Design Award exhibition at IFA 2009. Within the framework of the IFA 2009 (Internationale Funkausstellung, the world's largest consumer electronics trade fair) in Berlin, the German Design Council presents the exhibition with the winners of the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2009 from September 4-9, 2009. In addition to the award winners of the year 2009 and in cooperation with the IFA, the German Design Council also presents a number of products from the fields of entertainment electronics and household devices that were nominated for the Design Award 2009 and are nominated for 2010. The top achievements in design can be seen in hall 10.1. Further information at http://www.designpreis.de

German Brand and Design Congress 2009 in Dresden. "Designing Sustainable Luxury" – under this title, the German Design Council is organizing the first German Brand and Design Congress on November 25-26, 2009 in Dresden. Experts will explain how a strong brand positioning in the luxury segment can be achieved and thus establish the foundations for sustainable competitive advantages. Among the lecturers are Roland Heiler, Porsche Design, Manfredi Ricca, Interbrand Italia, Dr. Christian Kurtzke, Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH, Christian and Michael Sieger, sieger design GmbH & Co. KG, and Professor Dr. Martin Roth, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. More information at http://www.german-design-council.de/index.php

New Walls, Please! 2009. A.S. Création Tapetenstiftung is organizing the competition for tapestries and walls in interiors for young talents for the seventh time. The German Design Council is again the cooperation partner; registration deadline is August 31, 2009. Further information and competition documents at http://www.german-design-council.de/index.php

YDMI for Europe 2009. This year, the YDMI Days will take place outside of Germany for the first time. Within the framework of the Abitare il Tempo trade fair from September 17-21, 2009 in Verona, industry representatives will get an exclusive insight into a selection of international young design offices and designers. This year, Belgium, Germany and Italy are the partner countries of the YDMI for Europe. More information and program at http://www.ydmi.de
d3] contest 2010 - The Young Designers Competition. For the seventh time, Koelnmesse in cooperation with the German Design Council invites design students and young graduates from all nations to submit prototypes of their designs from the interior design segment for the competition and exhibition [d3] contest at the imm cologne 2010. Submission deadline is September 14, 2009. Further information and competition documents at http://www.german-design-council.de/index.php

Platform Design
Heimtextil: competition for young talents. For the second time, the Heimtextil trade fair in Frankfurt together with Villeroy & Boch and hotelbau organizes the competition for young talents "Young Contract Creations award: Wall." Wanted are facades or interior designs for a bar, café or restaurant in Havana, the partner city of Heimtextil in 2010. Registration deadline is September 30, 2009; submission deadline is October 31, 2009. Information and eligibility requirements at http://www.heimtextil.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/de/besucher/events/ycca-wall.html

Designpark HfG Ulm. A design park will be established by 2011 on almost 6,000 square meters on the grounds of the former HfG Ulm; design related companies, designers and cultural and scientific institutions will be able to settle in the design park. Information about the concept at http://www.designpark-hfg-ulm.de

Congress designtrans>fair. The Designerinnen Forum e.V. is organizing the congress designtrans>fair from September 11-13, 2009, which aims to stimulate the public design discourse and discourse between the design disciplines. More information and program at http://www.designerinnen-forum.org

Rhineland Palatinate Design Award 2009 – Product Design. The competition documents for this year's Rhineland Palatinate Design Award are now available. The award is presented annually, alternating between the segments communication design and product design. Registration deadline is September 7, 2009. Details and documents at http://www.descom.de

Information Services
Karl Dittert exhibition. The exhibition entitled "aufgedeckt!" about the work of designer Karl Dittert is on show at the Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart until October 11, 2009. More information at http://www.hdgbw.de/ausstellungen/wechselausstellung/aufgedeckt/

"Böse Dinge" at the Werkbundarchiv. With the exhibition entitled "Böse Dinge – Eine Enzyklopädie des Ungeschmacks" ("Bad Things – An encyclopedia of bad taste") the Werkbundarchiv – Museum der Dinge in Berlin presents the collection of the "Errors in Taste" by Gustav Pazaurek, which he started in 1909 in Stuttgart, until November 30, 2009. Further information at http://www.museumderdinge.de
Copenhagen Design Week. The Copenhagen Design Week will take place from August 27 until September 6, 2009. A comprehensive program with exhibitions, lectures, and events about Danish and international design will be presented. The website http://www.copenhagendesignweek.dk is already reporting about the event and its preparation in texts, images, and videos. 

