Programme — Vienna Design Week

Passionswege

Exhibition

15 years of Passionswege

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

25.9.–4.10.2020

„15 years ago, one year before the founding of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, when we first realized our project of bringing together craft-based manufacturers with leading talents from the European design scene, some still looked at us with astonishment, wondering what design and craftspersonship could … more

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Virtual & Augmented Reality

Experience

A CITY FULLER OF DESIGN - EXPLORE VIENNA VIA AUGMENTED REALITY APP

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

Game 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 … more

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Virtual Festival Headquarter

Experience

AI-NIMALS

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

25.9.–4.10.2020

Marlene 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 have now found a new habitat in the Virtual Festival … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

AL-TIME TOURS – DESIGN YOURSELF AN EXTRA HOUR!

Valentinitsch Design

28.9.–1.10.2020

What 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 show us everything that is possible. And with its AL-TIME TOURS, Valentinitsch Design invites you to rediscover not just time but also Meidling … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

ALMOST TWO – WIENER TIMES AND ZESTREA

co/rizom

26.9.2020, 12pm–6pm

The 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. Following a … more

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Programme Partners

Talk

ALMOST TWO – WIENER TIMES AND ZESTREA

co/rizom

25.9.2020, 6pm

The 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. Following a … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

ANALOG AFTERWORK KARAOKE

25hours Hotel beim MuseumsQuartier

29.9.2020, 5pm–9pm

In keeping with the motto “We create memories!” the 25hours Hotel is offering, in cooperation with SUPERSENSE, analog experiential adventures that are 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 … more

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Education

Tour

ARCH ON WALK – ACHLEITNER RELOADED IN MEIDLING

ARCH ON TOUR, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

26.9.–3.10.2020

The walking tour, based on Friedrich Achleitner's architecture guide “Austrian Architecture in the 20th Century” and enriched with more recent additions, invites you to discover both classic and hidden architectural jewels in Meidling. The tour starts and ends in the Festival Headquarters in the … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Work-in-Progress

ARCHE – A VIEWING PLATFORM IN THE WILDERNESS OF THE VACANT PLOT

das BAU

25.9.–4.10.2020

New perspectives in the metropolitan jungle! In its search for new forms of temporary use, the explorative project of the initiative Arche takes a close look at undiscovered vacant plots as places with a new type of urban nature. In this way, plots throughout Vienna could easily be transformed into … more

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Virtual Festival Headquarter

Experience

AREA FOR VIRTUAL ART

sound:frame

25.9.–4.10.2020

The online platform AREA FOR VIRTUAL ART, which was jointly established by sound:frame and Pausanio, the Cologne-based agency for digital cultural communication, devises new strategies for presenting, contextualizing and promoting the latest digital forms of art and communication, such as extended … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

ARTEK MEETS MIDGARD IN THE NEW CONCEPT STORE

ZIMMER Working in Concept

25.9.–3.10.2020

In 2016, Markus Rauer created a location in Vienna which was based on his desire to establish a new space combining timeless design with modern work: ZIMMER Working in Concept is the name of this undertaking, which is now also welcoming a wide range of design to Piaristengasse, as a brand … more

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Programme Partners

Talk

AWS CREATIVE IMPACT: FUNDING LUNCH

aws – austria wirtschaftsservice

30.9.2020, 11.30am

The 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.

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Programme Partners

Guided Tour

BAKELITE: THE GEORG KARGL COLLECTION

MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst

1.10.2020, 4.30pm

For the first time, the MAK is devoting a special exhibition to a historical man-made material and its role in design and cultural history. The occasion for this is the presentation of selected items from the Bakelite collection of the Viennese gallery owner Georg Kargl (1955‒2018), who was closely … more

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Stadtarbeit – City Work

Talk

VACANT PLOTS, WASTELAND, VOIDS

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Erste Bank

29.9.2020

Thinking about public space and the design and responsible use thereof are fundamental to the functioning of a society – especially in a restricted, urban context. In an open call launched before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and Erste Bank called for the submission … more

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Education

Tour

BEISLPROTOKOLLE #1 WITH STEFAN ZEISLER

Sophie Lingg, Helena Schmidt, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

3.10.2020, 8pm–10pm

Where better to get to know a neighborhood and its inhabitants than in the Beisl, the pub? The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK invites you to discover Meidling on a tour of its pubs with a special guest from the district. In visits to pubs, beer gardens, coffee houses and sausage stands, participants will learn … more

