The International Design Center Berlin (IDZ) invites experts from research, design and business to participate in the "International Design Forum" #IDF22. Focusing on cross-sector cooperation and user-centred design in the mobility sector, the specialist conference is part of the official convention program of InnoTrans, the leading international trade fair for transport technology and mobility (20 – 23 September 2022).

Please find more information on available speaker formats and possible topics here.

Companies of all sizes and from all sectors, designers, students and creative minds in Europe were invited to submit their concepts, services and products for the highest state award for ecodesign in Germany by 18 April.

More information about the award at: bundespreis-ecodesign.de/en

Details on how to enter and the competition dates are available on the Awards Website.

More than 300 submissions from 58 countries were entered in the competition, 101 of these were nominated to compete in the Awards. We are now hugely looking forward to present the winners of the first round of the UX Design Awards 2022. Get to know the winning projects, and meet the successful participants and our jury in our Virtual Award Ceremony.

[ Please register for this Deep Dive here on Zoom ]

Award Winner Ziina is a new digital wallet for the Middle East. The product enables instant online payments for people in the region, including people previously unbanked. The app is built for network effect, allowing users to send money and invite friends easily. Ziina is meant to be social, unlocking its full potential when a person's close circle of friends joins in.

Our juror Ole Heydekamp describes what the jury found remarkable about the project:
“The digital Wallet Ziina addresses a relevant challenge by providing a payment solution for a region where most people are still unbanked. The unique and appealing design combines traditional elements with a modern and intuitive UI language. Small and well-thought-out solutions make sending and receiving money a most enjoyable experience. Ziina uses UX to break existing societal taboos by enabling conversations about money, a topic that traditionally tends to be avoided – it is therefore a driver of positive change.”

The Deep Dive will be moderated by Ake Rudolf, Head of Strategy / Award Director at the International Design Center Berlin (IDZ).

Please register for this Talent Track here on Zoom.

UMI is an ecosystem with the aim of making group conversations more accessible for people with hearing loss and thus enabling them to participate more, especially in their work environment. The physical component of the system "Cara" indicates the location of the sound with the help of light. Connected to the app, it adds subtitles and creates a summary for the whole team at the end of a meeting. The second component, "Caro", is a compact, customizable pod that users can carry with them to receive sound location, subtitles, alerts and emergency messages.

UXDA Jury member Markus Turber on the project:
»UMI allows deaf and hard-of-hearing people to take part in group meetings in a natural and simple way. The integration of sensor technology, optical signals, and speech-to-text makes everyday life much easier for hard-of-hearing people and for their environment. The jury recognizes this much-needed product as a wonderful contribution to integration and participation.«

(Registration via Zoom is required.)

Daniel Gebhardt gives historically derived recommendations for building relationships with Chinese Partners:
Fundamental differences in self-perceptions of each culture characterize every European-Chinese dialogue, besides big language differences. Communicating with Chinese business partners may conceal a lot of pitfalls. These communication imponderables can easily be understood, explained, and avoided against the background of the unique millennia-old cultural tradition of Chinese partners, like Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, or the famous 36 Stratagems. Based on understanding these diverse cultural traditions, different communication patterns and trust-building mechanisms, successful European-Chinese business relationships are quite possible: How to do business with China?

Following his keynote, Daniel generously offers a limited number of free 1-on-1 appointments from 9:45am CET onwards, giving you the opportunity to address your specific business issues with him.

Appointments will be allocated first-come-first-serve - please register ahead
here on Zoom

Speaker Bio:
Daniel Gebhardt is teaching intercultural communication for management at AMD Berlin (Fresenius University of Applied Sciences). His experience feeds from his work as senior consultant for omnichannel marketing within the global pharma industry and years as a business strategist and corporate communications consultant on open-innovation and digitization projects in financial, chemical and textile industries.

The International Design Center Berlin (IDZ) invites experts from research, design and business to participate in the "International Design Forum" #IDF22. Focusing on cross-sector cooperation and user-centred design in the mobility sector, the specialist conference is part of the official convention program of InnoTrans, the leading international trade fair for transport technology and mobility (20 – 23 September 2022).

Please find more information on available speaker formats and possible topics here.

Companies of all sizes and from all sectors, designers, students and creative minds in Europe were invited to submit their concepts, services and products for the highest state award for ecodesign in Germany by 18 April.

More information about the award at: bundespreis-ecodesign.de/en

Details on how to enter and the competition dates are available on the Awards Website.

CREATIVE MINDS AND THINKERS
Alongside data visualisation, the see-Conference today focuses increasingly on sustainable concepts and, therefore, on how illustration can enable society’s truths to prevail over the flood of information. At the same time, visitors at see take home more than a free t-shirt: It inspires them.

Our speakers are inspirational, always opening up new perspectives on how to effectively communicate about the impact of today’s actions on the society and environment of future generations. Interdisciplinary leading creative minds and thinkers from the fields of design, art, architecture, journalism, philosophy, technology and business take centre stage. And they all share a common vision: They want to make a contribution to society at a high aesthetic level.


