September 2020

9/3–25/2020
IDZ Event

UX Design Award | Public Choice
Audience Award

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Users worldwide are called to vote for their favorite solutions. Voting for the audience prize “UX Design Award | Public Choice” will be open from 3 to 25 September on the UX Design Awards website.

The winner of the audience prize will be announced on 29 September 2020.

Thursday, 9/3/2020
5.00 pm–6.30 pm
IDZ Event

UX Design Awards - Virtual Award Ceremony 2020
Announcement of 22 Winners and Special Mentions in Three Award Categories

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On Thursday, September 3, 2020 from 5 p.m. (CEST) you can experience the UX Design Awards 2020 Virtual Award Ceremony online.

We warmly invite you to the official announcement of the 22 winners and special mentions in the categories UX Design Award "Product", "Concept" and "New Talent"!

The #UXDA20 Virtual Award Ceremony will be broadcast simultaneously on the Awards website as well as on LinkedIn and Facebook . Be part of the viewing!

Thursday, 9/17/2020
10.00 am–11.00 am
IDZ Event
Monday, 9/21/2020
IDZ Event

German Federal Ecodesign Award Jury Session 2020
On September 21, the interdisciplinary jury will meet at feldfünf - the project rooms in the Berlin Metropolitan House to evaluate the entries for this year's Federal Ecodesign Award. Afterwards, the exhibition with the entries admitted to the jury meeting will be open to the public from September 23 to 27.

9/23–27/2020
IDZ Event

German Federal Ecodesign Award 2020 Nominee-Exhibition
The exhibition with the entries admitted to the jury meeting will be open to the public from September 23 to 27 in the Metropolenhaus Berlin.

9/25–12/20/2020

Flughafen Tempelhof - Living the City
Until december 20th, the former airport Tempelhof will be transformed into a venue of urban life

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Cities are full of stories - at the same time, contradictory, overlapping and inseparable connected with each other. Living the City tells more than 50 stories about projects from architecture, art and urban planning in the main hall of the former Berlin-Tempelhof airport. The exhibition of the national urban development policy shows processes and possibilities for action in cities all over europe.

More informations: livingthecity.eu

October 2020

9/25–12/20/2020

Flughafen Tempelhof - Living the City
Until december 20th, the former airport Tempelhof will be transformed into a venue of urban life

Details

Cities are full of stories - at the same time, contradictory, overlapping and inseparable connected with each other. Living the City tells more than 50 stories about projects from architecture, art and urban planning in the main hall of the former Berlin-Tempelhof airport. The exhibition of the national urban development policy shows processes and possibilities for action in cities all over europe.

More informations: livingthecity.eu

10/1–31/2020

EMOP Berlin – European Month of Photography
9th edition of Germany's largest photo festival

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From October 1st to 31st the EMOP Berlin - European Month of Photography invites you to the 9th edition of Germany's largest photo festival. 114 exhibition projects by and with over 500 photographers as well as a wide variety of event formats in Berlin and Potsdam are on offer. With the opening of the central exhibition KONTINENT - In Search of Europe and the EMOP Opening Days at the Akademie der Künste on Pariser Platz, EMOP Berlin kicks off the photo month October.


More information: emop-berlin.eu/de

Thursday, 10/1/2020
10.00 am–11.00 am
IDZ Event
10/2–5/2020
IDZ Event

Berlin Showroom
Fashion Week Paris

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Berlin Showroom will present the current Summer 2021 collections of seven Berlin fashion labels during the Fashion Week Paris in Fall.

The jury selected the following labels to participate: Gaillard Vivant, Hannes Kettritz, Paulina's Friends, Schmiede Bosslau, Susumu Ai, Tata Christiane and Vladimir Karaleev.

For the sixth season, Berlin Showroom cooperates with partners from Austria (Austrian Fashion Association) and Switzerland (Mode Suisse) in the shared DACH Showroom.

In order to strengthen marketing and sales of the participating labels in times of the Corona pandemic, a digital B2B sales platform will be developed this season, in addition to a showroom in the Marais district of Paris. The tool, which has been specifically developed for the DACH showroom, will support both the participating labels and the sales team in facilitating the exchange of information and communication with buyers.

