossible for them to clearly differentiate between art, design, and architecture. And … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersPresentationPLATFORMS ARMCHAIRS – THE IDIOSYNCRATIC AND FRIENDLY COMPANIONKohlmaier25.9.–2.10.2020The Kohlmaier brothers made highly corona-compliant use of their courtyard to present their new series of seating furniture “Platforms” during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. The location had a number of advantages: It was possible to toast, try out, and study the presented pieces from every angle. Kohlmaier … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria NoisternigProgramme PartnersPresentationPLAUDERECKN – CORONA-COMPLIANT SEATING FOR PUBLIC SPACESStadt Wien - Verkehr und Stadtentwicklung25.9.–4.10.2020Plaudereckn are seats in public spaces specially designed for the corona crisis. They should make it possible to meet in the open air and nestle comfortably for a while, despite the social distancing rules. The corona-compliant seats were commissioned by Vienna City Council and realized by four … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria NoisternigSpecialInstallationPOLITICAL ATMOSPHERE – FLIGHT TURBULENCE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND WARFelix Lenz25.9.–4.10.2020And suddenly, the festival activities in Amtshaus Theresienbadgasse were interrupted by a well-known but somewhat out-of-place sound … from time to time, a siren could be heard wailing through the exhibition spaces of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020. It came from the installation POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE by … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersPresentationRADO TRUE THINLINE LES COULEURS™ LE CORBUSIERRado25.9.–4.10.2020Farbe ist zweifellos ein genauso kraftvolles wie wichtiges Gestaltungsmittel. Mit der „True Thinline Les CouleursTM Le Corbusier“, entstanden im Rahmen der Partnerschaft mit Les Couleurs Suisse, hat Rado neun einzigartige, limitierte Sondermodelle in der Farbklaviatur von Le Corbusier geschaffen … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko HavranekProgramme PartnersGuided TourREFORM STANDARD29.9.2020, 6pmIn the context of the new cooperative exhibition CREATIVE CLIMATE CARE, graduates of the University of Applied Arts Vienna occupied the MAK GALLERY between June and December in the form of five consecutive pop-up exhibitions that addressed pressing issues related to climate, environment, and … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersPresentationROAD STUDIOMARCH GUTHop on! The design studio MARCH GUT took advantage of the situation around the COVID restrictions to take to the outdoors and present its latest products in its own Road Studio. The two highly personable Upper Austrians Christoph March and Marek Gut transformed a small truck into a mobile office … mehr
Event March GutPresentationROAD STUDIO: GLEIN- KONTUR TABLEMARCH GUT2.10.2020, 3pm–6pmHop on! The design studio MARCH GUT is taking advantage of the current situation to take to the outdoors and present its latest products in its own Road Studio. This can be found in a small truck that is touring Vienna and, to mark the festival, stopping at several VIENNA DESIGN WEEK locations.
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersPresentationAROUND DOTTINGSdottings Industrial Design25.9.–4.10.2020To mark VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, the office dottings, which is run by Katrin Radanitsch and Sofia Podreka, invited visitors to its very own wonderful courtyard in Edelhofgasse. On a bright autumn afternoon, festival guests were offered cold drinks before enjoying an all-round view of the broad … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersPresentationSHEYN FOR HOME – FULLY DIGITALLY DESIGNED INTERIOR ACCESSORIESGottfried & Söhne25.9.–4.10.2020All that is Sheyn, is schön! As Europe's first concept store of its type, Gottfried & Söhne specializes in high-quality contemporary design from Israel and design by Jewish designers, who are active around the globe. As part of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the department store salon in the Jewish Museum … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Stefanie FreynschlagProgramme PartnersWorkshopSOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MEETS DESIGNKAT – Kreativwirtschaft Austria1.10.2020How can design – whether in the field of product design, interiors, architecture, graphic design, or otherwise – contribute to maximizing social impact? How much creativity can be found in successful social enterprises? And how much social engagement can be invested in design? Such questions were … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersPresentationSOUVENIRS OF LONELINESS – COLLABORATION IN ISOLATIONNadja Zerunian, Anna Zimmermann25.9.–4.10.2020“afraid suddenly / that this was all / there was to it.” (Ted Hughes) If you had been able to take a souvenir from the lockdown – what would it look like? The designers Anna Zimmermann and Nadja Zerunian asked themselves exactly this question after the lockdown in spring 2020 and jointly designed … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarSpecialTalkSPECULATIVE ACTIVISM: DESIGN RETHINKS OUR SOCIETYVIENNA DESIGN WEEK26.9.2020, 7pmThis talk on SPECULATIVE ACTIVISM was an opportunity to hear two of the designers who were participating in VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, together with a professor of design from the University of Applied Arts Vienna, as they discussed the subject of current, socially-relevant design for everyday life.
