Archive Nadine Cordial Settele Anniversary Program #tenyears Talk BACK TO THE FUTURE: TEN YEARS OF PASSIONSWEGE VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 1.10.2016, 5pm What happens when you make the rich wealth of knowledge inhabiting Viennese handicrafts accessible to highly promising national and international designers? Certainly, a great deal to discover. Even today. For the tenth anniversary of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK an evaluation study was commissioned and … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation WOLF SETTLES DOWN 30.9.2016, 6.30pm–9pm We’ve come to stay! Lia Wolf’s bibliophile delicatessen boutique has put down roots and from now on resides in the inner-city Sonnenfelsgasse. The book cabinet previously lived out of removal crates for two years, then, promptly in time for the tenth VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, moved from the belle … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition WILLING & ABLE: ACCIDENT / OCCIDENT / ORIENT SWDZ – So Weit, die Zukunft 30.9.–9.10.2016 From Orient to Occident, from Landstraße to Margareten, from pop-up café to repair brunch – from person to person. The participatory ACCIDENT / CCIDENT / ORIENT exhibition produced unique design objects with the help of various handicraft techniques, approaches, and ornaments from old household … more
Archive Programme Partners Talk HOW MUCH “DIGITAL” DOES HANDICRAFT NEED? wiener SITZgruppe 7.10.2016, 3pm Digitalization doesn’t stop at traditional handicrafts and their circulation. Is this … revolution a curse or a blessing? Chance or challenge? This was the issue … dealt with by the wienerSITZgruppe in their panel discussion before a wellattended audience, and they put the ideas to the test … more
Archive Walter Knoll Programme Partners Talk WALTER KNOLL: CRAFTMANSHIP & DESIGN Grünbeck 4.10.2016, 7.30pm Walter Knoll designs living spaces – with consummate craftsmanship, valuable materials, and an aesthetic of lasting validity. For 150 years, Walter Knoll has been renowned as a furniture brand for modern times, its history originating in 1865 with a leather shop in Stuttgart. The firm continually … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation WALTER KNOLL: CRAFTMANSHIP & DESIGN Grünbeck 30.9.–8.10.2016 Everything under one roof! For three generations, the Grünbeck furnishing house has developed from a fine cabinetmakers workshop into a center for upmarket interior architecture, international furniture design, and quality … craftsmanship. It was obvious that the house was thus the perfect place … more
Archive Kohlmaier Programme Partners Guided Tour WALKING CHAIR: GARNITUR Kohlmaier 7.10.2016, 5pm We love colors! GARNITUR is an innovative sofa system for the lounge and the private home. The furniture line made of solid larch wood consists of easy chairs and sofas and is available in different color variations. The stained wood and the high-quality upholstery in fabric or leather are also … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation WALKING CHAIR: GARNITUR Kohlmaier 30.9.–7.10.2016 The stuff our (home) dreams are made on: The richly colorful upholstered furniture by Kohlmaier was an absolute eye-catcher – and not only in the Festival Headquarters. A visit to their flagship store in the heart of Vienna was also urgently recommended! Because you might not suspect it, but behind … more
Archive Kohlmaier Programme Partners Guided Tour WALKING CHAIR: GARNITUR Kohlmaier 5.10.2016, 5pm We love colors! GARNITUR ist ein neuartiges Sofasystem für den Lounge- und privaten Wohnbereich. Die Möbellinie aus massivem Lärchenholz bestehend aus Fauteuils und Sofas kann in verschiedenen Farbvarianten umgesetzt werden. Das gebeizte Holz wird genauso wie die hochwertige Polsterung in Stoff … more
Archive Kohlmaier Programme Partners Guided Tour WALKING CHAIR: GARNITUR Kohlmaier 3.10.2016, 5pm We love colors! GARNITUR is an innovative sofa system for the lounge and the private home. The furniture line made of solid larch wood consists of easy chairs and sofas and is available in different color variations. The stained wood and the high-quality upholstery in fabric or leather are also … more
Archive Thomas Struth Programme Partners Presentation VORTRAG VON RICHARD SENNETT MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst 9.10.2016, 4pm Der US-Amerikaner Richard Sennett, einer der herausragendsten Soziologen und Kulturphilosophen der Gegenwart, spricht in seinem Vortrag über seine intensive Beschäftigung mit dem Themenkomplex Handwerk: Für ihn ist Handwerk oder handwerkliches Können weit mehr als nur manuelle Praxis,er beschreibt … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation OF NATURAL PHENOMENA AND FASCINATING PRECISION Porzellanmanufaktur FÜRSTENBERG 30.9.–9.10.2016 Theatrically presented behind arm-thick velvet cords, the porcelain manufactory of FÜRSTENBERG and the EOOS design studio placed their elegant black and white porcelain series in the limelight. The extraordinary installation inspired by natural phenomena like rivers of lava and accumulating … more
Archive Anniversary Program #tenyears Exhibition VIRIBUS UNITIS – RE-DESIGN10 30.9.–9.10.2016 The exhibition DESIGN10 was held for the first VIENNA DESIGN WEEK ten years ago in the Hofmobiliendepot. Exactly ten years later, the same designers and exhibition organizers are getting together again with the motto “Viribus Unitis – all pulling together” and organizing the exhibition RE-DESIGN10.
Archive Peugeot Shuttle VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Shuttle – Design driven by Peugeot Peugeot 1.10.2016, 2pm–6pm On the two festival Saturdays (1.10. and 8.10.) our partner is providing top comfort for visitors when exploring the Focus District. The branded Peugeot Travellers will be providing a service free of charge to transport the festival public to where it’s all happening in the entire district of … more
Archive Peugeot Shuttle VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Shuttle – Design driven by Peugeot Peugeot 8.10.2016, 2pm–6pm On the two festival Saturdays (1.10. and 8.10.) our partner is providing top comfort for visitors when exploring the Focus District. The branded Peugeot Travellers will be providing a service free of charge to transport the festival public to where it’s all happening in the entire district of … more
Archive David Židlický Education Guided Tour VIENNA DESIGN WEEK SAFARI VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE, Villa Tugendhat, Oliver Elser 8.10.2016, 11am–8.30pm The villa of Greta and Fritz Tugendhat in Brno, the Czech Republic, was built in 1929/1930 after designs by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and is today a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A monument of modern architecture! Comprehensive renovations and restorations between 2010 and 2012 have completely … more
Archive David Židlický Education Guided Tour VIENNA DESIGN WEEK SAFARI - 2 Villa Tugendhat, VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE 2.10.2016, 11am–8.30pm The villa of Greta and Fritz Tugendhat in Brno, the Czech Republic, was built in 1929/1930 … after designs by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe … and is today a UNESCO World Heritage … Site. A monument of modern architecture! Comprehensive renovations and restorations … between 2010 and 2012 have completely … more
Archive Villa Tugendhat, David Židlický Education Guided Tour VIENNA DESIGN WEEK SAFARI VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE, Villa Tugendhat 30.9.2016, 12pm–8.30pm Architectural precision and conceptual stringency – this is what hit the attention in the tours through the Villa Tugendhat built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in … 1929/1930, specially devised for the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. The pun is on the word Tugend – virtue in German – and the virtue lies in the … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress VEBSHTUL Vivinger 30.9.–9.10.2016 The process is the message. The woman looking out of the window on Sieben-brunnenplatz couldn’t believe her eyes when architects constructed an over-dimensional loom, piece by piece, and what is more invited a street musician … to join in at the opening. The performance intervention in the urban … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation VANDASYE, SCHÖNSTAUB AND TERRAZZO PROJECT Qwstion invites, Vandasye 30.9.–8.10.2016 From supermarket to design super store. In its newly opened Viennese branch, the Swiss bag label QWSTION, as well as selling its regular range, organizes an everchanging platform for young designers. The Viennese design bureau Vandasye showcased itself in the hotspot new building – alongside the … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation UNTAMED: A FURNITURE COLLECTION BY SEBASTIAN MENSCHHORN. Sebastian Menschhorn 4.–6.10.2016 Mind the furniture! For his series made of fox, goat, mink, beech, walnut, and silk, the design multi-talent Sebastian Menschhorn played variations on the archaic, animal atavism of fur – the inner-city fashion house of Liska specializes in quality furs and has always placed great value on … more
Archive Debut Exhibition UMPRUM PRAGUE CALLING: SELECTED STUDENTS’ WORKS 2014–2016 UMPRUM – Akademie für Kunst, Architektur und Design in Prag 30.9.–9.10.2016 Founded in 1885, the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague has always been counted among the foremost and most prestigious universities for the fine and applied arts, design architecture, and graphic art. To link up with the show UMPRUM ATTACK! in the National Gallery in Prague … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Workshop TRANSMIGRATION / Workshop Vienna to go 4.10.2016, 5pm–7pm Focused in the 5th district, every workshop participant will have the possibility to capture the neighborhood. Participants are given the opportunity to present their best pictures, offering a fresh glimpse of Vienna. These images will be included in the Oh THAT Place TRANSMIGRATION exhibition.
