One and more Theses about Design
We are happy to present Frank Zebner’s remarkable lecture he has held at the conference German Design: Shaping the Future Today on Oct 2nd, 2012 in San Francisco.
BraunPrize 2012: “Genius design for a better everyday”
How to design a walking stick for Dieter Rams? – This was probably not exactly the question Sebastian Reichel investigated when he designed his flexible walking aid for elderly people. Still, when the young industrial designer presented the concept of “Agil” during the final voting ceremony of the BraunPrize 2012, recently held in Kronberg, the […]
Symposium “German Design: Shaping the Future Today” in San Francisco on October, 2, 2012
Don’t miss the West Coast’s design event of the year. Listen to and interact with Germany’s top designers and discuss the challenges and future of contemporary design. The symposium will take place in the Bechtel Conference Center at PPIC, San Francisco, on Tuesday, October 2, 2012. The program starts at 1:30 pm. Save the date […]
The Campus Bike: How to build a bike from scratch
To design and build an ultimate and well-crafted utility bike was the task of the Oregon Manifest Challenge 2011. Students of the University of Oregon understood that designing a bike requires not only a deep understanding of the history of the bike but also to care for a new generation of riders. Hence, they developed […]
Stephan Ott is New Editor-in-Chief of Form
The design magazine form is back. Its last publisher Birkhäuser became insolvent in March 2012. As a result, the future of this worldwide renowned design magazine, published since 1957, was not predictable any more. Thanks to Peter Wesner, former member of the board of KPMG, its existence is now secured and its editorial office again based […]
Go East!
Go China – this is one of last year’s biggest trends for German design agencies. Consequently, in 2011 companies like Atelier Markgraph, Triad and Designaffairs established their branches in the Middle Empire. On the other hand more and more Chinese companies hire German designers these days. To learn about the economic possibilities and chances in China […]
Business of Design Week 2011
Germany was partner country at 2011‘s Business of Design Week (BODW), Asia’s premier event on design, innovation and branding. The annual conference attracts international business and design leaders and provides a platform for exchanging ideas and networking. BODW 2011 started off with an inspiring opening keynote by Dieter Rams who reminded the large audience about […]
Jörg Student: Redesigning the Pilates Reformer
Global design consultancy IDEO partnered with Balanced Body, the world’s largest manufacturer of Pilates equipment, to update the design of the Allegro reformer to appeal to a broader audience. GIN4B met with Jörg Student who joined IDEO in 2005 as product designer and engineer. Joerg grew up in Stuttgart where he graduated with a Master’s […]
Carolina Janssen: Establishing Twitter in Germany
GIN4B visited Twitter’s headquarter in San Francisco and talked to Carolina Janssen who is responsible for German Localization & Support. Carolina just had her one year anniversary at Twitter, the social networking and microblogging service. Since then, Twitter grew from around 300 to more than 600 employees who are accommodated over four floors in an […]
Designing for a Better Life
The video by HTC features the design team of One&Co which built within the last couple years a strong and outstanding design language for the Taiwanese smart phone and tablet manufacturer. Amongst One&Co’s team is Daniel Hundt, Creative Director in the San Francisco based design studio. Daniel studied Industrial Design at Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, before he moved […]