Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp PLATFORM Experience WOOL MOOI – AN EXERCISE MAT design.mikimartinek 25.9.–1.10.2020 The designer Miki Martinek adapted to corona by shifting the exercise sessions that she offered to Zoom, enabling festival visitors to move in unison virtually, every day (!). The so-called Freemotion Sessions, which were led by Sandra Ableitner, were best spent on a hand-knitted WOOL MOI, an … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar Education Tour AM SCHÖPFWERK HOUSING COMPLEX ARCH ON TOUR, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2.10.2020, 4pm–6pm The architectural educator Marion Kuzmani offered an invitation to take a walk through one of Vienna’s most legendary municipal housing estates. Am Schöpfwerk (Franz Schuster, 1951–1957, and a team of architects led by Viktor Hufnagl, 1976–1980), which is well known as the setting for the cult film … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM Exhibition VISITORS – LOST IN THE DIGITAL ERA Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Studio of Experimental Design 25.9.–4.10.2020 In the second floor of the Solarium, students of the Studio of Experimental Design of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava presented their own view of the impact of the digital revolution. Rather than losing itself in the digital era, the exhibition explored new paths, which can also … more
Archive Wilhelm Scherübl 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
Archive Martina Menegon Virtual Festival Headquarter Experience VIRTUAL FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS 25.9.–4.10.2020 The Main Hub, which was designed by the architect Wilhelm Scherübl for VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, was both the place of arrival and starting point of the Virtual Festival Headquarters. Closely based on the corporate design of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, the space brought together the newcomers to the Virtual … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM Talk TOWER TALK: POST HOME OFFICE – WIE SEHEN DIE ARBEITSMODELLE DER ZUKUNFT AUS? E/// operated by TCI Consult 29.9.2020, 6pm 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
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp PLATFORM 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 circled around and could be seen in two locations during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020! … Spritzers, gin and tonics, and an old jukebox, every track of which is labeled “Good Time Party”. All these … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Stefanie Freynschlag Education Tour Tik Tok Tour VIENNA DESIGN WEEK A brand new format at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 was the Tik Tok Tour. Hanna Facchinelli from the team and Valentin Eisendle, who was responsible for the online stream that broadcast this year’s DESIGN WEEK right around the world, offered an invitation to visit the festival on a smartphone. Valentin … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp PLATFORM Installation THE JEST ROOM The Student Hotel 25.9.–4.10.2020 “MUSHROOM, BEDROOM, BEGLOOM”, shone out in gaudy capital letters from the façade of the Student Hotel in the Second District. The location-specific installation by the artist Theresa Hattinger had been specially developed for the Student Hotel. In cooperation with VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, she created a … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp Education Tour TEAM TOUR: URBAN FOOD & DESIGN Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 3.10.2020, 3pm–4.30pm This was the third year in which the Vienna Business Agency and VIENNA DESIGN WEEK jointly addressed the groundbreaking subject of URBAN FOOD & DESIGN: In a tour staged as a double act, Alice Jacubasch (Vienna Business Agency) and Julia Schanderl (VIENNA DESIGN WEEK), who were responsible for the … more
Archive To Couch in Public, Stadtarbeit 2019, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria Noisternig Education Tour TEAM TOUR: SOCIAL DESIGN VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 3.10.2020, 11am–1pm The theme of the personal Team Tour of Hanna Facchinelli, project manager of the Stadtarbeit format, was “Social Design”. She invited participants on a short, urban voyage of discovery through Vienna’s 17th and 18th Districts. The first station was the INSTITUTE FOR VALUATION that, as part of the … more
Archive Education Tour TEAM TOUR: Private View Gabriel Roland (VIENNA DESIGN WEEK) VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 4.10.2020, 11am–12.30pm Gabriel Roland, the newly appointed deputy director of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, offered two invitations to enjoy a private peek behind the curtain at the Festival Headquarters. In his PRIVATE VIEW, he explained his own subjective approach to the exhibition. Because, despite the 14-year history of the … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp 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: Each individual item should receive equal treatment. And yet: Towards the end of the festival, Lilli Hollein, director and co-founder of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, singled out aspects of the 2020 festival that, from the perspective of the unquenchably … more