Helsinki Design Week. Under the motto "Do Touch!" the Helsinki Design Week invites visitors from September 4-13, 2009 with a comprehensive exhibition, lecture, conference and seminar program. All information at http://www.helsinkidesignweek.com

Lisbon: ExperimentaDesign. The Biennale ExperimentaDesign will take place this year from September 9 until November 8, 2009 in Lisbon, celebrating its fifth round. Exhibitions, lectures, discussions and other events about current trends in international design will take place within a comprehensive program. Further information at http://www.experimentadesign.pt/2009/en/01-01-00.html

"Tent London" is one of the most extensive exhibitions at this year's London Design Festival. Part of it is the Talent Zone, for which young designers can apply until August 7, 2009. The selected designers will be able to exhibit free of charge in the Talent Zone. All information and registration at http://www.tentlondon.co.uk/talentzone.html

Exhibition "120 Years of Bahlsen." The exhibition entitled "120 Jahre Bahlsen" ("120 Years of Bahlsen") offers a tour through the history of packaging from August 13 until November 15, 2009 at the Museum August Kestner in Hanover. More information at http://www.museum-august-kestner.de

ADBK presentation: "Remember how beautiful you are." In cooperation with the Neues Museum, the Neue Sammlung for the first time presents an art class from the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Nuremberg. The class of Professor Holger Felten and Professor Friederike Girst curated an exhibition entitled "Remember how beautiful you are" (Denk daran wie schön du bist) from July 2 until October 30, 2009. In room 11 of the House Collection, almost 29 students from the graphic design/visual communications department present selected works from the last two semesters. In addition, the exhibition is accompanied by campaigns, lectures, and presentations. More information at http://www.adbk-nuernberg.de

Catwalks – The most spectacular fashion shows. The NRW-Forum in Düsseldorf presents the most spectacular catwalks of the top designers as a theatrical staging from July 26 until October 1, 2009. The theater used to be a place of fashion, but the fashion world became independent over the course of time and produced its own idols. In order to comply with their standards, the fashion shows became bigger, the catwalk became a stage, and soon the place for pure self-presentation. The NRW-Forum presents these rooms, allows visitors to become models, and takes them on the catwalk through the world of fashion shows. The stagings of 19 top designers are shown, compiled by Alexandre de Betak. More information at http://www.nrwforum.de

Exhibition: Entre deux actes – Loge de comédienne. Until October 11, 2009, the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden presents a group show with the title "Entre deux actes – Loge de comedienne" in which ten contemporary artists rediscover French designer Janette Laverrière and her headstrong objects and artistic interiors. The starting point for the exhibition is the wardrobe of an actress from Entre deux actes - Loge de comedienne, an interior by Janette Laverrière from 1947. Laverrière has been designing furniture and mirror objects for more than seen decades. In France, they have gained the honor of being in museums and are inseparably connected with the history of modern French design. Further information at http://www.kunsthalle-baden-baden.de

Graffiti exhibition: Born in the Streets. Until November 29, 2009 the Fondation Cartier in Paris presents an exhibition about graffiti and street art in "Born in the Streets." A catalogue was published for the exhibition, workshops, concerts and presentations are accompanying it. More information at http://fondation.cartier.com
Exhibition of the 55th TDC Show. Until August 16, 2009 the Typographische Gesellschaft München presents the exhibition of the 55th TDC Show in hall 27, Hirschgartenallee 27. Details at http://www.tdc-ny.de

"Do The Stars Need a Reason to Shine" Under this title, the Berlin Krome Gallery presents the first solo exhibition of graphic designer Markus Weisbeck until September 11, 2009. For the first time, he demonstrates his artistic approach of typographically oriented image production based on literary texts. More information at http://www.krome-gallery.com

Film Objectified on DVD. The DVD version of the film “Objectified“ can be preordered now. In addition to the film, the DVD includes interviews and a booklet with notes by director Gary Hustwit. Further information at http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/blog/objectified-dvd-pre-order/

"25 Years of Lürzer's Archive." At the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Lürzer's Archive a special featuring the advertising highlights of the past quarter century has been published. In addition, the special also pursues the question about how the advertising industry has changed over the past 25 years. More information at http://www.luerzersarchive.net/luerzers-archive-25-years-issue.asp

New design magazine. "Design made in Germany" is the title of a new design magazine, which is published in HTML and PDF format and regularly presents new and interesting projects by German agencies, graphic design offices, and designers. The first issue is available here: http://www.design-magazine.de
New online platform: Designkritik. At the URL http://www.designkritik.dk an online platform dedicated to the critical discussion about design has been available for a short time. A monthly column in the design magazine Novum, which deals with current issues that will be further discussed on the online platform, accompanies the platform.  

