Special 2016 — Vienna Design Week

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Marcell Nimführ

With its curated formats Debut, Industrial Design + Mobility, Passionswege, Stadtarbeit, Symposium, and Special, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK has taken on the task of creating a new awareness for design. The intention is not merely to shift its aesthetic function into focus, but above all to accentuate those aspects that make design into a central part of our daily life. Thanks to their different approaches, each format illuminates and presents yet another aspect of this kind.

CINEMAGERIE: CINEMA AND DESIGN – A TÊTE-À-TÊTE

Diagonale – Festival des österreichischen Films, VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE

4.–6.10.2016

In the heart of the inner city, designer Lena Gold and David Tavcar join forces with the filmmakers Johann Lurf and Viktoria Schmid to adapt a former cinema interior into a dreamily sensuous “light play” wonder cabinet. The focus of the show is the cinema itself – its ways of functioning, its … more

OUTSTANDING ARTIST AWARD 2016 – EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE

30.9.–9.10.2016

As part of the festival opening of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK on September 29, the Austrian Federal Chancellery is presenting the outstanding artist award 2016 in the category of experimental design. Organized and realized this year by the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK for the second time already, the prize … more