Event VIENNA 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 Participants in the PASSIONSWEGE Team Tour were able to enjoy a double dose of design expertise. Lilli Hollein and Gabriel Roland — the joint, so to say, spearhead of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK – guided visitors through their favorite project PASSIONSWEGE as a double act. For the past 15 years, the … mehr
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp Education Tour TEAM TOUR: Guest Country VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 27.9.2020, 11am–12.30pm Gabriel Roland, the newly appointed deputy director of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, offered two invitations to enjoy a private peek behind the curtain at the Festival Headquarters. In his PRIVATE VIEW, he explained his own subjective approach to the exhibition. Because, despite the 14-year history of the … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria Noisternig Education Tour TEAM TOUR: Headquarter & Solarium Behind the Scenes VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 28.9.2020, 1pm–2.30pm Did you notice that a former caretaker’s apartment was concealed amongst the exhibition spaces of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020? This and other gems were amongst the facts revealed on the Team Tour by Alexandra Brückner. Each year, the festival tradition is to find empty space that can offer a temporary … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko Havranek Education Tour TEAM (BIKE)TOUR : PROGRAM PARTNERS Laura Winkler ( VIENNA DESIGN WEEK) VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Laura Winkler 29.9.2020, 2pm–5.30pm In 2020, the members of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK team offered personal tours through the festival and their own specialist areas for the very first time. Laura Winkler, bundle-of-energy and project manager of the Program Partner format, was joined by participants in the Radtour on a visit to program … more
Event AA Nanotourism visiting school Special Work-in-Progress TALK: A Future of Tourism AA nanotourism Visiting School 2.10.2020, 7.30pm How does one research a neighborhood? And how can one exhibit the results of such urban research? The AA nanotourism Visiting School visited Meidling in the run-up to the festival and explored the district from the perspective of the everyday tourist. Experts from the fields of architecture … mehr
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser Special Experience TAKE YOUR TIME Helga Schmid 25.9.–4.10.2020 Helga Schmid presented an experiment at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020. This was symbolized by a room-height, transparent length of material, which hung from the ceiling and whose blue-pink spectrum changed throughout the course of the day as it was illuminated by daylight shining through the second-floor … more
Archive Guest Country Exhibition SWISS CRAFTLAB NOV Gallery / OKRO 25.9.–4.10.2020 The ground floor of the Festival Headquarters in the Amtshaus Theresienbadgasse was home to a number of exhibitions from our Guest Country Switzerland. In SWISS CRAFTLAB, two Swiss galleries (one from the East of and one from the West of the country) exhibited wonderful objects from both young and … more
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser Programme Partners Preisverleihung SUPERSCAPE 2020 JP Immobilien, WBV-GPA Wohnbauvereinigung für Privatangestellte 28.9.2020, 6.30pm On the evening of the award ceremony of SUPERSCAPE 2020, gentle drizzle fell upon the umbrellas in the courtyard of WEST in the former Sophienspital (Festival Headquarters 2018). Visitors were invited to enjoy a drink and a chat in the relaxed, autumnal atmosphere before heading inside – wearing … mehr
Event AA nanotourism Visiting School Special 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 … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar Education Children's Workshop CITY: #PHOTOGRAPHY AND #OPEN SPACE Sophie Lingg, Helena Schmidt, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 3.10.2020, 4pm–5.30pm The art and design educators Sophie Lingg and Helena Schmidt explored VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 together with school classes, children, and young people. This exploration took the form of tours and workshops in and around the Festival Headquarters in Meidling, during which design could be experienced … mehr
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM Exhibition SPIELWERK TU Wien, Forschungsbereich für interdisziplinäre Tragwerksplanung und Ingenieurholzbau (ITI) 25.9.–4.10.2020 The first floor of the Solarium became a real paradise for playing during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020. It was home to, amongst other things, life-sized modular building blocks, fantastic creatures, and deliciously soft dragon’s lairs, all of which were completely reimagined playthings that encouraged … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar Special Talk SPECULATIVE ACTIVISM: DESIGN RETHINKS OUR SOCIETY VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 26.9.2020, 7pm 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.