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Education

Tour

BEISLPROTOKOLLE #2 WITH DENICE BOURBON

Sophie Lingg, Helena Schmidt, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

4.10.2020, 5pm–7pm

Where better to get to know a neighborhood and its inhabitants than in the Beisl, the pub? The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK invites you to discover Meidling on a tour of its pubs with a special guest from the district. In visits to pubs, beer gardens, coffee houses and sausage stands, participants will learn … more

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Programme Partners

Guided Tour

BIKE AND CHILL IN ST. CORONA AM WECHSEL

Niederösterreichische Bergbahnen

4.10.2020, 9.30am–6pm

Following the return to nature of the traditional skiing area in St. Corona am Wechsel in 2014, a completely new, year-round attraction has been created: The Erlebnisarena St. Corona am Wechsel is primarily aimed at families from the region between Vienna and Graz and includes the Wexl Trails … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

BREATHING SOFTSPACE – AN INTERACTIVE TEXTILE INSTALLATION

Marie Schumann, Lisa Marleen Mantel, Matthias Rosenthal

25.9.–4.10.2020

What if the space breathed with me? How would this feel? And how heavy would the lightness be? BREATHING SOFTSPACE, the interactive installation of woven textiles by the multi-disciplinary Swiss-German collective Raum zum Entdecken, offers a space to discover dimensionality, movement and the play … more

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Urban Food & Design

Talk

CAROLIEN NIEBLING - THE SAUSAGE OF THE FUTURE

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

1.10.2020, 1.30pm–2.30pm

The Sausage of the Future as an example of how product design can improve the current food situation. … Can we count on the sausage to provide a solution, in order to reduce the consumption of meat? And can the use of new ingredients increase the diversity of our diets? Can the sausage make a … more

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Talks

Talk

CHANTAL PROD'HOM: PLATEFORME 10 – AN EXEMPLARY "KULTURINSEL" IN GENEVA WITH A MUSEUM OF DESIGN- CANCELLED

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

26.9.2020, 5.30pm–6.30pm

Text und Playereintrag folgen in Kürze.

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Guest Country

Talk

CIRCULAR DESIGN ENTREPRENEUR STRATEGIES FORUM - CANCELLED

Pro Helvetia

25.9.2020, 1pm–5pm

In view of the current health situation and the restrictions in terms of audience, this event is unfortunately cancelled.

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Urban Food & Design

The New Local

CIRCULAR FOOD PRODUCTION – A HOME AQUAPONICS KIT

TeleAgriCulture

25.9.–4.10.2020

The initiative TeleAgriCulture is aimed at artists, designers, farmers and DIY enthusiasts and sees itself as an open community project. In addition to providing information about and the possibility to exchange ideas on the subject of sustainable urban food production (“Put the culture back into … more

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ID Town / O-OFFICE Architects © Laurian Ghinitoiu

Programme Partners

Talk

CIRCULAR STRATEGIES SYMPOSIUM - ONLINE

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

2.10.2020, 9.30am–5.30pm

Everyone is 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 symposium, a wide range of aspects will be addressed by international guest … more

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Special

Design Research

CURATOR IN RESIDENCE: ROSA ROGINA

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

30.9.2020, 4.30pm

Curators enable a design event to ask questions and address subjects that go far beyond the reproduction of commercial content. The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is proud of the fact that, year after year, it is able to provide the framework for a curator commissioned to address the issue of design. It was a … more

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Passionswege

Presentation

DANIELA SCHÖNBÄCHLER

J. & L. Lobmeyr

25.9.–3.10.2020

The installation “Cabinet Quinta Essenzia” by the Swiss artist Daniela Schönbächler is a contribution, which exemplifies the Passionswege in their anniversary year as well as subtly embodying not only the minimalistic work and the essence of the skill of J. & L. Lobmeyr but also the cooperative … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

DARJA MALEŠIČ: FLOWE

SKICA

25.9.–4.10.2020

A United Nations study indicates that two thirds of the world’s population will be affected by water shortages in 2025. By 2050, more than half are expected to no longer have access to clean drinking water – even in regions in which this precious resource is plentifully available today. But how can … more

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Special

Exhibition

DESIGN EVERYDAY – DESIGN FOR DAILY USE 2020

Vandasye

25.9.–4.10.2020

DESIGN EVERYDAY, commissioned by the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, enters its fourth round. As a creative service, product design is more than just a shaping exercise. Useful, responsibly designed and sustainably produced everyday objects are becoming ever more important as the border between real and … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

