Programme Partners 2011 — Archiv 2011

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Film

2051 - disrupting design

designfunktion Gesellschaft für moderne Büro- und Wohngestaltung GmbH.

30.9.–7.10.2011

The short film ‘2051 – disrupting design’ (2011) by Luca Conte and Stefan Arztmann will be shown. Twenty interviews about a furniture label are staged in five scenes, during which design classics are removed from their contexts, using aesthetics in a disruptive way. The film can be viewed during … more

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Presentation

5 senses – Roses, Tulips, Carnations!

Megumi Ito, Peter Weisz, Sebastian Menschhorn

30.9.–8.10.2011

Sharpening the five senses – smell, taste, touch, hearing, and … sight – while you enjoy a nice glass of wine. First, the sense of sight will be called into action: What is the label like? Then comes the sense of touch: How does the bottle feel in the hand? Finally, the cork will be noisily … more

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LOBMEYR Trinkservice No.248 von Adolf Loos, LOBMEYR/Davies- Starr

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80 years “Loos-Service”

J. & L. Lobmeyr

30.9.–8.10.2011

The cylindrical glass tumblers from Vienna have conquered the world. It would most certainly have pleased Adolf Loos to see an industrially manufactured variant of his design from the 1930s in any café you might happen to walk into. The original, which was considered to be provocatively simple in … more

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Programme Partners

Presentation

Acoustic Signals

Hans Taus Einrichtungen

30.9.–8.10.2011

Private space, even with other people around? Not only talk about sustainability, but live it? Put new creative ideas into practice yourself in no time? The solution is the ‘Buzzispace’! With the material ‘Buzzi felt’, a maximal sound insulation is achieved and simultaneously recycling ideas … more

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Collage: LIQUIFER Systems Group, Quellen: Courtesy of NASA, Wikipedia

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Tour

Sunday Excursion/designsafari 7

Az W – Architekturzentrum Wien

9.10.2011, 1.45pm–6pm

For the programme focus ‘second district’ of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2011, the sonntags designsafari will make two studio visits this year and one to a gallery, all in Leopoldstadt: section.a (art.design.consulting) and section.d (design.communication) will demonstrate what can be gained by an … more

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Das Große Wiener Kaffeehaus-Experiment. Phase II – Die Versuchsanordnung, kramar/kollektiv fischka

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Exhibition

The great Vienna Coffee House-Experiment

Phase II: the test arrangement

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, Thomas Geisler

4.10.2011, 8pm–11.59pm

The Vienna coffee house has world reputation. In their cooperative project design> neue strategien MAK and departure had this important cultural and social crossroads investigated. Under the direction of coffee house expert Gregor Eichinger and the guidance of raumlaborberlin, Antenna Design NY … more

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Tour

The great Vienna Coffee House-Experiment. Phase II

Tour with the expert Gregor Eichinger

8.10.2011, 4pm–5pm

‘Coffee houses are like pockets in the public sphere where space and time are consumed, but only coffee appears on the bill.’ This is … how Gregor Eichinger explains the simple principle of a coffee house. As a transitional spot between private and public, leisure and work, between communication … more

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Exhibition

departure’s Speed Dating with the Experts

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

5.10.2011, 4pm–5.30pm

Within the framework of departure’s Speed Dating with the Experts, creatives in Vienna will again be able to clarify with professionals uncomplicated business questions in the areas of accounting and auditing, taxes, law, and marketing and PR. Under the heading ‘Know-How Transfer for Creative … more

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Francisco Perez
"lighting in lighting out"
Lichtobjekt, "Da-Zwischen - Der Scheinwerfer II"
2011 — Francisco Perez "lighting in lighting out" Lichtobjekt, "Da-Zwischen - Der Scheinwerfer II" 2011, Francisco Perez

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Presentation

DER SCHEINWERFER II: There-Between

DER SCHEINWERFER

30.9.–6.10.2011

In 2011 the SCHEINWERFER project with ‘There-Between’ has been dealing with the new housing scheme that has been planned by the SEG for the location Hackenbergweg, in Vienna’s nineteenth district (architect, Peter Lorenz). This includes examining the transformation process of this allotment garden … more

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"Las Vegas Wedding"
Ulrike Johannsen
Wien 1994 — "Las Vegas Wedding" Ulrike Johannsen Wien 1994 , 2011, MAK/Georg Mayer

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Tour

The Second Skin – Objects for Packing and Preserving

MAK Special Guided Tour

7.10.2011, 5pm–6.30pm

Tour of the exhibition ‘The Second Skin – Objects for Packing and Preserving’ with Gabriele Fabiankowitsch, Director of the MAK Education Programme and Tours.