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM 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) If you had been able to take a souvenir from the lockdown – what would it look like? The designers Anna Zimmermann and Nadja Zerunian asked themselves exactly this question after the lockdown in spring 2020 and jointly designed … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Stefanie Freynschlag PLATFORM 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 creativity can be found in successful social enterprises? And how much social engagement can be invested in design? Such questions were … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM 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. As part of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the department store salon in the Jewish Museum … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM Presentation AROUND DOTTINGS dottings Industrial Design 25.9.–4.10.2020 To mark VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, the office dottings, which is run by Katrin Radanitsch and Sofia Podreka, invited visitors to its very own wonderful courtyard in Edelhofgasse. On a bright autumn afternoon, festival guests were offered cold drinks before enjoying an all-round view of the broad … more
Archive March Gut Presentation 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.
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM Presentation ROAD STUDIO MARCH GUT Hop on! The design studio MARCH GUT took advantage of the situation around the COVID restrictions to take to the outdoors and present its latest products in its own Road Studio. The two highly personable Upper Austrians Christoph March and Marek Gut transformed a small truck into a mobile office … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko Havranek PLATFORM 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 occupied the MAK GALLERY between June and December in the form of five consecutive pop-up exhibitions that addressed pressing issues related to climate, environment, and … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM 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
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria Noisternig Special Installation POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE – FLIGHT TURBULENCE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND WAR Felix Lenz 25.9.–4.10.2020 And suddenly, the festival activities in Amtshaus Theresienbadgasse were interrupted by a well-known but somewhat out-of-place sound … from time to time, a siren could be heard wailing through the exhibition spaces of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020. It came from the installation POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE by … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria Noisternig PLATFORM Presentation PLAUDERECKN – CORONA-COMPLIANT SEATING FOR PUBLIC SPACES Stadt Wien - Verkehr und Stadtentwicklung 25.9.–4.10.2020 Plaudereckn are seats in public spaces specially designed for the corona crisis. They should make it possible to meet in the open air and nestle comfortably for a while, despite the social distancing rules. The corona-compliant seats were commissioned by Vienna City Council and realized by four … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM Presentation PLATFORMS ARMCHAIRS – THE IDIOSYNCRATIC AND FRIENDLY COMPANION Kohlmaier 25.9.–2.10.2020 The Kohlmaier brothers made highly corona-compliant use of their courtyard to present their new series of seating furniture “Platforms” during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. The location had a number of advantages: It was possible to toast, try out, and study the presented pieces from every angle. Kohlmaier … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp PLATFORM Exhibition PETRA GELL: THE SPACE AROUND T/abor 25.9.–3.10.2020 Space became art, architecture became image. The artist Petra Gell marked VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 by testing the limits of the disciplines and inviting visitors to immerse themselves in a world in which it was impossible for them to clearly differentiate between art, design, and architecture. And … more
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko Havranek Urban Food & Design The New Local OPEN FOOD DESIGN – FROM THE TOMATO TO THE PLATE Jakob Glasner 25.–26.9.2020 What does the journey from the tomato to the plate actually look like? The designer Jakob Glasner and the agronomist Philipp Lammer joined up to trace this process for VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020. For example, they developed a new variety of tomato, whose seeds are now available as a public asse … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser Programme Partners Presentation OPEN DESIGN STUDIO Lukács László Vienna 25.9.–4.10.2020 The designer Lukács László’s open studio and footwear workshop at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 represented his second appearance at the festival. What does the perfect men’s shoe look like? And what about modern, high-quality, and individual product design? In order to answer exactly these questions … mehr
