March 2019

11/12/2018–3/31/2019
IDZ Event

Call for Entries
UX Design Awards 2019

Details

The competition for the UX Design Awards 2019 has already started!
Till 31 March, companies and agencies worldwide will have the opportunity to submit user-centric products, services and concepts. All nominees will be presented at an award exhibition at IFA, the global trade fair for consumer technologies in Berlin, from 6 - 11 September 2019.

All details: ux-design-awards.com

1/16–4/8/2019
IDZ Event

German Federal Ecodesign Award 2019
The German Federal Ecodesign Award 2019 has been launched!

Details

The German Federal Ecodesign Award is looking for products, services and concepts that are outstanding in their design, their ecological quality and their innovative approach.

Participants can submit their projects to this years' competition until April 8.

Further information: bundespreis-ecodesign.de

2/11–3/10/2019
IDZ Event

Exhibition at MIK Museum Information Kunst in Ludwigsburg
German Federal Ecodesign Award

Details

The kick-off event for the opening of the touring exhibition take place at Scala in Ludwigsburg on 11 February 2019.

From 12 February till 10 March we are showcasing the exhibition of the winners and nominees 2018 at the MIK Museum Information Kunst in Ludwigsburg.

Please RSVP here: koala.kdrs.de

For more information about the German Federal Ecodesign Award and the touring exhibition, please visit: bundespreis-ecodesign.de

3/1–5/2019
IDZ Event

Berlin Showroom
Fashion Week Paris

Details

In March 2019 ten selected Berlin based fashion labels will present their new Fall/Winter 2019/20 collections during Fashion Week Paris. The Jury decided for Damur, Fomme, Hien Le, Hui-Hui, Namilia, Nobi Talai, Schepperheyn, Starstyling, Tata Christiane and Vladimir Karaleev.

Berlin Showroom will deepen the successful DACH cooperation jointly initiated with AFA (Austria) and Mode Suisse (Switzerland) in Autumn 2017. 26 up-and-coming as well as established designers of the german-speaking region will unite and showcase their latest collections at DACH Showroom from 1st to 5th of March in the heart of Paris, Marais.

More information: berlinshowroom.com

3/4–5/2019

Fraunhofer IZM
Ecodesign Training

Details

On March 4 & 5, the Fraunhofer Institute will offer a training program that deals with the promotion of the circular economy by emphasizing design and life cycle thinking.

The question of how products and services can be designed to be as environmentally friendly as possible is becoming increasingly urgent. The two-day interactive workshop "Ökodesign Lernfabrik" is based, among other things, on design thinking methods. Participants* apply user-centric interdisciplinary approaches and sustainability tools to minimize the ecological footprint while maximizing the benefits of closed-loop business models.

The workshop will be held in English.

Details: ecodesignlearningfactory.com

Tuesday, 3/12/2019

Bauhaus 4.0
Bauhaus meets Product Design & Industrial Design

Details

On the occasion of the Bauhaus anniversary the German Design Day started the series "Bauhaus 4.0 - Future is made of design". In a total of ten panel discussions, ideas for the design of a future worth living will be collected. In each case three to four top creative people with very different fields of activity and experience will ask themselves questions such as: How can we use the utopian potential of the Bauhaus not only to react to social developments, but to actively shape them ourselves? How can we learn from the most sustainable design school in history?

The second panel discussion will take place in Garching/München. The topic: Bauhaus 4.0 meets Product Design & Industrial Design: For the design of interfaces - between products, media and people

location
Im Showroom der 2H GmbH & Co. KG
Dieselstraße 16
85748 Garching bei München

registration: designtag.org

The IDZ is a cooperation partner, our members receive reduced admission.

