Circular Design Forum
Get in the loop!
Our first Circular Design Forum on June 14 brought together designers, scientists and experts from multiple countries at EUREF Campus in Berlin discussing sustainable design approaches. In panel talks & workshops, the speakers gave insight into circular economies, political frameworks and future-orientated business models. The speakers included Leyla Acaroglu, Arndt Pechstein and Anne Raudaskoski.
German Ecodesign Award 2022
Award ceremony
The winners have been announced: on 5 December, German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke and UBA President Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner honored the 14 winners of the German Ecodesign Award 2022. All award-winning projects can be found on the award's website.
The application phase for the German Ecodesign Award 2023 starts on 23 January 2023!
IDZ Virtual Meetup
Peter Post
Peter Post, UX and service design consultant, founder of circular-experience.org, managing director at Scholz & Volkmer and IDZ board member, will present the Circular Experience Library at the Virtual Meetup on May 25.
With its freely available UX design patterns for the Circular Economy, development costs are reduced, acceptance is increased and a consistent UX is created.
We are the IDZ!
Our members of the month
Since 2020, we have featured one of our members with a short video interview, which we publish monthly in our newsletter.
On our website, you can find all the interviews we have done so far.
International Design Forum
From passenger experience to connected vehicles - co-innovation for successful mobility solutions: IDZ and InnoTrans, the world's leading trade fair for transport technology and mobility, invite you to the “International Design Forum” (#IDF22) conference in Berlin on 21 September.
The complete program and further information can be found here.
IDZ virtual Meetup
The Inconvenience Space
“As if we were a nation of morons!” - When we heard Erik Spiekermann on the radio the other day, ranting in his usual sharp-tongued way about the election posters for the upcoming super election, we knew immediately: This is our candidate for the pre-election meetup on 23 September!
We look forward to your registration!
Photo: Norman Posselt
CN-BC
Joint Brokerage Events
Organized in cooperation with the +86 design sharing platform in Beijing, the JBE on 3 June will focus on re-branding, reinventing food products, designing food packaging and service design.
The event is aimed at Berlin and Chinese companies working in the fields of design and sustainable technologies.
#UXDA23
Deadline extended!
We have extended the submission deadline. So make it count and enter your best work for the first Season of the 2023 UX Design Awards until 2 December!
Details on how to enter and the competition dates are available on the Awards Website.
German Federal Ecodesign Award
Jury & Expo
In its meeting on 16 September, the #BPEcodesign19 jury nominated 31 projects out of 130 accepted submissions for the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2019.
The special exhibition at the Designers' Open in Leipzig from 25 to 27 October offers a last chance to see last year's prizewinners and nominees.
IDZ Design Excursion
... to Hans Constin
We cordially invite you together with our member Hans Constin to the IDZ Design Excursion on 27 October! The product designer will give us an insight into his working methods in his production and working facilities in Berlin-Schöneberg.
Since the number of participants is limited, we ask for registration.
otl aicher 100
"there is nothing here that gives shade"
On October 20, our last event of the "otl aicher 100" initiative for the time being will take place: Karsten de Riese and Prof. Michael Klar will report in an anecdote-laden slide show about a motorcycle tour through the Tunisian desert, which they undertook together with Otl Aicher and his son Florian in 1975.
Photo: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München/Bildarchiv/Karsten de Riese
Berlin Showroom
is back!
For the first time after the pandemic break Berlin Showroom travels back to Paris to present the latest SS/23 collections of the most exciting fashion designers to a broad, international audience.
The Showroom will take place from 30 September to 3 October, parallel to Paris Fashion Week.
EcoDesign Circle 4.0
EcoDesign Sprint 4.0
In mid-November we conducted the pilot of the EcoDesign Sprint 4.0.
Peter Post, Managing Director of Scholz & Volkmer and expert in service and UX design, and Markus Vihma, consultant for circular design and recycling management, developed numerous ideas for digital services with representatives of the management and various divisional managers of a large German furniture manufacturer.
DESIGN INSIGHTS #1
Design means optimism
Together with feldfünf we invite you to a lecture evening with Prof. Anna Berkenbusch on March 15 at 7 pm at the Metropolenhaus in Berlin.
The lecture is the kick-off of our event series DESIGN INSIGHTS, which investigates the role and meaning of design in a social context.
EcoDesign Circle 4.0
Designsprint
SMEs that want to advance the topic of circular economy and tackle the transition from linear to circular business models are cordially invited to apply for the EcoDesign Sprint 4.0 pilot organized by the IDZ as part of the EU project EcoDesign Circle 4.0!
Application deadline is 28 October.
IDZ Compact Training
Job Clarification
Investing in the beginning – this helps to avoid misunderstandings and annoyance. It releases energy for creativity and builds trust.
In September/October 2021, we will again offer an online compact training with IDZ coach and wirDesign co-founder Andreas Viedt with a total of four dates. The first of the four sessions will be held on September 16.