Archive 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:
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM Exhibition NATURPHILIA Schloss Hollenegg for Design, mischer'traxler studio 25.9.–4.10.2020 Finding oneself in the heart of the forest while gazing out over the rooftops of Meidling … not possible? Oh yes it is! Alice Stori Liechtenstein of Schloss Hollenegg for Design in Styria marked VIENNA DESIGN WEEK by bringing natural and design objects from the Green Heart of Austria to a photo … more
Archive sara sera PLATFORM Exhibition N186 by Love architecture and urbanism LAUFEN 25.9.–2.10.2020 Visitors to the LAUFEN showroom in the First District during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 marveled at a star-shaped object. The installation consisted of 186 ceramic pipes radiating outwards from a static hollow sphere. The seemingly crystalline object with a total diameter of 2,700 millimeters was … more
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser Programme Partners Presentation MISSING LINK. A NEW TYPE OF FURNITURE Walter Grill 25.–30.9.2020 Ever had breakfast with a designer? At VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, early birds were able to eat muesli in the Grätzlhotel on Meidlinger Markt with Walter Grill, while chatting with him about the innovative furniture that was one show. The menu included coffee and organic muesli from Verival, which was … mehr
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko Havranek PLATFORM Presentation MIAMIFICATION (RARE) FURNITURE DROP Bureau Populaire 25.9.–3.10.2020 Bureau Populaire, which sees itself as an artists’ collective, exhibited a collection of furniture at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK that is very consciously positioned at the interface between art and design. At the cocktail party in the Vintage Concept Store Burggasse24, one could admire the stainless steel … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser Special Work-in-Progress MEIDLING, VIENNA, 2020 AA nanotourism Visiting School 25.–26.9.2020 How does one research a neighborhood? And how can one exhibit the results of such urban research? The AA nanotourism Visiting School visited Meidling in the run-up to the festival and explored the district from the perspective of the everyday tourist. Experts from the fields of architecture … more
Archive off plate, off plate Urban Food & Design The New Local MEIDLING, LOCAL off plate 25.9.–3.10.2020 Pullover, mask, relaxing music, and communal eating as an experience. On four wonderfully warm autumn afternoons, the courtyard of the Festival Headquarters of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK in the Amtshaus Theresienbadgasse was filled with noise, cooking, and entertaining. The food events were started by … more
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar Education Children's Workshop MEIDLING DIGITAL DESIGN TOUR – HASHTAGS, LINKS and MEMES Sophie Lingg, Helena Schmidt 3.10.2020, 2pm–3.30pm The art and design educators Sophie Lingg and Helena Schmidt explored VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 together with school classes, children, and young people. This exploration took the form of tours and workshops in and around the Festival Headquarters in Meidling, during which design could be experienced … mehr
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp PLATFORM Presentation MY MEIDLING – THE PARTICIPATIVE CLIMATE-NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT EIGENSINN 25.9.–4.10.2020 VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 offered a number of festival visitors the opportunity to discover Meidlinger Markt for themselves. The project MY MEIDLING was one of many to take place directly on the market, which bustled during the festival due to the autumn sunshine. In a specially created temporary … more
Archive PLATFORM Presentation MAK DESIGN NITE: ZERO WASTE – CIRCULAR DESIGN MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst 29.9.2020, 7pm–10pm The MAK Design Nite is the annual highpoint of the cooperation between the MAK and VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. The theme in 2020 was “Zero waste – circular design”. Plastic is the material non grata of the 21st century. But what are the possibilities for using new technologies such as machine learning and … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar PLATFORM 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 circled around and could be seen in two locations during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020! … Natascha Muhic and Christoph Freidörfer have been creating, arranging, and producing one-off records in Vienna … more
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko Havranek Special Exhibition LOCAL RESPONSE, GLOBAL NEED – DESIGN RESPONSES TO SHIELD MASKS Distributed Design Platform, Happylab, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 25.9.–4.10.2020 2020 was notable for the new designs and everyday objects on the street. One of these was indisputably the face shield. The transparent face mask was used worldwide – but the design solutions varied widely. Visitors to the exhibition during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 were amazed by just how different … mehr
