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AUDIO: JOJA (JNE // sound:frame AV) KEN HAYAKAWA & LUMA.LAUNISCH, „INNENWELTKOSMOS“ audio-visual live show (sound:frame AV) QUARION (Drumpoet Community, Retreat, Berlin) GEORGE FITZGERALD (Hotflush, London) VISUAL: WEMAKEVISUALS (sound:frame AV) VALENCE (sound:frame AV) Eintritt: AK 14€ … … more

The 80th anniversary of the world famous service by Adolf Loos will be celebrated with a publication initiated by traditional chrystal manufacturer J&L Lobmeyr. The New York-based graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister has now been commissioned to deliver his interpretation of Loos's classic. The … more

With the material ‘Buzzi felt’, a maximal sound insulation is achieved and simultaneously recycling ideas implemented, for it is 100 per cent made of used PET-bottles. The ‘Buzzi felt’ thus unites two topical subjects: ecological awareness in the form of recycling, and combating noise pollution … more

What happens when you decouple design from the marketplace, when rather than making technology ever more consumable, designers use the language of design to pose questions, entertain, and provoke – to transport our imaginations into parallel but possible worlds? Fiona Raby, one of today's most … more

How can I make it from an idea to the first prototype to a perfected … solution? Where do I get the necessary start-up capital for the realisation? You will find out this and much more at ‘impulse insight’. Besides all of the important information about impulse | aws and the possibilities for … more

The expert team of ABSOLUT will be hosting a talk on copyright issues in product design. A must-see for professionals and for design lovers! Wednesday, Oct. 5.2011, 5:30–6:30 p.m. stilwerk Wien … Praterstraße 1 … 1020 Wien

The Canadian yet Berlin based designer Jerszy Seymour is no longer an insider tip. His unique experimental style excited big companies like , Vitra, IDEE and many others. Today Jerszy Seymour will share his visions of the future in society and design. Tuesday, October 4.2011, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.

Doshi Levien is a London based design office, established in 2000 by Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien. Doshi Levien's work celebrates the hybrid and explores the coming together of cultures, technology, storytelling, industrial design and fine craftsmanship. Nipa's refined and astute visual direction … more

Ravi Naidoo is the founder and managing director of Interactive Africa, a Cape Town based media and marketing company. After studying economics and physiology at the University of CapeTown he worked as account director at Young and Rubicam, and, after founding Interactive Africa, received … more

Dear Friends of Vienna Design Week! Yesterday we sounded the bell for a wonderful festival weekend! This Saturday will be sweetened up by Asian delicacies, a perfect place for children, eco-friendly inventions and elegant design solutions. The day can be kicked-off with a visit at the Wiener … more