Design Deutschland – functional, distinct

Design Deutschland – functional, distinct, unobtrusive
Functional, distinct, and unobtrusive
Design Deutschland 2011
If you search for a specifically German approach
to design then you invariably come upon the idea,
developed in the opening decades of the 20th
century, that, to put it simply, design is defined
primarily as solving problems for people. The
German Werkbund, founded in 1907, the Bauhaus
of the 1920s, and the Ulm College of Design in
the 1950s and 1960s all promulgated the idea of
a comprehensive design of our surroundings – and
were among the defining institutions of Modernism. For over half a century now, the German
Design Council has been entrusted with the task
of publicly communicating this outlook. The core
message: Design is there to develop solutions
for interaction between human and product and,
in a more over-arching sense, solutions for the
socio-cultural changes in industrial society.This
is the mindset that continues to inform German
design today, with its cool, nofrills approach.
Cool, no-frills aesthetic
Superficial emotions tend to be few and far between in German product design. Even an admittedly highly emotive product as a Porsche 911 was
masterminded by Ferdinand Alexander Porsche
with the intention of creating a vehicle as neutral
as possible. He did not succeed, and instead
came up with a veritable icon. Because the shape
has survived for the last 45 years, without having
been appreciably changed. And in addition to
the sports car from South Germany there are
countless other long-sellers that shape the face
of design in Germany. Peter Raacke’s Mono A
cutlery (1959), Günter Kupetz’ mineral water
bottle (1969), Rolf Heide’s SL cupboard system
for interlübke (1963), Richard Sapper’s Tizio
luminaire for Artemide (1972) or Dieter Sieger’s
Tara faucet system for Dornbracht (1991) became
icons of everyday life precisely because to this
day with their unparalleled design clarity hardly
show any signs of visual wear-and-tear.
Modernist materials
German design was from the outset very well
received world-wide precisely because of its
clarity. Thus, the global success of many product brands in the consumer goods and capital
goods industries can be attributed to the fact
that they could be smoothly integrated into
everyday life in all Western industrial societies.
Steel, plywood, plastic and glass formed German
design’s preferred materials. These are the
classical Modernist materials, used everywhere
in the industrialized world and whose national
anonymity likewise attested to their immense
symbolic reach. The globalized product was in
fact already a reality well before the debate on
what it should look like picked up of late.
As of a few years we have been seeing renewed
stronger international interest in German design. Even if an Apple iPod could have any shape
given that a microchip does not say what shape
would be most appropriate for the design cladding it, British designer Jonathan Ive chose a
formal language for it that is amazingly similar
to the Braun design created by Dieter Rams in
the 1960s. Presumably, the Audi TT designed
by Peter Schreyer in 1998 was the first product
to prompt the global design community to focus
on Germany again. Schreyer had the postmodernism of today pretty much resemble the
modernism of the early 20th century: an automobile that was made of such radically simple
circular shapes that it could have been generated in the Bauhaus’ future lab.
Shaped by corporate brands
The fact is that German design’s unobtrusive
appearance remains one of its most striking
characteristics. This applies not only to the
products but also to their protagonists.
Designers who take the limelight and adopt
the stance of an artist remain an exception in
Germany, such as Luigi Colani, who is still a
very controversial figure in the country. Jil Sander
is most clearly such a high-profile figure in the
field of fashion. But even Dieter Rams, the defining designer of technological minimalism, is
only an icon for the international design community, followed perhaps by Konstantin Grcic
for the subsequent generation.German design
remains shaped not by designer-stars, but by
corporate brands. Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz,
Dornbracht, Erco, interlübke, Miele, Rosenthal,
WMF – to name but a few. At first sight, these
are anonymous industrial brands, as only few
are familiar with the personalities behind the
appearances. The specifically German element:
In hardly any other country are there so many
strong brands that stand out for a clear and
unmistakable corporate identity. Today, with
their emphatic designs, the brands communicate attractive values, lifestyles and modes of
identification for global target groups. Perhaps
not spectacular, but always clearly recognized,
and therefore globally very competitive.
Victor Margolin, 1996
in: form 154/155, 2/3, 1996, p. 9.