Event Pro Helvetia 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 … mehr
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM Exhibition L00S 2020 // DESIGN & REDESIGN Möbelmuseum Wien 25.9.–4.10.2020 The Imperial Furniture Collection (originally the Hofmobiliendepot) has been a partner of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK for many years and, for all its venerability, also regularly presents highly contemporary positions. This year, the 150th birthday of the world-famous Austrian architect Adolf Loos … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar Urban Food & Design The New Local KITCHENBATH – EMBODIED BACTERIA ENCOUNTERS Anastasia Eggers / Philipp Kolmann 25.9.–4.10.2020 Exactly what one experienced in the Festival Headquarters of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 naturally depended upon the timing of one’s visit. There were days when someone was cooking in the courtyard but others when someone was bathing there. More precisely, in a large tub that is actually used in the … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress INSTITUTE FOR VALUATION Kollektiv Raumstation Wien 25.9.–4.10.2020 A sunny autumn afternoon is drawing to an end. On a piece of wasteland in the 17th District one finds a scattering of tables and chairs, a small greenhouse, an awning, signs driven into the ground, a bag of potting soil, chessboards, and all sorts of technical equipment. A car pulls to a halt and … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar PLATFORM Exhibition CHANGING IDEAS – TEN YEARS OF THE “KLASSE FÜR IDEEN” AT THE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS designforum Wien 29.9.–4.10.2020 The exhibition CHANGING IDEAS marked the tenth anniversary of the “Class for Ideas in Graphic Design and Advertising” of the University of Applied Arts Vienna by attracting festival visitors to the Museumsquartier. Or, more specifically, to the designforum, where they were eloquently guided through … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM Exhibition HOUSE BY THE SEA – VIENNA 2020 Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel 25.9.–4.10.2020 Anyone examining the design objects sent to Vienna by the industrial design students of Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design Kiel was overcome by the sense of a port city. Muthesius is Germany’s most northerly art university and was exhibiting at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK for the second time. This … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar PLATFORM Exhibition HARDWARE – DESIGN FROM HALBZEUG rauminhalt_harald bichler space & content 25.9.–3.10.2020 Every year, the opening cocktail party at rauminhalt_harald bichler during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK provides the local design scene with a memorable get together. So it was no surprise that the gallery also convinced visitors this year with its careful selection of a contemporary design position: Klemens … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM Exhibition GENDER-SENSITIVE! DESIGN FOR SPACES, PRODUCTS and DEBATES New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten 25.9.–4.10.2020 This year, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK exhibited a range of design positions from young students in its Expositur SOLARIUM. As part of this format, two courses from the New Design University St. Pölten (NDU) – the bachelor's course Manual & Material Culture and the master's course Interior Design & Visual … more
Archive Pro Helvetia 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
Archive Cenk Güzelis & Dominic Schwab 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 … The garden is commonly regarded as a place of pleasure – right across the globe, gardens have historically been designed as places in … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp Urban Food & Design The New Local #GARDENFIT – REIMAGINING GARDENING AS A SPORT Magdalena Mojsiejuk, Alicja Lesia 25.9.–4.10.2020 In the URBAN FOOD & DESIGN exhibition, the designer Magdalena Mojsiejuk and the photographer Alicja Lesia combine two areas that really aren’t so different: gardening and sport. What if we understood gardening ('Gärtnern' in Austria and 'Garteln' in Southern Germany) more as a sport than as a … more
Archive AA Nanotourism visiting school Special Work-in-Progress GUIDED TOURS: MEIDLING, VIENNA, 2020 AA nanotourism Visiting School 26.9.–4.10.2020 How does one research a neighborhood? And how can one exhibit the results of such urban research? The AA nanotourism Visiting School visited Meidling in the run-up to the festival and explored the district from the perspective of the everyday tourist. Experts from the fields of architecture … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Lischka/Stefanie Freynschlag PLATFORM Installation FLOATING SCULPTURES Studio Weholo 25.9.–4.10.2020 The two young guys from Studio Weholo were always to be found in the Festival Headquarters in the Amtshaus Theresienbadgasse. The box room of the former caretaker’s apartment on the first floor of the Amtshaus proved to be a perfect space for their interactive installation, which enabled visitors … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar PLATFORM Presentation FEEL IT! Rado 25.9.