BERLIN Office mug

It is said that the future begins at the moment the present ends. With BERLIN tomorrow has been designed in finest porcelain. Its multifunctional design, which was developed in 1996 by Enzo Mari and the KPM Master Workshop succeeds in achieving something, which can otherwise only be accomplished by the eponymous city: to create something beautiful out of the union of opposites.

300 ml, height: 8 cm; saucer: Ø 17,8 / handcrafted porcelain / colored sponge dots / 0,5 kg

BERLIN Office mug designed by: Enzo Mari / KPM Workshop, 1996

Berlin Design Selection in Ventura Lambrate: Participants

The Berlin Milano 2014 exhibition is taking place at the renowned exhibition area Ventura Lambrate during the biggest and most important fair for furniture design, Salone Internazionale del Mobile (April 8 - 13, 2014).

Within the scope of this year‘s Berlin Design Selection, Milan will get to see a curated selection of design works by various successful young designers from Berlin. The products range from flamboyant lights to tables with artistic, experimental surfaces. As a special highlight, the multi-awarded, internationally known designer Werner Aisslinger presents two of his newest creations for the first time — a premiere that shouldn‘t be missed by anyone interested in design.

On top of that, Berlin design will be embedded in an especially imaginative frame: With the renowned, multi-awarded design bureau COORDINATION being responsible for scenography, the Berlin Milano 2014 exhibition is going to convince with its content and aesthetics.

The following products will be shown at Ventura Lambrate:

.the collar by CIMCIMA. is a high-quality design lamp that merges elegance with functional sophistication. The lampshade is designed to either flood the ceiling or to illuminate the floor. .the ito issue is CIMCIMA.‘s answer to material efficiency, stability and flexibility in a single form. Every lamp of the .ito series can be individually shaped due to a special metal core inside the cable coating and can be changed and reshaped by hand at any time. All members of the .ito series are equipped with the newest LED-Chip-On-Board technology.

With Tilt Top Flip Sellin from COORDINATION created a sculptural side light that transforms from an atmospheric light object to a directional reading light. Tilt Top highlights the hidden qualities of the used materials. A hinge invites to interact with the lamp‘s top – adding an analogue and classical feel to a high tech product.

For the ceramic-tables by Elisa Strozyk, different liquid glazes pool and mix together under the influence of rotation and blown air to leave traces of fluid movement and smoke-like patterns which are solidified in the heat of the kin.

Hopf, Nordins Antiprisms are lights folded from a single perforated titanium-ceramic (TiN) coated sheet of stainless steel. The folds provide stability and, by their perforations, trace the form with light into space. The luminous flux is optimised and shadow casting is much reduced. Astrahedra are an infinite sequence of lights that visualise the interstellar void, home of Dark Matter and Energy. Tabbed stainless steel elements are folded and joined invisibly along their inner edges with Japanese spring-steel clips and adhesive. The perforated folds, illuminated from within, trace the true distance between astronomic objects - the lights’ corners.

Voronoi diagrams are partitions of an area into convex polygons. Depending on your choice of contour and height, Voronoi Cells tables by Hopf, Nordin evolve as transparent and lightweight load-bearing truss, consisting of closed and open cells. Each cell is CNC-bent from perforated stainless steel. The cells are bonded with a structural adhesive or riveted. The weight of the glass top provides additional rigidity.

The inspiration behind BLOW by Ruben der Kinderen are contemporary products that have, for many, unknown production processes. The PET bottle is taken as an example and its automated production process is re-imagined into a manual one. This allows the creation of new and unique products as well as giving an insight into the production process. Heating a Preform (PET tube) and by manually injecting air by pumping, a modern glassblowing is achieved from which these vases are a first design.

The Bushcraft Series by Ruben der Kinderen is an ongoing series of products inspired by bushcraft survival techniques. The pieces are constructed as a modular system that you can assemble without screws or glue, thus its stability is based purely on the forces of nature. In cooperation with furniture maker StijlZo, Ruben der Kinderen designed and manufactured this first series of stools and side tables.

Strictly geometric, almost constructivist, light, solid and substantial: The Steel Stands by Sebastian Scherer are inspired by the architecture of the industrial era. The stackable construction of three identical triangles is lasered from one steelplate and thus slighty flexible. Stability is provided on the one hand by two folded branches and on the other hand by the fixing with the tabletop. The combination looks easy and unpretentious. At the same time it gives as much space for legs as possible. Choose either solid ash tree or an mdf tabletop, their slender borders correspond best with the filigree steel construction.

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Designed and produced using locally sourced sustainable materials, LOCKWOODs Eclipse and Europa lamps utilise a series of concentric, laser-cut wooden fibreboard rings to create an enchanting shadow moiré effect on surrounding walls and surfaces. Drawing on influences ranging from the austere minimalism of high European Modernism to the ancient craftsmanship of Japan, Simon Lockwood‘s lamps are a profound exploration of light, shadow and their endlessly fascinating interplay.

Crossboard by LOCKWOOD was inspired by the shelving systems from the late 60s & 70s. Crossboard combines the aesthetic qualities of hardwood with an ingenious and minimalist assembly system reminiscent of Japanese carpentry joints. The clean-lined solid oak shelves are complimented by lacquered oak dowels that create a dynamic yet not overstated form.

hettler.tüllmann present their new Rattan & Wicker series. Rattan with a new twist: The versatility of rattan allows for both structural strength and organic freedom. The material can be given shape, but the material can also prove to be its own guide. Rattan’s warm, light nature, its high stability but especially its quality as a sustainable resource makes it attractive to use in a variety of design approaches.