“Certainly, the myth of German design does
exist – that clearly designed minimalist shape –
quality is the term that immediately occurs to
me in that context.”
„Sicher, es gibt den Mythos vom deutschen
Design – die klar gestaltete minimale Form –
Qualität ist der Begriff, der mir dazu sofort
einfällt.“
01
Busch-iceLight
LED light system
Design Hadi Teherani
Company ABB/BUSCH-JAEGER
www.abb.com
02
DUO 2
Textile acousticpanels
Design gestalttransfer
Company acousticpearls GmbH
www.acousticpearls.de
03
Home Traveller
Storage furniture
Design Anne Lorenz
→ Looking for a distributor or a producer
www.annelorenz.com
04
Form 1382
Porcelain
Design Hermann Gretsch
Company Arzberg Porzellan GmbH
www.arzberg-porzellan.com
Young
Designer
My First Arzberg 05
Porcelain
Heike Philipp Design
Arzberg Porzellan GmbH Company
www.arzberg-porzellan.com
Cucina Insalata 06
Porcelain
Beate Wöhrle Design
ASA Selection GmbH Company
www.asa-selection.de
T1
Premium headphones
07
Inhouse Design
beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG Company
www.beyerdynamic.de
T 5 p 08
Premium portable headphones
Inhouse Design
beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG Company
www.beyerdynamic.de
09
T 50 p
Portable headphones
Design Inhouse
Company beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG
www.beyerdynamic.de
10
Braun Satin Hair Brush
with IONTEC
Design Christine Hielscher, Phong Vu
(Braun Design)
Company Braun GmbH
www.braun.com
11
easy pieces
Sofa
Design Kati Meyer-Brühl
Company brühl
www.bruehl.com
12
powder
Chair
Design Kati Meyer-Brühl
Company brühl
www.bruehl.com
LAMY pico white
Ballpoint pen
13
Franco Clivio Design
C. Josef Lamy GmbH Company
www.lamy.de
Transfer
Cutting board
14
chris&ruby Design
Christoph Männchen, Ruby Piterek
Young
Designer
Looking for a distributor ←
www.chris-ruby.de
CONCORD
TRANSFORMER T
15
Car seat
White ID Produktdesign Design
CONCORD GmbH Company
www.concord.de
JALIS
upholstered furniture
16
Jehs + Laub Design
COR Sitzmöbel Company
Helmut Lübke GmbH & Co. KG
www.cor.de
„Wenn man die Stereotypen natio
einen kurzen Nenner bringen wol
deutschem Design gleichzeitig lyr
beunruhigend und aufklärend, ge
“To briefly summarize the stereot
then, the notion of German desig
systematic, disturbing and elucid
Paola Antonelli, 2000: Deutschland kommt vom Mars, Italien von der Ve
in: Design 4:3 – Fünfzig Jahre italienisches & deutsches Design (50 year
Bundesrepublik Deutschland GmbH , Bonn, 2000, p. 16.
naler materieller Kultur auf
lte, so wäre die Vorstellung von
isch und systematisch,
fürchtet und einflußreich.“
ypes of national material culture
n would be both lyrical and
ating, feared and influential.”
nus (Germany comes from Mars, Italy from Venus)
s of Italian & German design), Edt. Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der
17
babuschka
iPad sleeve
Design Anke Rabba, Katrin Kuchenbecker
Company dekoop GmbH
www.dekoop.de
18
JOIN TABLE
Table
Design DING 3000 Product Design
→ Looking for a producer
www.ding3000.com
19
EC03 EUGENE
Lounge chair
Design Stefan Diez
Company e15 Design and Distributions GmbH
www.e15.com
20
Logotec LED
Spotlight
Design Inhouse
Company ERCO GmbH
www.erco.com
Young
Designer
MOA
Basket series
21
Eva Marguerre & Marcel Besau Design
Young
Designer
www.eva-marguerre.de
PIN 22
Floor lamp
Inhouse Design
florian schulz gmbh Company
www.florian-schulz.de
TOLED 23
Desktop lamp
Inhouse Design
florian schulz gmbh Company
www.florian-schulz.de
Crown 24
Lamp series
Formfjord Design
Young
Designer
www.formfjord.com
25
CONOFLAT
Shower tray
Design Sottsass Associati
Company Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co. KG
www.kaldewei.de
26
GROHE Rainshower®
Natural Colours Collection
Hand shower
Design Inhouse Designteam
Company GROHE AG
www.grohe.de
27
iBox
Desktop storage unit
Design Piltz Design, Münster
Company HAN-Bürogeräte GmbH & Co. KG
www.han-online.com
28
Moody
Couch
Design Hanna Emelie Ernsting
→ Looking for a producer
www.hannaernsting.com
Young
Designer
Wilhelm Wagenfeld, 1954
Design x 50. Zitate, (Design x 50, quotes), Edt. Rat für Formgebung/German Design Council,
Frankfurt am Main.
