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PASSIONSWEGE
As part of Passionswege – one of the classic programme formats of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK –
designers and design teams were invited to collaborate with selected Viennese companies and
manufacturers. From this dialogue, works, installations and sometimes products will come into
being over the course of several months – all characterized by the experimental nature of this
format.
This year’s pairings are:
Austrian product and industrial designer Valentin Vodev meets the glass and chandelier producer
J. & L. Lobmeyr (presentation in the 1st District).
French industrial designer Charlotte Talbot exchanges ideas with the tradition-steeped
silversmiths Wiener Silber Manufactur (presentation in the 1st District).
The Netherlands designer duo Daphna Laurens works with Wittmann Möbelwerkstätten
(presentation in the 1st District).
Brussels-based French designer Julien Carretero cooperates with the upholstery manufacturer
Kohlmaier (presentation in the 7th District).
London-based Spanish designer Oscar Diaz meets the young start-up firm LightGlass, developing
the techniques for coloured architectural glass.
Czech designer Klára Šumová is inspired by the tradition-rich chandelier producer Bakalowits
Licht Design (presentation in the 6th District).
The Linz-based product design duo March Gut is paired together with the Fleischerei Karl Sterkl
butcher shop (presentation in the 16th District).
The London-based German product designer Mathias Hahn found a partner in Staud’s, the
exclusive manufacturer of vegetable and fruit preserves (presentation in the 16th District)
The Polish-born designer, curator, scenographer and design blogger working in Maastricht
Matylda Krzykowski confronts the paintbrush producer Norbert Meier as well as Petz
Hornmanufaktur (presentation in the 17th District).
The Austrian product designer Sebastian Zachl, who studied at the University of Applied Arts
Vienna, will work together with Spezialschlosserei Erwin Klenkhart, a family locksmith business
in operation since 1881 (presentation in the 17th District).
Passionswege is supported by the Vienna Chamber of Commerce (Wirtschaftskammer Wien) .
LABORATORY and LABORATORY PRESENTATIONS
In this year’s laboratory – the temporary studio – four designers and design firms will take part,
having been selected by curator Erwin K. Bauer and the directors of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Tulga
Beyerle and Lilli Hollein. Under the title “Pretty Ugly”, Julia Lohmann (Germany), Julian Hagen
(Austria), EL ULTIMO GRITO (Spain) and Sebastian Pataki (the Netherlands) will work live
during this time on the new design language of the “ugly” and “aesthetically unacceptable”, which
is inspired by trash culture and the spontaneity and naturalness of amateurs.
Every evening there will be a laboratory discussion on various topics with the participating
designers and international guest speakers from the field of graphic and product design. Omar
Sosa, art director of the magazine “Apartamento”, is expected, among other participants.
Speaking at the opening will be Lupi Asensio and Martin Lorenzo, whose publication “Pretty
Ugly. Visual Rebellion in Design” was the impetus for this year’s laboratory.
The Laboratory is made possible by the support of Vorwerk Teppiche.
STADTARBEIT and SOCIAL DESIGN
VIENNA DESIGN WEEK will give five design teams or individual designers a free ticket to take part
in the festival and introduce themselves on that platform with a programme item addressing the
subject of social design. These projects will engage with social issues related to design or create
new kinds of scenarios for urban space.
The design team mathak + mahlknecht is represented at this year’s City Works with the project
“Best Before – On Planned Obsolescence” (“Mindestens haltbar bis – über die geplante
Obsoleszenz”). Their installation deals with the common but taboo practice of the managed
obsolescence of products and is accompanied by a supporting programme of lectures, a film
screening and a panel discussion.
Gebrüder Stitch, the full-time makers of custom-tailored jeans, invites seniors to their “full
spread” to share secret coffee and cake recipes and life wisdom.
In the “Theatre of Destruction,” festival visitors can bring their broken and worthless household
appliances. Here the industrial designer Lena Goldsteiner breathes new life into the old plastic
parts before they go to the dump.
TOLEDO i DERTSCHEI offers their services as typesetters with “Printing in Place” (“Druckerei am
Platz”). In “Slowprinting”, festival visitors learn how to make their own prints in multiple
languages.
With their survey of “Mankind, Manufacturing, Material” (“Mensch, Manufaktur, Material”), the
Cologne design collective büromacht investigates the Caritas Vienna “hke” workshop with regard
to the scope of their social responsibilities.