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Workshop TRANSMIGRATION / Workshop IntegRADsion / Flickerei 5.10.2016, 5pm–7pm Repairing something broken can be a healing process. This workshop focuses on working together and learning technical aspects of repairing bicycles. IntegRADsion, with a team of volunteers from Haus Erdberg, meet every Tuesday at Flickerei, a self-repair garage run by professional mechanics who … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Workshop TRANSMIGRATION / Workshop BUNT gemischt 8.10.2016, 4pm–7pm Different types of DJ equipment is at hand in the workshop, enabling participants to try out lots of different techniques. This starts with turntabling to give them a feeling for playing discs. They are shown how different songs and numbers can be mixed and harmoniously cued and cut. Finally, they … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Workshop TRANSMIGRATION / Workshop Bockwerk 2.10.2016, 4pm–7pm The bockwerk team will lead a DIY furniture workshop that will use basic woodwork skills to produce and assemble simple yet functional small-scale furniture. The results produced from the workshop will be incorporated and showcased in the Oh THAT Place project room.
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Talk TRANSMIGRATION / Talk Vienna to go 4.10.2016, 4pm–5pm The Vienna to go project is an urban photographic exploration, which aims to enhance the radius of movement of unaccompanied refugee minors. While walking through the city, the participating group discovers new places, capturing them with a camera. The main goal of this exploration is to pay … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Talk TRANSMIGRATION / Talk Taste of Home 6.10.2016, 6pm–9pm Which taste reminds us of our home – wherever that might be? Taste of Home collects stories and tastes of home and mediates these with the help of freshly conceived food creations to unveil personal structures of belonging. By doing so, these stories become approachable through the shared … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Talk TRANSMIGRATION / Talk Nsirine Boukhari / Rahman Hak-Hagir 7.10.2016, 5pm–7pm Nirsine Boukhari was born in Damascus, Syria, she has been based in Vienna since 2012. Her work as an multi-medium artist covers the spectrum of installation, video art, sculpture, performance and photography. In our artist talk, she will be discussing and presenting her experiences and artworks … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Talk TRANSMIGRATION / Talk IntegRADsion / Flickerei 5.10.2016, 4pm–5pm The project IntegRADsion provides young refugees with bicycles. The issue of not being supported by the city of Vienna with public transport tickets, restricts free movement around the city. This project offers young migrants an alternative and provides valuable skills on how to repair and maintain … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Talk TRANSMIGRATION / Talk BUNT gemischt 8.10.2016, 3pm–4pm BUNT gemischt wants to contribute to easing the integration of young refugees in Austria by creating contacts and link-ups through collective musical leisure activities. The project organizes DJ workshops held at regular intervals and networks with Viennese restaurants, pubs, and clubs to offer a … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Talk TRANSMIGRATION / Talk Bockwerk 2.10.2016, 2pm–3pm Freshly established in September 2015 and based in Vienna, bockwerk produces furniture goods with hands-on involvement of the marginalized. Founder Christian Penz will talk about the challenges and inspirations during the process of cultivating a socially conscious project.
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Talk TRANSMIGRATION / Talk A Wiener halal! 6.10.2016, 4pm–5pm A Wiener, halal! combines the tradition of the Viennese Würstel with halal preparation and the expertise of Turkish and Austrian butchers – a mixture like Vienna itself! People with refugee experience were integrated into the project right from the start, worked on design and construction of the … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Talk TRANSMIGRATION / Paneldiscussion 9.10.2016, 3pm–4pm As the final act of TRANSMIGRATION, the panel discussion aims to be an inclusive reflection of the activities which have taken place over the course of the ten day work in progress. Guest speakers and workshop presenters will make up the panel. Participants and the public will also be invited to … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Guided Tour STA TRANSMIGRATION / Bike Tour IntegRADsion / Vienna to Go 9.10.2016, 2pm–3pm This one-off bike tour brings two projects together: IntegRADsion and Vienna to go offer a sightseeing trip around the 5th district of Vienna. Using the skills and knowledge of the preceding workshops, participants can navigate and discover the local neighborhood. All visitors to TRANSMIGRATION are … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Get together TRANSMIGRATION / AIL Kochmittwoch on Tour 5.10.2016, 7pm–9pm The AIL concept – running for more than a year now – of bringing people together for lunch is now venturing beyond its usual facilities on Franz-Josefs-Kai and during the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK meeting up with Oh THAT Place’s Stadtarbeit project TRANSMIGRATION. In keeping with the desire for knowledge … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress TRANSMIGRATION OH THAT PLACE 30.9.–9.10.2016 Oh THAT Place positioned itself with its project TRANSMIGRATION on Diehlgasse as a temporary social design hub, as a place of encounter and pivot of diverse grassroots movements. In a tightly packed program of daily talks, workshops and guided tours the initiatives bockwerk, IntegRADsion, Vienna to … more
Archive Marion Kuzmany Education Guided Tour TOUR 4C: VIENNA DESIGN WEEK ON THE MARGARETEN WALK OF FAME ARCH ON TOUR 7.10.2016, 1.30pm–5pm Architecture meets design in the hidden gem of the 5th District. Three individual walks lead to studio presentations by outstanding Viennese architecture bureaus and further highlights in this year’s Focus District. All three tours start with a short guided tour in the Festival Headquarters … more
Archive Marion Kuzmany Education Guided Tour TOUR 4B: VIENNA DESIGN WEEK ON THE MARGARETEN WALK OF FAME - Cancelled ARCH ON TOUR 6.10.2016, 3.30pm–6.30pm Architecture meets design in the hidden gem of the 5th District. Three individual walks lead to studio presentations by outstanding Viennese architecture bureaus and further highlights in this year’s Focus District. All three tours start with a short guided tour in the Festival Headquarters … more
Archive Marion Kuzmany Education Guided Tour TOUR 4A: VIENNA DESIGN WEEK ON THE MARGARETEN WALK OF FAME ARCH ON TOUR 4.10.2016, 2.30pm–5pm Architecture meets design in the hidden geme of the 5th District. Three individual walks lead to studio presentations by outstanding Viennese architecture bureaus and further highlights in this year’s Focus District. All three tours start with a short guided tour in the Festival Headquarters … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka Education Guided Tour TOUR 3: VIENNA DESIGN WEEK FROM ANSWERS TO INTEGRADSION Alexa Brauner 5.10.2016, 2pm–4pm This tour revolves around social design. And social design in turn puts the person in focus. Also the exhibition in the Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art by the designer and researcher Ebru Kurbak deals with human community and communication, knowledge sharing and reciprocal regard. It … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka_Petra Rautenstrauch Education Guided Tour TOUR 2: VIENNA DESIGN WEEK WITH AND FOR ONE ANOTHER Alexa Brauner 3.10.2016, 11am–1pm Margareten is a creative district – and this year especially so. Because the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and its projects happening here in countless corners show how social aspects and local knowledge can be integrated in creative processes. The tour makes its way through the district and provides an … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka_Petra Rautenstrauch Education Guided Tour TOUR 2: VIENNA DESIGN WEEK WITH AND FOR ONE ANOTHER Alexa Brauner 3.10.2016, 2.30pm–4.30pm Margareten is a creative district – and this year especially so. Because the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and its projects happening here in countless corners show how social aspects and local knowledge can be integrated in creative processes. The tour makes its way through the district and provides an … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka_Petra Rautenstrauch Education Guided Tour TOUR 2: VIENNA DESIGN WEEK WITH AND FOR ONE ANOTHER Alexa Brauner 4.10.2016, 11am–1pm Margareten is a creative district – and this year especially so. Because the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and its projects happening here in countless corners show how social aspects and local knowledge can be integrated in creative processes. The tour makes its way through the district and provides an … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka_Petra Rautenstrauch Education Guided Tour TOUR 1: VIENNA DESIGN WEEK in the inner city design district Gabriela Steiner-Scharfetter 1.10.2016, 10am–12pm The inner city of Vienna is a design district through and through: this is where tradition meets innovation and old-established production techniques meet contemporarydesign ideas. The stops on the guided walk show projects from the Passionswege and give participants in-depth insights into … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka_Petra Rautenstrauch Education Guided Tour TOUR 1: VIENNA DESIGN WEEK IN THE INNER CITY DESIGN DISTRICT Gabriela Steiner-Scharfetter 8.10.2016, 10am–12pm The inner city of Vienna is a design district through and through: this is where tradition meets innovation and old-established production techniques meet contemporary design ideas. The stops on the guided walk show projects from the Passionswege and give participants in-depth insights into … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka_Petra Rautenstrauch Education Guided Tour TOUR 1: VIENNA DESIGN WEEK IN THE INNER CITY DESIGN DISTRICT Gabriela Steiner-Scharfetter 7.10.2016, 4pm–6pm The inner city of Vienna is a design district through and through: this is where tradition meets innovation and old-established production techniques meet contemporary design ideas. The stops on the guided walk show projects from the Passionswege and give participants in-depth insights into … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka_Petra Rautenstrauch Education Guided Tour TOUR 1: VIENNA DESIGN WEEK IN THE INNER CITY DESIGN DISTRICT Gabriela Steiner-Scharfetter 5.10.2016, 5pm–7pm The inner city of Vienna is a design district through and through: this is where tradition meets innovation and old-established production techniques meet contemporary design ideas. The stops on the guided walk show projects from the Passionswege and give participants in-depth insights into … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition TORSTEN NEELAND: PERSPECTIVES rauminhalt_harald bichler 30.9.