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersExhibitionSPIELWERKTechnische Universität Wien (TU Wien)25.9.–4.10.2020The first floor of the Solarium became a real paradise for playing during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020. It was home to, amongst other things, life-sized modular building blocks, fantastic creatures, and deliciously soft dragon’s lairs, all of which were completely reimagined playthings that encouraged … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarEducationChildren's WorkshopCITY: #PHOTOGRAPHY AND #OPEN SPACESophie Lingg, Helena Schmidt, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK3.10.2020, 4pm–5.30pmThe art and design educators Sophie Lingg and Helena Schmidt explored VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 together with school classes, children, and young people. This exploration took the form of tours and workshops in and around the Festival Headquarters in Meidling, during which design could be experienced … mehr
Event AA nanotourism Visiting SchoolSpecialTourSTORIES FROM WILD TREESAA nanotourism Visiting School27.9.–4.10.2020How can we learn from the trees which grow spontaneously in Meidling? The tour discovers and narrates the stories of the unregistered trees which find their own way through the urban fabric of Untermeidling. In collaboration with locals - biologists, tour guides, politicians and the community - the … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersPreisverleihungSUPERSCAPE 2020JP Immobilien, WBV-GPA Wohnbauvereinigung für Privatangestellte28.9.2020, 6.30pmOn the evening of the award ceremony of SUPERSCAPE 2020, gentle drizzle fell upon the umbrellas in the courtyard of WEST in the former Sophienspital (Festival Headquarters 2018). Visitors were invited to enjoy a drink and a chat in the relaxed, autumnal atmosphere before heading inside – wearing … mehr
EventGuest CountryExhibitionSWISS CRAFTLABNOV Gallery / OKRO25.9.–4.10.2020The ground floor of the Festival Headquarters in the Amtshaus Theresienbadgasse was home to a number of exhibitions from our Guest Country Switzerland. In SWISS CRAFTLAB, two Swiss galleries (one from the East of and one from the West of the country) exhibited wonderful objects from both young and … mehr
EventGuest CountryTalkSWISS DESIGN PITCHING NETWORKING BRUNCH - CANCELLEDPro Helvetia26.9.2020, 11am–2pmIn view of the current health situation and the restrictions in terms of audience, this event is unfortunately cancelled.
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserSpecialExperienceTAKE YOUR TIMEHelga Schmid25.9.–4.10.2020Helga Schmid presented an experiment at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020. This was symbolized by a room-height, transparent length of material, which hung from the ceiling and whose blue-pink spectrum changed throughout the course of the day as it was illuminated by daylight shining through the second-floor … mehr
Event AA Nanotourism visiting schoolSpecialWork-in-ProgressTALK: A Future of TourismAA nanotourism Visiting School2.10.2020, 7.30pmHow does one research a neighborhood? And how can one exhibit the results of such urban research? The AA nanotourism Visiting School visited Meidling in the run-up to the festival and explored the district from the perspective of the everyday tourist. Experts from the fields of architecture … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko HavranekEducationTourTEAM (BIKE)TOUR : PROGRAM PARTNERSLaura Winkler ( VIENNA DESIGN WEEK)VIENNA DESIGN WEEK29.9.2020, 2pm–5.30pmIn 2020, the members of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK team offered personal tours through the festival and their own specialist areas for the very first time. Laura Winkler, bundle-of-energy and project manager of the Program Partner format, was joined by participants in the Radtour on a visit to program … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria NoisternigEducationTourTEAM TOUR: Headquarter & Solarium Behind the ScenesVIENNA DESIGN WEEK28.9.2020, 1pm–2.30pmDid you notice that a former caretaker’s apartment was concealed amongst the exhibition spaces of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020? This and other gems were amongst the facts revealed on the Team Tour by Alexandra Brückner. Each year, the festival tradition is to find empty space that can offer a temporary … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappEducationTourTEAM TOUR: Guest CountryVIENNA DESIGN WEEK27.9.2020, 11am–12.30pmGabriel Roland, the newly appointed deputy director of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, offered two invitations to enjoy a private peek behind the curtain at the Festival Headquarters. In his PRIVATE VIEW, he explained his own subjective approach to the exhibition. Because, despite the 14-year history of the … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarEducationTourTEAM TOUR: PassionswegeVIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Lilli Hollein & Gabriel RolandVIENNA DESIGN WEEK26.9.2020, 4pm–6pmParticipants in the PASSIONSWEGE Team Tour were able to enjoy a double dose of design expertise. Lilli Hollein and Gabriel Roland — the joint, so to say, spearhead of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK – guided visitors through their favorite project PASSIONSWEGE as a double act. For the past 15 years, the … mehr