–3.10.2020 A special reinterpretation of Rado’s Vienna boutique is something of a tradition at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. Every other year, designers are invited to arrange the shop window in the First District. For the duration of this year’s festival, Heike Stuckstedde, the founder of ATARA design and a … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar PLATFORM Talk EITHER OR – BOTH AND. GENDER-SENSITIVE DESIGN New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten 2.10.2020, 9.30am–5pm 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
Archive Romy Rainer PLATFORM 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
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser Programme Partners Exhibition DON’T HURRY, BE HAPPY! FREITAG/ ALLAN DRANSFIELD 25.9.–4.10.2020 “Big hugs” – was one of many answers to the simple yet central question of what actually makes us happy. Many other individual answers, which had been gathered around the world, could be read in the exhibition DON’T HURRY, BE HAPPY! in Vienna’s Walking Chair Design Studio. The show is the result of … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Stefanie Freynschlag Programme Partners Presentation DIGI CHALET Engelstein & Grünberger studios 2.10.2020, 11am As part of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, the multidisciplinary creative studio Engelstein & Grünberger offered an invitation to visit its premises. Or – more specifically – its new space-within-a-space. Because Engel-stein & Grün-berger studios has created a temporary ground-floor space for the digital … mehr
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko Havranek PLATFORM Presentation DESTINATION: EXPERIENCE DESIGN Niederösterreichische Bergbahnen 25.9.–4.10.2020 Going out safely – is something that one was able to do at the Festival Headquarters of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, despite COVID-19. Because the former Amtshaus in Theresienbadgasse has its own courtyard, a courtyard that also hosted the exhibition installation for the Niederösterreichische … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar PLATFORM Presentation THE DESIGN FIRE EXTINGUISHER FARA 25.9.–3.10.2020 FARA is a young Viennese company that produces stylish and individually designed fire extinguishers. It marked VIENNA DESIGN WEEK by presenting an impressive, up-to-date selection of these one-off objects in the premises of the jewelry manufacturers Atelier im Ersten. And the shop window was graced … more
Archive Christoph Liebentrittfara PLATFORM 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
Archive Genoma Grotesk 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
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar Guest Country Exhibition DESIGN SWITZERLAND Pro Helvetia 25.9.–4.10.2020 Switzerland and design – they belong together like cheese fondue and white wine. In this carefully curated and superbly staged show, Switzerland, as the Guest Country of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, presented nine innovative positions from young studios and startups. Despite the exceptional … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko Havranek PLATFORM Talk DESIGN RESIDENCIES: A SPACE FOR NEW PERSPECTIVES Finnland-Institut in Deutschland, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2.10.2020, 6pm 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
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser Debut Work-in-Progress DESIGN FOR HEALTH ZHdK – Zurich University of the Arts, Department of Design 25.9.–4.10.2020 The view through the display window of our Solarium satellite was definitely one of the highlights of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020. It wasn’t so uncommon here to catch sight of someone asleep on the other side of the glass. Decked out in striped pajamas and felt slippers, Rafael Gil Cordeiro spent much … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar Design Everyday Presentation DESIGN EVERYDAY-POP-UP-SHOP QWSTION 25.9.–3.10.2020 Got a question? Questions about local, everyday design products were answered at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 not only in the Festival Headquarters in Meidling but also in the QWSTION store in the Seventh District. Every year, the initiative DESIGN EVERYDAY – DESIGN FOR DAILY USE sheds light on the … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria Noisternig Design Everyday Exhibition DESIGN EVERYDAY – DESIGN FOR DAILY USE 2020 Vandasye 25.9.–4.10.2020 The exhibition DESIGN EVERYDAY – DESIGN FOR DAILY USE 2020 presented outstandingly designed everyday objects from the Austrian design scene for the fourth time. At VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, the issue of sustainability was particularly prominent – and even the exhibition’s display stands (which were … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM Presentation DARJA MALEŠIČ: FLOWE SKICA 25.9.