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Raumlabor, TU Wien, Ecolucy, Manfred Pichler

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Exhibition

ecoLUCY – Paper lighting objects

Technische Universität Wien (TU), Abteilung für Raumgestaltung und nachhaltiges Entwerfen

30.9.–21.10.2011

In the summer semester 2011, twelve students began with the SUDECO (Sustainable Design and Communication Strategies) module of the Department for Spatial and Sustainable Design under the supervision of Erwin K. Bauer, Harald Gründl, Anton Kottbauer, Beatrix Roidinger, and Marc Wallerberger. With … more

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Exhibition

Emotion Construction

Petr Novague

Petr Novague, stilwerk Wien

30.9.–8.10.2011

The presentation by Czech designer Petr Novague represents not only a personal story but also a new form of product and its development. Novague‘s creative approach is that of individual design, which is determined by the character of the client and the situation on the market at the same time. The … more

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Presentation

Paper of the Finest from Italy

Fedrigoni

3.–6.10.2011

Fedrigoni is Italy’s largest producer of fine-quality paper, with its headquarters in Verona and now with its own showroom in Vienna. Only a few metres away from the MuseumsQuartier, paperlovers have the chance to gain an overview of the entire array of fine paper inside. There are currently more … more

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FLAXX Chair, Martin Mostböck & Intier Automotive Eybl GmbH

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Presentation

FLAXX Chair- Presentation

Martin Mostböck

Intier Automotive Eybl GmbH, Martin Mostböck

30.9.–9.10.2011

The ‘FLAXX Chair’ has been conceived as a hybrid, with the comfort of a cantilever chair and the functionality of one with four legs. The new type of construction employed for the supporting frame and the combination of all the merits of both concepts is an up-to-date interpretation, both in terms … more

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food design, stummerer/ hablesreiter/ köb

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Presentation

food tools – A Food Design-Performance

HONEY & BUNNY

4.10.2011, 5pm–8pm

Located in a workshop, Sonja Stummerer, Martin Hablesreiter and Tom Hanslmaier will be preparing and serving food using the tools and machines of a craftsman. ‘Food tools’ is a playful attempt to address and enable the transfer of technical knowledge between ‘classical’ industrial design and food … more

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Exhibition

Knitted Time: Experimental Design in the Clock Museum

Wien Museum

1.–16.10.2011

Wall clocks are relics of the past: today one learns the time from a watch or mobile phone. Nevertheless, wall clocks still exert a great fascination. Experimental designers have reinvented them in recent times – as both disturbing and captivating objects that are meant to sharpen both our … more

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Exhibition

GLOBAL VILLAGE

Design – Roots to Modernity

WAGNER:WERK Museum Postsparkasse

3.10.–26.11.2011

Exotic objects have always held a fascination for Europeans who came in contact with ethnic groups from far-away lands. Over the centuries the treasure chambers of the rulers of the times were filled. However, articles were largely ignored that could not immediately be recognised as being the … more

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- DSC_0014.jpg, paola zofrea photographer

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Border Areas. On the Exhibition Corrispondenze impreviste

Italienisches Kulturinstitut Wien

4.10.2011, 7pm–9pm

To mark the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification and as its contribution to Italy’s pavilion at the 54th International Art Exhibition – the Venice Biennale 2011, the Italian Cultural Institute in Vienna is showing the exhibition Corrispondenze impreviste in its interior and … more

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Sanitärporzellan, 2011, Bundesmobilienverwaltung

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Exhibition

Hygiene: Product – Daily Routine – Compulsion

Studio Dankl

30.9.2011 – 22.1.2012

What does hygiene mean in the twenty-first century? What disgusts us about it, and what do we accept without problem? The designer pair DANKLHAMPEL asked clean freaks and numerous Joe Publics which and how many hygiene articles they used and possessed. To coincide with the special exhibition … more

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Presentation

Idea Contest – ‘Marke Österreich’

Die Presse

4.10.2011, 6.30pm–11pm

Twenty distinguished visual designers, who are either Austrian or living in Austria, have been invited by Die Presse and the Austrian Postal Service to take part in the ideas competition ‘Marke Österreich’ [The Stamp/ Brand of Austria], with their approach to Austrian identity to be visualised in … more

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Talk

impulse insight

Everything About the Support Programme for the Creative Industries

aws – austria wirtschaftsservice

5.10.2011, 6.30pm–8pm

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

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Arbeitstisch aus der Kromus-Fabrik, Wien, 1930er Jahre, 2011, MAK/Georg Mayer

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Tour

Industrial Furniture – Prototypes of the Modern Era

MAK Special Guided Tour

5.10.2011, 5pm–6.30pm

This will be a dialogue tour of the exhibition ‘Industrial Furniture – Prototypes of the Modern Era’ with Jakob Gasteiger, artist and collector, and Gabriele Fabiankowitsch, Director of the MAK Education Programme and Tours.

