Alexander Girard was one of the most important modern textile artists and interior designers of the twentieth century. The Vitra Design Museum is now presenting the first comprehensive retroprospetive of his work – supplemented with some of his very personal collectibles.

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Photo: Armin Herrmann

Due to the upcoming renovations and preparations for Bauhaus' 100-years anniversary, the permanent exhibition of 'Bauhaus Collection' will only be on view till February 27. This will also be the last date to visit the special exhibition about Lucia Moholy showcasing her photographic works after her emigration from Germany to England.

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In cooperation with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) the Vitra Design Museum shows a special exhibition dealing with the architecture of brutalism.

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Photo: © John Donat - RIBA Library Photographs
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The application phase for German Federal Ecodesign Award 2017 is now open. Apply until 10 April for the highest distinction given by the Federal German Government for ecological design! The application must be done in German language. More information and registration:

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This year's winning text of the Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg Award »Ästhetik der Zensur« by Marion Alina Kliesch will be awarded and discussed on January 19 at Denkerei. The event will be co-hosted by Prof. Erik Spiekermann, Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost and Prof. Anna Berkenbusch.

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Ronen Kadushin, Magdalena Reiter and Van Bo Le Mentzel – three protagonists of the recent exhibition »Do it yourself-Design« – will discuss the chances of open design, its socio-economic impacts and its ability to change the industry.

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Due to the upcoming renovations and preparations for Bauhaus' 100-years anniversary, the permanent exhibition of 'Bauhaus Collection' will only be on view till February 27. This will also be the last date to visit the special exhibition about Lucia Moholy showcasing her photographic works after her emigration from Germany to England.

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In cooperation with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) the Vitra Design Museum shows a special exhibition dealing with the architecture of brutalism.

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Photo: © John Donat - RIBA Library Photographs
Collection

The application phase for German Federal Ecodesign Award 2017 is now open. Apply until 10 April for the highest distinction given by the Federal German Government for ecological design! The application must be done in German language. More information and registration:

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The competition for the best intuitive products and concepts enters a new round: Corporations, design consultancies and agencies worldwide are invited to submit their user-centered product solutions and services until March 31st. Bestowed by the International Design Center Berlin, the annual awards honor outstanding design and intuitive quality in electronic products, digital solutions, services and environments. From this year onwards, the competition also includes professional concepts, prototypes and research projects. All nominated solutions and services will be exhibited at IFA, the global consumer electronics show in Berlin, from September 1 to 6, 2017 .

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Photo: Tomasz Poslada

About 70 galleries in Düsseldorf show the work of international photographers. Stilwerk Düsseldorf exhibits photographs from Oliver Look and Takakazu Takeuchi.

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Photo: ©Oliver Look

With the theme »interaction of light, colour and space« the HAWK organises numerous free and interdisciplinary workshops, lectures and exhibitions. The results will be presented on the open day on February 10.

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Photo: ©HAWK Hildesheim

Christhard Landgraf delivers insight into a sustainable design world and how to implement these values in your daily work life.

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The international film festival shows more than 400 films from around the world. Tickets are available on 6th of february. You will find the festival programm and further informtions on the homepage

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Photo: Velvet Creative Office ©Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

The Museum Wiesbaden shows pieces of the artist and fuenfwerken member Holger Schmidhuber. Since 2014 he has been working on his project »Carpets of the Forgotten«. As screen for his gestural painting he uses hand-knotted oriental carpets.

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Photo: ©fuenfwerken

The exhibition shows ideas and concepts for the reconstruction of destroyed Berlin after 1945.

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Photo: Georg A. Neidenberger, ©Werkbundarchiv – Museum der Dinge Berlin

The exhibition concentrates on the present robotics boom. It shows how much impact the machines have on today's life as well as to what extend design changes robotics. Artists as Bruce Sterling, Douglas Coupland and Joris Laarman will be represented.

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Photo: Per Tingleff ©2016 Dunne & Raby

The Typo Day Hamburg is about new font trends and developments: from best practices applications in advertising to responsive typography and web licensing.

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Photo: Monotype GmbH

The media network media.connect brandenburg invites people who are interested or working in the media sector to meet and discuss experiences and ideas.

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Photo: media.connect brandenburg

This lecture will given in german.

