Applications in the four competition categories of product, service, concept and young talent are open until 12 April 2021.
For more information: bundespreis-ecodesign.de/en

The next UX Design Awards are coming up! From March 9 to May 31 (extended until June 6, 2021), companies, agencies, professionals and up-and-coming designers worldwide are invited to submit their best work for the global competition for outstanding experience design. Make it Count!

In this brief introduction to the fascinating world of Arabic script, Prof. Rayan Abdullah will cover the history of Arabic script, the Arabic alphabet and its grid, the major Arabic fonts, writing tools, and techniques used in calligraphy, architecture, and especially in the context of book design. He will also discuss ink production and Islamic ornaments. He will also present examples of Islamic book art.

As always, there will be an opportunity for exchange afterwards.

Please note: The presentation will be held in German!

The next UX Design Awards are coming up! From March 9 to May 31 (extended until June 6, 2021), companies, agencies, professionals and up-and-coming designers worldwide are invited to submit their best work for the global competition for outstanding experience design. Make it Count!

Every spring, BERLIN DESIGN WEEK presents new thinking and design approaches that envision and shape our future. New challenges set new standards: Digitally and physically, the current theme of the BERLIN DESIGN WEEK "NEW TRADITIONS" is taken up more than ever in its diverse formats.
Crises require a discourse for forward-looking strategies. Clear, sustainable and trend-setting design can usher in a new normality. Business, research and decision-makers need the creative power of design, its fresh ideas, new strategies and concepts for a society in transition and vice versa.

From the opening with the showrooms at Bikini Berlin, the DESIGN POOL, to the closing highlight, the OPEN STUDIO NIGHTS, the BNDNWK offers a variety of formats. Exhibitions, showrooms, talks and guided tours to workshops, screenings and conferences enliven the design world over eleven days at various locations in Berlin and online.

Designers, artists, studios, cultural institutions, universities and companies can still apply to participate in the curated program 2021 until March 31.

In his course "The Future of Farewell" at FH Potsdam, Henrik Rieß explored possible future perspectives on the design of of farewell and the associated social consequences with students. To lessen the gravity of the topic and to be able to talk about wishes, hopes and fears, they projected the topic of farewell into different futures with new technological possibilities and changed social norms.

Among others, projects by Rosa-Sophie Hamburger, Lena Hoffmann, Maryna Honcharenko, Peter Schwarz, Gesine Tränhardt and Lena Zagora will be shown.

Henrik Rieß is a Creative Director with over 15 years of expe-rience in UX and applied Design Research. As a lecturer for Interaction Design, Design Thinking and Speculative Design, he works with students on socially relevant issues in the so-called "Inconvenience Space".

Please note: The presentation will be held in German!

The next UX Design Awards are coming up! From March 9 to May 31 (extended until June 6, 2021), companies, agencies, professionals and up-and-coming designers worldwide are invited to submit their best work for the global competition for outstanding experience design. Make it Count!

Every spring, BERLIN DESIGN WEEK presents new thinking and design approaches that envision and shape our future. New challenges set new standards: Digitally and physically, the current theme of the BERLIN DESIGN WEEK "NEW TRADITIONS" is taken up more than ever in its diverse formats.
Crises require a discourse for forward-looking strategies. Clear, sustainable and trend-setting design can usher in a new normality. Business, research and decision-makers need the creative power of design, its fresh ideas, new strategies and concepts for a society in transition and vice versa.

From the opening with the showrooms at Bikini Berlin, the DESIGN POOL, to the closing highlight, the OPEN STUDIO NIGHTS, the BNDNWK offers a variety of formats. Exhibitions, showrooms, talks and guided tours to workshops, screenings and conferences enliven the design world over eleven days at various locations in Berlin and online.

Designers, artists, studios, cultural institutions, universities and companies can still apply to participate in the curated program 2021 until March 31.

The digital Joint Brokerage Event (JBE) is a matchmaking event for Berlin and Chinese companies active in the fields of design and sustainable technologies. Organized in collaboration with our Chinese network partners, they offer a mix of talks and matchmaking with 1-on-1 business matchmaking calls.

If you would like to attend one of these events or are interested in learning more, please contact magdalena.jaster@idz.de and register in the members area of the CN-BC website.

Themed Shifting Boundaries, former award winners Marcella Hansch, Tobias Becker and Lea Schücking will present their projects and discuss, among other things, how good ideas can be put into practice. The discussion will be moderated by Liza Sander, who researches and teaches on the topics of circular design and circular society at HTW Berlin and HfK Bremen.

Please note: The presentation will be held in German!

Schedule:

- Introduction by moderator Tapani Jokinen (Fraunhofer IZM)
- Designers’ feedback to the Learning Factory by Ronja Scholz (Fraunhofer IZM)
- EcoDesign Audit by Harri Moora (EKJA) - TBC
- EcoDesign Sprint and Circularity in Service Design Practices by Juha Kronqvist & Zeynep Falay von Flittner (Hellon)
- Open discussion

The event is organised by Estonian Design Center and held in cooperation with the EcoDesign Circle project and its partners.


Please register here!

“Minimic” combines automated imaging with AI-powered image analysis to support diagnostic tasks in medicine and life sciences. The current focus is on automated detection of malaria and tuberculosis.

The format, live interactive presentations followed by a Q&A session, offers a behind-the-scenes look at award-winning projects and spotlights key team members. We will be streaming the conversation live in English on Linkedin and Zoom.

More info and registration.

In their book, the authors set out to explore the unique identities of guidance systems at over a hundred different airports, examining the storied past, current challenges and promising future of airport wayfinding around the world.

As managing directors of the design studio Moniteurs, they and their team focus on orientation, corporate design and digital products. Among other things, they are responsible for the concept and planning of the guidance and orientation system of BER Airport. They are currently working for Munich, Hanover, Zurich and Chicago airports.

As always, there will be an opportunity for exchange afterwards.

Please note: The presentation will be held in German!

According to research, blind people tend to be more obese compared to sighted people, as it is difficult for them to leave their homes to exercise.

The Yoguide app aims at helping the visually impaired to do yoga on their own at home. It acts as a personal trainer, keeping an eye on people, providing specific instructions and correcting errors. It uses a phone camera with computer vision to detect the body's joints and orientation, compares it to correct orientations and guides people accordingly.

Info and registration