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IS THERE OR ISN'T THERE / Bulgarian Product Design Now — 2011, Mihail Novakov

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Exhibition

IS THERE OR ISN‘T THERE

Bulgarian Product Design Now

Edno Magazine

30.9.–9.10.2011

“Is There Or Isn’t There” is an exhibition of ideas realized by twelve … Bulgarian designers. Most of them live and work in Sofia, while a few have chosen to set up their own studios in different European countries. The exhibition brings together projects that are unique because of their artistry … more

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Presentation

kidsroomZOOM – Design for Children

kidsroomZOOM

30.9.–9.10.2011

kidsroomZOOM will be showing a snapshot of contemporary design for children, with 25 selected international designers coming together to decorate a flat for children. This new format was developed in 2010 by the children’s furniture designers Thomas Maitz … (perludi, Graz) and Paola Noé (the … more

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Presentation

Kikkoman Limited Edition

Kikkoman

1.10.2011, 12pm–4pm

1961–2011. To mark the occasion of their 50th anniversary, Kikkoman will be featuring a limited edition of their cult bottle by the Japanese industrial designer Kenji Ekuan that will only be available as a gift item for a short time. During the last 50 years, despite worldwide attempts to copy it … more

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Talk

Lecture Fiona Raby (UK): Between Reality and the Impossible

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

6.10.2011, 6pm–8pm

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? We are concerned not only with the … more

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Presentation

LJOD

cool furniture

Copa

30.9.–9.10.2011

Möbelstücke in Serie aus Eis zu formen und auf diese Weise kostengünstige und originelle Winter- Outdoor-Möbel zu produzieren – das will copa mit dem Projekt „Ljod“ (russisch für Eis) erreichen. Dazu werden Kunststoffformen entwickelt, die mit Wasser befüllt und dann tiefgefroren werden. Die ersten … more

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Presentation

M3-Chair Presentation

Thomas Feichtner

Neue Wiener Werkstätte, Thomas Feichtner

30.9.–8.10.2011

As part of an installation, the NEUE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE will be showing the ‘M3 Chair’ by the Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner. This one-of-a-kind piece represents a contrast to the serially produced ‘FX10 Lounge Chair’, an earlier design by Feichtner, which has already become an Austrian design … more

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Presentation

MAK Design Shop/ After Work Meeting Point: Les Tartes

Markus Hanakam & Roswitha Schuller

MAK Design Shop

4.10.2011, 5pm–7pm

The comparison between the ornamental beautification of what are actually modern, anonymous architectural structures with the sugar icing on a torte cites a metaphor that was already discovered in the representational buildings of the Stalin era, the so-called ‘gingerbread style’. Hanakam & … more

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designaustria meet great eat, kollektiv fischka_fischka.com

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Presentation

Meet, Greet & Eat!

Talking to design experts

designaustria

7.10.2011, 2pm–8pm

In personal talks with design specialists, one will be able to learn more about corporate design, illustration, and industrial design; get input from experts; or discuss things with professionals. ExpertsClusters, which are interest groups made up of members of designaustria, will present their … more

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merinowolle_mikimartinek&veronikapersche, 2010 Jens Lindworsky

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Presentation

Merino wool in a design:context

Miki Martinek

design.mikimartinek

30.9.–8.10.2011

mikimartinek has placed a knit stool in a design:context and created a piece of upholstered furniture that combines qualities of previous seating objects in a surprising new way. Central to the process are technology and materials. The design runs consciously counter to the concepts of ‘transient’ … more

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Michael Wallraff, Michael Wallraff Architekten

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Exhibition

Michael Wallraff. Looking Up. Vertical Public Space

5.10.2011 – 4.3.2012

The heart of Michael Wallraff’s architectural concept is the city as a dynamic structure with creative potential. His current research project, developed for the MAK Gallery as a three-dimensional installation, examines the dimension of verticality in the public space and sketches scenarios of … more

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More Than Less. Martin Breuer Bono for Gaulhofer, Martin Breuer Bono

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Presentation

More Than Less

Martin Breuer-Bono

Gaulhofer Fenster und Türen, Martin Breuer Bono

30.9.–9.10.2011

In window construction there is an observable tendency to optically minimise the systems. We want to take another path with this project: to do more than the minimum – ‘More Than Less’. A window should make itself known in a space, be present as an object: intelligent in its technical concept … more