–8.10.2016 New views and audio-angles were promised by the interdisciplinary show in the gallery Rauminhalt by Harald Bichler. And the title kept its promise. On show were artistic collaborations with Yohji Yamamoto and the London Candoco Dance Company, a relief-type carpet, and marbled stone objects … more
Archive Talks Talk THE URBANIZATION OF EVERYTHING Hubert Klumpner (Urban Think-Tank) 7.10.2016, 6pm A highlight in architectural discourse! In an auditorium packed to the last seat, Hubert Klumpner presented projects of the Urban-Think Tank. First and foremost they impressed as dynamically alternative architectural concepts and urban design solutions through which the practice-oriented hub of … more
Archive Special Exhibition THE TOOL & THE OBJECT Vöslauer 30.9.–9.10.2016 As rucksack, shoulder bag, or with a practical clip? How do you transport a mineral water six-pack home without too much effort? This was the question addressed by young designers in the Vöslauer Design Competition 2016, managed and advised by the VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE. The winning project by … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation THE MYSTERY OF LIGHTNING design:mikimartinek 30.9.–8.10.2016 Light play of an extraordinary kind was promised by design:mikimartinek in the … Dotzauer Kristalleuchten showroom. “For love of light” the Austrian firm has for more than fifty years been producing chandeliers for the stateliest hotels, villas, and palaces across the world – a glamor factor which … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation TEA CULTURE IN SERIES Demmers Teehaus, POLKA 30.9.–9.10.2016 It’s teatime in wonderland. DEMMERS TEEHAUS served up macaroons in matching colors and the finest sorts of tea in the Festival Headquarters in the setting of a magical salon installation by the POLKA design bureau. Visitors not only enjoyed aromatic afternoon tea in the delicate cups and teapots … more
Archive Christian Redtenbacher Programme Partners Exhibition SUPERSCAPE 2016 – FUTURE URBAN LIVING, Award JP architektur perspektiven 6.10.2016, 7pm The architecture and design concepts on the short list of the biennial architecture competition Superscape show six visionary approaches to this year’s theme. Here, the task was to question conventional home-living patterns, to venture design experiments, and to find innovative solutions within a … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition SUPERSCAPE 2016 – FUTURE URBAN LIVING JP architektur perspektiven 30.9.–9.10.2016 Living room becomes auditorium, the bedroom a stadium, the cabinet a museum. A few years ago, this would have sounded like a bad analogy, but today it’s reality – thanks to digitalization. With his architecture concept “Counternatures". An Augmented Domesticity Theme Park” showing a new dawn for … more
Archive Passionswege Presentation STUDIO ES (At) with Wolfgang Schön Kunstanstalt für Kupferdruck Studio Es, Wolfgang Schön Kunstanstalt für Kupferdruck, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 30.9.–8.10.2016 It really was beautiful! Everyone who entered the Artistic Institute for opperplate … Printing, established in 1922, also took a step back into the past. Because time seems to have stood still in a place where printed matter is produced with manual copperplate printing. Wolfgang Schön – an … more
Archive Programme Partners Party STANDART FESTIVAL: COFFEE, DESIGN, COCKTAILS 25hours Hotel beim MuseumsQuartier 8.10.2016, 6pm–10pm Coffee, cocktails, handicrafts. Just how consummately we can celebrate the good things of everyday life was shown in the micro-festival held in the 25hours Hotel near the MuseumsQuartier. Tastings, lectures, workshops, and an after-party made up a program devised for all the senses. Twelve … more
Archive Standart Festival Programme Partners Presentation STANDART FESTIVAL: COFFEE, DESIGN, COCKTAILS 25hours Hotel beim MuseumsQuartier 8.10.2016, 10am–6pm With the culinary-creative micro-festival, the 25hours Hotel near the MuseumsQuartier is devoting itself to themes revolving around coffee, design, and cocktails. The whole event is upgraded through a diverting and diverse program of tastings, lectures, workshops, and an after party. Twelve coffee … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation STADTFABRIK MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien 30.9.–9.10.2016 Within the framework of the cooperation between design> new strategies of the MAK and the Vienna Business Agency, creative center departure, the StadtFabrik (City Factory), a real-time research lab curated by the IDRV – Institute of Design Research Vienna, has been investigating new task areas … in … more
Archive MAK / Aslan Kudrnofsky Programme Partners Presentation STADTFABRIK MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien 4.10.2016, 6pm–7pm Within the framework of the cooperation between design> new strategies of the MAK and the Vienna Business Agency creative center departure, since May the StadtFabrik (City Factory) – a real-time research lab curated by the IDRV has been investigating new task areas in the creative industries. The … more
Archive Special Exhibition SPOTLIGHT ON: MORAG MYERSCOUGH 30.9.–9.10.2016 It wasn’t just the spotlight that caused the orange-pink-red writing to light up. It was the installation itself by Morag Myerscough, a hugely pithy and brash graphic work, which beamed out from within as a visual commentary. Myerscough was invited to create a typographic work in the Festival … more
Archive Nikolaus Korab Programme Partners Talk SOCIAL BUSINESS: PROTOTYPES FOR MAGDAS DESIGN New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten 7.10.2016, 1pm magdas Design – a new social business run by the Vienna Caritas – invites both designers and NDU students to design small products that can be made in the Caritas workshops in charitable and non-profit employment projects and subsequently offered for sale. Pre-eminent here is not the product and … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition SOCIAL BUSINESS: PROTOTYPES FOR MAGDAS DESIGN New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten 30.9.–9.10.2016 A piece of lead is wrapped in an old book page, glued, and sharpened. The resulting pencil is a wonderful example of how a feasible upcycling product series can be produced from a student prototype, which can be made in the Caritas workshops in charitable employment projects and then put on sale.
Archive Programme Partners Presentation ROCKING OBJECT MADE OF COMPRESSED WOOD Tina Lehner 30.9.–9.10.2016 To quote the rock’n’roll classic by Chubby Checker: “Let’s twist again, like we did last [autumn]!” How you can bend, shape, and so create potential-hit design compositions out of highly flexible compressed wood with sheer physical strength was shown by Tina Lehner in her open work studio on … more
Archive Rimadesio PLATFORM Talk RIMADESIO: STORIES AND MATTERS Talk Grünbeck 4.10.2016, 6.30pm Through technical innovation and architectural spatial concepts, Rimadesio with designer Giuseppe Bavuso has developed into an international brand. Here, the introduction of successful sliding door systems in 1992 marked an important turning point in the history of the long established Italian firm … more
Archive PLATFORM Presentation RIMADESIO: STORIES AND MATTERS Grünbeck 30.9.–8.10.2016 Through technical innovation and architectural spatial concepts, Rimadesio with designer Giuseppe Bavuso has developed into an international brand. Here, the introduction of successful sliding door systems in 1992 marked an important turning point in the history of the long established Italian firm … more
Archive Passionswege Presentation rENs (NL) with Neon Kunze rENs, Neon Kunze, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 30.9.–8.10.2016 … and then there was neon light – and what light! The production technique of neon was acclaimed first of all with a fervent “Wow”, and not only from the Dutch design duo rENs. The visitors to the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, too, certainly wowed at the illuminated attraction in the 5th district. The firm … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition RE-RE: OVERRIDING DESIGN WITH ART AND VICE-VERSA Rumänisches Kulturinstitut Wien 30.9.–9.10.2016 The scene in the Romanian Cultural Institute Vienna revolved in 2016 around … multi- and interdisciplinary projects: To celebrate the centennial of Dadaism, design in the group exhibition RE-RE was in a state of flux, borderlines were blurred, and the much-quoted receptacles began to communicate.