3/13–14/2019
Member of IDZ

User Interface Design
Future Technologies

Details

Germany's largest design event is just around the corner - Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW). More than 120 programme partners attract thousands of creative people to the Bavarian capital, including User Interface Design GmbH. In 2019, UID will once again be a programme partner of the MCBW and has put together a varied and exciting programme under the banner of "Future Technologies": Three events around the topic "Future Technologies" will take place from 13 to 14 March.

times
13 –14 March | Open Lab | 4pm – 9pm: Here you can explore the exhibition on your own or take part in a guided tour every half hour between 4:30pm and 8:30pm

13 March | Workshop | 5pm - 8pm: You can become active and build your own crawl bot! Free registration under: pressekontakt@uid.com

14 March | Short Talks | 5pm - 10pm: Here you will be brought up to date on the future of learning, working, design management, interaction or medicine

location
UID Studio
Claudius-Keller-Straße 3c
81669 München

Further information can be found here.

Friday, 3/15/2019
9.30 am–5.30 pm

INKA
AURORA School for ARtists

Details

Since September 2018, the INKA research group at the HTW Berlin has been offering artists, performers and employees of small companies in the cultural and creative industries the opportunity to further their education in the fields of augmented reality and digital media production as part of a six-monthly School for ARtists.

At the AURORA School for ARtists you can choose between five further education courses within eight weeks.

Course 1

Examples, conception and design of augmented reality applications in the creative field

The first training course offers a first introduction to the complex field of Augmented Reality (AR). It focuses on the transfer of basic knowledge and meaningful examples: The cultural-historical illumination of the still young technology is followed by a discussion of current AR applications in the context of artistic expression. The programme also includes an overview of the hardware and software required and clarification of important terms from AR programming.
Subsequently, the focus will be on the analogue conception and design of AR applications in the creative field.

This training is a basic course that does not require any previous knowledge.

Further information and registration can be found here.

location:
HTW Berlin
Forschungs- und Weiterbildungszentrum für Kultur und Informatik (FKI)

The IDZ is cooperation partner of the project.

Tuesday, 3/26/2019
6.30 pm

Bauhaus 4.0
Bauhaus 4.0 meets Service & Interaction Design

Details

On the occasion of the Bauhaus anniversary the German Design Day starts the series "Bauhaus 4.0 - Future is made of design". In a total of ten panel discussions, ideas for the design of a future worth living will be collected. In each case three to four top creative people with very different fields of activity and experience will ask themselves questions such as: How can we use the utopian potential of the Bauhaus not only to react to social developments, but to actively shape them ourselves? How can we learn from the most sustainable design school in history?

The third panel discussion will take place in Bremen. The topic:

»Bauhaus 4.0 meets service & interaction design: interaction with all senses – how experience will be designed in the future«

Among others with board chairman of AGD Torsten Mvorsitzeneyer-Bogya, author Florian Pfeffer, professor of interaction design Tanja Diezmann, author Prof. Torsten Stapelkamp & Anna-Sophie Oertzen.

location
Im Papierlager der Hansa GmbH & Co. KG
Heinz-Kerneck-Straße 8
28307 Bremen

registration: designtag.org

The IDZ is a cooperation partner, our members receive reduced admission.

Friday, 3/29/2019
Member of IDZ

Vitra Design Museum
Balkrishna Doshi - Architecture for people

Details

With the exhibition "Balkrishna Doshi. Architecture for people", the Vitra Design Museum presents the first retrospective of the complete works of Balkrishna Doshi (*1927 in Pune, India) outside Asia. The famous architect and urban planner, who was the first Indian to receive the renowned Pritzker Prize in 2018, is one of the few pioneers of modern architecture on the subcontinent.
The exhibition illustrates Doshi's decisive influence on modern Indian architecture and on generations of younger architects.

Opening Talk with Balkrishna Doshi
Friday, March 29, 6pm

registration: events@design-museum.de

exhibition
March 3 - September 8

location
Vitra Design Museum
Charles-Eames-Str. 2
79576 Weil am Rhein

Further information can be found here.

April 2019

1/16–4/8/2019
IDZ Event

German Federal Ecodesign Award 2019
The German Federal Ecodesign Award 2019 has been launched!

Details

The German Federal Ecodesign Award is looking for products, services and concepts that are outstanding in their design, their ecological quality and their innovative approach.

Participants can submit their projects to this years' competition until April 8.

Further information: bundespreis-ecodesign.de

4/11–5/22/2019
IDZ Event

Exhibition at designtransfer, UdK Berlin
German Federal Ecodesign Award

Details

From April 11 to May 22, the touring exhibition with the nominees and winner 2018 will be presented at designtransfer (Berlin University of the Arts) in Berlin.

