Lilli Hollein appointed director of Vienna's MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
Lilli Hollein, the former director and co-founder of Vienna Design Week, has been named the head of the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. More
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Vienna Design Week partners with Dezeen for a live talk on empowering artisans in central Asia and southeastern Europe
Vienna designers Mischer'traxler were among the panellists in a live conversation for Vienna Design Week that explored how Austrian initiative Co/rizom supports traditional craftspeople around the world. More
Julia Schwarz uses lichen to create food for after the apocalypse
A mossy fungus could be used to make nutritional food products after an apocalypse, or on Mars, according to research by designer Julia Schwarz. More
Laurids Gallée creates lamps out of cord traditionally used on costumes and uniforms
Designer Laurids Gallée used lengths of cord produced by a historic Viennese passementarie factory to create the curved forms of these lamps. More
One For Hundred plants 100 trees for every piece of wooden furniture sold
One for Hundred is a furniture brand based in Austria that produces more wood than it uses. More
Connected industrial robots are dangerous but full of potential says Clemens Weisshaar
Networking industrial machinery could transform manufacturing says German designer Clemens Weisshaar, in this talk Dezeen filmed for lighting company EWO. More
Pia Bauernberger makes custom coats to suit how individual designers work
Austrian designer Pia Bauernberger has designed a series of work coats with features tailored to the idiosyncrasies of specific designers and artists. More
Sun-like disc of 8,000 Swarovski crystals installed at baroque Viennese palace
London design studio Fredrikson Stallard has brought its glimmering Prologue installation to Vienna's baroque Belvedere Palace. More
Breaded Escalope's touch-responsive clock tells the time with shadows
Vienna Design Week 2015: Vienna design collective Breaded Escalope has created a clock that uses shadows to display the time when a finger is placed within its face (+ movie). More
Competition: four CrystalJellies by TaliaYstudio to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with TaliaYstudio and glassware company Lobmeyr to offer readers the chance to win one of four crystal pendants that double up as analogue photo filters. More
Breaded Escalope models two-person bar on iconic Adolf Loos speakeasy
Vienna Design Week 2015: Vienna design studio Breaded Escalope has constructed a wooden enclosure that creates an intimate drinking space for two, modelled on Modernist architect Adolf Loos' American Bar. More
Chmara.Rosinke designs Futurist kitchen installation
Vienna Design Week 2015: Austrian studio Chmara.Rosinke explored alternatives for dining and food preparation in its Cucina Futurista 2.0 exhibition of furniture and tableware design at Vienna Design Week (+ slideshow). More
Klemens Schillinger visualises changing values of gold with Element 79 jewellery collection
Vienna Design Week 2015: Austrian designer Klemens Schillinger has created a series of rings that are sized to show the fluctuating price of gold over the past five decades, as part of a jewellery collection (+ slideshow). More
Kneip creates miniature motorised sculptures from found objects
Vienna Design Week 2015: a hammer that persistently strikes a stone and a "breathing" vacuum-packed sponge are among the moving sculptures that Norwegian studio Kneip has installed at a Viennese workshop (+ movie). More
Vienna Design Week to showcase specially commissioned projects
Dezeen promotion: Vienna Design Week takes place from 25 September to 4 October 2015, and will feature works commissioned especially for the show. More
Zsanett Szirmay turns cross-stitch patterns into musical scores
Hungarian design student Zsanett Szirmay has transferred folk embroidery patterns onto strips for a punched card music box, which plays the traditional motifs as sounds (+ slideshow). More
Valentin Vodev's Vello bike folds with "a simple kick" thanks to one big magnet
Vienna Design Week 2014: Bulgarian designer Valentin Vodev has launched a folding bike that can be wheeled when folded and uses a magnet to create the locking system that holds the frame together (+ slideshow). More
Thomas Feichtner launches cutlery for Jarosinski & Vaugoin at Vienna Design Week
Vienna Design Week 2014: Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner has collaborated with silverware manufacturers Jarosinski & Vaugoin to produce the company's 192nd cutlery range. More
TaliaYstudio turns colourful photography filters into jewellery collection
Vienna Design Week 2014: Vienna designers TaliaYStudio have released their first range of self-produced products with JellySeries 1, a collection of brass pendant necklaces that hold circles of yellow, cyan and magenta glass that can be used as camera filters (+ slideshow). More
Designers Lucy.D rethink "kitsch" Viennese cakes for historic Café Landtmann
Designers Lucy.D have created a range of cakes for one of Vienna’s most famous coffee houses in an attempt to bring Austrian baking into the 21st century (+ slideshow + interview). More