Category: Interview
At first glance by Daphna Laurens at “Trading Places. Designers meet the collection”, Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden
Back in February the participants of the exhibition “Trading Places. Designers meet the collection” at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden spent two
Chemnitz Creative: silbærg snowboards
In the past we have, admittedly, been “somewhat” harsh on Chemnitz. Unfairly so considered some. Many. “C’mon! Chemnitz isn’t all
Tulga Beyerle: “I want to re-introduce Dresden to the Kunstgewerbemuseum”
Since January 2014 Vienna born designer, curator and author Tulga Beyerle has been Director of the Dresden Museum of Decorative
Talking Stuttgart Creativity: Reichel Schlaier Architekten
“Potentially it is the simplest assignments, unencumbered by the complex mix of functional, technical or economic conditions, that allow an
(smow) Interview: Albertine Baronius
For us one of the stand-out projects submitted to the 2013 International Marianne Brandt Contest was without question 2tables by
(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: February
IMM Cologne kept us busy into February, but the month also saw the opening of an Eileen Gray retrospective in
Designtage Brandenburg 2013 Design Conference: Mateo Kries
At the recent Designtage Brandenburg Design Conference Vitra Design Museum Chief Curator Mateo Kries held the opening keyword speech. Under
Five years kkaarrlls. An interview with Professor Volker Albus
“How did you first hear about kkaarrlls?” It’s perhaps not quite a question on a par with “Where were you
Design Miami Basel 2013 Interview: Carwan Gallery
Established in 2010 by the architects Pascale Wakim and Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte, Beirut based Carwan Gallery is and was the first contemporary
Orgatec 2012 Interview: Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub
Since establishing their own design studio in Stuttgart in 1994 Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub have quietly gone on to
smow blog interview: Max Borka – Berlin has always been living in a crisis, today there are crises everywhere and only Berlin is really prepared for it
As part of DMY Berlin 2013 the Belgian design critic, curator, journalist and lecturer Max Borka organised the exhibition “Refugium.
IMM Cologne 2013: Wilde+Spieth. Interview with CEO Thomas Gerber.
Older readers will be aware that we have often held up the absence of some of Germany’s most important designer
Orgatec 2012 Interview: Antonio Citterio “I like to work on products that are developed over time. I don’t like to work just for the moment”
In our Orgatec interview with Vitra CDO Eckart Maise we talked about the office system as the central component of
Orgatec 2012 Interview: Michel Charlot over U-Turn for Belux
Wandering round the Vitra spaceship at Orgatec there was one product that you simply couldn’t fail to notice. On every
Knax and ZJUP from LoCa. An Interview with Nicolai Sørensen from Studio Harrit & Sørensen
Without wanting to sound too much like Dieter Rams, good design really, really doesn’t have to be complicated or otherwise
A&W Audi Mentorpreis 2012: Benjamin Hubert
Back in January Benjamin Hubert was awarded the A&W Audi Mentorpreis 2012. Presented in conjunction with the A&W Designer of
“New Order – An Exhibition” at .hbc Berlin. Interview with Kevin Cummins
Older readers will remember our post from the opening of the exhibition “Zoom. Italian Design and the Photography of Aldo
British Design: Interview with Sheridan Coakley from SCP
Talk to anyone about design and the furniture industry in the UK and you’ll quickly come to realise that while
British Design: Interview with Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby.
As reported elsewhere in these pages, there is a great deal of hope in the UK that the 2012 Summer
Bauhaus Art as Life @ Barbican Art Gallery London: Dr. Annemarie Jaeggi
On May 3rd the exhibition “Bauhaus: Art as Life” opens at the Barbican Art Gallery London. Organised in co-operation with
Milan 2012: kidsroomZOOM! We Never Give Up!
Back in October one of our highlights at Vienna Design Week 2011 was the exhibition kidsroomZOOM! Essentially a mid-town Vienna
Gareth Williams: 21 Designers for twenty-first century Britain
The V&A Museum London exhibition “British Design 1948-2012” pretty much does what it says on the tin. It reviews British
Milan 2012: Harry Thaler. Pressed Chair, Moormann and Me.
At Milan 2011 Moormann presented the prototype of Pressed Chair by Harry Thaler. At Milan 2012 the market ready version
Milan 2012: Dutch Invertuals – Untouchables Retouched
As we’ve already admitted the first time we saw a Dutch Invertuals exhibition we didn’t hang around very long. Since
Vitra Design Museum: Interview with Marc Zehntner and Mateo Kries
Ostensibly established as a location for presenting and archiving Vitra CEO Rolf Fehlbaum’s private collection of designer furniture, the Vitra