smow blog 2014. A pictorial review: September
Following on from the relative inactivity of August September saw us wind back up towards the 2014 autumn design festival
(smow) blog compact Vienna Design Week Special: Kultúrgorilla – Guide the Diver! Design for Dumpster Dialogue
As long as we’ve been going to Vienna Design Week the festival has always included a focus on social responsibility.
(smow) blog compact Vienna Design Week Special: Servant by Katharina Wernig
At an otherwise disappointing presentation of projects by students from the TU Graz Institute of Spatial Design during Vienna Design
Vienna Design Week 2014: Passionswege – Big-Game @ Wiener Silber Manufactur
For some 200 years Wiener Silber Manufactur have produced the finest silverware. Exquisite cutlery, table services, coffee pots and sugar
(smow) blog compact Vienna Design Week Special: TU Wien present Light Thing
In context of a 2014 summer semester project students from Vienna Technical University’s Department for 3D Design and Model Construction
Vienna Design Week 2014: Passionswege – Pedrita Studio @ Glaserei Stiefelmeyer
We’re spending an awful lot of time at Vienna Design Week 2014 photographing mirrors. If we were at all competent
(smow) blog compact Vienna Design Week Special: Frugal Collection Cape Town at harald bichler_rauminhalt
In context of Cape Town’s tenure as World Design Capital 2014 Franco-Austrian design and architecture studio Celia-Hannes spent six weeks
Vienna Design Week 2014: Passionswege – Studio deFORM @ Rudolf Scheer & Söhne
The last time we visited the premises of Vienna shoemaker Rudolf Scheer & Söhne it was for the presentation of
(smow) blog compact Vienna Design Week Special: chmara.rosinke present “Private Room”
As we alluded to in our post from Vienna based design studio chmara.rosinke’s Passionswege 2013 project with Wäscheflott, we’ve not
Vienna Design Week 2014: Passionswege – mathak + mahlknecht @ Stani-Polsterei
In our post from the launch of the Tools for Life collection by Rem Koolhaas and OMA for Knoll during
(smow) blog compact Vienna Design Week Special: Candlestick by AU Workshop
Time was when the candlestick maker was an important profession. No candlestick. No light. Or at least no secure light.
Vienna Design Week 2014: Passionswege – BCXSY @ J. & L. Lobmeyr
At the risk of starting a tradition we can’t maintain, and so ultimately leading us to disappoint a lot of
5 New Design Exhibitions for May 2014
Mayday! Mayday! Don’t panic. It’s just a public holiday. You’ll survive. Barbecue something…… And afterwards, when everyone else is back
(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: September
After the relative calm and civility of July and August, September sees a more than inconsequential upping of our professional
Vienna Design Week 2013: Passionswege – Sebastian Zachl @ Donauer Lampenschirme
One of the take home messages from the Vitra Design Museum’s Lightopia exhibition is that lighting design is rarely about
Vienna Design Week 2013: Passionswege – chmara.rosinke @ Wäscheflott
We must admit to having had our problems with Vienna based design studio chmara.rosinke Not in a physical, fisticuffs sort of
Vienna Design Week 2013: Construisine by Johanna Dehio and Dominik Hehl
As we noted in our post on Depot_0411 by Marlene Klausner, “food” often crops up in the Vienna Design Week
Vienna Design Week 2013: Passionswege – Bertille + Mathieu @ J. & L. Lobmeyr
What is luxury? For Passionswege 2013 the French/Swiss duo Bertille + Mathieu were paired with the Viennese crystal manufacturer J.
Vienna Design Week 2013: SECOND LIFE – Upcycling Glass Design from Finland @ Wagner:Werk
As far as we are aware the grand doyen of Austrian architecture Otto Wagner never devoted a great deal of
Vienna Design Week 2013: Marlene Klausner – Depot_0411
For reasons we’ve never truly understood “food” always crops ups somewhere, in some context during Vienna Design Week. Fortunately the
Vienna Design Week 2013: Passionswege – Hilda Hellström @ E. Fessler Kamine
As we arrived in Vienna the first thing we noticed was our breath. It’s autumn in Vienna. And we still
Vienna Design Week 2013: Passionswege – Oscar Wanless @ Riess Email
It seems somehow fitting that our first post from Vienna Design Week 2013 should be from a Passionswege project. Passionswege
Milan Design Week 2013: Werkstadt Vienna
Although as a general rule we don’t want to think about Vienna Design Week during Milan Design Week – as
Vienna Design Week 2012: Van Bo Le-Mentzel Hartz IV Furniture Workshop @ Wien Museum
Before we pack up our Yurt and leave Vienna Design Week 2012 to move on to design pastures new, a
Vienna Design Week Passionswege 2012: Mathias Hahn @ Staud’s Wien
A few years ago the phrase “food design” suddenly started cropping up a lot. It’s the sort of phrase that