Archive Rado Programme Partners Guided Tour RADO TOUR mit dem Team der VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Rado 3.10.2016, 11am–1pm Design forms the foundation of Rado’s groundbreaking timepieces. For VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2016, Rado is launching its new Ceramica watch in Austria, designed in collaboration with Konstantin Grcic. As part of the festival, the renowned industrial designer will also create an installation in the Rado … more
Archive Rado Programme Partners Guided Tour RADO TOUR mit dem Team der VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Rado 4.10.2016, 11am–1pm Design forms the foundation of Rado’s groundbreaking timepieces. For VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2016, Rado is launching its new Ceramica watch in Austria, designed in collaboration with Konstantin Grcic. As part of the festival, the renowned industrial designer will also create an installation in the Rado … more
Archive Rado Programme Partners Guided Tour RADO TOUR mit dem Team der VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Rado 6.10.2016, 11am–1pm Design forms the foundation of Rado’s groundbreaking timepieces. For VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2016, Rado is launching its new Ceramica watch in Austria, designed in collaboration with Konstantin Grcic. As part of the festival, the renowned industrial designer will also create an installation in the Rado … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition PRESENTING KONSTANTIN GRCIC Rado, Konstantin Grcic 30.9.–9.10.2016 From production process to product launch, from watch face to hand design, from original form to watchstrap design. Result and process of a magical design cooperation were shown to the public by the Swiss watchmaker Rado in the Festival Headquarters – and revealed a well kept secret: a contemporary … more
Archive Carole Collet Programme Partners Talk POSSIBLE TOMORROWS, Talk “Synthetic Biology in Art and Design” Biofaction 2.10.2016, 11am–1pm The exhibition POSSIBLE TOMORROWS presents a selection of experimental and technical applications from the fields of biotechnology and synthetic biology in the design context. Contributions from selected designers and artists show speculative areas of application and ideas as well as already tested … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition POSSIBLE TOMORROWS Biofaction 30.9.–9.10.2016 A doughnut construction kit with coli bacteria, bricks of bio-cement, textiles made of plant roots, crockery, beakers, and bowls made of fungus cells. A preliminary taste of what is possible or will be in the sector of biotechnology and synthetic biology was offered at the exhibition POSSIBLE … more
Archive Programme Partners Get together Pop-up Heuriger Zum Gschupftn Ferdl in the inner courtyard of the Festival Headquarters 30.9.–9.10.2016 To celebrate the tenth birthday of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the urban Heurige (traditional wine inn) concept was spontaneously relocated onto Schloßgasse, where Ferdl dreamed up delicacies and spritzers – wine and soda –, siphoned soda, and other Heurigen classics. In the evening, the pop-up … more
Archive Proier Debut Talk PIEDECK: INVISIBLE WALLS FH Oberösterreich – Campus Hagenberg 6.10.2016, 3pm When real and virtual worlds merge. PIEdeck, the experimental interaction space developed … by the research group Playful Interactive … Environments (PIE) consists of a large-scale projection, multiple virtual reality headsets, and a sensitive laser tracking system from the technology forge of the … more
Archive Debut Exhibition PIEDECK: INVISIBLE WALLS FH Oberösterreich – Campus Hagenberg 30.9.–9.10.2016 Digitalization is here to stay. There’s no question about it. But the concrete opportunities and possibilities offered for instance by co-located interactive spaces were explored by the research group Playful Interactive Environments (PIE) with their experimental interaction space PIEdeck. Here … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation PICNIC Meșteshukar ButiQ, zerunianandweisz 30.9.–9.10.2016 The Meșteshukar ButiQ put its presentation on this year in a small but smart sales room in the middle of the Festival Headquarters. Here, authentic … household goods of all kinds were put on display to appeal to both man and woman. The product group PICNIC consists of copper, wood, and cane-weaved … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation PECHA KUCHA NIGHT VIENNA: 20 Slides x 20 Sekunden Pecha Kucha Night Vienna 30.9.2016, 8.20pm–10.20pm Die Pecha Kucha Night Vienna kommt in die Popupzentrale und veranstaltet einen Abend voller Kurzvorträge zu Design in allen Facetten. Das Konzept kommt aus Japan und ist gleichermaßen einfach wie genial: Vortragende präsentieren an einem Abend Ihre Arbeiten und Projekte in Kurzvorträgen mit 20 … more
Archive Marcell Nimführ / Kollektiv Fischka Symposium Talk PART III : INCLUSIVE DESIGN Erwin K. Bauer, Oliver Kartak, Veronika Egger 8.10.2016, 4pm–6pm “In Anführungszeichen: Glanz und Elend der Political Correctness” is the title of a book by Thomas Edlinger and Matthias Dusini published by Suhrkamp. It provides case examples from politics, art, and culture – thus, also the basis for their insightful keynote. By means of inclusive design … more
Archive Petra Rautenstrauch / Kollektiv Fischka Symposium Talk PART II: BOOK DESIGN Erwin K. Bauer, Manuel Radde, Roland Stieger, Anna Liska, Andreas Reiter Raabe 8.10.2016, 1pm–3.30pm After lunch was prior to afternoon reading. Looking towards the book’s concrete … application potential, the Swiss graphic designer Roland Stieger (TGG Hafen … Senn Stieger) and Vitus Weh (Curator and author) talked about the development of the erstwhile queen of communication media. As the … more
Archive Petra Rautenstrauch / Kollektiv Fischka Symposium Talk PART I: MAGAZINE DESIGN Erwin K. Bauer, Petra Gregorits, Reinhold Gmeinbauer, Ulrike Tschabitzer-Handler, LWZ, Albert Handler 8.10.2016, 9.30am–12pm The Symposium morning was marked by keynote lectures and panels all about magazine design. While Albert Handler and Ulrike Tschabitzer-Handler (brand unit), along with Reinhold Gmeinbauer (Alba Communications) mainly addressed the development of the medium per se, LWZ and Jakob Rosenberg … … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition PAIRS IN SQUARES Tomáš Baťa University 30.9.–9.10.2016 Quadratic, Czech, good! In a new interpretation of the memory game Pexeso, the exhibits in the show put on by the Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín were reproduced in the form of milled porcelain tiles – and so challenged people to … playful interaction. In order to win, the visitors had to find … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition PACKAGING DESIGN Fedrigoni 5.–7.10.2016 “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” as the saying goes. But there’s another saying: “Exceptions confirm the rule.” And this happened in the Fedrigoni Showroom: Here, it’s all about packaging, not content. But looking good on the outside alone isn’t enough by any means, as was shown by Gerlinde … more
Archive Special Exhibition 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
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition OTTOMAN PAPER CARPETS BY ARDAN ÖZMENOĞLU Europapier Austria 3.–9.10.2016 Wallpaper all-stars – a worthy title for Europapier Austria, Viadukt Screen Prints, and Ardan Özmenoğlu after their collective show on Gumpendorfer Straße. In her use of a medium unusual for the typical Ottoman patterns, the versatile Turkish artist gave traditional Ottoman carpets an entirely new … more
Archive Karak Programme Partners Presentation ORNAMENTLABOR Karak 8.10.2016, 4pm–6pm Co-working space becomes form lab: For a few days, the workplace of the young tile manufacturer Karak becomes an ornamental laboratory. The studio’s white tiles form the foundation – during the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK they will be covered one after the other with hand-drawn motifs. Visitors are invited … more
Archive Programme Partners Work-in-Progress ORNAMENTLABOR Karak 1.–8.10.2016 Simply magical what was created out of a sober and sterile room during the … festival. For several days, the workplace of the young tile manufacturer Karak was transformed into an ornamental laboratory. Starting out from the geometric grid on the walls, the public set off on a quest for new forms … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition NORTH. WEST EAST. A JOURNEY WITH MATTIAZZI designforum Wien, designaustria 30.9.–9.10.2016 Check in, fasten seat belt, enjoy! With its visually impressive exhibition, the … designforum Wien transported its public on a fascinating trip. Embedded in a scenography of evocative photo collage projections, the virtuosic … furniture collection by the Italian family enterprise of Mattiazzi was … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation NEW SHOWROOM OPENING AND TALK WITH DESIGNERS TON 30.9.–9.10.2016 The line-up read like a who’s who of the local scene. And indeed, the key focus of the festival item from Ton was a cause for celebration. Because in its new showroom in Vienna, Ton invited people to celebrate the opening with a refreshing cocktail and become acquainted with the designers who were … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation NEW WATCH COLLECTION DESIGNED BY KONSTANTIN GRCIC Rado, Konstantin Grcic 30.9.–8.10.2016 “Timing is discipline, but also something quite sensual, elegant,” says Konstantin … Grcic. Highly sensuous and yet with the fastidious discipline of one of the most … renowned industrial designers in the world: These were also the manifest qualities of the new Ceramica watch – also his design … more
Archive Stephen Wyckoff Programme Partners Talk NATHALIE DU PASQUIER: BIG OBJECTS NOT ALWAYS SILENT, Talk „HiStories/ Geschichte(n)“ Kunsthalle Wien 2.10.2016, 12pm With BIG OBJECTS NOT ALWAYS SILENT, the Kunsthalle Wien presents the artist and designer Nathalie Du Pasquier in her first major solo exhibition. The self-taught artist was founding member of the Memphis Group surrounding Ettore Sottsass and is renowned as a luminary on the international design … more
Archive Stephen Wyckoff Programme Partners Guided Tour NATHALIE DU PASQUIER: BIG OBJECTS NOT ALWAYS SILENT 2.10.2016, 4pm With BIG OBJECTS NOT ALWAYS SILENT, the Kunsthalle Wien presents the artist and designer Nathalie Du Pasquier in her first major solo exhibition. The self-taught artist was founding member of the Memphis Group surrounding Ettore Sottsass and is renowned as a luminary on the international design … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition NATHALIE DU PASQUIER: BIG OBJECTS NOT ALWAYS SILENT Kunsthalle Wien 30.9.–9.10.2016 The Kunsthalle Wien extended an invitation to stroll through the aesthetically wide-ranging oeuvre of the design luminary Nathalie Du Pasquier. It was the first solo exhibition of this kind in an international institution – a show displaying … product design and the fine art of painting, and … more
Archive Stephen Wyckoff Programme Partners Guided Tour NATHALIE DU PASQUIER: BIG OBJECTS NOT ALWAYS SILENT Kunsthalle Wien 9.10.2016, 4pm With BIG OBJECTS NOT ALWAYS SILENT, the Kunsthalle Wien presents the artist and designer Nathalie Du Pasquier in her first major solo exhibition. The self-taught artist was founding member of the Memphis Group surrounding Ettore Sottsass and is renowned as a luminary on the international design … more
Archive Industrial Design + Mobility Presentation MOBILE LIVING SPACES IN URBAN TRAFFIC ÖBB, Spirit Design 30.9.2016, 2.45pm–6pm Among other aspects, excursions have the function of leaving familiar environments and discovering new ones on the way. This was the scenario of a journey on the Cityjet and subsequent visit to the production shed in Jedlersdorf, Vienna. Klaus Garstenauer (Director of Suburban and … more
Archive Passionswege Presentation MICHAL STRACH (CZ) with WerkStadt Philipp Cibulka Michal Strach, Werk-Stadt Philipp Cibulka, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 30.9.–8.10.2016 Master carpenter meets dollhouse scenery concepts. In Philipp Cibulka’s charismatic workshop the installation of the young Czech … designer Michal Strach transported passers-by to a trip through abstract interiors … and unconventional miniature rooms. What particularly united the carpenter … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Preisverleihung MoreVALUE Design Award 2016 Erste Bank 9.10.2016, 5.30pm–6.30pm The Erste Bank MoreVALUE Design Award is being presented this year for the second time. Followed by presentation of the winning project.