DESIGN EVERYDAY-POP-UP-SHOP

QWSTION

25.9.–3.10.2020

The initiative DESIGN EVERYDAY – DESIGN FOR DAILY USE illuminates the diverse, internationally recognized work of Austrian designers and illustrates the relevance of good design for everyday objects. The aim of the initiative is to raise the profile of Austrian design at home and abroad. In … more

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Debut

Work-in-Progress

DESIGN FOR HEALTH

ZHdK – Zurich University of the Arts, Department of Design

25.9.–4.10.2020

Can sleep be optimized? Are medical diagnoses an expression of the zeitgeist? Can dealing with death be integrated into everyday life? How can we create simple, modular prosthetics for crisis regions? And what is the medical potential of yogic teachings? Our mental and physical health is … more

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Programme Partners

Talk

DESIGN RESIDENCIES: A SPACE FOR NEW PERSPECTIVES

Finnland-Institut in Deutschland, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

2.10.2020, 6pm

International residency programs enable designers, artists and architects to explore new cultures, places and sources of inspiration for their work. Living, working and producing new art and design in a stimulating environment while visiting a different country – ideally free of economic … more

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Guest Country

Exhibition

DESIGN SWITZERLAND

Pro Helvetia

25.9.–4.10.2020

Switzerland is the Guest Country at the 2020 VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. To mark the occasion, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia – in cooperation with Design Prize Switzerland – is highlighting young and innovative Swiss design with the exhibition DESIGN SWITZERLAND. Located at the heart of the festival … more

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Guest Country

Presentation

Design Switzerland Matchmaking Rendez-vous

Pro Helvetia

26.9.2020, 4pm–6pm

9 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 … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

THE DESIGN FIRE EXTINGUISHER

FARA

25.9.–3.10.2020

Elegance 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 … more

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Programme Partners

Guided Tour

THE DESIGN FIRE EXTINGUISHER

FARA

1.10.2020, 4pm

Elegance 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 … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

DESTINATION: EXPERIENCE DESIGN

Niederösterreichische Bergbahnen

25.9.–4.10.2020

From COVID-19 prevention via the implementation of self-service spaces to the transformation of a traditional skiing region into a year-round destination – the Niederösterreichische Bergbahnen have been particularly busy in 2020, ensuring that excursion tourism remains safe and sustainable: Within … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

DIGI CHALET

Engelstein & Grünberger studios

2.10.2020, 11am

What are the spatial needs of people who work digitally? What is the appropriate setting for a young company whose identity has to grow step-by-step? For the digital startup THESTEEL.COM, Engelstein & Grünberger studios has created a temporary space-within-a-space which the public has a rare … more

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Programme Partners

Exhibition

DON’T HURRY, BE HAPPY!

FREITAG/ ALLAN DRANSFIELD

25.9.–4.10.2020

With its initiative DON’T HURRY, BE HAPPY!, the Swiss bag label FREITAG's Happiness Maker Allan Dransfield is scrutinizing those universal realities that simply make us happy – things that we sometimes don’t even notice or swiftly forget in the hustle and bustle of our daily lives. The series of … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

ENTER THE LAB – ANNO 50 | 60 | 70

ohne butter

25.9.–4.10.2020

Touch, 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 … more

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Programme Partners

Talk

EITHER OR – BOTH AND. GENDER-SENSITIVE DESIGN

New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten

2.10.2020, 9.30am–5pm

2020: Debates about gender diversity have finally become part of the mainstream. The struggle for equality between men and women has achieved important milestones. And: Gender parity at design schools has also been achieved. To what extent are these social changes impacting upon our material … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

FEEL IT!

Rado

25.9.–3.10.2020

A special reinterpretation of Rado's Vienna boutique is something of a tradition at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. For the duration of this year's festival, Heike Stuckstedde, the founder of ATARA design and a participant in the Rado Design Award 2019, is presenting a sensually haptic installation, in … more

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Programme Partners

Installation

FLOATING SCULPTURES

Studio Weholo

25.9.–4.10.2020

The interactive installation from Studio Weholo enables visitors to create their own digital sculpture. A virtual box which adapts to the vantage point of each user as a means of simulating the real perspective represents the three-dimensional screen. Hand movements are translated into forms – and … more

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Special

Work-in-Progress

GUIDED TOURS: MEIDLING, VIENNA, 2020

AA nanotourism Visiting School

26.9.–4.10.2020

Meeting point: Festival Headquarters in the Amtshaus Theresienbadgasse … 12., Theresienbadgasse 3 …