Poltrona COLLOSEUM and Coffetable & Lighting Sculpture ATOMIUM are parts of the Europe Collection by Werner Aisslinger. The European heritage for future generations on a world wide scale will be the enormous diversity and quality of cultural goods throughout European history. Quality of materials and manufacturing creates new usable furniture with cultural quality – a kind of furniture souvenirs which people all over the world keep as European icons. The multi-awarded Studio Aisslinger is a highlight of this year’s Milan exhibition.

Berlin Design Selection: Ventura Lambrate 2014

The next exhibition is coming up soon: From April 8 to 13, the design scene is gathering in Milan for Salone Internazionale del Mobile. Within the scope of Berlin Design Selection tour, a series of successful Berlin designers is going to be there as well.

You are cordially invited to visit us there.

The Berlin Design Selection exhibition is located at:

Ventura Lambrate

Via Ventura 5

20134 Milan / Italy

Within the scope of this year‘s Berlin Design Selection, Milan will get to see a curated selection of design works by various successful young designers from Berlin. The products range from flamboyant lights to tables with artistic, experimental surfaces. As a special highlight, the multi-awarded, internationally known designer Werner Aisslinger presents two of his newest creations for the first time — a premiere that shouldn‘t be missed by anyone interested in design.

On top of that, Berlin design will be embedded in an especially imaginative frame: With the renowned, multi-awarded design bureau COORDINATION being responsible for scenography, the Berlin Milano 2014 exhibition is going to convince with its content and aesthetics.

The participants:

cimcima.

COORDINATION

Elisa Strozyk

hettler.tüllmann

Hopf, Nordin

LOCKWOOD

Ruben der Kinderen

Sebastian Scherer

Werner Aisslinger

Detailed information on the objects can be found here.

About Berlin Design Selection

Since 2013, the state of Berlin has been representing its design scene in foreign markets under the newly established brand “Berlin Design Selection”. The focus of these representations is to open up new markets for design businesses connecting them with producers, distributors and trade companies.

The presentation will be accompanied by massive communicaton measures. In addition to a sales catalogue, the new website (www.berlin-design-selection.com) will hold all relevant information about the designers and their products year round and create an exciting insight into the Berlin Design Scene for anyone interested internationally.

On facebook (www.facebook.com/BerlinDesignSelection) we will promote the designers, their products and the stops of the tours. Classic public relations work aimed at local and international press will make sure the “Berlin Design Selection” does not go unnoticed.

The presentations for the “Berlin Design Selection” tour were initiated by the state initiative Project Future / Senate department for Economics and Technology. The project “Berlin Design Selection 2013″ is supported by the program “Neue Märkte erschließen” and the European Fond for Regional Development (EFRE). Dynamo Design Berlin e.V., in cooperation with DMY Berlin and the state initiative Project Future, will organize the collective representation abroad.

Call for Submissions: Berlin Design Selection 2014 in Milan, Italy

Aufruf zur Bewerbung für die Auslandspräsentationen des Landes Berlin in Mailand

Nach einem erfolgreichen Abschluss der Berlin Design Selection Tour 2013 wird Berliner Design in diesem Jahr in Mailand präsentiert. Die Ausstellung wird während der international größten und wichtigsten Messe für Möbeldesign, Salone Internazionale del Mobile (8.-13. April 2014), im renommierten Ausstellungsgebiet Ventura Lambrate, stattfinden.

Aufgrund des enormen Fachbesucheransturms aus der ganzen Welt wird den Designevents in Mailand eine beträchtliche Aufmerksamkeit zuteil: Erwartet werden Hunderttausende von Industrievertretern und Entscheidungsträgern – alles in allem ein vielversprechendes Umfeld für die Vermarktung des Berliner Designs.

Im Auftrag der Berliner Landesinitiative Projekt Zukunft laden wir alle Berliner Designstudios, DesignerInnen und Designschaffenden dazu ein, ihre aktuellen Designobjekte und -produkte in Mailand zu präsentieren.

Bewerbungsrichtlinien

Bei Interesse an einer Teilnahme an der Ausstellung in Mailand, schicken Sie die Bewerbungen bis zum 10. Februar 2014 an [email protected]. Dazu sollten Sie eine kurze Vita, eine Kurzbeschreibung (mit Bild) des auszustellenden Projekts sowie stichpunktartig eine Liste bisheriger Distributionskanäle beifügen.

Bitte teilen Sie uns auch mit, ob es sich bei Ihrem Exponat um einen Prototypen oder ein handelbares Produkt handelt, dessen professionellen Export Sie gewährleisten können. Geben Sie darüber hinaus an, ob Sie an einer Lizenzvermarktung bzw. Produzenten- / Händlersuche interessiert sind oder Designleistungen anbieten möchten.

Das Land Berlin übernimmt über das Programm “Neue Märkte erschließen” einen Großteil der anfallenden Kosten. Die Eigenbeteiligung pro Aussteller liegt bei 1.500€ (zzgl. 19% MwSt.). Bitte beachten Sie, dass Ihre Bewerbung verbindlich ist.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Rückmeldung!

Über Berlin Design Selection

Die Auslandspräsentationen des Landes im Designbereich finden seit 2013 unter der Marke “Berlin Design Selection” statt. Im Fokus steht hierbei die Erschließung neuer Märkte für Berliner Unternehmen sowie ihre Vernetzung mit Produzenten, Distributoren und Handelsunternehmen.