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Presentation

Nespresso Design Contest SUSTAIN.ABILITY.DESIGN

Nespresso, Julia Landsiedl + | Strategic Design & Storytelling, White Elephant, MARCH GUT, Rouven Haas, Bernhard Rothbucher

30.9.–8.10.2011

Quality, innovation, and design play a central role for Nespresso. State-of-the-art design coffee machines and accessories emphasize … the exclusivity and uniqueness of the 16 Nespresso ‘Grand Cru’ coffees. After a successful debut last year, Nespresso Austria and the Neigungsgruppe Design have … more

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Talk

New Design Festival 2011/Symposium

Symposium with Lacaton und Vassal et al.

New Design University (NDU) St. Pölten

5.10.2011, 6pm–8pm

Within the framework of their New Design Festival, the New Design University invites you to the stilwerk Wien for an exploration of contemporary university structures at home and abroad. The goal is … to have a public discussion of the connection between modern university … education and the … more

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Öffentliche Uhr, Mariahilfer Straße Ecke Neubaugasse, um 1959., Album Verlag

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Presentation

STANDARD TIME – Public Clocks and Urban Design

Technisches Museum Wien

9.10.2011, 11am–1.30pm

Since 1907 the ‘cube clocks’ have been reference points on the Vienna cityscape and announced the so-called ‘standard time’ for decades. An appreciation of the city’s furniture and the inclusion of its history for the first time are reflected in a publication issued by the company Lichterloh. As … more

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Exhibition

Open House

Airture

9.10.2011, 11am–5pm

Airture invites you to bring the whole family to a Sunday open house in the Edelhofgasse: their studio, garden, and wine cellar will be open for expeditions into the world of furniture of a somewhat different kind. Spread out over three storeys, design classics of the last century will find … more

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Pecha Kucha Night Vienna supported by departure

Pecha Kucha Night Vienna, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

8.10.2011, 8.20pm

It is currently taking place worldwide in over 400 cities: the Pecha Kucha Night. Participating are players from the entire spectrum of design categories who follow all the rules for making a fast and to-the-point presentation. The architects, designers, artists, and others present their projects … more

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- L_N_MAK_4_10_08Kai_017 frei_WEB.jpg, 2008, Peter Kainz/MAK

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Kids

Perfectly Packed

MAK4FAMILY

8.10.2011, 2pm–5pm

Perfectly Packed – Directions for Making Parcels. A workshop for the entire family!

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Presentation

Rado Young Design Prize 2011

Rado

30.9.–8.10.2011

Rado, the iconic Swiss watchmaker, will be presenting the winner of the Rado Young Design Prize 2011. The kick-off for this contest, targeted at young creatives and international students of design, was a result of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2010. Every month young artists have been selected to realise … more

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Tafelgeschirr „Reline“
von Anna Bormann aus Berlin — Tafelgeschirr „Reline“ von Anna Bormann aus Berlin, 2010 Recycling Designpreis

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Recycling Design prize

stilwerk Wien

30.9.–10.10.2011

For the first time the high-profile Recycling Design Prize will be presented in the Vienna ‘stilwerk’. The design award honours products by talented young designers that are created and produced … from recycled materials. The show is already being seen in ‘stilwerk’ … buildings in Berlin and … more

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sciTUshow

30.9.–9.10.2011

How does one present highly technical information? Under the title ‘sciTUshow’, students of the Vienna University of Technology (TU), Institute of Art and Design, will be displaying seven different designs dealing with creating a better visibility for the TU at international trade fairs. The goal … more

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Presentation

sensual.sensible.

Grüne Erde

30.9.–8.10.2011

sensual.sensible.– See, hear, feel, taste, and smell the Grüne Erde. This year for the first time Grüne Erde will be taking part in the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. A clear formal language, a sensitive choice of materials, and finest renewable raw materials will be central to the display. In their showroom … more

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Sitting Cultures – Other Countries, Other Customs

Grünbeck Einrichtungen

30.9.–8.10.2011

How do Americans, Scandinavians, Italians, or Germans sit? What about the Japanese or Arabs? What do they have in common and what not? Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub will be relating what inspires them … when they design upholstered furniture for Cassina, COR, Fritz Hansen, or Knoll International.

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Small Worlds

Christian Haas

Stamm

30.9.–8.10.2011

With his latest work for the crystal manufacturer Theresienthal, the German designer Christian Haas presents a stackable cosmos. Every single element of his ‘Small Worlds’ is in itself useful, decorative, and created with the finest craftsmanship. If one places the components together, a small … more

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Let the chips fall … and they must!

