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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

This year again, the German Design Council and the German Brand Institute are honoring successful brands and brand communication. The awards ceremony for the German Brand Award will take place on 6 June.

Location
Telekom Hauptstadtrepräsentanz
Französische Straße 33a-c
10117 Berlin

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 sixth panel discussion will take place in Hemmingen/Hannover. The topic:

»Bauhaus 4.0 meets social & culture design: Using design and architecture to develop new paths for cultural integration and social cohesion«

Among others with architect Alexander Grünenwald, CEO of Deutscher Kulturrat (German Cultural Council) Olaf Zimmermann, curator of Vitra Design Museum Jolanthe Kugler, Prof. Angeli Sachs & special guest Dorothee Weinlich.

location
Im Papierlager der vph GmbH & Co. KG
Gutenbergstraße 4
30966 Hemmingen

registration: designtag.org

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

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 seventh panel discussion will take place in Dortmund. The topic:

»Bauhaus 4.0 meets communication design & illustration: design and politics in times of fake news – what is the new function of editorial design and visual storytelling in the context of democracy?«

Among others with editorial designer Prof. Rüdiger Quass von Deyen, illustrator and designer Raban Ruddigkeit, founder and publisher of SLANTED magazine Prof. Lars Harmsen & visual journalist and media researcher Prof. Andine Müller.

location
Im Papierlager der Freytag & Petersen GmbH & Co. KG
Overhoffstraße 50
44149 Dortmund

registration: designtag.org

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

Retail structures are breaking up, living environments are changing, and new challenges for the consumer goods industry arise almost daily. In order to master the challenges of the constantly changing retail landscape together with the retail trade and the consumer goods industry, Tendence 2019 from 29 June to 1 July offers a broad supporting programme in addition to the major exhibition.

Available Tickets: tendence.messefrankfurt.com