Begleitet werden die Messeauftritte von umfassenden Kommunikationsmaßnahmen. Neben einem Katalog sorgt der neue Internetauftritt (www.berlin-design-selection.com) dafür, dass alle relevanten Informationen zu den präsentierten Produkten und Designunternehmen ganzjährig abrufbar sind und einen spannenden Überblick über das Berliner Designschaffen geben.

Auch über Facebook (www.facebook.com/BerlinDesignSelection) werden wir permanent Promotion für die teilnehmenden Designer, ihre Produkte und die jeweiligen Stationen machen. Hinzu kommt klassische Pressearbeit jeweils vor Ort und in der internationalen Design-Presse. Auf diese Weise stellen wir sicher, dass die „Berlin Design Selection“ Tour nicht unbemerkt bleibt.

Die Präsentationen der “Berlin Design Selection”-Tour wurden initiiert von der Landesinitiative Projekt Zukunft/ Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Technologie und Forschung. Maßgeblich finanziert wird das Vorhaben aus dem Programm “Neue Märkte erschließen” sowie aus Mitteln des EFRE-Fonds. Die Gemeinschaftspräsentation wird umgesetzt von Dynamo Design Berlin e.V. in Kooperation mit DMY Berlin sowie der Landesinitiative Projekt Zukunft.

English version

Berlin Design Selection 2014 at Ventura Lambrate

Call for submissions to present Berlin design in Milan

After a successful finish of the Berlin Design Selection Tour 2013, Berlin’s design is going to be presented in Milan this year, during the biggest and most important fair for furniture design worldwide, Salone Internazionale del Mobile (April 8th - 13th, 2014). The exhibition will take place at Milan’s renowned exhibition district Ventura Lambrate.

Due to the enormous run of trade visitors the design events in Milan get to be a major focus of attention. Hundreds of thousands of industry professionals and decision makers are expected in Milan during the Design Week – all in all a promising environment for marketing of Berlin design.

On behalf of Berlin’s state initiative Project Future we invite all Berlin design studios, all designers and design producers to showcase their current works in Milan.

Application guidelines

If you are interested, please send your applications to [email protected] until February 10th, 2014. Please add a short CV, a description and photos of the projects you want to show and a short description of your current distribution channels.

Please let us know whether the exhibit will be a prototype or a tradeable product with which you can guarantee professional export conditions. Moreover, please state whether you are interested in licence marketing, producers or retailers, or whether you want to offer design services.

The state of Berlin is covering the majority of incurred costs. The designer’s contribution is expected to be 1.500€ (plus 19% VAT). Please note that your application is binding.

We are looking forward to your applications!

About Berlin Design Selection

Design Miami/Art Basel

Design Miami is the global forum for design. Each fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. Occurring alongside the Art Basel fairs in Miami, USA each December and Basel, Switzerland each June, Design Miami has become the premier venue for collecting, exhibiting, discussing and creating collectible design.

This year, Design Miami (Dec 2th - 8th) returns with its largest and most international gallery program to date. Featuring 37 galleries overall - 31 in the main exhibition program and six in the On/Site program for solo exhibitions of new work – this year‘s participants have been invited from ten different countries, including first time exhibitors from Russia and Lebanon. Design Miami‘s gallery selection represents a broad range of specialist areas, from late 19th century art pottery, through masterworks of the mid 20th century to the most exciting developments at the cutting edge of contemporary design.

Design collective and series Inventory presents their fourth exhibition, TIME, as part of Art Basel Miami Beach 2013. TIME will debut in the Design District on November 26th, 2013, with events lasting through the entirety of Basel until its duration on December 8th.

As a multidisciplinary exhibit combining a broad range of mediums, TIME explores the concept of time and the different ways in which it can be formatted and understood. Though time is ultimately a man-made idea—useful to define might actually be movement—it is this very fact that renders it special and worth exploring through design: it speaks not only to its own fragility, but to humanity’s. The disparate designers in TIME are inspired by a range of materials and ideology, but find themselves connected through their awareness of objects’ functions as signifiers of particular, emotional spaces in time.

The collective representation of Berlin‘s design companies will provide the Miami exhibition with a variety of design products that are supposed to inspire the overseas design market. Whether clean minimalism, sustainability concepts or simple elegance – the pieces selected by a jury bear the potential to establish Berlin‘s design as a distinct category and to expand its presense overseas.

Among others, the following products will be shown within the scope of Design Miami:

45 kilo shows Hang Jack, a hand soldered and polished multiple socket that can be hung up to fit into your working or living surroundings will turn electricity and wiring into something you no longer want to hide. With Summer Bowls, the studio presents a series of aluminium/corian storage containers that were inspired by the colors and tastes of ice cream. Hallo Work, another piece by 45 kilo, is a wall mounted light for working situations and is a redesign of the ‚potency‘ lamp by Jean Prouvé. Hallo Work is adjustable in height and direction but maintains the simplicity of its predecessor.

Berlinord‘s Tools You Light is a collection of table lamps created in collaboration with two manufacturers in Berlin and Brandenburg. The idea was to visualize two traditional crafts techniques, woodturning and metal spinning by a simple formal transformation. The lampshade is shaped by spinning an aluminum sheet over a tool in the negative form turned in beech wood.

Geisterfaust by BIEST is a minimalist solution for a mobile chamber. This living box is built up of prefabricated modules so that you can assemble it everywhere without much effort. This architectural mantle wants to be part of something. It wants to be a chamber on its own, but a chamber that is flexible in any situation and that can be implemented in a larger room.

