Vol. 2: design-management.de

ICSID 2nd Educational Conference 2003 Hanover Critical Motivations and New Dimensions Date September 5 – 7, 2003 Venue FH Design, Hanover Theme “Critical motivations and new dimensions” web: From their website: http://www.ifdesign.de/icsid2_educational_d »Under the theme ›Critical motivations and new dimensions‹ The conference aims to explore the rising issues and emerging directions within the industrial design [...]

For the 8th time the province of Thuringia under the supervision of the Design Center Thuringia in Weimanr has advertized its Design Prize with a total prize money of Euro 25.000.- another prize of Euro 7.500.- is donated for the best junior product designer. The competition addresses in particular small and medium sized companies and [...]

for the first course of the international competition on the new logo for the german olympic candidate Leipzip more than 300 international design agencies submitted their ideas. Andrej Kupetz chairman of the german design council will consult the jury of 12 members. german information and further details to be found at netzeitung.de

siemens is reported to offer a new home mobile phone designed by the italian alessi company. from a technological perspective it is siemens technology (siemens gigaset 4015) with the “design packaging” (white pearl and black pearl) of alessi. average selling price of the phone which will be in the shops in mid-september is reported to [...]

today handelsblatt.com publishes a design critic about the similarities and differences of the latest models of the carmakers VW and Opel. the author Paolo Tumminelli comes to the conclusion that beyond the similarities and differences the brand image is the main driver of differentiation. he furthermore stresses the growing importance of offering the complete range [...]

german politicians highlight the need for more intense protection of non-smokers in public areas like restaurants, schools etc. Non-smoking in public should be the normal scenario says Marion Caspers-Merk, responsbible for drug protection in the german cabinet of chancellor Schröder. complete news in german: http://www.heute.t-online.de/ZDFheute/artikel/14/0,1367,POL-0-2057742,00.html