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Urban Food & Design

The New Local

#GARDENFIT – REIMAGINING GARDENING AS A SPORT

Magdalena Mojsiejuk, Alicja Lesia

25.9.–4.10.2020

What if we understood gardening as more of a sport than a hobby, passion or even weighty obligation? This is the starting point of the project #GARDENFIT, which propagates a type of sport that is centered on gardening but seeks to trigger a paradigm change. The current pandemic crisis is … more

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Virtual Festival Headquarter

Experience

Gardens of DEL(igh)ETE

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

25.9.–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 … KLICK

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Guest Country

Tour

Geführte Besichtigung der Ausstellungen Design Switzerland + SWISS CRAFTLAB

Pro Helvetia

26.9.2020, 11am–12.30pm

Design 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 … more

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Programme Partners

Exhibition

GENDER-SENSITIVE! DESIGN FOR SPACES, PRODUCTS and DEBATES

New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten

25.9.–4.10.2020

What is the relationship between the designed environment and our understanding of gender roles? Which design strategies can lead to the development of diverse, gender-neutral and gender-specific products? And how can all this be brought together under the broad term of gender-sensitive design?

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Programme Partners

Exhibition

HARDWARE – DESIGN FROM HALBZEUG

rauminhalt_harald bichler

25.9.–3.10.2020

For the Austrian designer Klemens Schillinger, the term hardware refers to anonymous components that can be used in a variety of areas. And, in turn, the term Halbzeug refers to primary material in general: raw material, components, or the simplest semi-finished products. In the context of the … more

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Programme Partners

Exhibition

HOUSE BY THE SEA – VIENNA 2020

Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel

25.9.–4.10.2020

Design and city. Kiel in Vienna. The showcase by Germany's most northerly independent university of art brings together, for the second time at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, a selection of works by industrial design students that translate the interaction between the urbanity of Kiel and the city’s … more

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Klasse für Ideen, Lenka Reschenbach, Tobias Raschbacher

Programme Partners

Exhibition

CHANGING IDEAS – TEN YEARS OF THE “KLASSE FÜR IDEEN” AT THE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS

designforum Wien

29.9.–4.10.2020

Ten! The “Klasse für Ideen in Grafik und Werbung” of the University of Applied Arts Vienna is celebrating its first decade. The anniversary exhibition CHANGING IDEAS reviews the past and looks to the future, portrays those who have accompanied the class and brings together projects that address the … more

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Kollektiv Raumstation, Kollektiv Raumstation

Stadtarbeit – City Work

Work-in-Progress

INSTITUTE FOR VALUATION

Kollektiv Raumstation Wien

25.9.–4.10.2020

“Where there is nothing, everything is possible! Where there is architecture, not much more is possible.” (IBA Berlin 2020) Any investment in land and buildings is also regarded, especially during a crisis, as a secure investment. But what is a piece of wasteland worth? Inspired by our shared sense … more

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Urban Food & Design

The New Local

KITCHENBATH – EMBODIED BACTERIA ENCOUNTERS

Anastasia Eggers / Philipp Kolmann

25.9.–4.10.2020

Wellness treatments based on dairy by-products? These were already far from rare in antiquity! As a homage to Cleopatra’s milk baths the project KITCHENBATH creates a shared domestic setting for both culinary and cosmetic processes: The kitchen and bathroom become one, as a way of enabling the … more

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Programme Partners

Exhibition

L00S 2020 // DESIGN & REDESIGN

Möbelmuseum Wien

25.9.–4.10.2020

To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Adolf Loos (1870–1933), the exhibition L00S 2020 // DESIGN & REDESIGN focuses on the furniture design of the pioneer of modern architecture and, in doing so, also seeks to trace his relevance for current Austrian design. On the one hand, visitors can … more

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Guest Country

Tour

Live from the Festival Headquarters: Guided tour of the Design Switzerland + SWISS CRAFTLAB exhibitions

Pro Helvetia

25.9.2020, 1pm–2.30pm

Design 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 … more

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Design Responses to Shield, Casa Criatura

Special

Exhibition

LOCAL RESPONSE, GLOBAL NEED – DESIGN RESPONSES TO SHIELD MASKS

Distributed Design Platform, Happylab, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

25.9.–4.10.2020

Distributed design is an approach that suddenly received great attention as a result of the mask-cutting patterns and instructions that were made available online during the COVID-19 crisis. In cooperation with the European Distributed Design Platform – one of the innovation leaders in this area … more

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Programme Partners

Guided Tour

THE RECORDING OF A MAGIC MOMENT IN THE PUBLIC REALM

Vinylograph

25.–27.9.2020

From the studio (SSTR6) to the workshop (Kunst- und Räderwerk) and out into the world: Vinylograph is circling and can be seen in two locations during the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK! The machine for cutting records designed by Christoph Freidhöfer enables one to make real-time recordings on 7-inch vinyl.