Birgit Severin presents Ashes, vases with a 3D printed surface. Flowers and fruit are symbols of youth, beauty and enjoyment. At the same time due to their short life cycle, they are subject of decay and thus metaphorically represent ephemerality. The process of withering and vanishing has often been addressed in 17th century Flemic Vanitas paintings. Ashes reinterprets this subject in the context of modern home equipment by using modern technologies like 3D printing.

Coordination is exhibiting Higher Desk, a minimalist elevated working desk for reading, putting down notes or working on mobile electronic devices. Alternating sitting and standing during workflow is widely recommended. Higher Desk is perfectly suitable for confined environments: with its short, adjustable leg it‘s designed to extend any existing desk or table. Optionally, it can be leaned against walls or shelves.

Hybrids by Fons Hickmann m23 are 3D objects. Hybrid intensities are created through the fusion of seemingly contradictory objects. Through superficial dialectic this provokes a confrontation with stereotypes and aesthetics of today’s cultures. The cultural background of the beholder plays an essential role in decoding and evaluation of what is seen. The series of sculptures are an ironic play on the perceptions and expressions of the definition of home.

hettler.tüllmann‘s Cork Tables are made of pressed smoked cork. Cork is won from the outer bark of the cork oak tree which renews itself every ten years. These trees prefer dry and unfertile ground and help protect hot dry countries from expanding deserts. The Cork Tables are available in three sizes; they are hollow on the inside with storage space once the metal tabletop is lifted.

Joa Herrenknecht‘s Kogi are lamps created out of very light paper modules (Tyvek) and formed in reduced shapes, thus seemingly hanging down from the ceiling like crystals. In the dark, the paper structure changes from abstract geometrical paper sculptures, to luminous, warm shapes of light. Each lamp has been silk screened by hand and shows a gradient. All lamps can be folded flat by using a magnetic system. The Nest lamp, also by Joa Herrenknecht, is made from a milled steel cylinder, which has been precisely laser cut with a timeless graphical pattern resembling a branching grid structure. Glowing through this structure from inside out, the soft dimmable light creates a floating light carpet around the object.

Maria Volokhova‘s Still Life Stories is a series of multipurpose porcelain food containers, that interpret classical Vanitas paintings in a contemporary manner. Still Life Stories straddles the border between art and design, pure aesthetics and functionality. It is intended to facilitate an experimental dinner party, by opening new ways of experiencing the meal.

VDI-2860 The Worker by Pascal Howe is s the first part of the collection VDI 2860. VDI is the official abbreviation of the German Engineers‘ Association and 2860 refers to the guideline, which describes the prerequisites a machine needs to fulfil to be classed as a robot. The Worker a fusion between an object and a lamp and shows the visual point of view of Howe‘s space philosophy.

Information on the exhibition

93 NE 40th Street

Miami FL 33137

Local contact

Dynamo Design Berlin e.V.

Blücherstr. 23 10961 Berlin

Tel.: 030/ 9145 - 7643

[email protected]

www.dynamo-design-berlin.org

Press contact

Ms. Tanja Mühlhans

Senate for Economics, Technology and Women‘s Issues

Berlin Government

Martin Luther Str. 105

10825 Berlin

Tel. 030/ 9013- 8335

[email protected]

http://www.berlin.de/sen/wtf

DeTour Hong Kong

Following the exhibitions in Taiwan and Shanghai, the last stop of the Berlin Design Selection Tour is going to be DeTour Hong Kong, that had initially opened its doors to public in 2004. It will take place from November 29th to December 8th in Central Oasis. For ten days, the main event will be accompanied by nearly a hundred of alliance and satellite exhibitions across the Hong Kong island, providing extensive presense and engaging the public in celebrating creativity.

The 2013 edition of DeTour will present original, bold and stimulating ideas by local and international designers. The event is organized by Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design, the Hong Kong Design Centre and PolyU Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation.

The collective representation of Berlin‘s design companies will provide the Asian tour exhibitions with a variety of design products that are supposed to inspire the Asian design market. Whether clean minimalism, sustainability concepts or simple elegance – the pieces selected by a jury bear the potential to establish Berlin‘s design as a distinct category and to expand its presence in the Asian area.

Among others, the following products will be shown within the scope of DeTour Hong Kong:

bel+bo alias Jeannine van Erk is going to present cocon malade & boule malade, a series of hand-made unique lamps that are characterized by a warm, atmospheric light. The production of these lamps is one of the fascinating factors: Pigment-coated gauze bandages are wrapped around balloons by hand, and then get treated with a special hardening substance.

Cognosco is showing Trivets, a selection of UV-printed ceramic tiles, that can be used as coasters or wall tiles. The architect/photographer Amelie von Oppen designed over 500 motives that show famous landmarks of Berlin and other German cities as well as a selection of still life photographs and other design lines created by the graphic designer Christina Peil.

Gretchen presents the Tango series of leather ware and accessories, among which is the Tango Pouch, that has been awarded with the Red Dot Award. Avant-garde shapes and dedication to detail make up the driving force behind the Tango series.