More information: berlinshowroom.com

10/10–11/22/2020

MIK Ludwigsburg: exhibition Focus Open 2020
Exhibition of the winners of the International Design Award Baden-Württemberg

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The exhibition of the winners of the International Design Award Baden-Württemberg will take place from October 10th to November 22nd at MIK Ludwigsburg. All award-winning products from a wide range of industries can be seen in the exhibition. The presentation offers a cross-section of the current state of professional design and shows new trends.

More information: design-center.de

Wednesday, 10/14/2020
5.30 pm
IDZ Event

Berlin China
Save the Date: “Go to China” digital Meet-up

Details

We would like to warmly invite you to the first digital Meet-up of our "Go to China" Meet-up series, which will take place on October 14th, 2020 at 5:30-7:00 p.m.

The “Go to China” Meet-up series is part of the internationalization project “Innovations for a Global Market - Cooperation Network Berlin & China (CN-BC)”, which aims at exchanging knowledge, building networks, promoting Berlin’s innovation potential, and promoting the entry of Berlin’s design and green tech companies in the Chinese market.

In the virtual Meet-up, we’ll be introducing the project and two of our CN-BC network partners: Sabine Yang-Schmidt, head of the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises (the Berlin Business Liaison Desk China) in Beijing as well as Jörg Höhn from Joerg Hoehn Consulting. Together we will discuss the opportunities and challenges for Berlin companies in the Chinese market.


Registration: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/go-to-china-digital-meet-up-1-registration-122226750501

10/16–18/2020

International Design fair blickfang Basel 2020
130 furniture, fashion and jewelry designers

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From 16. until 18. of october 130 furniture-, fashion- and jewlerydesiger will present the Design Pop Up Store for special products during the 11th blickfang Basel. The international design fair is the biggest design concept store for the independent design scene and presents individual products offsides from the big shopping streets and furniture stores.

More information: blickfang.com

10/17–25/2020
IDZ Event

German Ecodesign Award goes DDW20
We are delighted to present the nominated and award-winning submissions for the German Ecodesign Award 2019 in a novel digital format at this year's Dutch Design Week.

10/17–25/2020

Dutch Design Week
Completely virtual this year

Details

Contrary to the original plan, which provided for a hybrid program, the Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, the largest design event in Northern Europe, has to take place completely virtually this year from October 17th to 25th.

More information: ddw.nl/en

Monday, 10/26/2020

SIBB e.V.: Health-IT Talk Berlin-Brandenburg "Robotik im Gesundheitswesen“
Discussion about robots and robotics in healthcare - the expectations and concerns are manifold

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The SIBB e.V. - Association of the IT and Internet Industry in Berlin/BRB invites to the Health-IT Talk Berlin-Brandenburg "Robotics in Healthcare" on October 26, 2020. Much is being discussed about robots and robotics in healthcare and the expectations and concerns are manifold. In the current Health-IT Talk, lectures about real existing systems and exhibits will give an impression of the possibilities and limits of this technology. Follow the presentations, have the exhibits demonstrated and join the discussion.

More informations: healthittalk.imatics.de

November 2020

9/25–12/20/2020

Flughafen Tempelhof - Living the City
Until december 20th, the former airport Tempelhof will be transformed into a venue of urban life

Details

Cities are full of stories - at the same time, contradictory, overlapping and inseparable connected with each other. Living the City tells more than 50 stories about projects from architecture, art and urban planning in the main hall of the former Berlin-Tempelhof airport. The exhibition of the national urban development policy shows processes and possibilities for action in cities all over europe.

More informations: livingthecity.eu

10/10–11/22/2020

MIK Ludwigsburg: exhibition Focus Open 2020
Exhibition of the winners of the International Design Award Baden-Württemberg

Details

The exhibition of the winners of the International Design Award Baden-Württemberg will take place from October 10th to November 22nd at MIK Ludwigsburg. All award-winning products from a wide range of industries can be seen in the exhibition. The presentation offers a cross-section of the current state of professional design and shows new trends.

More information: design-center.de

Tuesday, 11/3/2020
11.45 am–12.45 pm
IDZ Event

EcoDesign Circle 4.0 ERF 2020:
European Resources Forum

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On 3 November the German Federal Environment Agency will host the online conference European Resource Forum (ERF). The aim of the international discussion forum is to provide a platform for political and scientific debates on the topic of "Conservation of Natural Resources" in order to stimulate the development and implementation of common political positions in Europe.

Our project EcoDesign Circle 4.0 will be represented in the session "Resource efficient and circular design - from niche to mainstream" from 11:45-12:45. click here to register. The complete program can be found here.

