TALKS 2020

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What 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 … more

In 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 … more

Everyone’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 … more

Finland 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 … more

An 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 … more

This 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.

The 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 … more

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

How 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 … more