Harris / Kohl show their spice mill M2. Its heart consists of two ceramic grinding discs; the mechanism is made of stainless steel. Thanks to the patented construction, M2 is ideal for grinding salt, pepper and spices of all kinds. Unlike conventional mills, it translates the movement of “crushing between hands”. The shape supports this motion and makes the handling easier.

llot llov exhibit AMF, Matt and TEA. AMF alias Assah, Mata and Fide are three vases, which resemble oversized chess figures. They are produced by the traditional process of metal spinning. The trio is inspired by the 100-yearold collection of templates found on the shelves of a metal spinning factory. Matt is a lighting element with the ability to dynamically adapt itself according to the individual needs of its user, changing its appearance with the place of installation. TEA consists of three sculptures: Thomas, Edison and Alva offer an arty option to decorate a wall. Their eccentric shapes have been adapted from high voltage insulators.

With No Cardboard, Philipp Käfer is showing a furniture piece made of aluminium, but resembling corrugated cardboard. Despite of its light weight, No Cardboard‘s characterizing feature is a special stability that enables the object to sustain a weight of up to 400 kilograms.

Pokket GmbH shows Pokket Mixer, a mobile music DJ-mixing device. The gadget needs two music players, for example an mp3 player and a mobile phone. An electrical connection or batteries are not necessary.

Walachei, founded by Erik van Buuren, is represented by the organic shower gels RS 100 and EB 200. They scent of tangerine, lavender and honey (RS 100), respectively rose geranium and vanilla (EB 200). After a long day or an exiting night out, the natural fragrance of RS 100 invites you to relax, while EB 200 stimulates your senses for a perfect start into the day. The creamy gel transforms into fine pored foam, which does not dehydrate but optimally nurtures the skin. RS 100 and EB 200 contain Berlin-grown honey and are biodegradable organic cosmetics on vegetable ba

sis.

Information on the exhibition

DeTour 2013

Central Oasis

80 Des Voeux Road

Central

Hong Kong Island

Local contact

Dynamo Design Berlin e.V.

Blücherstr. 23

10961 Berlin

Tel.: 030/ 9145 - 7643

[email protected]

www.dynamo-design-berlin.org

Press contact

Ms. Tanja Mühlhans

Senate for Economics, Technology and Women‘s Issues

Berlin Government

Martin Luther Str. 105

10825 Berlin Tel.

030/ 9013- 8335

[email protected]

http://www.berlin.de/sen/wtf

100% Design Shanghai

After the Taiwan exhibition, the Berlin Design Selection Asia Tour is moving on to 100% Design Shanghai, that will take place from November 14th to 16th 2013 in the Shanghai Exhibition Center. Placed right at the heart of China’s product design market, Shanghai is an ideal spot for designers to expand their distribution channels, to gain presence on the steadily growing Chinese design market and eventually approach a 100% success rate.

100% Design Shanghai is part of the Design+Build Market, an integrated sourcing platform that aims to support the interaction between designers and industry. The integrated event will showcase 350 brands across a gross exhibition area of 20.000 m², attracting 16.000 visitors, among which are architects, interior designers, decorators, lighting designers, property developers, hotel owners, concept shops, supermarkets, chain stores, department stores and retailers.

The collective representation of Berlin’s design companies will provide the Asian tour exhibitions with a variety of design products that are supposed to inspire the Asian design market. Whether clean minimalism, sustainability concepts or contemplative sculptures – the pieces selected by a jury bear the potential to establish Berlin’s design as a distinct category and to expand its presence in the Asian area.

Among others, the following products will be shown within the scope of 100% Shanghai:

bel+bo alias Jeannine van Erk is going to present cocon malade, a series of hand-made unique lamps that are characterized by a warm, atmospheric light. The production of these lamps is one of the fascinating factors: Pigment-coated gauze bandages are wrapped around balloons by hand, and then get treated with a special hardening substance.

Cognosco is showing a selection of UV-printed ceramic tiles, that can be used as coasters or wall tiles. The architect/photographer Amelie von Oppen designed over 500 motives that show famous landmarks of Berlin and other German cities as well as a selection of still life photographs and other design lines created by the graphic designer Christina Peil.

Gretchen presents the Tango series of leather ware and accessories, among which is the Tango Pouch, that has been awarded with the Red Dot Award. Avant-garde shapes and dedication to detail make up the driving force behind the Tango series.

llot llov exhibit AMF, Matt and TEA. AMF alias Assah, Mata and Fide are three vases, which resemble oversized chess figures. They are produced by the traditional process of metal spinning. The trio is inspired by the 100-year-old collection of templates found on the shelves of a metal spinning factory. Matt is a lighting element with the ability to dynamically adapt itself according to the individual needs of its user, changing its appearance with the place of installation. TEA consists of three sculptures: “Thomas”, “Edison” and “Alva” offer an arty option to decorate a wall. Their eccentric shapes have been adapted from high voltage insulators.

With “No Cardboard“, Philipp Käfer is showing a furniture piece made of aluminium, but resembling corrugated cardboard. Despite of its light weight, No Cardboard’s characterizing feature is a special stability that enables the object to sustain a weight of up to 400 kilograms.

Pokket GmbH shows Pokket Mixer, a mobile music DJ-mixing device. The gadget needs two music players, for example an mp3 player and a mobile phone. An electrical connection or batteries are not necessary.

Walachei, founded by Erik van Buuren, is represented by the organic shower gels RS 100 and EB 200. They scent of tangerine, lavender and honey (RS 100), respectively rose geranium and vanilla (EB 200). After a long day or an exciting night out, the natural fragrance of RS 100 invites you to relax, while EB 200 stimulates your senses for a perfect start into the day. The creamy gel transforms into fine pored foam, which does not dehydrate but optimally nurtures the skin. RS 100 and EB 200 contain Berlin-grown honey and are biodegradable organic cosmetics on vegetable basis.