Archive Kramar / Kollektiv Fischka Stadtarbeit – City Work Exhibition MoreVALUE Design Award 2015: INFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Ebru Kurbak (AT/TR) 30.9.–16.10.2016 What can you do well? In the run-up to the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the designer and artists Ebru Kurbak asked people from the Caritas Lernsprung program a simple question. Those asked come from Somalia, Afghanistan, and Turkey. Now they are in Austria. Their answers – in the form of large-format … more
Archive Anniversary Program #tenyears Exhibition MAXIM VELČOVSKÝ: CITY SHADES WienTourismus 30.9.–9.10.2016 The Vienna Tourist Board was delighted to receive an international visit, and in … multiple ways. The visit – on one hand by the skylines of Vienna, New York, and … Moscow, and on the other by the designer Maxim Velčovský – was reciprocated with a humorous shadow play, standing simultaneously … more
Archive Passionswege Presentation MARTINO GAMPER (IT/UK) with J. & L. Lobmeyr Martino Gamper, J. & L. Lobmeyr, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 30.9.–8.10.2016 Martino Gamper, the designer … born in South Tyrol and living … in London, returned to Vienna … exactly ten years after his first … Passionswege project in order to celebrate the anniversary by experimenting with the techniques cultivated and perfected by J. & L. Lobmeyr throughout the … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation MARGARET’S PLACE Kreativenplattform 30.9.–9.10.2016 “Roll up, roll up!” The invitation in the shop window on Schönbrunner Straße 122 was irresistible. Because the empty shop wasn’t just anywhere: It was situated in the house where Bruno Kreisky was born. Here, the kreativenplattform together with the design agency Laut aber Leise extended … more
Archive Anniversary Program #tenyears Presentation MAGAZINE Bleed, Christian Hoffelner, Say Say Say, Inc., Vinz Schwarzbauer, Maria Prieto Barea, Daniel Triendl, phospho, Afloat, Cin Cin, studioelastik.com 9.10.2016, 6pm Ten years, ten days, ten double spreads. On the occasion of the this year’s anniversary, Austrian designers are each invited to collect impression on one of the festival days and to transpose these on the following day into an ad-hoc magazine in the Festival Headquarters Open Office. As a freely … more
Archive Anniversary Program #tenyears Work-in-Progress MAGAZINE Say Say Say, Inc., Bleed, Vinz Schwarzbauer, Christian Hoffelner, Daniel Triendl, Maria Prieto Barea, Afloat, phospho, Cin Cin, studioelastik.com 30.9.–9.10.2016 A magazine can be two things: a depot or store, for instance. But in English mainly a “richly illustrated, entertaining, or popularly informative printed periodical”. In the design experiment in the Festival Headquarters, the two meanings were represented in a way – both the journalistic and the … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition MAG DES DING Objektas 30.9.–9.10.2016 Where design meets development history, the juxtaposition tells of original career paths, diverse types of work, and different fields of activity. Under the title MAG DES DING – a pun on the academic degree Mag. des. ind. – twelve women industrial designers juxtaposed their own works to the … more
Archive Marcell Nimführ / Kollektiv Fischka PLATFORM Exhibition M1 REMIX BY THO MAS EHRENFRIED Neudoerfler Office Systems 3.–7.10.2016 A remix, Thomas Ehrenfried landed a veritable hit with! In the framework of a competition held for the first time, last year a top international jury selected the Viennese designer’s idea as the winner. The task: a new interpretation of the office furniture design icon M1. The aim: to unveil … more
Archive Marcell Nimführ / Kollektiv Fischka PLATFORM Exhibition LIFE ON MARS: FICTIONAL FILM SETS New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten 30.9.–8.10.2016 2016: A Space Odyssey. Or: How do students of interior architecture imagine life on the red planet? This is what visitors to the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK found out by virtually being lifted off and launched to Mars. Six rooms made of the simplest material like cardboard and paper serving at the same time … more
Archive New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten Programme Partners Workshop LIFE ON MARS: FICTIONAL FILM SETS New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten 1.10.2016, 3pm–5pm How do students of interior architecture imagine life on Mars? The NDU is providing the answer to this question in the form of a walk-in film set, constructed in only three days in a guest project by Joseph Popper and Bernhard Ranner. On a scale of 1:1, the interiors of a (fictional) space habita … more
Archive Industrial Design + Mobility Guided Tour LEARNING JOURNEY: INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, Valentinitsch Design, GP designpartners 6.10.2016, 10am–6pm Industrial design at the interface of the creative and the traditional industries. Or: global industrial design in Vienna. The Vienna Business Agency organized a day’s excursion to three different studios as a Learning Journey devised to link up its creative center departure with the new key … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation LATEST DESIGNS: LIGHTING AND TABLEWARE PROJECTS Lasvit 30.9.–9.10.2016 Shine bright like a diamond! Like scintillating blocks of ice, the twenty rows of hexagonal honeycombs of the breathtaking light sculpture by Moritz Waldemeyer hovered in the entrance of the Festival Headquarters. Something else as taking the stage here, too, under the luminaires that were as … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation COLLECTION IN PROGRESS Werkraum Bregenzerwald 30.9.2016, 2pm–7pm Welcome to Vienna! What’s new in 2016 for VIENNA DESIGN WEEK co-founder Thomas Geisler is not only the business management of the Werkraum Bregenzerwald, what’s also new is the cumulative potency of arts and crafts … of world significance that found its permanent place in the urban contex … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition KINETOMANICS Technische Universität Wien, Abteilung für Dreidimensionales Gestalten und Modellbau 30.9.–9.10.2016 As synthesis of mechanics, electronics, and software, the kinetic works of the Department of Three-Dimensional Design sounds out the space between architecture, design and art – from 3D printing to bionics and automation. While the “Plantoide” shows the technical interpretation of a vegetal … more
Archive Florian Rist Programme Partners Presentation KINETOMANICS 1.10.2016, 2pm As synthesis of mechanics, electronics, and software, the kinetic works of the Department of Three-Dimensional Design sounds out the space between architecture, design and art – from 3D printing to bionics and automation. While the “Plantoide” shows the technical interpretation of a vegetal … more
Archive Florian Rist Programme Partners Presentation KINETOMANICS 2.10.2016, 2pm As synthesis of mechanics, electronics, and software, the kinetic works of the Department of Three-Dimensional Design sounds out the space between architecture, design and art – from 3D printing to bionics and automation. While the “Plantoide” shows the technical interpretation of a vegetal … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition ISOCHRONE Schloss Hollenegg for Design, mischer'traxler studio 30.9.–9.10.2016 You just had to stop and stare! A pendulum swings over a multi-layered turning tabletop. We, the visitors, stop, are interested, listen to the scratchiness of the grinding, crude mechanism. With every swing, the pendulum grinds deeper into the board, gradually revealing one by one the layers of the … more
Archive Lukas Roth Programme Partners Presentation INVENTUR: ADOLF KRISCHANITZ MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art 1.10.2016, 11am–4pm After a total of thirty years, architect Adolf Krischanitz is submitting his interiors for the first time to a comprehensive inventory, showing originals, drawing, plans, and photos. His objects – from chair and sofa to table and lamp – are always assigned to a feasible constructional agenda, thus … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition INVENTUR: ADOLF KRISCHANITZ MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art 4.–8.10.2016 To find something, to come across something – expressed by the Latin verb … invenire, which also gives us the word invent or inventory. The show curated by Edelbert Köb also represents an architectural discovery zone to that effect: After thirty years, architect Adolf Krischanitz made a … more
Archive Sedici-Verlag Programme Partners Workshop INTO THE WHY Sedici-Verlag 7.10.2016, 2pm A ramble through the “Da” (the “There”), through rapid publishing and digital mining: The Sedici-Verlag publishing house is opening a reading and idea salon and organizing the congress to research the proclaimed “Daheit” (“Thereness”) the untamed medium of an innovative design method that is still … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation INTO THE WHY Sedici-Verlag 3.–7.10.2016 Great you were da, dear Sedici-Verlag! With its pop-up salon in the 7th district, the three-country collective focused on the theme of rapid publishing and digital mining, and in doing so wandering through the “Da” (“There”). Jan Knopp (DE/CH), Michael Tatschl (AT), and Olivier Rossel (CH) were the … more
Archive Programme Partners Talk INDUSTRY 4.0 – THE FUTURE IS NOW ewo 5.10.2016, 7pm–8.30pm First work then play. With this motto – perhaps not meant so seriously – industrial design luminary Clemens Weisshaar and critic Marcus Fairs (Dezeen) got together in a fascinating ewoTalk and then rounded off the evening in … swinging style with a cocktail in the inner courtyard of the Festival … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation IMPRINT . PORCELAIN VASES feinedinge* 30.9.–8.10.2016 Flower power on Margaretenstraße! In its own workshop in the 4th district, feinedinge* makes unique porcelain items in perfection. With their slight … irregularities in form, color, and decoration, the objects are given a character all of their own – this also applies to the vase series IMPRINT.