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Programme Partners

Presentation

MAK DESIGN NITE: ZERO WASTE – CIRCULAR DESIGN

MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst

29.9.2020, 7pm–10pm

What are the possibilities for using new technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence to move waste management towards recycling-based cycles? How can innovative projects be created from plastic waste with the help of smart recycling and new design strategies? What is the … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

MY MEIDLING – THE PARTICIPATIVE CLIMATE-NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT

EIGENSINN

25.9.–4.10.2020

Vienna Meidling. Just like in the rest of Austria, all the restaurants, pavement cafés, playgrounds and public parks were closed during the lockdown. For the people of Meidling, most of whom live in (small) homes without balconies or gardens, the only places in the local area where they could find … more

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Education

Children's Workshop

MEIDLING DIGITAL DESIGN TOUR – HASHTAGS, LINKS and MEMES

Sophie Lingg, Helena Schmidt

3.10.2020, 2pm–3.30pm

The tour focuses on the urban realm and its online and offline worlds. During a walk through the Festival Headquarters and the Focus District Meidling participants connect (urban) design with the digital world. As we wander through the city, for how long are our eyes focused on the display of our … more

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Urban Food & Design

The New Local

MEIDLING, LOCAL

off plate

25.9.–4.10.2020

When food and drink lands on our tables, this generally marks the end of a shorter or longer delivery route. Especially in an urban context, where a shortage of agricultural land means that relatively little food is currently produced locally, consumers are largely dependent upon complex logistics … more

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AA Nanotourism Visiting School, AA Nanotourism Visiting

Special

Work-in-Progress

MEIDLING, VIENNA, 2020

AA nanotourism Visiting School

25.–26.9.2020

What is the meaning of tourism in the age of COVID-19? Against the background of the recent pandemic, the AA nanotourism Visiting School invites us to reflect upon the role of tourism in daily life and, in doing so, to simultaneously think about new operating models and the relevance of the sector.

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Programme Partners

Presentation

MIAMIFICATION (RARE) FURNITURE DROP

Bureau Populaire

25.9.–3.10.2020

Bureau Populaire Designloesungen is a member of the Bureau Populaire Group of Companies, which has been dedicating itself to shaking up the European art and culture scene since a snowy spring morning sometime between the CumEx scandal and the Wirecard affair. The collection on show during the … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

MISSING LINK. A NEW TYPE OF FURNITURE

Walter Grill

25.–30.9.2020

There is furniture for sitting on, there is furniture for lying on – but there is hardly any furniture for leaning on. This is astonishing. For who has never leant on a tree, a kitchen, or a wall? Exactly! For several years, Walter Grill has been designing pieces of furniture for precisely this … more

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Programme Partners

Exhibition

N186 by Love architecture and urbanism

LAUFEN

25.9.–2.10.2020

186 ceramic pipes radiate out from a static hollow sphere: The result is a white, seemingly crystalline object with a total diameter of 2,700 millimeters. Overlaid with multi-dimensional projections, the imposing spatial object by LOVE architecture and urbanism, which can be admired in the LAUFEN … more

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Programme Partners

Exhibition

NATURPHILIA

Schloss Hollenegg for Design, mischer'traxler studio

25.9.–4.10.2020

“Gritty, wild stuff”, is how Schloss Hollenegg for Design and mischer'traxler studio describe the tangible objects that their investigations of the role of design and its relationship with our natural environment have uncovered for the exhibition NATURPHILIA. All of the works on show strive to find … more

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Orlando Lovell - Taste the Now, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria Noisternig

Urban Food & Design

The New Local

ONLINE-KICK-OFF OF THE FUNDING COMPETITION URBAN FOOD

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

1.10.2020, 4pm

For 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:

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Programme Partners

Presentation

OPEN DESIGN STUDIO

Lukács László Vienna

25.9.–4.10.2020

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, the designer Lukács László is inviting visitors to his studio in Vienna's Wieden District during the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. In addition to … more

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Programme Partners

Workshop

OPEN DESIGN STUDIO

Lucács László Vienna

26.9.2020, 3.30pm–5.30pm

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, the designer Lukács László is inviting visitors to his studio in Vienna's Wieden District during the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. In addition to … more