If you have questions or are interested, please contact us: ecodesign-circle@idz.de.

11/5–10/2020

Berlin Science Week
Berlin Science Week and Falling Walls invite you to this year's Remote World Science Summit until November 10.

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The program brings together some of the brightest minds and most exciting scientific developments worldwide. In more than 200 virtual discussion events, workshops, exhibitions or performances, the aim is to stimulate a discussion about what science and innovation can contribute to the future of our world.

More informations: falling-walls.com

Thursday, 11/5/2020
10.00 am–11.00 am
IDZ Event
Thursday, 11/5/2020
6.00 pm–7.30 pm

Berlin University of the Arts: Hybrid Talks #40: Transparency
The contributions will move between visual transparency and the disclosure of facts.

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Transparent materials, optical processes and transparency or even permeability in architecture will be the focus this time. In addition, transparency will be addressed through and in the course of decision-making processes, supply chains and in the context of the provenance of works of art; honesty and sincerity may also come into play.

More information: udk-berlin.de

11/5–6/2020
6.00 pm–7.00 pm

Adobe Live – Best Of MAX
Until November 6, Adobe Creative Artists and Designers show trends, inspirations and application tricks from Adobe MAX daily from 6:00-19:00 pm in the livestream.

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More informations: behance.net

Monday, 11/9/2020

The Stay Curious – beyond tellerrand Café
“Assumptions & Empathy” with David Thomas and Sharon Steed

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Sharon Steed is known for her brilliant presentations about empathy and she has given some absolute great talks at beyond tellerrand before, last time in Berlin 2019. David Thomas has written a fantastic book about design for cognitive bias and a few years back my friend Mike Monteiro pointed me to him, when he had seen David speaking.

More informations: beyondtellerrand.com

11/11–12/2020

Media Tech Hub Conference
The MediaTech Hub Conference is a B2B event for media technologies in Germany in entertainment and industry

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The conference on 11 and 12 November will be dedicated to the development of innovative media technology solutions in entertainment and their relevance and potential for other industries.

More informations: mth-conference.de

Thursday, 11/12/2020

World Usability Day Berlin 2020
On November 12, 2020, the capital welcomes all participants of this year's World Usability Day in Berlin!

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We are pleased to present our active and internationally known scenes from the fields of design, usability, IT and AI to a nationwide audience in a versatile program. Due to the current situation, the event will take place virtually and remotely.

More informations: wud-berlin.de

Monday, 11/16/2020

Hochschule RheinMain: Communication Design Exhibition
The Wiesbaden exhibition of communication design will be presented in a new format starting November 16: OFF THE WALL is KD digital

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A virtual museum, inspired by the unreal year 2020, students of the master program CROSSMEDIA SPACES and the exhibition team present a virtual architecture to exhibit the thirty KD-Bachelor projects of the summer semester 2020.

More informations: werkschau-wiesbaden.de

Tuesday, 11/17/2020
10.00 am–2.45 pm

Workshop: (New) start in the crisis
Online workshop "(Re-)start in the crisis" on November 17

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In the online workshop "(Re-)Start in the Crisis" offered by Kreativwirtschaftsberatung Berlin on November 17th, current challenges of the Covid-19 crisis will be reflected upon by entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative industries, in order to then develop solutions for their own project, service or product in interactive formats. The work on their own solutions will be complemented by inputs on how an idea becomes a business model and what makes entrepreneurs more resilient to crises. The participation is free of charge, the organizers ask for previous obligatory registration.

More informations: kreativwirtschaftsberatung-berlin.de

Tuesday, 11/17/2020
7.00 pm

urbainable - urban
Sustainability in construction - greenwashing or progress?

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At the end of the exhibition "urbainable - stadthaltig", which has been closed since 2.11.2020 for corona reasons, politicians and participants in the exhibition will discuss the diverse topic "Sustainability in Construction - Greenwashing or Progress?

More informations: adk.de

Wednesday, 11/18/2020
IDZ Event

EcoDesign Circle 4.0 - Day 1
The pilot is part of the EU project EcoDesign Circle 4.0.

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In two half-day workshops, representatives of the company's management and executives as well as employees from other relevant divisions will be given the opportunity to try out design methods together as a team under expert guidance.