“When we think of shaping industrial
products, we are less concerned with the
object itself then we are with its meaning
and purpose.”
„Wo wir an die Formbildung industrieller
Erzeugnisse denken, geht es weniger um den
Gegenstand selbst, als um seinen Sinn und
Zweck.“
„Ein selbstverständliches
Produkt zu gestalten, ist wohl
die schwierigste Aufgabe, die
man sich stellen kann.“
“Designing a self-evident
product is probably the most
difficult task that anybody
can take on.”
Otl Aicher, 1991
Design x 50. Zitate, (Design x 50, quotes) Edt. Rat für Formgebung/
German Design Council, Frankfurt am Main.
Vaiss.eau 29
Pendant luminaire
Hanna Krüger Design
Looking for a distributor or a producer ←
Young
Designer
www.wird-etwas.de
FIR 30
Coat Stand
Hannes Gumpp Design
Looking for a distributor or a producer ←
Young
Designer
www.hannesgumpp.com
Hansgrohe Raindance E 240
Head shower
31
Phoenix Design GmbH & Co. KG Design
Hansgrohe AG Company
www.hansgrohe.com
Axor Bouroullec 32
Washbasin
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Design
Hansgrohe AG Company
www.hansgrohe.com
33
Axor Bouroullec
3 hole basin mixer
Design Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Company Hansgrohe AG
www.hansgrohe.com
34
EPOS
Table
Design Michael Schneider / designschneider
Company Heinrich Rotterdam GmbH & Co. KG, RODAM
www.rodam.de
35
MAGNUS
Leisure furniture
Design formmodul – Guido Franzke Detlef Fischer
Company HEINZ KETTLER GmbH & Co. KG
www.kettler.de
36
Pai
Seat cushion
Design Bernadette Ehmanns
Company HEY-SIGN e.K.
www.hey-sign.de
nanoshell
Glasses
37
Inhouse Design
ic! berlin brillen gmbh Company
www.ic-berlin.de
loomini 38
Table lamp
ideenfischa Produktdesign, Markus Fischer Design
Looking for a distributor ←
Young
Designer
www.ideenfischa.de
cubex 39
Cabinet system
Werner Aisslinger Design
interlübke Gebr. Lübke GmbH&Co. KG Company
www.interluebke.de
doppel_hoppel 40
Rocking horse/Kids table
Thomas Wehage Design
kaether & weise gmbh Company
www.kaetherundweise.de
„Design ist unsichtbar.“
“Design is invisible.”
Lucius Burckhardt, 1995: Design ist unsichtbar (Design is invisible).
Erschienen anläßlich der Auszeichnung von Lucius Burckhardt mit
dem Bundespreis für Förderer des Designs 1995 (Published for
the award of Lucius Burckhardt with the Federal Award for Design
Promotion 1995), Edt. Hans Höger, Rat für Formgebung/German
Design Council, Ostfildern, 1995, p. 19.
Dieter Rams, 1995: Weniger aber besser = Less but better. Hamburg, 1995, p. 26
“Good design is unobtrusive. Products that
fulfil a purpose are like tools. They are neither
decorative objects nor works of art.”