Venue: Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft / Campus Wilhelminenhof, Wilhelminenhofstr. 75A in 1235 Berlin - ORT: Gebäude H, Raum 001

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Photo: ©BDG

Architect, author and former director of IDZ François Burkhardt will introduce his latest publication in the Bücherbogen bookshop at Savignyplatz.

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Photo: ©François Burkhardt

In cooperation with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) the Vitra Design Museum shows a special exhibition dealing with the architecture of brutalism.

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Photo: © John Donat - RIBA Library Photographs
Collection

The application phase for German Federal Ecodesign Award 2017 is now open. Apply until 10 April for the highest distinction given by the Federal German Government for ecological design! The application must be done in German language. More information and registration:

bundespreis-ecodesign.de

The competition for the best intuitive products and concepts enters a new round: Corporations, design consultancies and agencies worldwide are invited to submit their user-centered product solutions and services until March 31st. Bestowed by the International Design Center Berlin, the annual awards honor outstanding design and intuitive quality in electronic products, digital solutions, services and environments. From this year onwards, the competition also includes professional concepts, prototypes and research projects. All nominated solutions and services will be exhibited at IFA, the global consumer electronics show in Berlin, from September 1 to 6, 2017 .

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Photo: Tomasz Poslada

The Museum Wiesbaden shows pieces of the artist and fuenfwerken member Holger Schmidhuber. Since 2014 he has been working on his project »Carpets of the Forgotten«. As screen for his gestural painting he uses hand-knotted oriental carpets.

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Photo: ©fuenfwerken

The exhibition shows ideas and concepts for the reconstruction of destroyed Berlin after 1945.

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Photo: Georg A. Neidenberger, ©Werkbundarchiv – Museum der Dinge Berlin

The exhibition concentrates on the present robotics boom. It shows how much impact the machines have on today's life as well as to what extend design changes robotics. Artists as Bruce Sterling, Douglas Coupland and Joris Laarman will be represented.

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Photo: Per Tingleff ©2016 Dunne & Raby

The Bauhaus-Archiv exhibits the highlights of the Bauhaus collection. It shows well-known architects such as Walter Gropius, Paul Klee etc. as well as numerous Bauhaus students.

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Photo: Erich Consemüller

Selected fashion labels from Berlin will present their new collections for atumn/winter 2017/18 at Fashion Week Paris.

Mark Adams will talk about his collaboration with the industrial designer Dieter Rams and the philosophy of eternalness and persistence within design.

The lecture will be held in english and the entrance is free.

Photo: ©Vitra Design Museum

It is presumed to be the most common furniture in the world and seen everywhere, where there is needed a simple and cheap seating: the white plastic chair. The exhibition illuminates and shows the history of this trivial item.

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Photo: Jürgen Lindemann © Vitra Design Museum

Recycling is not just an ecological statement, it provides the opportunity for individual products instead of industrially produced bulk goods.
Held in german.

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Photo: © Vitra Design Museum

The kick-off event for the environmental communication project and the opening of the touring exhibition take place at Scala in Ludwigsburg on 20st March at 7 p.m.

From 21st March till 09th April we are showcasing the exhibition of the winners and nominees 2016 at the MIK Museum Information Kunst in Ludwigsburg.

Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin presents the broad work of the well-known english designer Jasper Morrison. During the past 35 years he designed numerous pieces of furniture, series of dishes, lights, watches and other objects of everyday-use for companies as Vitra, Alessi or Cappellini.

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Photo: Walter Gumiero ©Jasper Morrison Ltd

As Part of the project BerlinPoland Berlin fashion labels and Polish clothing manufacturer are invited to attend the B2B Networking Exchange in Stettin, Poland.

The aim of the event is the nurturing of a production network between Poland and Berlin. In this capacity, the network is intended to provide support to the Berlin fashion industry in the development of new or previously lacking production facilities, and in this way to increase production capacity.

The registration is open until 8th of March.

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Designer, typographer and author Erik Spiekermann opens his typographic studio for a workshop about the history of printing and different printing methods.
It will be held in german.

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Photo: © German Design Council

On March 27, 2017, Dr. Ulrike Eberle will conduct a workshop on the topic "Ecodesign: Evaluating products and services on environmental and sustainable aspects" at MIK Museum Information Kunst in Ludwigsburg. Participation will be for free.

To register please send an e-mail to medien@ludwigsburg.de .