Zachl&Hanserl

30.9.–8.10.2011

Core for the development of the regionally inspired works by Zachl & Hanserl (Styria/Upper Austria) is their method of prototype construction. Also important for them is to carry out an extensive portion of the fabrication themselves, which means that they can play a larger role in realising the … more

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Flyer, 2011 Yaya Herman Dune / Walking-Chair

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Exhibition

Strange Moosic Inn Wien

Yaya Herman Dune & Mayon Hanania

Walking-Chair Design Studio

3.10.–31.12.2011

‘We make things and songs’ is the motto of the Walking-Chair Design Studio & Gallery. For the exhibition ‘Strange Moosic Inn Wien’ this will all be turned around! The gallery in the third district is happy to be able to present Yaya Herman Dune, who is primarily known as being the singer/songwriter … more

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Electric Charging Station Design

Wien Energie GmbH, Valentin Vodev, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

30.9.–9.10.2011

Wien Energie is Austria’s largest regional supplier of energy and promotes modern, environmentally sound, and tried-and-tested technologies. Also in the area of energy infrastructure for e-vehicles, they help to create sensible means of electric mobility. The Department of Architecture and City … more

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PS ArtSpace x Clemens Wolf: The Sauna Chair, 2011, Claudio Farkasch

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Exhibition

The Sauna Chair

PS ArtSpace x Clemens Wolf

Pratersauna

30.9.–8.10.2011

A vehicle for groceries turns into a piece of furniture! The childhood memories of the cathedral of consumption and its altars, the supermarket shelves, are about the (un)attainability of the objects of desire. The child sits in the shopping trolley and reaches out for the goods on offer. The … more

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Johannes Wohnseifer, Senegalstrasse, 2009, Courtesy Johann König, Berlin

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TOTEM AND TABOO

complexity and relationships between art and design

quartier21/MQ

30.9.–20.11.2011

TOTEM AND TABOO: complexity and relationships between art and design examines the interrelationships between art and design, and also the strategies employed by artists and designers in the bordering and overlapping areas of their respective disciplines. With Øystein Aasan, Stephane Barbier Bouvet … more

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Martino Gamper, Arnold Circus Stool Shoot, Photo: Tom Gottelier & Matylda Krzykowski

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Talk

TOTEM AND TABOO – Panel

Correspondences between the Psyches in Art and Design

quartier21/MQ

1.10.2011, 6pm–8pm

Within the framework of the exhibition TOTEM AND TABOO: complexity and relationships between art and design, the panel discussion ‘Correspondences between the Psyches in Art and Design’ will take place on 1 October at 18:00 with the designer Martino Gamper, psychoanalyst and art historian Hans-Otto … more

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VELOcité

Eva Blut

30.9.–8.10.2011

Cycling is a lifestyle. EVA BLUT has taken on the oldest accessory of cycling culture and reinvented it. Tailored to the needs of today’s carriers, ‘VELOcité’ is the new bag for on the go. Within the context of a show, light will be shed on both the design and the production process, with aspects … more

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Exhibition

Volkertplatz is a great place to be

esterni

30.9.–9.10.2011

All around the square and the market at Volkertplatz, an intervention of public design will be performed by esterni. During the last edition of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK esterni developed a 30-metre-long multifunctional public bench in a neighborhood of … the Vienna district of Hernals and involved the … more

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Hinterland - Wanderland, Wolfgang Silveri

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Wanderland – A Pop-Up Hinterland

Hinterland

30.9.–9.10.2011

During the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2011, there will be a ‘Hinterland’ for 10 days – it will pop open and then fold shut. And in between will be an inviting journey. A colossal book – when you open it, a whole new world, all out of cardboard, comes into being: a tree, whose leaves reflect the hinterland … more

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WIEN PRODUCTS - Collection 2011

WIEN PRODUCTS

30.9.–9.10.2011

The WIEN PRODUCTS Collection 2011 is a project teaming up Viennese businesses from the traditional sector with ambitious new designers. The result is unusual products with a special Viennese flair. The combination of perfect craftsmanship and creative masterworks delivers outstanding products. The … more

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Exhibition

_möbeln

Gerold Tagwerker

rauminhalt_harald bichler space & content

30.9.–29.10.2011

For his installation ‘_möbeln’ in the showroom of the Rauminhalt … gallery, the visual artist Gerold Tagwerker has chosen sculptures and objects by artist colleagues who deal with the subjects of furniture, design, function, and non-function in order to ironically question through sculpture the … more