„Gutes Design ist unaufdringlich. Produkte,
die einen Zweck erfüllen, haben Werkzeugcharakter. Sie sind weder dekorative Objekte
noch Kunstwerke.“
41
MAVERICK
Chair
Design Birgit Hoffmann
Company Karl Friedrich Förster - KFF Design
www.kff.de
42
UNIQUE
Armchair
Design formmodul
Company Karl Friedrich Förster - KFF Design
www.kff.de
43
HADAR
Armchair
Design Kramhöller – Werkstätte für Möbelbau
Company Kason GmbH & Co. KG
www.kason.de
44
Hausnummer "EXTRA"
House number
Design Jochen Korn
Company Korn Produkte
www.korn-produkte.de
Programm 8000 45
3 seater
Porsche Design Studio Design
Kusch+Co Company
Sitzmöbelwerke GmbH & Co KG
www.kusch.co
Comptoir 46
High desk
Oliver Conrad Design
Lambert GmbH Company
www.lambert-home.de
Lola 47
Bread crock
Laura Straßer Design
Looking for a producer ←
Young
Designer
www.laura-strasser.de
VarioLED Flex Venus 48
Flexible fluorescent tube
Inhouse Design
LED Linear GmbH Company
www.led-linear.de
„Vor allen Dingen ärgere ich mich
unbesehen Standards übernehme
weil sie gut sind, sondern weil sie
“More than anything else, I get an
so unquestioningly accept standa
because they are good but becaus
Erik Spiekermann, 2011: „Mein Lieblingsbuchstabe ist das kleine a.“ De
(„My favorite letter is the little a.“ The graphic designer Spiekermann ab
http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/thema/1386427/, 24 March
darüber, dass Leute so
n, die Standards sind, nicht
Standard sind.“
noyed by the fact that people
rds that are standards not
e they are standard.”
r Graphikdesigner Spiekermann über seine Passion für Schriften.
out his passion for scripts.)
2011.
Programm HFG Ulm, 1951
Design x 50. Zitate, (Design x 50, quotes), Edt. Rat für Formgebung/German Design Council,
Frankfurt am Main.
“Performance and competitiveness are largely
dependent on the shape of a product.”
„Leistungsfähigkeit und Konkurrenzfähigkeit
sind weitgehend von der Form eines Produktes
abhängig.“
linea1_everyday table 49
Table
Inhouse Design
linea1 Company
www.linea1.de
linea1_mr 50
Magazine rack
Inhouse Design
linea1 Company
www.linea1.de
Elias & Son
Side tables
51
llot llov Design
Looking for a producer ←
Young
Designer
www.llotllov.de
de-light 52
In-flight tableware
Volker Klag, Daniel Knies Design
LSG Sky Chefs Catering Logistics GmbH Company
www.lsgskychefs.com
53
SILVER SURFER TL
Desk luminaire
Design neunzig° design
Company Ludwig Leuchten KG
www.ludwig-leuchten.de
54
Single Master
rubbish bin
Design Inhouse
Company M. Westermann & Co. GmbH
www.wesco.de
55
Conference-Set
Porcelain cup and wooden tray
Design Inhouse
Company Mahlwerck Porzellan GmbH
www.mahlwerck.de
56
Gratino
Porcelain bowl and cuttery
Design Nimtschke Design
Company Mahlwerck Porzellan GmbH
www.mahlwerck.de
Mike Meiré, 1997
in: Design Report 09, September, 1997, p. 66.
“German design is good and high-quality –
functional, long-lasting, intellectual, with
social responsibility.”
„Deutsches Design ist gut und wertig –
funktional, langlebig, intellektuell, mit
sozialer Verantwortung.“
57
FLOOR 95
Hallway furniture
Design Mark Braun
www.markbraun.org
58
Young
Designer
perelin
Lamp series
Design Markus J. Becker
→ Looking for a producer
www.markusjbecker.de
59
Young
Designer
Polite Light
Lamp
Design Martin Born
mborn.com
60
Milan
Mercedes-Benz
"Aesthetics 125"
Sculpture
Design Mercedes-Benz Designteam
Company Daimler AG
www.daimler.com
Young
Designer
CM 5000
Countertop coffee maker
61
Inhouse Design
Miele & Cie. KG Company
www.miele.de
DGC 5080 XL 62
Steam cooker
Inhouse Design
Miele & Cie. KG Company
www.miele.de
EcoCare W5821 63
Washing machine
Inhouse Design
Miele & Cie. KG Company
www.miele.de
mono 14° 64
Candle holder
f maurer | vienna Design
mono – eine Marke der Company
Seibel Designpartner GmbH
www.mono.de
„Made in Germany mag zwar nich
kreativen Vorsprung sein, steht a
in bezug auf Funktion und Ästhet
als auch geschmeidig, und sie ist
“Admittedly, Made in Germany m
a seal of approval in terms of crea
stands for the highest quality in t
Perfection is both sharp and smo
Paola Antonelli, 2000: Deutschland kommt vom Mars, Italien von der Ve
in: Design 4:3 – Fünfzig Jahre italienisches & deutsches Design (50 year
Bundesrepublik Deutschland GmbH , Bonn, 2000, p. 16.