Archive Programme Partners Presentation GREEN DESIGN FOR AND WITH GRÜNE ERDE Johannes Scherr Design 30.9.–8.10.2016 From tree to bed, from house philosophy to handicraft – with a range like this, Grüne Erde CEO Reinhard Kepplinger and designer Johannes Scherr presented … their joint work, displaying the results in the showroom along with the new collection. … The eco-pioneers have always stayed true to their … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation GRÜNDEN IN WIEN 2016 Wirtschaftsagentur Wien 7.10.2016, 8am–9.30pm “I will. I can. I’ll do it.” With this motto, the Vienna Business Agency presented what was already the third day of Vienna start-ups. Co-working spaces, young enterprises, hubs, promotional headquarters, and initiatives opened every … door, allowing a look behind the scenes. In walks, talks, and … more
Archive Passionswege Presentation GLEN BAGHURST (SE/AU) with Klavierwerkstatt Felix Lenz Glen Baghurst, Klavierwerkstatt Felix Lenz, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 30.9.–8.10.2016 In a dream of a setting, in the piano workshop sales room that has a special raw beauty of its own, the designer Glen Baghurst, who lives in Sweden and Australia, presented a stool based in manufacturing technique and aesthetic … entirely on the piano. Here, where master piano builder Felix Lenz … more
Archive Guest Country Exhibition GENERATION: TH E BEST OF YOUNG CZECH DESIGN 30.9.–9.10.2016 “Where is home?” was emblazoned on a panel in the entrance area of the group … exhibition held on invitation of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. The public received a potential answer during their visit: Home is where the art is. Because, embedded in architecture consisting purely of Ikea tables, an … more
Archive OKOLO Guest Country Guided Tour GENERATION: THE BEST OF YOUNG CZECH DESIGN, curator guided tour OKOLO 1.10.2016, 5.30pm The collective show GENERATION presents works of a dozen of young Czech designers and studios who have been very active on the Czech contemporary design scene in the last ten years. The exhibition, summarizing the creative influence of the youngest generation of Czech established designers … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition AGAINST THE GRAIN Spazio Pulpo, Patrick Rampelotto, breadedEscalope, chmara.rosinke, Klemens Schillinger 5.–8.10.2016 The inner courtyard gallery for contemporary and experimental design, which is as absolutely loveable as it is almost magic, showed picturesque design on the third floor. With its second thematic collective exhibition, the initiators collective of Spazio Pulpo set up a curatorial parenthesis under … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition AGAINST THE GRAIN Spazio Pulpo, breadedEscalope, chmara.rosinke, Patrick Rampelotto, Klemens Schillinger 30.9.–1.10.2016 The inner courtyard gallery for contemporary and experimental design, which is as absolutely loveable as it is almost magic, showed picturesque design on the third floor. With its second thematic collective exhibition, the initiators collective of Spazio Pulpo set up a curatorial parenthesis under … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition FRIENDLY ENEMY: JAPANESE KNOT WEED IN THE PAPER LABORATORY Re-generacija 30.9.–9.10.2016 Making friends of enemies. Or: How we can make an invasive plant species useful. In a mobile presentation unit, the Slovenian collective Re-generacija presented the results of an ongoing research process for alternative cellulose fiber production – from the harvesting of the Japanese knotweed in … more
Archive MAK, Georg Mayer Programme Partners Guided Tour FREDERICK KIESLER. LIFE VISIONS MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst 1.10.2016, 2pm Frederick Kiesler’s (1890–1965) diverse artistic oeuvre continues to inspire contemporary architects, theater producers, designers, artists, and film producers. The MAK exhibition FREDERICK KIESLER. LIFE VISIONS reflects the growing interest that Kiesler’s conceptual and holistic philosophy and … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition FREDERICK KIESLER. LIFE VISIONS MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst 30.9.–2.10.2016 “Meant to be lived in.” – A headline from a newspaper article by the American-Austrian avant-garde luminary Friedrich Kiesler (1890–1965), which might be taken as the motto of the exhibition. This also applied particularly to the to-scale reconstruction of Kiesler’s monumental “City of Space”, on … more
Archive MAK, Georg Mayer Programme Partners Guided Tour FREDERICK KIESLER. LIFE VISIONS 2.10.2016, 3pm Frederick Kiesler’s (1890–1965) diverse artistic oeuvre continues to inspire contemporary architects, theater producers, designers, artists, and film producers. The MAK exhibition FREDERICK KIESLER. LIFE VISIONS reflects the growing interest that Kiesler’s conceptual and holistic philosophy and … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition EXOTIC BIRD zerunianandweisz 30.9.–9.10.2016 Probably the subtlest temptation since copper, brass, and silver have existed. In part made by Roma craftspeople in Transylvania, who have been working with the materials for centuries, the poetically presented table sets by zerunianandweisz prompted a diversity of interpretations, meanwhile always … more
Archive Stefan Zeisler PLATFORM Exhibition EXOTIC BIRD zerunianandweisz 30.9.2016, 5pm The poetic table sets by zerunianandweisz are a subtle interplay of design and handicraft, augmented by an objet trouvé – the eponymous bird. Combined on trays, they are embedded in a narrative context. The stories they tell are open – beautiful, touching,bold, entertaining, sentimental, and … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition FREDRIKSON STALLARD: PROLOGUE IN BELVEDERE PALACE Swarovski 29.9.–9.10.2016 Four meters high, 8,000 crystals, endless acclaim. On Swarovski’s commission, the British design duo Fredrikson Stallard created a fascinating sun symbol which spellbound everyone who saw it on the state staircase in Belvedere … Palace. PROLOGUE is a huge shimmering lens made of gold and … more
Archive Markus Guschelbauer Party FINISSAGEIN THE FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS 9.10.2016, 5pm–8pm This year, by choosing the former Bothe & Ehrmann Exhibition Halls, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is moving into probably the most nuanced festival living room in its ten years of history. The neoclassical building style and the accentuated architectural division between business and living zones are … more
Archive Johanna Dehio Stadtarbeit – City Work Get together FEUERKÜCHE / Banquet Johanna Dehio, Valentina Karga 8.10.2016, 6pm–10pm After its collective formation phase, the FEUERKÜCHE – THE FIRE KITCHEN – is being inaugurated in festive manner at a banquet table. Dishes are served based on participants’ recipes. All utensils, crockery, cooking pots and pans, and table ovens are formed of clay during the project and fired in a … more
Archive Alla Orlova / Kollektiv Fischka Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress FEUERKÜCHE Johanna Dehio, Valentina Karga 30.9.–9.10.2016 An enchanting front garden on a side street in the 5th district is given the leading … role in a scenario staged with meticulous hands-on work and aesthetic awareness. Next to the neighboring, condemned house, a table stretches the entire length of the green strip. Placed at its end are improvised … more
Archive Programme Partners Party FESTIVAL SUNDOWN Ruby Marie Hotel & Bar 3.10.2016, 8pm Festival nightcap over the roofs of Vienna. On Monday evening, the Ruby Marie Hotel & Bar invited visitors to an after-show of a special kind. While national and international guests gathered next to the stars to take part in a farewell celebration of Monday’s design spectacle over cocktails and DJ … more
Archive Programme Partners Talk FEAR OF LIFE. TH E CITY AS A HABITAT TO ALL Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien 7.10.2016, 9.30am Finding answers for the great issues of our politically restless times was on the … agenda of the one-day symposium. In a transatlantic dialogue – with a top line-up from academe, art, and architecture – the Department of Social Design – Arts as Urban Innovation pushed the door wide open to new … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation EXHIBITS FROM THE SWAROVSKI HOME COLLECTION STUDIO Swarovski Kristallwelten Store Wien 30.9.–8.10.2016 Exhibition location Kärntner Straße. A place where design, contemporary art, and crystalline shopping environment fuse together. Here, Swarovski presented an exclusive preview of its Atelier Swarovski Home Collection. These are objects made of crystal that radiate powers of innovation, artistic … more
Archive Leonie Spitzer Education Children's Workshop A STROLL TROUGH THE FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS Leonie Spitzer 9.10.2016, 11am–1pm The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is already celebrating its tenth birthday! Set up with pencils and paper, children roam through the Festival Headquarters past exotic birds by zerunianweisz and see what they are twittering to them. They hear the stories of the loose collective Objektas and investigate how … more
Archive Leonie Spitzer Education Children's Workshop A STROLL TROUGH THE FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS Leonie Spitzer 9.10.2016, 2pm–4pm The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is already celebrating its tenth birthday! Set up with pencils and paper, children roam through the Festival Headquarters past exotic birds by zerunianweisz and see what they are twittering to them. They hear the stories of the loose collective Objektas and investigate how … more
Archive Programme Partners Talk DWAYNE WAGGONER: LIGHT AND LANGUAGE IN ARCHITECTU RE XAL 5.10.2016, 7pm “See the light.” But what do we actually mean when we speak of light and various light moods? This was the question investigated by the Graz pioneer light enterprise XAL in its Vienna showroom. Ever since lighting design has … become established as an autonomous genre, a new language has also … more