More informations: idz.de

11/18–20/2020

Wednesday, 11/18/2020
2.00 pm

ADC Design Experience
This year's ADC Design Experience on November 18 from Stuttgart is dedicated to the "departure" into an uncertain future

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Because design does not only have to rethink, as many other industries do. Design can provide answers as to how a society that has concentrated on the essentials as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic wants to live in the future - sustainably, indulgently, networked in all areas. The congress of the ADC Design Experience will be broadcast live and free of charge on the ADC YouTube channel starting at 2 pm.

Friday, 11/20/2020
IDZ Event

EcoDesign Sprint 4.0 - Day 2
The pilot is part of the EU project EcoDesign Circle 4.0.

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In two half-day workshops, representatives of the company's management and executives as well as employees from other relevant divisions will be given the opportunity to try out design methods together as a team under expert guidance.

More informations: idz.de

Friday, 11/20/2020
9.00 am–6.00 pm

Zero Waste Future Festival
On November 20, the Who's Who of Berlin's recycling industry will come together and show how a life with less waste and better recycling works in concrete terms

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From workshops, lectures, and discussions to concerts, the digital Zero Waste Future Festival offers suggestions, tips, and interesting facts for everyone who wants to live and work with less waste.

More informations: eventbrite.de

Monday, 11/23/2020
5.00 pm

Dezeen Awards 2020
architecture show

Details

Hosted by BBC Radio London presenter and Dezeen Awards 2020 judge LionHeart, the shows will be streamed on Dezeen from 4:00pm to 5:00pm GMT each day and we'll also be announcing the winners live on Twitter:

@dezeenawards
#dezeenawards

More informations: dezeen.com

Tuesday, 11/24/2020

The Stay Curious – beyond tellerrand Café
“Fonts” with Ulrike Rausch and Oliver Schöndorfer

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Ulrike's work with fonts is simply stunning. Oliver recently started his own YouTube channel, which he named Pimp my Type and two years ago he gave a fantastic talk about variable Web typography.

More informations: beyondtellerrand.com

Tuesday, 11/24/2020
11.00 am–4.00 pm

Competence Center Sustainable Consumption: INFORCEABLE
The Competence Center Sustainable Consumption invites all interested actors from companies, associations, clubs, science and civil society to an online conference on November 24

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The Dialogue Forum - UNVERZICHTBAR: Sustainable Consumption - provides insights into the current development of the National Program for Sustainable Consumption and the opportunity to participate in discussions.

More informations: umweltbundesamt.de

Tuesday, 11/24/2020
5.00 pm

Dezeen Awards 2020
interiors show

Details

Hosted by BBC Radio London presenter and Dezeen Awards 2020 judge LionHeart, the shows will be streamed on Dezeen from 4:00pm to 5:00pm GMT each day and we'll also be announcing the winners live on Twitter:

@dezeenawards
#dezeenawards

More informations: dezeen.com

Wednesday, 11/25/2020
12.30 pm–2.00 pm

Corona pandemic: Impulses for a more digital healthcare system
The Covid 19 pandemic shows that considerable networking and digitization potential is still untapped in the healthcare system. This applies, for example, to the tracing of infection routes and the analysis of disease progression.

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But it is clear that digitization has gained momentum in recent months in dealing with the pandemic. The Berlin Future Dialogue explores what long-term strategies are conceivable for a resilient healthcare system and what contribution digitization can make to this.

DIGITAL ACCESS:
Participation via bzg.izt.de

Wednesday, 11/25/2020
5.00 pm

Dezeen Awards 2020
Design show

Details

Hosted by BBC Radio London presenter and Dezeen Awards 2020 judge LionHeart, the shows will be streamed on Dezeen from 4:00pm to 5:00pm GMT each day and we'll also be announcing the winners live on Twitter:

@dezeenawards
#dezeenawards

More informations: dezeen.com

Thursday, 11/26/2020
10.00 am–3.00 pm

Design talks Business Training | EcoDesign
Discover the advantages of creating a business based on circular economy

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We already know that transitioning to a circular economy is a must. Changing our approach lies in the common interests of all of us. We need specific tools enabling circular design and production. Join us on 26 November for the DtB Training | EcoDesign to discover examples of actual solutions and practical methods that will convince you to start implementing circular economy innovation.

More infromations: idz.de

Monday, 11/30/2020
IDZ Event

German Ecodesign Award 2020
Announcing and honoring the winners

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On 30 November, the winners of the Bundespreis Ecodesign 2020 will be announced in a digital award ceremony starting at 17.00.

More information: bundespreis-ecodesign.de/en

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