50 years IDZ
Discussion Evening
50 years ago the IDZ was opened in Budapester Straße in Charlottenburg. Exhibitions were shown, lectures were held - and debates were fierce.
On April 17th, to the day on the 50th anniversary of the IDZ, we would like to take up the debates held at that time under the theme "The Human Measure: Making Cities Worth Living in" in the Stadtwerkstatt.
Cornelia Horsch
† 24 August 2019
"Being able to fall asleep when one is tired and being able to let off a weight that has been lugged for a long time, is a delight, a marvellous fact."
(Hermann Hesse)
We say goodbye to the long-time director of the IDZ, our always inspiring colleague and dear friend Cornelia Horsch. With her positive attitude to life, her humour and her unbridled energy, she has left a lasting impression on the IDZ.
Transforming People & Places II
Redesigning the Asphalt
On April 30, the second event in the series, which was launched in cooperation with Archimedes Exhibitions, will once again focus on urban mobility – from urban design and smart mobility to sharing and participation and climate change.
The series creates space for exchange and discussion between the designers and residents of our city.
Berlin Showroom
Autumn/Winter 21/22
The DACH Showroom continues this season. In Vienna, Berlin and Tokyo, buyers have the opportunity to view the fall/winter collections of 19 designers, including nine from Berlin. In the new virtual showroom, buyers and press representatives can also experience the collections digitally and call up all relevant information.
UX Conversations
Joon-Mo Lee
What role does design play in the innovation industry? What qualities make a good designer? Which clienst do you accept, where do you draw a line? Why is it essential to ask uncomfortable questions? And why are pitches out of date?
Joon-Mo Lee, Managing Director at IDZ member PHOENIX, and UXDA Director Ake Rudolf discuss these and other questions in our UX Conversation on May 24.
German Ecodesign Award
Call for entries 2023
Until 17 April, innovative, well-designed and sustainable projects can enter for the highest state award for ecological design. Entries include design innovations as well as technical and social innovations.
Applications can be made via the German Ecodesign Award website.
IDZ members
introduce themselves
Anfang 2020 haben wir begonnen, in unserem monatlichen Newsletter ein IDZ-Mitglied des Monats vorzustellen.
Wir haben inzwischen vier dieser Beiträge auf der Website gesammelt, und hoffen, mit der Zeit einen interessanten Einblick in unsere Mitgliederstruktur zu geben.
otl aicher 100
kritik am auto
The IDZ continues its series of events with a retrospective of Aicher's exhibition and book „kritik am auto - schwierige verteidigung des autos gegen seine anbeter“.
The evening of talks will take place on June 25, 2022 in the rooms of the former Ulm University of Design. Click here for registration!
UX Design Awards
Deep Dive: Award Winners
On 14 June, Jacob Kim and Ixabu Gonzalez from Samsung Research America's Digital Health Lab will walk us through their project „Samsung Health Stack”, which won the UX Design Award | Product 2023.
The open-source project consists of a collection of tools, applications, and services to create, manage, and analyze health studies across the android ecosystem.
IDZ virtual Meetup
German Design Graduates
As a supporter of the German Design Graduates, the IDZ has awarded free annual memberships to three participants. Congratulations to Tobias Trübenbacher, Abdelrahman Ibrahim and Tien Han Huang! The three will present their projects on 28 October at the IDZ Meetup in the exhibition at KGM Berlin. We will be streaming live via Zoom.
We look forward to your registration!
otl aicher 100
bread and games
This summer marks the fiftieth anniversary of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Otl Aicher created a style-defining design system for them with the rainbow as the color palette and a dachshund as the mascot.
On August 26, as part of our initiative otlaicher100.de, we will pay tribute to Aicher's contribution and discuss the political dimension of the games.
German Ecodesign Award
Touring exhibition in Austria
From 6 to 11 June, the traveling exhibition of the German Ecodesign Award is part of the 35th Coburg Design Days. On the grounds of the newly established Kulturfabrik Cortendorf, you can expect not only exhibitions, but also workshops, concerts, lectures and a variety of gastronomy.
Please check the website of the German Ecodesign Award for further info.
otl aicher 100
Online Platform
On May 13, Otl Aicher would have had his 100th birthday. The IDZ pays tribute to this great designer with the online platform www.otlaicher100.de - a curated space that provides information about his life and work and invites discourse.
It is flanked by a series of events that approach Otl Aicher's work from today's perspective.
German Ecodesign Award
... goes Austria!
The travelling exhibition "Future is now!", focusing on the winners of the German Ecodesign Award 2021, will be shown at the Circular Design Week Tirol in Innsbruck from 20 June to 1 July.
In addition to the exhibition, the program includes inspiring lectures, exciting workshops and information events on the topic of circular economy.
UX Design Awards
Talent Track: Award Winners
In the UXDA Talent Track on October 19, Milan Berghaim walks us through “re:wet/peat:lab — peatland monitoring made easy”, winner of the UX Design Award | Gold 2022.
The project is an approach to simplify comprehensive peatland monitoring to accelerate their rewetting.
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