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Urban Food & Design

The New Local

OPEN FOOD DESIGN – FROM THE TOMATO TO THE PLATE

Jakob Glasner

25.9.–4.10.2020

The path taken by a tomato from its origins as a seed to the plate is a long one. In an age in which systems of food production are industrialized and mostly designed to maximize profits, these production processes generally remain hidden to consumers, who are unlikely to enjoy any personal contact … more

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Programme Partners

Exhibition

PETRA GELL: THE SPACE AROUND

T/abor

25.9.–3.10.2020

Space becomes art, architecture becomes image. In the flexible, communal and multi-use working, project, production and exhibition space T/abor, Petra Gell devotes herself to the impact of space and the built environment on our perception: Drawn, pasted and painted lines lead us over the apparent … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

PLATFORMS ARMCHAIRS – THE IDIOSYNCRATIC AND FRIENDLY COMPANION

Kohlmaier

25.9.–2.10.2020

For the Kohlmaier brothers, irony and a twinkle of the eye are not only indispensable in a time of crisis but, rather, essential to their cooperative understanding of design. Thus, the family company, which was founded in 1884, has always sought to develop its upholstered furniture in close … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

PLAUDERECKN – CORONA-COMPLIANT SEATING FOR PUBLIC SPACES

Stadt Wien - Verkehr und Stadtentwicklung

25.9.–4.10.2020

During the corona crisis, our lives have been marked by restrictions and new rules of behavior that have strongly influenced and strained social cohesion. The impact of these on public space has been particularly noticeable. For a society that shares democratic values and is used to exercising a … more

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Spezial Felix Lenz, Lukas Preisinger: WerkstätteDigitaleFotografie

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Installation

POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE – FLIGHT TURBULENCE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND WAR

Felix Lenz

25.9.–4.10.2020

POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE is the result of several months of research into the invisible connections between in-flight turbulence, climate change and war. Elaborating on the research into atmospheric and political turbulence carried out by Lewis Fry Richardson in the early 20th century, this … more

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Presentation

RADO TRUE THINLINE LES COULEURS™ LE CORBUSIER

Rado

25.9.–4.10.2020

Farbe 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 … more

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Guided Tour

REFORM STANDARD

29.9.2020, 6pm

In the context of the new cooperative exhibition CREATIVE CLIMATE CARE, graduates of the University of Applied Arts Vienna are showing five consecutive pop-up exhibitions in the MAK GALLERY between June and December. Their projects address pressing issues related to the climate, environment and … more

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Presentation

ROAD STUDIO

MARCH GUT

Hop 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.

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ROAD STUDIO FINISSAGE

MARCH GUT

4.10.2020, 11am–2pm

Hop 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.

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ROAD STUDIO: GLEIN- KONTUR TABLE

MARCH GUT

2.10.2020, 3pm–6pm

Hop 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.

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Presentation

ROAD STUDIO: JOHAN-SOLO KITCHEN & Profil series

MARCH GUT

30.9.2020, 3pm–6pm

Hop 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.

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ROAD STUDIO: WEVER & DUCRE - DARF

MARCH GUT

1.10.2020, 4pm–6.30pm

Hop 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.

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ROAD STUDIO: WITTMANN & JOKA - Vitale & Corso

MARCH GUT

3.10.2020, 2pm–6pm

Hop 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.

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Presentation

AROUND DOTTINGS

dottings Industrial Design

25.9.–4.10.2020

“We are showing tried and tested, new and ongoing work.” In close cooperation with its clients, dottings Industrial Design develops products from the concept to the point at which they are ready to go into production. To mark the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, the office run by Katrin Radanitsch and … more

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Presentation

SHEYN FOR HOME – FULLY DIGITALLY DESIGNED INTERIOR ACCESSORIES

Gottfried & Söhne

25.9.–4.10.2020

All 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. In the context of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the department store salon in the Jewish … more

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Workshop

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MEETS DESIGN

KAT – Kreativwirtschaft Austria

1.10.2020

How can design – whether in the field of product design, interiors, architecture, graphic design or otherwise – contribute to maximizing social impact? How much commercial creativity can be found in successful social enterprises? And how much social engagement can be invested in design? Such … more

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Presentation

SOUVENIRS OF LONELINESS – COLLABORATION IN ISOLATION

Nadja Zerunian, Anna Zimmermann

25.9.–4.10.2020

“afraid suddenly / that this was all / there was to it.” (Ted Hughes) The collective investigation of isolation und distance leads to a new sense of awareness – souvenirs transport these experiences into the here and now: Anna Zimmermann and Nadja Zerunian join forces to present nine objects, hand … more