For more information about the German Federal Ecodesign Award and the touring exhibition, please visit: bundespreis-ecodesign.de

Location
designtransfer
Berlin University of the Arts
Einsteinufer 43-53
10587 Berlin-Charlottenburg



Saturday, 4/13/2019
Member of IDZ

Scholz & Volkmer
see14

Details

On 13 April the see-Conference 14 will take place.

Scholz & Volkmer will be presenting current trends on the subject of "Visualising Information", thus providing insights into areas such as design, architecture, performance, film, art, technology, research and communication. In addition to the focus on "data visualization" as a design discipline, the focus is increasingly on how social truths can assert themselves through visualization in the flood of information.

Further information can be found at: www.s-v.de

Tickets are available here.

location
Kulturzentrum Schlachthof Wiesbaden e.V.
Murnaustraße 1
65189 Wiesbaden

Friday, 4/26/2019
10.00 am
IDZ Event

Berlin Poland
Workshop for fashion companies and textile producers

Details

As part of the project "Berlin Poland | Fashion Business & Manufacture 2019-2020", the International Design Centre Berlin invites you to a kickoff workshop.

In our workshops we would like to supply Berlin fashion companies with practical knowledge and tools as well as support them in establishing and maintaining production partnerships. In addition, new cross-border business ideas and cooperations will be developed, which will then be continued independently.

The opening workshop serves to align and define the goals, which will be worked out in four follow-up workshops with Berlin labels and Polish textile producers.

The participation is free of charge, the number of participants is limited.

Location
IDZ am Park 4, 10785 Berlin

Who?
Fashion designers, fashion companies and intermediate masters from Berlin
Producers from Poland

Contact IDZ Berlin:
Magdalena Jaster | Senior Project Management
T +49 (0)30 61 62 321-0
email

May 2019

4/11–5/22/2019
IDZ Event

Exhibition at designtransfer, UdK Berlin
German Federal Ecodesign Award

Details

From April 11 to May 22, the touring exhibition with the nominees and winner 2018 will be presented at designtransfer (Berlin University of the Arts) in Berlin.

For more information about the German Federal Ecodesign Award and the touring exhibition, please visit: bundespreis-ecodesign.de

Location
designtransfer
Berlin University of the Arts
Einsteinufer 43-53
10587 Berlin-Charlottenburg



5/3–4/2019
Member of IDZ

GfDg
Under the sign of Bauhaus

Details

On 3 and 4 May 2019, the Kunstmuseen Krefeld and the Association for the History of Design will hold a joint conference on contemporary design. The focus of this historically and theoretically oriented conference will be on the creation, production and use of design for everyday life.

location: Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld
Registrations till 07. January 2019 to: info@gfdg.org
gfdg.de

Thursday, 5/9/2019
6.30 pm

Bauhaus 4.0
Bauhaus 4.0 meets Experience Design & Packaging Design

Details

On the occasion of the Bauhaus anniversary the German Design Day starts the series "Bauhaus 4.0 - Future is made of design". In a total of ten panel discussions, ideas for the design of a future worth living will be collected. In each case three to four top creative people with very different fields of activity and experience will ask themselves questions such as: How can we use the utopian potential of the Bauhaus not only to react to social developments, but to actively shape them ourselves? How can we learn from the most sustainable design school in history?

The fourth panel discussion will take place in Aalen/Stuttgart. The topic:

»Bauhaus 4.0 meets experience design & packaging design: using design to create spaces and setting the scene for products«

Among others with professor of user centered and interaction design Andrea Krajewski, transmedia specialist & design director at Intuity Media Lab Prof. Dr. Klaus Birk, founder and CEO of Scentcommunication Robert Müller-Grünow & special guest Julia Peglow.

location
Im Papierlager der Geiger GmbH & Co. KG
Schulze-Delitzsch-Straße 7
73434 Aalen

registration: designtag.org

The IDZ is a cooperation partner, our members receive reduced admission.