Archive Nikolai Krinner Programme Partners Presentation DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES + VIENNESE HECHNOANDICRAFT FOR FABBRICA., Presentation 3D printing process Juan Sebastián Gómez 6.10.2016, 7pm The fusion of digital production with traditional handicraft enables the manufacture of simple and sensuous objects with proactive user integration. A deliberate reference to frugal design visually and haptically supports the applied technology – without placing the objects a priori to the fore … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES + VIENNESE HANDICRAFT FOR FABBRICA. Juan Sebastián Gómez 30.9.–9.10.2016 The industrial designer Juan Sebastián Gómez put colored pencil to paper this year for FABRICA. – and the result was seen in tripod penholders conjured up by the 3D printer. As miniature prototypes they manifested how digital production can be fused with traditional handicraft and meanwhile … more
Archive Paul Bauer Programme Partners Children's Workshop THE URBAN FUTURE. THINKING_FORWARD_, Children’s workshop vertical farming Technisches Museum Wien 9.10.2016, 11am The city is indubitably the human environment of the future. Cities take up only two percent of the globe’s surface but accommodate around half of the world’s population – and by 2050 more than two thirds, even. How do we want to live in these cities in future? As part of the exhibition, the … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition THE URBAN FUTURE. THINKING_FORWARD_ Technisches Museum Wien 30.9.–9.10.2016 Vertical is the new horizontal – especially as regards food production in the city. This is exactly the field of research of Daniel Podmirseg (vfi – vertical farm institute), because the city is without doubt the living space of the future. But how do we want to live together as a community in the … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation THE ART OF WEAVING Leitner Leinen 30.9.–8.10.2016 In its pop-up store in the AFA Offspace, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK evergreen … Thomas Feichtner and the family business of Leitner Leinen in cooperation with … Gramath & Windsor Wien presented new designs from the pen of the Austrian … product designer. The small, exquisite luxury brand was founded in … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition DIALOGE-SK: MINOR AND MAJOR DESIGN THEMES FROM SLOVAKIA Slowakisches Institut in Wien 4.–7.10.2016 Bright and lively (veselý!) was the view given here of the dynamic design landscape in Slovakia. The group exhibition showed objects by 22 ambitious designers and two studios and represented a cross-section of the great range on the Slovakian scene. We would probably describe the show in terms of … more
Archive YouarehereVienna Stadtarbeit – City Work Workshop DESIGNING LOCALITY / Workshop: Calligraphy and Lettering Youarehere Vienna 5.10.2016, 6pm–10pm Extend the number of letters you know, learn a new skill - and take home an original artwork to show off! Ali Kianmehr, Designer and Calligraphy Artist, will introduce you to the secrets of Arabic Calligraphy and Letterform. Expect to learn lots and have even more fun. Places are limited and will … more
Archive YouarehereVienna Stadtarbeit – City Work Presentation DESIGNING LOCALITY / Talk: Stories about Books and Design Youarehere Vienna 4.10.2016, 6.30pm–8pm * THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN GERMAN * … Book Design and Content - one cannot exist without the other, and we discovered some fantastic and inspiring work in our city. This evening will be dedicated to books that deal with the topic of locality in different ways. In talks with Ernst Schmiederer … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Guided Tour DESIGNING LOCALITY / Lokalaugenschein Youarehere Vienna 2.10.2016, 2.30pm–4.30pm TThe ultimate Margareten exploration experience for and by instant locals, hosted by our partners from Wege Wien! Unknown corners, public housing residencies, language or other (political, social) manifestations in space: Margareten offers a comparably small area to walk through, so we can cover a … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Guided Tour DESIGNING LOCALITY / Lokalaugenschein Youarehere Vienna 8.10.2016, 4pm–6pm Become an instant local - the ultimate Margareten exploration experience for and by instant locals, guided by our partners from Wege Wien! Unknown corners, public housing residencies, language or other (political, social) manifestations in space: Margareten offers a comparably small area to walk … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Workshop DESIGNING LOCALITY / Information / Partizipation / Design Youarehere Vienna 3.10.2016, 5.30pm–8pm Participatory Design, Social Design, Critical Design, Undesign, Co-Design, Information Design....are you dizzy yet? With a light take on deep thought, we want to explore what all the buzzwords mean for the daily design practise - and for a digital City Guide to be(com)ing local. Daniela Weiss will … more
Archive Stadtarbeit – City Work Workshop DESIGNING LOCALITY / How to be(come) a local Youarehere Vienna 7.10.2016, 5.30pm–8pm Following Taiye Selasi's three R's of Locality - rituals, relationships, restrictions - we will dig deeper into what 'Being a local' means. Together with festival visitors, neighbourhood folk and our own team, the result will be a Manifesto of Locality. Join us for a chance to co-author … more
Archive Paulus Jakob / Kollektiv Fischka Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress DESIGNING LOCALITY Youarehere Vienna 30.9.–9.10.2016 Location Margareten, an inner courtyard. For ten days, YouarehereVienna started out from the so-called Sehsaal and honed district awareness – the viewpoint was taken from the outside, mind you! YouarehereVienna – this was simultaneously the process of inaugurating a digital city guide which … more
Archive Kramar / Kollektiv Fischka Programme Partners Presentation DESIGN NITE: STADT-FABRIK (CITY FACTORY) – INCLUSION Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst, Institute of Design Research Vienna 30.9.–9.10.2016 Presented by an experienced trio of design institutions, the question addressed in the Columned Hall in the MAK was of how design can contribute to maximizing the integration and work potentials of refugees. The “Social Furniture Collection” by EOOS – their contribution to the Architecture Biennale … more
Archive Programme Partners Party DESIGN NITE: STADTFABRIK (CITY FACTORY) – INCLUSION MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, Institute of Design Research Vienna 4.10.2016, 7pm–10pm Presented by an experienced trio of design institutions, the question addressed in the Columned Hall in the MAK was of how design can contribute to maximizing the integration and work potentials of refugees. The “Social … Furniture Collection” by EOOS – their contribution to the Architecture … more
Archive Programme Partners Children's Workshop DESIGN KIDS: BUILDING YOUR DREAM HOUSE FOR BEGINNERS MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst 1.10.2016, 2pm–4pm Friedrich Kiesler (1890–1965) was a visionary, one of those who endeavored not to think in conventional categories – you might say his imagination, like that of a child, knew no limits. In a workshop for 8- to 12-year-olds, the MAK cast light on the designer Kiesler’s ideas and considered what … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation DESIGN EXPERIENCE deelive, Ruby Marie Hotel & Bar 30.9.–9.10.2016 What was on show in the Event Space of the Ruby Marie Hotel on pavement level pulsated with a dynamic understanding of design, unique origins, and handicrafts of the highest level. Regardless of whether the objects were lamps, drinking glasses, candlesticks, shelves, side tables or carpets … more
Archive Rosenbauer Industrial Design + Mobility Presentation THE NEW PANTHER Rosenbauer, Spirit Design, Hotel Schani Wien 30.9.2016, 12pm–2.30pm Since 2003, the Viennese enterprise spirit design has been responsible for designing the vehicles of the Rosenbauer concern, and here the development of the PANTHER has set an international benchmark: The model is regarded as the most innovative airportfirefighting vehicle in the world and stands … more
Archive Patrizia Gapp / Kollektiv Fischka Industrial Design + Mobility Exhibition THE NEW PANTHER Rosenbauer, Spirit Design 30.9.2016, 9am–4pm The PANTHER – a vehicle out of a science-fiction film or Lego Technic kit. So, no wonder it was paraded for a day as an imposing eyecatcher and selfie magnet in front of Vienna’s Central Station. In keeping with its motto “Faster. Stronger. Safer.” the airport fire engine with the man-high tires … more
Archive Gregor Buchhaus / Kollektiv Fischka Education Guided Tour DEPARTURE TOUR 3: FASHION IN FOCUS The Vienna Business Agency presents departure in focus Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE 7.10.2016, 11am–2pm Snazzy in the Focus District. Or: Window shopping with a difference! The departure tour FASHION IN FOCUS showed how diversely Margareten … outfits itself by visiting open studios and showrooms of elfenkleid, Margaret and … Hermione, Ute Ploier, and Claudia Brandmair. It was a pavement catwalk right … more
Archive Patrizia Gapp / Kollektiv Fischka Education Guided Tour DEPARTURE TOUR 2: ARCHITECTURE IN FOCUS The Vienna Business Agency presents departure in focus Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE, ARCH ON TOUR 5.10.2016, 2.15pm–5.45pm Two landmark projects were scaled by the participants of the on-site architecture tour organized by the Vienna Business Agency with its creative center departure in cooperation with ARCH ON TOUR. First came the presentation of a low-threshold school of administration, then an exclusive guided … more
Archive Gregor Buchhaus / Kollektiv Fischka Education Guided Tour DEPARTURE TOUR 1: DESIGN IN FOCUS The Vienna Business Agency presents departure in focus Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE 5.10.2016, 11am–1.30pm What was true before the festival still applies more than ever today: Margareten is a great patch for design. Starting out from the wonderful Festival Headquarters in the Margareten Schloßviertel – itself once a master carpentry – visitors took a look behind the scenes of today’s design landscape.