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VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar

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Talk

SPECULATIVE ACTIVISM: DESIGN RETHINKS OUR SOCIETY

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

26.9.2020, 7pm

As VIENNA DESIGN WEEK aims to demonstrate, the tools designers use every day are great for coming up with both everyday items and luxury goods. The very same tools can also be employed to think beyond the here and now, to create visionary ideas and to make socio-political points. Two designers who … more

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Exhibition

SPIELWERK

Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien)

25.9.–4.10.2020

The Center of Three-Dimensional Design and Model Making of TU Wien addresses, amongst other things, product design at the interface with architecture and art. In the summer semester of 2020, students worked on the design of a children's construction toy which should awake an interest in … more

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Education

Children's Workshop

CITY: #PHOTOGRAPHY AND #OPEN SPACE

Sophie Lingg, Helena Schmidt, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

3.10.2020, 4pm–5.30pm

During a tour of the neighborhood, children explore and photograph the public realm. They join the workshop leaders in a search for gaps and ask themselves the following questions: How is the public realm structured and where does it have (apparent) gaps? What is a gap in the public realm? How are … more

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Tour

STORIES FROM WILD TREES

AA nanotourism Visiting School

27.9.–4.10.2020

How 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 … more

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Preisverleihung

SUPERSCAPE 2020

JP Immobilien, WBV-GPA Wohnbauvereinigung für Privatangestellte

28.9.2020, 6.30pm

Superscape is organized biennially and honors innovative ideas in the field of architecture and urban development. The focal subject of this year's edition is the “Mixed-use city – living, working and urban production”. In a moderated talk involving the organizers JP Immobilien and WBV-GPA, the … more

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Guest Country

Exhibition

SWISS CRAFTLAB

NOV Gallery / OKRO

25.9.–4.10.2020

On the occasion of the Vienna Design Week, the NOV and Okro galleries from Eastern and Western Switzerland are pleased to present a selection of emerging and established Swiss design studios as part of their SWISS CRAFTLAB exhibition. SWISS CRAFTLAB is a showcase of ancestral techniques and … more

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Guest Country

Talk

SWISS DESIGN PITCHING NETWORKING BRUNCH - CANCELLED

Pro Helvetia

26.9.2020, 11am–2pm

In view of the current health situation and the restrictions in terms of audience, this event is unfortunately cancelled.

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Experience

TAKE YOUR TIME

Helga Schmid

25.9.–4.10.2020

The comprehensive quarantine measures around the globe that were triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic have prompted us to think about lasting structural changes in the ways we live and work. The time that we have had to unwind and reflect and new ways of remote working and communicating, are leading … more

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Work-in-Progress

TALK: A Future of Tourism

AA nanotourism Visiting School

2.10.2020, 7.30pm

What is the meaning of tourism in the age of COVID-19? Against the background of the recent pandemic, the AA nanotourism Visiting School invites us to reflect upon the role of tourism in daily life and, in doing so, to simultaneously think about new operating models and the relevance of the sector.

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Education

Tour

TEAM (BIKE)TOUR : PROGRAM PARTNERS

Laura Winkler ( VIENNA DESIGN WEEK)

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

29.9.2020, 2pm–5.30pm

How design and design festival gain momentum? Like this. Together with Laura Winkler, the project manager of the Program Partner format, participants in the bike tour will visit program items throughout the city. This not only opens up the contributions of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, but also allows … more

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Education

Tour

TEAM TOUR: Headquarter & Solarium Behind the Scenes

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

28.9.2020, 1pm–2.30pm

What does it mean to occupy a building temporarily and to organize and plan a festival? It often isn’t apparent to outsiders just how much work has to be carried out and how many official procedures and surprises have to be dealt with by the team of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK during the realization of … more

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Education

Tour

TEAM TOUR: Guest Country

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

27.9.2020, 11am–12.30pm

Uncertain times demand staying power, courage, creativity and adaptability. But in order to create something worthwhile in such circumstances, what one requires more than anything else is loyal allies who are willing to face this uncertainty with complete confidence. The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 has … more

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IENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar

Education

Tour

TEAM TOUR: Passionswege

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Lilli Hollein & Gabriel Roland

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

26.9.2020, 4pm–6pm

For the past 15 years, the Passionswege have offered festival visitors passionate tours through the studios, workshops and factories of former suppliers to the imperial court, with whom the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK realizes projects in cooperation with European designers. This year, for many reasons, we … more