EventEducationTourTEAM TOUR: Private ViewGabriel Roland (VIENNA DESIGN WEEK)VIENNA DESIGN WEEK4.10.2020, 11am–12.30pmGabriel Roland, the newly appointed deputy director of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, offered two invitations to enjoy a private peek behind the curtain at the Festival Headquarters. In his PRIVATE VIEW, he explained his own subjective approach to the exhibition. Because, despite the 14-year history of the … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappEducationTourTEAM TOUR: Private ViewVIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Lilli HolleinVIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Lilli Hollein30.9.2020, 2pm–3.30pmA festival program is like one’s own children: Each individual item should receive equal treatment. And yet: Towards the end of the festival, Lilli Hollein, director and co-founder of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, singled out aspects of the 2020 festival that, from the perspective of the unquenchably … mehr
Event To Couch in Public, Stadtarbeit 2019, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria NoisternigEducationTourTEAM TOUR: SOCIAL DESIGNVIENNA DESIGN WEEK3.10.2020, 11am–1pmThe theme of the personal Team Tour of Hanna Facchinelli, project manager of the Stadtarbeit format, was “Social Design”. She invited participants on a short, urban voyage of discovery through Vienna’s 17th and 18th Districts. The first station was the INSTITUTE FOR VALUATION that, as part of the … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappEducationTourTEAM TOUR: URBAN FOOD & DESIGNWirtschaftsagentur Wien, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK3.10.2020, 3pm–4.30pmThis was the third year in which the Vienna Business Agency and VIENNA DESIGN WEEK jointly addressed the groundbreaking subject of URBAN FOOD & DESIGN: In a tour staged as a double act, Alice Jacubasch (Vienna Business Agency) and Julia Schanderl (VIENNA DESIGN WEEK), who were responsible for the … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappProgramme PartnersInstallationTHE JEST ROOMThe Student Hotel25.9.–4.10.2020“MUSHROOM, BEDROOM, BEGLOOM”, shone out in gaudy capital letters from the façade of the Student Hotel in the Second District. The location-specific installation by the artist Theresa Hattinger had been specially developed for the Student Hotel. In cooperation with VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, she created a … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Stefanie FreynschlagEducationTourTik Tok TourVIENNA DESIGN WEEKA brand new format at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 was the Tik Tok Tour. Hanna Facchinelli from the team and Valentin Eisendle, who was responsible for the online stream that broadcast this year’s DESIGN WEEK right around the world, offered an invitation to visit the festival on a smartphone. Valentin … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappProgramme PartnersPresentationTONBILDPOSTKARTEN (VIENNA LOVE LETTERS)Vinylograph25.–27.9.2020From the studio (SSTR6), to the workshop (Kunst- und Räderwerk), and out into the world: Vinylograph circled around and could be seen in two locations during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020! … Spritzers, gin and tonics, and an old jukebox, every track of which is labeled “Good Time Party”. All these … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersTalkTOWER TALK: POST HOME OFFICE – WIE SEHEN DIE ARBEITSMODELLE DER ZUKUNFT AUS?E/// operated by TCI Consult29.9.2020, 6pmThe consultancy company TCI Consult marked VIENNA DESIGN WEEK by opening the doors of its tower and offering an invitation to the so-called “Tower Talk”. In the newly fitted-out offices on Getreidemarkt they asked what the working model of the future should look like. Experts in the design and use … mehr
Event Martina MenegonVirtual Festival HeadquarterExperienceVIRTUAL FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS25.–28.9.2020The Main Hub, which was designed by the architect Wilhelm Scherübl for VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, was both the place of arrival and starting point of the Virtual Festival Headquarters. Closely based on the corporate design of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, the space brought together the newcomers to the Virtual … mehr
Event Wilhelm ScherüblVirtual Festival HeadquarterTalkThe VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is opening a portal into another world!VIENNA DESIGN WEEK30.9.2020, 6pm–8pmThe VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is opening a portal into another world! In architecture, portals constantly offer opportunities to access new spaces and discover new things. This is the function of the Festival Headquarters of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, whose location changes every year: It welcomes the public … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip PodesserProgramme PartnersExhibitionVISITORS – LOST IN THE DIGITAL ERAAcademy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Studio of Experimental Design25.9.–4.10.2020In the second floor of the Solarium, students of the Studio of Experimental Design of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava presented their own view of the impact of the digital revolution. Rather than losing itself in the digital era, the exhibition explored new paths, which can also … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/KramarEducationTourAM SCHÖPFWERK HOUSING COMPLEXARCH ON TOUR, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK2.10.2020, 4pm–6pmThe architectural educator Marion Kuzmani offered an invitation to take a walk through one of Vienna’s most legendary municipal housing estates. Am Schöpfwerk (Franz Schuster, 1951–1957, and a team of architects led by Viktor Hufnagl, 1976–1980), which is well known as the setting for the cult film … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia GappProgramme PartnersExperienceWOOL MOOI – AN EXERCISE MATdesign.mikimartinek25.9.–1.10.2020The designer Miki Martinek adapted to corona by shifting the exercise sessions that she offered to Zoom, enabling festival visitors to move in unison virtually, every day (!). The so-called Freemotion Sessions, which were led by Sandra Ableitner, were best spent on a hand-knitted WOOL MOI, an … mehr