Archive Marcell Nimführ / Kollektiv Fischka Talks Talk DEPARTURE TALK 3: MADE IN MARGARETEN The Vienna Business Agency presents departure in focus Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE 9.10.2016, 4pm What do a manufactory for unique porcelain items, a hotel chain utilising empty business premises, and two architecture bureaus have in common? Correct. They all believe in the design hub of Margareten. Because the 5th district harbors countless architecture and graphic design … bureaus, agencies … more
Archive Gregor Buchhaus / Kollektiv Fischka Talks Talk DEPARTURE TALK 2: MAKING HEIMAT – HOW TO GO ON AFTER REFUGEE ARCHITECTURE? The Vienna Business Agency presents departure in focus Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, Oliver Elser, VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE 6.10.2016, 5pm Tradition has to be nurtured, said Oliver Elser at the start of his talk. No sooner said than done: Like the year before, the curator – now an indispensible actor in the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK show – started the talk with a video clip. An impressive video clip. The images outlined the German pavilion … more
Archive Kramar / Kollektiv Fischka Talks Talk DEPARTURE TALK 1: NEIGUNGSGRUPPE DESIGN. OR: HOW IT ALL STARTED… The Vienna Business Agency presents departure in focus Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE 2.10.2016, 2pm Just turned ten and already quite a size. A birthday, as we know, is a good time to look back and reflect. And the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is no exception. In concrete terms, this involved a get-together of the festival’s founding members … – Tulga Beyerle, Thomas Geisler, and Lilli Hollein – in order … more
Archive Kramar / Kollektiv Fischka Passionswege Presentation DECHEM with Vienna Porcelain Manufactory Augarten DECHEM, Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 30.9.–8.10.2016 Along with the festival came the guests, and along with the guests the fitting moment for the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory Augarten and the Prague design studio DECHEM to unpack their finest porcelain. Because what they shelled out of the traditional porcelain cast form after a process of … more
Archive Kramar / Kollektiv Fischka Passionswege Presentation DAVID TAVCAR (SI/AT) with Maria Stransky David Tavcar, Maria Stransky, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 30.9.–9.10.2016 Zoom-in. Zoom-out. Bloomingly beautiful designs in minimally meticulous work … were shown in the Passionswege cooperation between David Tavcar and the petitpoint manufactory founded in 1932 by Maria Stransky. The Slovenian-born designer took his inspiration from the analogue production processes of … more
Archive Paulus Jakob / Kollektiv Fischka Talks Talk METAPHOR AS UNIVERSAL IMAGE Die Presse 2.10.2016, 4pm What happens when we call the IS a state? What do we connote with the party name of the Liberal Forum? And how do artists make use of so-called framing? A prominent panel surrounding anchorwoman Ulrike Weiser discussed questions such as these. The presidency election, which was to have been … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition CURATED BY_VIENNA 2016: MEINE HERKUNFT HABE ICH MIR SELBST AUSGEDACHT Wirtschaftsagentur Wien 30.9.–9.10.2016 A city, a topic, more than a dozen locations. Ever since 2009, the Vienna Business Agency with its creative center departure has been coordinating and financing the gallery festival curated by_vienna. The impulse for this year’s edition was supplied by the eponymous essay by author and cultural … more
Archive Programme Partners Work-in-Progress COOK IT TOGETH ER: PRESENTING “SOCIAL FURNITURE” by eoos Alexandra Palla 4.–6.10.2016 “The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is over, the impressions [...] stay forever!” On three days food activist, blogger, and cookbook authoress Alexandra Palla extended an invitation into her communal kitchen designed by EOOS. In the spirit of communal cooking, everyone cooked, shared, and ate together – also … more
Archive Markus Guschelbauer Party COCKTAIL IN THE FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS 1.10.2016, 5pm–8pm This year, by choosing the former Bothe & Ehrmann Exhibition Halls, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is moving into probably the most nuanced festival living room in its ten years of history. The neoclassical building style and the accentuated architectural division between business and living zones are … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation CITY ROOMS. KUEHN MALVEZZI Artek 30.9.–8.10.2016 Let’s have a kiki! The islandtype seating installation by the Berlin architecture bureau of Kuehn Malvezzi brought an eye-catching graphic landscape to life in the Vitra Showroom. Central cubes, inverted surfaces, and massive spaces formed the striking setting for the Kiki Collection by Artek … more
Archive Special Exhibition 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
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition CELEBRATING GLASS Agnieszka Bar 30.9.–9.10.2016 The forum for Agnieszka Bar’s fragile products could not have been more ideal. With its exceptional acoustics and raw beauty, the showroom of Felix Lenz’s piano workshop offered the ideal space for celebrating Polish glass art in a way that was worthy of the presentation title. With visuals and … more
Archive Marko Mestrovic Special Exhibition BUREAU F: FRAGMENT VIENNA DESIGN OFFICE, Bureau F 30.9.–9.10.2016 When communication concepts flow: With the exhibition FRAGMENT, the Bureau F design studio based in Vienna is presenting in the stilwerk limited edition window gallery its predilection for transposing concepts into resplendently colorful and dynamic images. Flowing textiles take over the space and … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation BOLS D’OR Thomas Feichtner 30.9.–7.10.2016 Ostensibly plain and reduced to function, the witty design approach of BOLS D’OR first becomes manifest in the detail. So, just as the water surface divides a glass into two halves, parcel gilding effects this in the three receptacles designed by Thomas Feichtner for the silversmith concern of … more
Archive Kollektiv Fischka Anniversary Program #tenyears Presentation BEST OF PASSIONSWEGE Wiener Silber Manufactur, Alexandre Echasseriau (FR), Tomas Alonso, BIG-GAME 30.9.–8.10.2016 Birthday champagne! Inspired by the rugged and sublime forms of glaciers and mountains, the French designer Alexandre Echasseriau designed an exquisitely gleaming champagne bucket during last year’s Passionswege, which Antonio Umani, the Master at the Silber Manufactur, enthusiastically promoted.
Archive PLATFORM Presentation BESPOKE EVENING 30.9.–8.10.2016 A house full of design thrills, in which the bespoke principle holds sway. With its inimitable unity of showrooms, studios, and workshops, the newly designed location of the Seliger furniture company in Währing provided a simply wonder- ful setting in which individual home interior design and … more
Archive Neue Wiener Werkstätte Programme Partners Presentation TENDERS FOR THE NWW DESIGN AWARD Neue Wiener Werkstätte 6.10.2016, 10am–9pm For the third time already, the Neue Wiener Werkstätte is inviting applications for the NWW Design Award. This year’s edition of the award is honoring creative solutions for guestrooms and furnishings. Designs for furnishings and upholstered furniture inspired by the topic of “New Hospitality” can … more
Archive PLATFORM Presentation TENDERS FOR THE NWW DESIGN AWARD Neue Wiener Werkstätte 30.9.–8.10.2016 The world is moving and we are moving with it – the real world and the digital. Especially in times like this, arrival plays an important role. On arrival some-where, we look for relaxation, a feeling of well-being, security, or simply a shelter. We look for a new kind of hospitality. For the third … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation HIGH-PROFILE DESIGN FROM THE PEUGEOT DESIGN LAB Peugeot 30.9.–9.10.2016 Design is drive, means dynamism. Seen like this, the partnership of the VIENNA … DESIGN WEEK with Peugeot seems an obvious option. Because with its Design Lab, the French automobile brand is the experimental force in the design world – whether for cars, bikes, scooters, pepper mills, or … more
Archive Programme Partners Exhibition ACC – A CHARACTER’S COAT PRESENTS… Pia Bauernberger 30.9.–9.10.2016 Designers’ new work clothes were showcased in the group show curated by Flora Peyrer-Heimstätt in the Alte Post. Each person works differently, and each sector places special demands on its work clothes. For the project ACC, the designer Pia Bauerberger designed nine personalized work overalls for … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation A B C LUNCHBREAK Ana Berlin Communications 7.10.2016, 1pm Folk meet folk through talk. Certainly at the meal table. This is proverbial in Austria, and gave Ana Berlin and her team cause to extend an invitation to a communicative lunch in the stilwerk Wien. A specialist for communication and public relations, A B C is not only in charge of the public … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation 50 YEARS MET CHANDELIERS + UFOS J. & L. Lobmeyr, KIM+HEEP 30.9.–8.10.2016 Design from outer space. Scintillating luminaires in two different series adorned the J. & L. Lobmeyr showroom this year – and continue to beam out in full radiance there. Fifty years after its premiere at the opening of the Metropolitan Opera New York, J. & L. Lobmeyr presented what was on one … more
Archive Programme Partners Presentation 4 ROOMS. 4 DESIGNERS. 1 HOTEL. Hotel Altstadt Vienna 8.10.2016, 6pm “Beauty lies within.” People could prove this for themselves in the Hotel Altstadt … Vienna on visiting the construction site. Four new rooms – designed and interpreted by Gregor Eichinger, Adolf Krischanitz, Roland Nemetz, and Lilli Hollein with Markus Eiblmayr – gradually took shape. The first … more
Archive Anniversary Program #tenyears Exhibition 10 DEKA 30.9.–9.10.2016 What would a birthday party be without a photo album? Selecting the best-of from the last ten years, the Vienna Kollektiv Fischka devised a photographic review of the birth and development of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK – a first decade that was also a double occasion for celebration. Because: Ten years … more