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VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria Noisternig

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TEAM TOUR: Private View

Gabriel Roland (VIENNA DESIGN WEEK)

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

4.10.2020, 11am–12.30pm

Despite the venerable nature of the now 14-year-old VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the curation, design, and organization of the festival remain one thing in particular: highly personal. And this naturally means that those who have spent this extraordinary year preparing this ten-day event with all its … more

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Education

Tour

TEAM TOUR: Private View

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK / Lilli Hollein

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Lilli Hollein

30.9.2020, 2pm–3.30pm

A Festival Program is like one’s own children: Every item on the program should be treated equally. And yet: Towards the end of the festival, Lilli Hollein, Director and Co-Founder of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, singles out aspects of the 2020 festival that form a cross-section from the objective … more

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To Couch in Public, Stadtarbeit 2019, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria Noisternig

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TEAM TOUR: SOCIAL DESIGN

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

3.10.2020, 11am–1pm

Reimagining intermediate spaces, questioning urban use patterns and opening up new, temporary pieces of city. From its starting point at the INSTITUTE FOR VALUATION, which seeks to investigate the true value of vacant plots, Hanna Facchinelli, the project manager of the format Stadtarbeit, which is … more

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Education

Tour

TEAM TOUR: URBAN FOOD & DESIGN

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

3.10.2020, 3pm–4.30pm

The Business Agency supports the diversity of the creative industries in Vienna through a range of formats, initiatives and funding programs. This year, for example, the Vienna Business Agency and the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK are investigating the trailblazing subject of Urban Food & Design for the third … more

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Installation

THE JEST ROOM

The Student Hotel

25.9.–4.10.2020

The Student Hotel is not a normal hotel: The Dutch chain, which has had a branch in Vienna since May 2020, believes in a closely-knit community, unique design and a hybrid hospitality model, which is tailored to meet the needs of all those with the soul of a student. In the context of a cooperation … more

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Presentation

TONBILDPOSTKARTEN (VIENNA LOVE LETTERS)

Vinylograph

25.–27.9.2020

From the studio (SSTR6) to the workshop (Kunst- und Räderwerk) and out into the world: Vinylograph is circling and can be seen in two locations during the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK! In the early 20th century, the sound picture postcard was created by combining two of the then most popular media: the … more

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Talk

TOWER TALK: POST HOME OFFICE – WIE SEHEN DIE ARBEITSMODELLE DER ZUKUNFT AUS?

E/// operated by TCI Consult

29.9.2020, 6pm

Post Home Office What will working models look like in the future? We invite experts from the world of work and workplace use to exchange experiences and visions: Architects from the field of office planning meet transformation digitization managers from the public and private sectors to create … more

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TSH / MET Design Night

The Student Hotel

25.9.2020, 6.30pm–10pm

We encounter design every day. It surrounds us – with varying degrees of perceptibility. At the same time, global sensitivities are changing: There is a need to increase the presence of minorities in the media and for equality in politics, as a result of which it is also essential that the design … more

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Virtual Festival Headquarter

Experience

VIRTUAL FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS

25.–28.9.2020

The 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 … more

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Virtual Festival Headquarter

Talk

The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is opening a portal into another world!

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

30.9.2020, 6pm–8pm

The 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 … more

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Exhibition

VISITORS – LOST IN THE DIGITAL ERA

Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Studio of Experimental Design

25.9.–4.10.2020

Lost in the digital era? Exploring new paths can also mean finding oneself in unknown and therefore often also frightening territory. Today, more than ever, we see ourselves forced to cope with a new situation and reevaluate our experiences – both collectively and as individuals. The students of … more

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Education

Tour

AM SCHÖPFWERK HOUSING COMPLEX

ARCH ON TOUR, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

2.10.2020, 4pm–6pm

A walking tour through both parts of the Am Schöpfwerk housing complex (Franz Schuster, 1951–1957 and a team of architects led by Viktor Hufnagl, 1976–1980) offers an overview of the history of this – in many ways – outstanding example of Viennese public housing as well as an introduction to other … more

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Experience

WOOL MOOI – AN EXERCISE MAT

design.mikimartinek

25.9.–1.10.2020

With her exercise mat, the designer Miki Martinek contrasts her exuberant love of creative activity with an everyday object that is devoted to relaxation. WOOL MOOI, which is hand knit from pure sheep’s wool, is an invitation to discover oneself, with the minimum of practice: Take your place, turn … more