t unbedingt ein Gütesiegel für
ber eindeutig für höchste Qualität
ik. Perfektion ist sowohl kantig
modern.“
ay not always definitely represent
tive edge but it unequivocally
erms of function and aesthetics.
oth and it is modern.”
nus (Germany comes from Mars, Italy from Venus)
s of Italian & German design), Edt. Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der
65
mono-ellipse
Teapot
Design Tassilo von Grolman
Company mono – eine Marke der
Seibel Designpartner GmbH
www.mono.de
66
PS 08
Secretary desk
Design Lippert Studios
Company müller möbelfabrikation GmbH & Co. KG
www.mueller-moebel.com
67
KONNEX
Storage rack
Design Florian Gross
Company Müller Möbelwerkstätten GmbH
www.muellermoebel.de
®
müller möbelwerkstätten
68 CONCEPT KITCHEN
Kitchen
Design Kilian Schindler
Company Naber GmbH
www.naber.de
Michelangelo® Hand 69
Myoelectrically controlled hand prosthesis
Inhouse Design
Otto Bock HealthCare Products GmbH Company
www.ottobock.de
003 Sunday 70
Kitchen grocery
reinharddienes, Reinhard Dienes Diaz Design
Looking for a producer ←
Young
Designer
www.reinharddienes.com
loopbox
Storage solution
71
Inhouse Design
Reisenthel Accessoires Company
www.reisenthel.com
Trapezium
Pendant luminaire
72
robhoff – Produktdesign und Entwicklung Design
Looking for a producer ←
Young
Designer
www.robhoff.com
73
SP-7 COFFEE TABLE
Side table
Design Schwab/Panther
Flo Schwab, Georg Panther
→ Looking for a producer
www.schwab-panther.net
74
Young
Designer
M05
Low table program
Design Thomas Merkel
Company sdr+ GmbH & Co. KG
www.sdr-plus.com
75
Bask
Baskets
Design Sebastian Herkner
→ Looking for a producer
www.sebastianherkner.com
76
Siemens Motion
Behind-the-Ear hearing aid
Design Inhouse
Company Siemens Audiology Group
www.hearing.siemens.com
Young
Designer
pl(a)ywood-coffeetable #1
Side table
77
Silvia Knüppel Design
Looking for a producer ←
Young
Designer
www.silviaknueppel.com
QiVi 78
Visitor chair
Stefan Brodbeck Design
Steelcase Werndl AG Company
www.steelcase.de
MIKA
Table
79
Stephanie Jasny Design
Looking for a distributor ←
Young
Designer
www.stephaniejasny.com
SystemOffice 80
Office furniture system
Dirk Uptmoor, Jürg Steiner Design
System 180 Stahlrohr Entwicklungs- und Company
Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH
office.system180.com
Andrej Kupetz, 2008
in: Design Report Special. Deutsches Design. Messe-Neuheiten imm cologne
(German Design. Innovations at the imm cologne trade fair), 2008, p. 50.
“You do not have to be German in order to
produce German design.”
„Sie müssen nicht deutsch sein, um deutsches
Design zu produzieren.“
„Gutes Design ist möglichst
wenig Design. Fort mit dem
Ballast. Kollegen, entschlackt
euch!“
“Good design is as little design
as possible. Ditch the ballast.
Colleagues, purge yourselves!”
Dieter Rams, 1996
in: Design Report Special. p. 62, in: Design Report 06, June 1996.