This year’s Berlin Design Selection Tour includes the following stops:

Berlin Design Selection Asia

Taiwan Designer’s Week Sept 27th – Oct 6th 2013
100% Design Shanghai Nov 14th – Nov 16th 2013
DeTour Hongkong Nov 29th – Dec 15th 2013

Berlin Design Selection Americas

Design Weekend Sao Paulo Aug 15th – Aug 18th 2013
Buenos Aires Design Festival Oct 18th – Oct 20th 2013
Design Miami/Art Basel Dec 04th – Dec 08th 2013

Information on the exhibition

Shanghai Exhibition Center

1000 Yan’an Middle Rd
Jing’an
Shanghai
China

+86 /21 2216 2216
shzlzx.com.cn

Local contact

Dynamo Berlin e.V.
Blücherstr. 23
10961 Berlin
Tel.: 030/ 9145 - 7643

[email protected]
www.dynamo-design-berlin.org

Press contact

Ms. Tanja Mühlhans
Senate for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues
Berlin Government
Martin Luther Str. 105
10825 Berlin
Tel. 030/ 9013- 8335

[email protected]

http://www.berlin.de/sen/wtf

Buenos Aires International Design Festival

Second station of the tour is going to be the International Design Festival that will take place in the Metropolitan Design Center in Buenos Aires on October 18th to 20th. The main goal of the event will be to connect designers and professional audience. In order to deepen the collective approach towards design, they will furthermore meet the general audience and design students.

In its 2013 edition, the International Design Festival will be a national event, opening the participation not only for the City of Buenos Aires but the entire country.

The International Design Festival also proposed as a meeting place for leaders of the international design. The last edition was attended by leading international designers like Eames Demetrios (USA), Alberto Montt, Piano and Francisco Luis Galvez (Chile), Ronaldo Fraga (Brazil), Peter Segreto (Brazil), Jorge Frascara (Argentine residing in Mexico), Julien De Sousa (France), among other prominent figures in the community.

The spectrum of Berlin’s companies’ common presentation is stretching from surface structures for 3D-printed objects to elaborate luminaires and ecologically produced furniture.

Among others, the following products will be shown at the Buenos Aires International Design Festival:

45 kilo, founded in 2007, presents Ray Glasses, crystal handmade glasses break the sunlight in a spectrum of fine lines, creating a pattern on the table surface. Each glass is a unique item. White Table, made by 45 kilo as well, is the most simple and functional table you can imagine. The 6 mm surface lends the tabe an elegant look while also making it waterresistant and stable.

With Reverse Decay, the designer Birgit Severin is showing a surface structure for 3D-printed objects, that consist of two overlying geometrical layers. One of them is only slightly attached to the other and separates from it through interaction. Over time, one layer pattern is transforming into the other. For Ashes, Severin is also using 3D technology.

Alice von Stockhausen shows Light Drop Vaiations, which are interchangeable lamp parts that can be assembled to satisfy individual needs. Lasso by dookke:design is a three-dimensional luminaire. A complex web of mini-sculptures constitutes its basic geometry. Each minisculpture is made of high-class acryl glass. The interlocking of these elements makes up its spatial volume.

Lasso by dookke:design is a three-dimensional luminaire. A complex web of mini-sculptures constitutes its basic geometry. Each minisculpture is made of high-class acryl glass. The interlocking of these elements makes up its spatial volume.

hettler:tüllmann put sustainability on their agenda. The collective is showing Recycled Leather Chair & Cork Tables, furniture made of compostable or recycled materials. Alongside of its natural haptics, these materials were chose for their utilization and for the way they are obtained. The cork tables, which are hollow on the inside, come in three sizes and offer additional storage under the metal plates.

Studio Joa Herrenknecht (founded 2012) presents a range of different design objects. Among them are parts of the ‘Grow’ collection, items shown: ‘ISLA’, a handtufted carpet, ‘Phases’, a collection of vases and ‘Toro’, a flowerpot for climbing plants. All of the three designs show the fusion of fresh vivid colors and clear cut, geometric but playful design, which is the form language of the Studio. The young designer also exhibits two lamps from the series ‘Nest’ – which won the red dot award 2012, for their delicate design and gentle juxtaposition of light and shadow.
This year’s Berlin Design Selection Tour includes the following stops:

Berlin Design Selection Asia

Taiwan Designers’ Week Sept 27th – Oct 6th 2013
100% Design Shanghai Nov 14th – Nov 16th 2013
DeTour Hongkong Nov 29th – Dec 15th 2013

Berlin Design Selection America

Design Weekend Sao Paulo Aug 15th – Aug 18th 2013
Buenos Aires Design Festival Oct 18th – Oct 20th 2013
Design Miami/Art Basel Dec 04th – Dec 08th 2013

Information on the exhibition

Centro Metropolitano de Diseño

Algarrobo 1041 (C1293ABA)
Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Argentina

Tel. (+5411) 4126-2950

[email protected]

Local contact

Dynamo Berlin e.V.
Blücherstr. 23
10961 Berlin
Tel. (+49) 030/ 9145- 7643

[email protected]
www.dynamo-design-berlin.org

Press contact

Ms. Tanja Mühlhans
Senate for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues
Berlin Government
Martin Luther Str. 105 10825 Berlin
Tel. (+49) 030/9013- 8335

[email protected]

http://www.berlin.de/sen/wtf

About Berlin Design Selection

From now on, the state of Berlin will represent its design scene in foreign markets under the newly established brand “Berlin Design Selection”. The brand was founded by the initiative Projekt Zukunft and the Berlin Senate Department for Economics and Technology. Dynamo Design Berlin e.V., in cooperation with DMY Berlin, will organize the representation abroad.