Cargo Packs 2020 was the subject of this year's VisionWorks Award, for which Bayer MaterialScience together with other partners invited five design academies from Europe. The goal was to develop trend-setting cargo packaging. The awards were presented at the end of July 2009. The award winning works are extensively presented on the website http://www.visionworksaward.com

Bergische Universität Wuppertal: Summer School. The Bergische Universität Wuppertal is holding its Summer School "Design Walks – Value Through Less" from September 27 until October 4, 2009 at the Nikolaus monastery in Jüchen. Design students from around the world are invited to participate. Program and eligibility conditions at http://www.designwalks.org

Digital Summer 2009. The Digital Summer of the Berliner Universität der Künste (UdK) this year is taking place for the fifth time and deals with current developments in the digital communication segment. This year, HR marketing online, digital storytelling and the design of intercultural websites are the focus of the event. Workshops, lectures, coaching and intensive courses will take place from August 26 until September 25, 2009. More information at http://www.udk-berlin.de

Dornier Museum opens. The new Dornier Museum officially opened at the end of July 2009 in Friedrichshafen/Lake Constance. On a floor space of 5,000 square meters visitors can experience 100 years of aerospace technology in a historical context. The museum is structured into three divisions. The Museum box presents more than 100 years of aerospace technology alternating with contemporary history as well as the most important stages of the development of Dornier. The gallery is dedicated to technological backgrounds. In the hangar, numerous large-scale exhibits, among them classics like the Do 27, the legendary vertical lift aircraft Do 31 and the reconstruction of the Merkur are on display. Further information at http://www.dorniermuseum.de

Corporate Boulevard
TV tips on arte in August 2009. On 08/14: "Der radikale Gärtner - Grenzgänge in Kunst und Werbung" by Hermann Vaske; on 08/16: "Künstler hautnah: Stefan Diez – Designer"; on 08/29: "Löwin unter Wölfen: Die Architektin Zaha Hadid" and "Geliebter Käfer." On the format "Chic" on 08/10: packaging design; on 08/12: automobile design from Turin; on 08/13: the Design Biennale in St.Étienne; on 08/7 and 08/14: the autoproduttori, the self-promoters of design objects in Italy; on 08/26 and 08/28: about toy design; on 08/28: about Alessando Cifos silicone furniture; on 08/31: about the textile section of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, about the Bauhaus, and the Range Rover. Details at http://www.arte.de

FREITAG Limited Art Edition 2009. With the FREITAG Limited Art Edition 2009 the Swiss bag manufacturer has produced a strictly limited edition of bags this summer that feature exhibition banners from the world's most progressive art museums. The sale of the editions will begin on August 6 with TATE MODERN (London), on August 13 with the MORI ART Museum (Tokyo), on August 20 with the PALAZZO GRASSI (Venice), and on August 27 with the MOCA (Los Angeles). More information at http://www.freitag.ch

Bicycles for Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong completed the 2009 Tour de France on bicycles designed by Damien Hirst, Marc Newson, KAWS, Kenny Scharf, Shepard Fairey, and Yoshimoto Nara. These bicycles will be auctioned off at Sotheby's in New York on October 2, 2009. Details at http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/07/lance-armstrong-damien-hirst-bicycle.php

Thalys trains receive new design. The Thalys trains PBKA (Paris Brussels Cologne Amsterdam) have been redesigned both inside and out. Red continues to be the dominant color but with various gradations. New solutions were developed for seating comfort and the technical equipment at the seats. Extensive information and picture material in the press release at http://www.thalys.com/img/apropos/presse/release/de/09.07.24.PM_Neuer_Thalys_PBKA_in_Deutschland.pdf