–4.10.2020 Darja Malešičs exhibitions of products are a traditional feature of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. This year, she displayed wonderful drinking bottles in wickerwork holders. These rigorously follow the principles of a circular economy: local, renewable materials, the production of which results in a net … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar Passionswege Presentation DANIELA SCHÖNBÄCHLER with J. & L. Lobmeyr J. & L. Lobmeyr, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 25.9.–3.10.2020 Entering the premises of J. & L. Lobmeyr in Kärtner Straße is truly a magical experience – the family company’s venerable original store is home to an impressive selection of glasses, mirrors, and chandeliers produced by their manufacturers. From the generous upholstered bench on the second floor … more
Archive Rosa Rogina, Rosa Rogina Special Design Research CURATOR IN RESIDENCE: ROSA ROGINA VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 30.9.2020, 4.30pm In 2020, Rosa Rogina took up the first research residency in the history of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. This residency for curators from the United Kingdom was the subject of a call that formed part of the Design Connections Programme of the British Council. It is curators who enable a design event to ask … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Lischka/Stefanie Freynschlag PLATFORM Talk CIRCULAR STRATEGIES SYMPOSIUM - ONLINE Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien 2.10.2020, 9.30am–5.30pm 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
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar Urban Food & Design The New Local CIRCULAR FOOD PRODUCTION – A HOME AQUAPONICS KIT TeleAgriCulture 25.9.–4.10.2020 What’s that fish doing in the exhibition? That is what some visitors may have thought upon discovering an aquarium in the URBAN FOOD & DESIGN section in the Festival Headquarters. This was part of a home aquaponics construction kit, which combines the breeding of fish in aquaculture and the … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Stefanie Freynschlag Urban Food & Design Talk CAROLIEN NIEBLING - THE SAUSAGE OF THE FUTURE VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 1.10.2020, 1.30pm–2.30pm 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
Archive Virtual Festival Headquarter Experience Captcha Design Festival Mannheim CAPTCHA is a design festival that is organized every year by students of the Faculty of Design at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences. In a series of workshops, participants are supported by their workshop leaders as they create works that are exhibited in the (virtual) Mannheimer Kunstverein.
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser PLATFORM Presentation BREATHING SOFTSPACE – AN INTERACTIVE TEXTILE INSTALLATION Marie Schumann, Lisa Marleen Mantel, Matthias Rosenthal 25.9.–4.10.2020 Perhaps the most popular photo opportunity at VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 was the – in the truest sense of the word – breathtaking installation BREATHING SOFTSPACE. This allowed one to immerse oneself, with one’s entire body and all one’s senses, in what to all effects was a breathing space. The three … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar Education Tour BEISLPROTOKOLLE #2 WITH DENICE BOURBON Sophie Lingg, Helena Schmidt, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 4.10.2020, 5pm–7pm One novelty of this year’s VIENNA DESIGN WEEK was the educational format the Beisl Tour. Well-known Meidling faces took visitors on a tour of their favorite ‘Beisl’ or pubs – for where does one get to know a neighborhood better than in its pubs? On the final day of the festival, the performer … more
Archive Stefan Zeisler Education Tour BEISLPROTOKOLLE #1 WITH STEFAN ZEISLER Sophie Lingg, Helena Schmidt, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 3.10.2020, 8pm–10pm One novelty of this year’s VIENNA DESIGN WEEK was the educational format the Beisl Tour. Well-known Meidling faces took visitors on a tour of their favorite ‘Beisl’ or pubs – for where does one get to know a neighborhood better than in its pubs? The special guest who was invited to lead the first … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Maria Noisternig Stadtarbeit – City Work Talk VACANT PLOTS, WASTELAND, VOIDS VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Erste Bank 29.9.2020 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
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar PLATFORM Guided Tour BAKELITE: THE GEORG KARGL COLLECTION MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst 1.10.2020, 4.30pm In a dialog tour of the MAK during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, Rainald Franz (curator of the exhibition and of the MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection), Mladen Bizumic (artistic exhibition design), and Maroš Schmidt (Slovak Design Center) discussed the history of the material Bakelite. A special … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Lischka/Stefanie Freynschlag PLATFORM 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.