The individual Stadtarbeit (City Work) projects are organized in cooperation with Caritas Vienna,
Reparaturwerkstatt and Recycling Kosmos, and are supported by Erste Bank.
FEATURED COUNTRY: SPAIN and EXHIBITIONS
For this year’s featured country, Spain has been selected – which is always the starting point for
design impulses that are just as strong as they are humorous. A pinch of Spain can be found in all
the formats of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK ’12 – from the laboratory to Passionswege to the talks. On
top of this, two exhibitions will be devoted to Spanish designers in great detail.
The product designer Martí Guixé will present a solo exhibition at Sotheby’s and will give a
presentation as part of the laboratory discussion series. For Passionswege, the product designer
Oscar Diaz is cooperating with the Vienna LightGlass company, developing the techniques for
coloured architectural glass. Omar Sosa, art director of the magazine “Apartamento – an everyday
life interiors magazine” will be in Vienna to present a laboratory discussion. Graphic designer
Lupi Asensio of TwoPoints.net will address “Pretty Ugly,” the theme of this year’s laboratory. The
product designers Rosario Hurtado and Roberto Feo of EL ULTIMO GRITO will work and present
on-site in the laboratory. Product designer Jaime Hayon has been scheduled for a talk at k/haus.
Héctor Serrano has been invited to be a guest on the opening weekend, and will be represented in
the “NUDE 10” group exhibition. He will also be featured among the participants selected for the
“European Home Run” design competition, curated by Lilli Hollein. On the initiative of the
Vienna Tourist Board, European designers were invited to design contemporary Vienna souvenirs,
which will be presented for the first time during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK at the MAK Design Shop.
The “NUDE” exhibition series presents new designs from Spain and will be held as part of the
Feria Hábitat Valencia international furniture trade show. The tenth edition of this showcase of
Spanish design will be unveiled in Vienna in the k/haus, and will feature objects by CuldeSac,
Héctor Serrano, Odosdesign, Herme y Mónica, Stone Designs, estudi{H}ac, Miguel Herranz,
Nieves Contreras, Yonoh, Nadadora, Enblanc, Luis Eslava and Alegreindustrial.
EDUCATION
This year’s educational programme consists of tours and workshops that allow beginners as well
as experts to experience different aspects of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and gain easy access to design.
The city guide and architect Gabriela Steiner-Scharfetter will lead “Guided Tours” through the
city during the festival on foot and by bus. The local emphasis will be on the 1st District, the 7th
District and on this year’s festival focus, 16th and 17th Districts around Ottakringerstraße. Another
tour will visit design collections and presentations in museums and institutions all over Vienna.
The teachers from design°mobil have put together a special programme to teach design for
children and young people: in “Guided Tours for Schools”, students in the lower and upper levels
will learn how design fundamentally shapes our everyday lives. In the children’s workshops
“Brillenspektakel” and “Hier komme ich”, children can playfully take on the role of designers.
These educational offerings are supported by impulse/aws in the context of evolve by the Federal
Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth.
PROGRAMME PARTNERS
In addition to the curated formats of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, the PROGRAMME PARTNERS are the
second and most important pillar in the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK programme. Companies,
institutions and design firms involved in product, industrial, furniture and graphic design are
invited to take part in the festival – preferably with a project designed specifically for the occasion.