81
Natural Instinct
Wallpaper collection
Design Inhouse
Company Tapetenfabrik Gebr. Rasch GmbH & Co. KG
www.rasch.de
82
Vanity Fair
Wallpaper collection
Design Inhouse
Company Tapetenfabrik Gebr. Rasch GmbH & Co. KG
www.rasch.de
83
Rubber Table
Table
Design Thomas Schnur
→ Looking for a producer
www.thomasschnur.com
84
Tokio
Silverware series
Design CULTURE FORM GmbH
Company VEGA Gastronomiebedarf GmbH
www.vega-direct.com
Young
Designer
Subway 2.0 85
Mirror with integrated light
.molldesign Design
Villeroy & Boch AG Company
www.villeroy-boch.com
Subway 2.0 86
Vanity unit, oak graphite
.molldesign Design
Villeroy & Boch AG Company
www.villeroy-boch.com
Subway 2.0 87
Wallhung washbasin
.molldesign Design
Villeroy & Boch AG Company
www.villeroy-boch.com
Subway 2.0 88
Single-lever basin mixer
.molldesign Design
Villeroy & Boch AG Company
www.villeroy-boch.com
„Die Disziplin Design gehört zu d
die ihr Selbstverständnis aus dem
verbessern zu können – im Sinne
nach mehr Lebensqualität für die
“The design discipline is one of th
self-image from its ambition to be
in the sense of permanently resea
life for people.”
Andrej Kupetz, 2008
in: Design Report Special. Deutsches Design. Messe-Neuheiten imm co
2008, p. 50.
en wenigen Dienstleistungen,
Anspruch gewinnt, die Welt
einer permanenten Forschung
Menschen.“
e few services that takes its
able to improve the world –
rching into more quality of
logne (German Design. Innovations at the imm cologne trade fair),
89
Milan
XL1
Super Efficient Vehicle
Design Volkswagen Design
Company Volkswagen AG
www.volkswagen.de
89
New York
Der Bulli.
Electric Van Concept
Design Volkswagen Design
Company Volkswagen AG
www.volkswagen.de
90
Lox
Bucket chair
Design PearsonLloyd
Company WALTER KNOLL AG & Co.KG
www.walterknoll.de
91
T-Ray
Armchair
Design Hadi Teherani
Company WALTER KNOLL AG & Co.KG
www.walterknoll.de
Chassis 92
Multi-purpose chair
Stefan Diez Design
Wilkhahn Company
Wilkening+Hahne GmbH+Co. KG
www.wilkhahn.com
Depot 93
Spice tins and shakers
Metz und Kindler Produktdesign Design
WMF AG Company
www.wmf.de
WMF 10 94
Coffee pad machine
Thalia Knaup Design
WMF AG Company
www.wmf.de
Media Receiver 303 95
Media Receiver
Product of Deutsche Telekom
www.telekom.com
Brochure
Editor Rat für Formgebung/
German Design Council
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Design Leise Integrated Design
www.leise-leise.com
Product photos by the participating companies
and product
information texts
Editorial and Stephan Ott
corrections www.design-international.net
Translation Dr. Jeremy Gaines
www.gainestranslations.de
Exhibition
Design Leise Integrated Design
www.leise-leise.com
12 to 17 April FuoriSalone Milan
14 to 17 Mai ICFF International Contemporary Furniture Fair
New York
1 to 3 Dezember Business of Design Week
Hong kong
Credits
Design Deutschland 2011
Rat für Formgebung/
German Design Council
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
D-60327 Frankfurt am Main
www.german-design-council.de
Concept Rat für Formgebung/
German Design Council
Andrej Kupetz, Lutz Dietzold
Project Rat für Formgebung/
Management German Design Council
Antonia Roth, Lena Rettberg
→ Special thanks to the participating
companies
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Main and the authors. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may
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Theodor Heuss, 1951
Design x 50. Zitate, (Design x 50, quotes), Edt. Rat für Formgebung/German Design Council,
Frankfurt am Main.
“Things should be so orderly that they are
self-evident.”
„Die Dinge sollen so ordentlich werden,
daß sie selbstverständlich sind.“
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