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Niko Havranek PLATFORM Presentation ARTEK MEETS MIDGARD IN THE NEW CONCEPT STORE ZIMMER Working in Concept 25.9.–3.10.2020 ZIMMER is both a concept store and a co-working space in the heart of the Seventh District. Markus Rauer established the space in 2016 with the vision of combining timeless design with modern work. During VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020, ZIMMER invited visitors to venture beyond the large glass façade of … more
Archive Maximilian Prag, areaforvirtual.art Virtual Festival Headquarter Experience AREA FOR VIRTUAL ART sound:frame 25.9.2020 Eva Fischer, Angie-Shahira Pohl, and Martina Menegon from the AREA FOR VIRTUAL ART were commissioned by VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020 to curate an exhibition in the Virtual Festival Headquarters, in which they presented the work of international digital artists. With their online platform AREA FOR … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp Stadtarbeit – City Work Work-in-Progress ARCHE – A VIEWING PLATFORM IN THE WILDERNESS OF THE VACANT PLOT das BAU 25.9.–4.10.2020 The Arche was one of two projects that occupied a piece of waste ground as part of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2020. The concept was to make such plots accessible and transform them into temporary urban gardens. However, according to the initiators of the project from das BAU, it is not enough to simply … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser Education Tour ARCH ON WALK – ACHLEITNER RELOADED IN MEIDLING ARCH ON TOUR, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 26.9.–3.10.2020 The architectural guided tours offered by Marion Kuzmani (ARCH ON TOUR) during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK have been a fully-booked success story for years. This year, the architectural expert devoted one of the two formats to Friedrich Achleitner, the author of the historical guide “Österreichische … more
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp PLATFORM Presentation ANALOG AFTERWORK KARAOKE 25hours Hotel beim MuseumsQuartier 29.9.2020, 5pm–9pm In keeping with the motto “We create memories!” the 25hours Hotel offers, in cooperation with SUPERSENSE, analog experiential adventures designed to inspire guests from all around the world to act and think. About the fact that, for example, the combination of gramophone record and loft can be more … more
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Patrizia Gapp 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. On the occasion … mehr
Event VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Phillip Podesser Programme Partners Presentation AL-TIME TOURS – DESIGN YOURSELF AN EXTRA HOUR! Valentinitsch Design 26.9.–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 showed us everything that is possible. During VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, they invited visitors to the wonderful Valentinitsch Design Studio close to … mehr
Archive Studio Weholo, Vincent Wagner 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 now found a new habitat in the Virtual Festival Headquarters of … more
Archive Bueronardin 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
Archive VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Kollektiv Fischka/Kramar Passionswege Exhibition 15 years of Passionswege VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 25.9.–4.10.2020 “OPEN!” was the word that greeted you, glowing in bright neon letters that emerged from a space bathed in pale pink light, as soon as you entered the Festival Headquarters in the Amtshaus Theresienbadgasse. And you were immediately, magically drawn into this former office, which Eldine Heep and … more