AREDIS – “The Kitchen Sets the Tone – Art and Design meet Music and Dance” (Die Küche gibt den Ton an – Technik und Design trifft Musik und Tanz) dance exhibition
austria wirtschaftsservice (aws) – impulse insight – “the sponsorship programme presents
itself!” – lecture at designforum Wien
Balassi Institute – Collegium Hungaricum Wien – Continuous present – exhibition at stilwerk
Wien BENE – EXPERT TALK@BENE: New Working Environments – panel discussion
chmara.rosinke – “Spatial Storytellers”– intervention at KlausEngelhorn Depot
Croation Holiday 2012 – exhibition at Gschwandner
De Zotti – furniture presentation with designer Marc Sadler at Schauraum
departure – EXTRA – exhibition
departure – TALKS – lecture
departure & MAK – d>nite.00 MADE 4 YOU. “Design for Change”– NON STOP! – lecture
designaustria & Institute of Design Research Vienna – Meet, Greet & Eat! – tours
designaustria & Institute of Design Research Vienna – “Tools for the Design Revolution” – exhibition at designforum Wien
Dunbar’s Number “Tools for the Design Revolution”– exhibition at Gschwandner Fedrigoni – Design Meets Paper – workshop
Galerie Rauminhalt – Zenita Komad: “YOUR THOUGHTS FURNISH THE WORLD”– exhibition
HABARI –“Life in a Suitcase”– exhibition
HELMRINDERKNECHT contemporary design gallery - edition 01 / Wien – exhibition at stilwerk
Hofmobiliendepot • Möbel Museum Wien – Objected Tables – film screening
Hotel Daniel Vienna - Misconceivable – the making-of – film screening
Doris Darling & Bernhard Schramm & Vintagerie – I AM LAMP – design performance &
photography at Vintagerie
J. & L. Lobmeyr & Michael Anastassiades – Lights – exhibition
J. & L. Lobmeyr presents HEREND & POLKA – Scales without Fish – presentation at Bulthaup
Made by Forest – exhibition at Gschwandner
MAK- Austrian Museum for Applied Art/Contemporary Art – MAK Design Salon #01 Time &
Again MICHAEL ANASTASSIADES – lecture
MAK- Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst – MAK Design
Summit MADE 4 YOU. “Design for Change”– lecture
MAK- Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst – “THINGS. plain &
simple” MAK- Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst - TALIA Y
SEBASTIAN exhibition series “APPLIED ARTS. TODAY” – exhibition
MAK Design Shop – After Work Meeting Point with Patrick Rampelotto and PILOT for Quinze &
Milan – presentation
mikimartinek – mikimartinek at d.sign:context – exhibition mostlikely – From Donkeys and Basilisks “Low Tech Prototyping and Processual Design”– work in
progress
MOTI, Museum of the Image – Graphic Detour – Crossing Borders in European Design –
exhibition at stilwerk
Neue Wiener Werkstätte – NWW DESIGN AWARD – exhibition
NÖ Abteilung Kunst u. Kultur/public art – “The Cuckoo Syndrome –Parasitic Design Production
Processes” – exhibition at Kunstraum Niederösterreich OFROOM Innovations Agentur – OFROOM with DULFdesign material:cafe – exhibition at stilwerk
Organoid & Nofrontiere – IOYO & MAIA – “Biogenic Process - Product Innovation” – presentation at Gschwandner
Ottakringer Brauerei “Back to the Roots. Back to Taste. Ottakringer Glass Collection” 2012 by Walking Chair – presentation
ovos – Augmented Space. – presentation
Rado Store – Rado Star Prize – presentation
SKICA – Niko Kralj: “The King of the Chair” – exhibition at Architekturzentrum Wien
Slowakisches Institut in Wien – ATELIER ART DESIGN AFAD BRATISLAVA – exhibition
Stamm – RAJASTHAN – presentation in Stamm Concept Store
Swarovski Wien – “Crystal Workshop and Guided Art Tours”– tours
SWDZ – “So Broad, the Future”– SWDZ Superposition – exhibition
Technisches Museum Wien – AT YOUR SERVICE “So Broad, the Future”– exhibition?
Technisches Museum Wien – curator-guided tour through the exhibition AT YOUR SERVICE –
“ART AND THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT” or “WORKING WORLD”
Technische Universität Wien – ALU+ – lecture at Zumtobel Lichtforum Wien Technische Universität Wien – “The Anemograph” - exhibition at the TU Wien
Thomas Schiefer –“Air Passage” – presentation at stilwerk “University of Applied Art Vienna” – why textiles? – panel discussion
WAGNER:WERK Museum Postsparkasse – “Danish Furniture Design” dansk møbeldesign. arne jacobsen and poul kjaerholm for Fritz Hansen – exhibition Walking-Chair Design Studio – “NEW BRATSILAVA” Young Slovak designers say: Servus from
Bratislava! – exhibition
WerK Nussbaumer – presentation of working models – workshops
Wien Museum – One-Sqm-House & “Hartz IV Furniture”– work in progress
WIEN PRODUCTS – Collection 2012 – presentation
Wien Tourismus – Souvenirs – presentation in the MAK Design Shop
Wiesner Hager Möbel GmbH – “Autumn of Design”– presentation