Thursday, 5/9/2019
6.30 pm
Member of IDZ

Opening of exhibition »Re:Form«
Stilwerk | Tassilo von Grolmann

Details

On 9 May, the touring exhibition "Re:Form - A tribute to 100 years of Bauhaus" will be opened at stilwerk Hamburg. IDZ member and designer Tassilo von Grolmann will be present as guest of honour. Registration until 3 May at: stilwerk.com

Location
Foyer of stilwerk Hamburg (ground floor)
Große Elbstraße 68
22767 Hamburg

Saturday, 5/11/2019
Member of IDZ

Colloquium "Design Graduated"
German Society for Design Theory and Research (DGTF)

Details

On 11 May, the twenty-first colloquium "Design Graduated" of the German Society for Design Theory and Research (DGTF) will take place in Essen. Here, PhD students in design have the opportunity to present their research topic for discussion among like-minded people. Experienced design researchers are invited to provide helpful comments.

Location
Folkwang University of the Arts
Klemensborn 39
45239 Essen

5/16–10/24/2019
Member of IDZ

MS Wissenschaft 2019: "Artificial Intelligence"
Interactive exhibition by Archimedes Exhibitions

Details

Artificial intelligence is on everyone's lips in politics, business, art. The fields of application of AI are as diverse as their aspects. MS Science , the exhibition ship of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, shows how new technologies influence everyday life and what science and research contribute to the development of AI. The exhibition, conceived by the Berlin creative agency Archimedes Exhibitions, will tour almost 30 cities in Germany and Austria until 24 October.

Additional Information: archimedes-exhibitions.de

5/18–10/20/2019
Member of IDZ

Exhibition »FOOD: Bigger than the Plate«
Project "infObjects" by Johanna Spath

Details

From 18 May to 20 October the exhibition "FOOD: Bigger than the Plate" can be seen at the Victoria and Albert Museum London. The project "infObjects" by our member Johanna Spath is part of the exhibition. The three-dimensional visualisation of information is intended to encourage people to engage with the consumption and handling of food.

Location
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL

Monday, 5/20/2019

EU Design Future
BEDA Insight Forum and General Assembly

Details

In 2019, the Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA) celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with a full-day symposium and General Assembly in Brussels. Nothing less will be designed than a new vision for design in Europe. As a member of BEDA, the IDZ is looking forward to further developing the EU action plan "Design Driven Innovation" of 2013 together with more than 50 European design centres - and thus to representing the role of design as an important part of European innovation policy.

Location
ADAM Brussels Design Museum
Belgiëplein 1
1020 Brussels

Wednesday, 5/22/2019
IDZ Event

German Federal Ecodesign Award
Exhibition finissage

Details

The nominees and winners of the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2018 can be seen at the designtransfer gallery at the UdK in Berlin until 22 May.

At the finissage on 22 May at 19:00 Dutch designer Eric Klarenbeek will talk about social, circular and site-specific design.

Location
designtransfer
Berlin University of the Arts
Einsteinufer 43-53
10587 Berlin-Charlottenburg

Tuesday, 5/28/2019
6.30 pm

Bauhaus 4.0
Bauhaus 4.0 meets Campaign & Brand Design

Details

On the occasion of the Bauhaus anniversary the German Design Day starts the series "Bauhaus 4.0 - Future is made of design". In a total of ten panel discussions, ideas for the design of a future worth living will be collected. In each case three to four top creative people with very different fields of activity and experience will ask themselves questions such as: How can we use the utopian potential of the Bauhaus not only to react to social developments, but to actively shape them ourselves? How can we learn from the most sustainable design school in history?

The fifth panel discussion will take place in Reinbek/Hamburg. The topic:

»Bauhaus 4.0 meets campaign & brand design: cross communication – sustainable stories told by advertisement and branding«

Among others with designer and founder Claudia Fischer-Appelt, CEO of SinnerSchrader Matthias Schrader, former art director of Stern magazine Johannes Erler & special guest Babette Peters.

location
Im Papierlager der E. Michaelis & Co. (GmbH & Co.) KG
Senefelder-Ring 14
21465 Reinbek

registration: designtag.org

The IDZ is a cooperation partner, our members receive reduced admission.

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