The focus of these representations will be to open up new markets for Berlin design businesses, connecting them with producers, distributors and trade companies.

The exhibitions will be accompanied by extensive PR measures. Alongside of a catalogue, there will be an internet presence specifically set up for the Berlin Design Selection tour. The website will host relevant information about presented products and design companies as well as an overview of Berlin’s design creation. The intention is to create a platform that provides international visibility of Berlin’s design scene, support the businesses at the new markets and stimulate the creation of new products.

The Berlin Design Selection tour will stop at the most important international design fairs and festivals from August until December 2013 and show a selection of objects, products and prototypes made in Berlin or designed by Berlin designers.

Taiwan Designers’ Week

In the future, the state of Berlin will represent its design scene in foreign markets under the newly established brand „Berlin Design Selection“. The brand was founded by the initiative Projekt Zukunft and the Berlin Senate Department for Economics and Technology. Dynamo Design Berlin e.V., in cooperation with DMY Berlin, will organize the representation abroad.

The focus of these represenations will be to open up new markets for Berlin design businesses, connecting them with producers, distributors and trade companies.

The exhibitions will be accompanied by extensive PR measures. Alongside of a catalogue, there is an internet presence specifically set up for the Berlin Design Selection tour. The website is supposed to host relevant information about presented products and design companies as well as an overview of Berlin’s design creation. The intention is to create a platform that provides international visibility of Berlin’s design scene, support the businesses at the new markets and stimulate the creation of new products.

Asia tour station #1: Taiwan Designers’ Week

The Asia Tour starts with the Taiwan Designers’ Week (TWDW), that will take place from September 27th to October 6th 2013 in the Taipei Expo Park. Founded in 2007, the annual event TWDW is the biggest non-governmental design exhibition in Taiwan. This year’s slogan is „Around – Ideas within life“.

Each year, over 200 local & international designers with diverse backgrounds have joined TWDW exhibitions creating original works, including industrial designers, graphic designers, interior designers and fashion designers. TDWD has been working on gradual improvement of the quality and content of the event and on stimulating positive interaction between local and overseas designers.

The collective representation of Berlin’s design companies will provide the Asian tour exhibitions with a variety of design products that are supposed to inspire the Asian design market. Whether clean minimalism, sustainability concepts or contemplative sculptures – the pieces selected by the jury undoubtedly bear the potential to establish Berlin’s design as a distinct category and to expand its presence in the Asian sector.

Among others, the following products will be shown within the scope of the Taiwan Designers’ Week:

bel+bo alias Jeannine van Erk is going to present cocon malade, a series of hand-made unique lamps that are characterized by a warm, athmospheric light. The production of these lamps is one of the fascinating factors: Pigment-coated gauze bandages are wrapped around balloons by hand, and then get treated with a special hardening substance.

Gretchen presents the Tango series of leatherware and accesoires, among which is the Tango Pouch, that has been awarded with the Red Dot Award. Avantgarde shapes and dedication to detail make up the driving force behind the Tango series.

With „No Cardboard“, Philipp Käfer is showing a furniture piece made of aluminium, but resembling of corrugated cardboard. Despite of its light weight, No Cardboard’s characterizing feature is a special stability that enables the object to sustain a weight of up to 400 kilograms.

Pokket GmbH shows Pokket Mixer, a mobile music DJ-mixing device. The gadget needs two music players, for example an mp3 player and a mobile phone. An electrical connection or batteries are not necessary.

Information on the exhibition

Taipei Expo Park
EXPO DORM (台北花博公園,爭艷館)
No.1, Yumen St., Zhongshan Dist.
Taipei City 104, Taiwan

Local contact

Dynamo Berlin e.V.
Blücherstr. 23
10961 Berlin
Tel.: 030/ 9145 - 7643

[email protected]
www.dynamo-design-berlin.org

Press contact

Ms. Tanja Mühlhans
Senate for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues
Berlin Government
Martin Luther Str. 105 10825 Berlin
Tel. 030/ 9013- 8335

[email protected]

http://www.berlin.de/sen/wtf

Call for submissions: Miami

Berlin Design Selection 2013

Call for submissions to present Berlin design in Miami

Last station of the Berlin Design Selection Tour is Art Basel / Design Miami, which will take place from December 4th to 8th, 2013.

On behalf of the Landesinitiative Projekt Zukunft we invite all Berlin design studios, all designers and design producers to showcase their work on these important platforms in Miami.

Miami Design District is the design and arts zone of the US metropolis. Among others, many design brands have their residence here. A range of galleries and shops are going to present contemporary design within the context of offbeat installations and exhibitions.

Design Miami and the affiliated Miami Design District attract the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers and curators from around the world. The high end major event aims to combine an eye on culturally valuable design with the focus on designers’ commercial development possibilities. Specifically set up shuttle busses will provide a transport connection between the Design District and the main fair.

Application guidelines

If you are interested, please send your applications to [email protected] until October 3rd, 2013. Please add a short CV, a description and photos of the projects you want to show and a short description of your current distribution channels. Also, please let us know whether the exhibit will be a prototype or a tradeable product with which you can guarantee professional export conditions.