EARLY-BIRD TICKETS
Limited number, available until 31.01.2022

Early-bird ticket – 99 Euros
Reduced early-registration rate

Early-bird ticket for students – 49 Euros
Reduced ticket price /

Please Register for this Deep Dive here on Zoom.


The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) Real-Time Visualization (RTV) application is a dashboard of complex power generation data from every power station in Ireland, including renewables. ESB is a utility focused on providing competitive and sustainable energy solutions the Irish public. RTV facilitates the management of energy generation and trading and allows the business to make real-time decisions for trading energy.

UXDA Jury member Lisa Gerkens about the project:
»This project brings different tools and solutions together as a single source of truth. At its core lies the stakeholder management to establish clear goals and KPIs, the involvement of different users in the development process (c-suite as well a specialized Engineers) and iteratively validated solutions. Its impact allows a more efficient use of energy. The design puts a lot of attention to visualization according to type of data to enable quick understanding for the user.«


The Deep Dive will be moderated by Ake Rudolf, Head of Strategy / Award Director at the International Design Center Berlin (IDZ).

Please Register here on Zoom

Luis Hug is a multisensory product enhancing creativity, relaxationand independency for people with special needs. By offering an intuitive interface it provides great flexibility without compromising the simplicity of use. This interactive sound device empowers users, no matter their possibilities to experiment with their sounds. Integrated sensors will automatically adapt the sounds to the users demands by analysing body data. Giving everyone the opportunity to operate it on their own.

UXDA Jury member Tapani Jokinen on the project:
»Luis hug is a agreat example of how technology can serve humans and provide empowerment. The concept would truly enable people with special needs to extend their way of expressing themselves in a creative and playful way together with their families and friends. It offers lots of possibilities and provides the feeling of developing oneself, of taking part in society and of sharing feelings and experiences with others.«

Happy to celebrate in our new venue in Berlin-Mitte.

Thanks a lot to the German furniture company WILKHAHN for providing their furnishings so generously.

Details on how to enter and the competition dates are available on the Awards Website.

How will we shape our future? Like many others, we have been asking ourselves over the past year what path to take after the Corona crisis. We believe that now is the time for transformational change and new perspectives.

The great challenge of our time is to develop concepts that reduce our consumption – and with it our production, use of resources, and pollution – while improving our quality of life in a sustainable way. In doing so, we must consider different aspects: Environmental and climate protection, social equity, the economy, global networks and connectivity. What we need is innovation in production and the economy that does not compete with this idea – creativity is not limited to design, it also applies to science and technology.

As such, design can observe, mediate and provide solutions, it can define problems and also solve them. With this year's focus Higher Purpose, you are invited to think and define this "better future" and present ideas on how we can make it happen.

The application deadline is 18. March 2022. All information on the application process, selection criteria and costs can be found on our website, under APPLY.

Welcome: Prof. Jeanine Meerapfel, filmmaker and president of the Academy of Arts and Prof. Karsten Henze, Chairman of the Board of the IDZ.

Excerpts from the films "Designlegende HfG" (1988) and "Otl Aicher, der Denker am Objekt" (1991) of the edition disegno of Peter Schubert Filmproduktion, publisher FSB

Discussion between Peter Schubert, film director and producer and
Wolfgang Reul, door handle philosopher at FSB

Lecture: Prof. Dr. Byung-Chul Han, philosopher, cultural scientist and author

Panel discussion with:
Lukas Brand, theologian, author of the book "Artificial Virtue. Robots as Moral Actors"
Lorena Jaume-Palasí, philosopher and founder of "The Ethical Tech Society"
Yasemin Keskintepe, art scholar and curator of the exhibition "Artificial Intelligence. Machines - Learning - Human Dreams" at the German Hygiene Museum, Dresden

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Christoph Neuberger, communication scientist, Executive Director of the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society

In German language | Admission free

Please observe the current instructions and hygiene rules of the Akademie der Künste. You are required to wear an FFP2 mask in the entire Academy building.

Location:
Akademie der Künste, Plenary Hall at Pariser Platz
Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin

Transportation: S+U Brandenburger Tor, Bus 100, 300

Time:
May 13, 2022, 7 to 9 p.m. (admission from 6:30 p.m.)
Afterwards: Get-together

In our online talk, three winners of the German Ecodesign Award show how sustainable consumption can succeed. We talk to them about the role design plays in solving current challenges and how their projects have developed since receiving the Ecodesign Award. In addition, Lisa Frien-Kossolobow, expert for sustainable consumption at the German Environment Agency, will explain the environmental consequences of our consumption decisions and what we can do in our everyday lives. Afterwards, there will be a moderated exchange between the speakers and the audience.

The talk will take place as part of SPOTLIGHT ON. The series of events of the German Ecodesign Awards focuses on former winning projects and their underlying themes in lectures, talks and workshops.

The talk is free of charge and will be held in German.

On the upper floors of the Parkhaus Mauer in the middle of Coburg, visitors can expect an unusual location that will not only be brought to life by our touring exhibition, but also by a diverse programme consisting of workshops, lectures, concerts and much more. With the megatrends "connectivity" and "neo-ecology", the Coburger Designtage focus on topics that will change our society and design in the long term.