The Landesinitiative Projekt Zukunft and the structural fond EFRE contribute the sum of € 170.000.- to the costs of the „Berlin Design Selection” Tour through America and Asia. The designer’s contribution is expected to be 300€ per exhibition. Please note that your application is binding.
We are very much looking forward to your participation!

About Berlin Design Selection

From now on, the state of Berlin will represent its design scene in foreign markets under the newly established brand „Berlin Design Selection“. The brand was founded by the initiative Projekt Zukunft and the Berlin Senate Department for Economics and Technology. Dynamo Design Berlin e.V., in cooperation with DMY Berlin, will organize the representation abroad.

The focus of these represenations will be to open up new markets for design businesses connecting them with producers, distributors and trade companies.

The presentation at festivals and fairs will be accompanied by massive communicaton measures.
In addition to a sales catalogue, the new website (www.berlin-design-selection.com) will hold all relevant information about the designers and their products year round and create an exciting insght into the Berlin Design Scene for anyone interested internationally.

On facebook (www.facebook.com/BerlinDesignSelection) we will promote the designers, their products and the stops of the tours and classic public relations aimed at local and international press will make sure the „Berlin Design selection“ does not go unnoticed.

The „Berlin Design Selection“ tour will stop at the most important international design fairs and festivals from August until December 2013 and show a selection of objects, products and prototypes made in Berlin or designed by Berlin designers.

The project „Berlin Design Selection 2013“ is supported by the initiative Project Zukunft and the European Fond for Regional Development (EFRE).

Sao Paulo Design Weekend starting today!

First station of the Berlin Design Selection tour is going to be the Design Weekend that will take place in Sao Paulo on August 15th to 18th. With its numerous exhibitors and a big variety of events, the festival is considered the biggest of its kind in Latin America. Strategic placement of public and private Design Weekend events in museums, galeries, studios and parks provides for a comprehensive presense in the megacity Sao Paulo.

Sao Paulo Design House ((c) Design House)

For Berlin presentation, Design House was acquired as a local partner. The exhibition is going to be at a historic building in a design affine central area of the city and thus in the heart of the Design Weekend.

Because of the archaic setting, the event will be more than an exhibition. It’s going to be a design experience, in conceptual, functional and aesthetic aspects. A city like Sao Paulo, in which past and present come together in such an intense way, sets an exciting stage for Berlin’s designers’ versatile ideas. The parallel to Berlin is unmistakable, since it is also a history-charged and at the same time modern city.
The spectrum of Berlin’s companies’ common presentation is stretching from surface structures for 3D-printed objects to elaborate luminaires and ecologically produced furniture.

Among others, the following products will be shown at the Sao Paulo Design Weekend:

45 kilo, founded in 2007, presents Ray Glasses, crystal handmade glasses break the sunlight in a spectrum of fine lines. White Table, made by 45 kilo as well, is the most simple and functional table you can imagine.

With Reverse Decay, the designer Birgit Severin is showing a surface structure for 3D-printed objects, that consist of two overlying geometrical layers. One of them is only slightly attached to the other and separates from it through interaction. Over time, one layer pattern is transforming into the other. For Ashes, Severin is also using 3D technology.

Alice von Stockhausen shows Light Drop Vaiations, which are interchangeable lamp parts that can be assembled to satisfy individual needs.

hettler:tüllmann put sustainability on their agenda. The collective is showing Recycled Leather Chair & Cork Tables, furniture made of compostable or recycled materials.

With isla, nest, phases and toro, Joa Herrenknecht presents different objects, among which is a carpet made of handwoven wool, as well as modular flower pots for flowers and climbing plants.

Call for submissions: Berlin Design Selection Asia Tour

Berlin Design Selection Asia is coming up!

The Asian Tour will take place in the big metropolises:

Shanghai, Hongkong and Taiwan.

For designers, this surely means a great chance to present their ideas in a region that is currently considered being one of the worldwide economically most potent ones. Consequently, the designers will be given the possibility to get a foothold on the Asian market.

This year’s Berlin Design Selection Asia Tour will consist of the following stations:

Taiwan Designer’s Week – 27.09.-06.10.

100% Design Shanghai – 14.11.-16.11.

DeTour Hongkong – 29.11.-15.12.

The presentation at festivals and fairs will be accompanied by massive communicaton measures.

In addition to a sales catalogue, the new website (www.berlin-design-selection.com) will hold all relevant information about the designers and their products year round and create an exciting insght into the Berlin Design Scene for anyone interested internationally.

On facebook (www.facebook.com/BerlinDesignSelection) we will promote the designers, their products and the stops of the tours and classic public relations work aimed at local and international press will make sure the “Berlin Design Selection” does not go unnoticed.

On behalf of the Landesinitiative Projekt Zukunft we invite all Berlin design studios, all designers and design producers to showcase their work on these important platforms in America and Asia. Only few days are left to hand in your application!

If you are interested, please send your applications to [email protected] until August 16th. Please add a short cv, a description and photos of the projects you want to show and a short description of your current distribution channels. Also, let us know please wether the exhibit will be a prototype or a tradeable product with which you can guarantee professional export conditions.

The Landesinitiative Projekt Zukunft and the structural fond EFRE contribute the sum of € 170.000.- to the costs of the „Berlin Design Selection „Tour through America and Asia. The designer´s contribution is expected to be 900€ per exhibition.

We are very much looking forward to your participation!

The project „Berlin Design Selection 2013“ is supported by the initiative Project Zukunft and the European Fond for Regional Development (EFRE).