For our user Veronika it is no question that products and design in the future have to be sustainable. But she also thinks that sustainable ideas only work effectively when they are affordable for a big number of people:
“Für mich ist klar, dass das Design der Zukunft nachhaltig sein sollte. Nachhaltigkeit ist aber oft noch mit höheren Kosten verbunden und somit nicht für jedermann erschwinglich. Um jedoch wirklich einen merkbaren Effekt auf unsere Welt und die Lebensqualität unserer und zukünftiger Generationen zu gewährleisten, sollte nachhaltiges Design einem möglichst großen Kreis von Käufern zugänglich sein. Zugleich muss jedoch sichergestellt werden, dass ein Produkt nach wie vor nachhaltig bleibt, auch wenn es in großer Menge gekauft oder konsumiert wird.”
“I would like us all to think of design in a broader way”
June 25, 2010
Many people have already told us what they wish and expect from products and design in the future.
For example, this ist what Emma Aulanko from the Finnland Institut in Berlin thinks:
“The most important thing with design is to make the life of people a bit easier. It doesn’t have to be product design it can also mean the design of processes or services or whatever. It doesn’t have to be a concrete thing. I would like us all to think of design in a broader way.”
(Emma Aulanko at the opening of the “bright green design” exhibition at the International Design Center Berlin)
And in the discussion on our website user Anke said: “Ich bleib bescheiden und wünsch mir einfach nur ein biologisch abbaubares Abflussfrei, das genauso gut wirkt, wie die ganzen giftigen Granulate.” So what do YOU think?
At the opening of the first BerliNordik “bright green design” exhibition at the International Design Center Berlin our media partner Lilli Green collected some impressions and also interviewed participating designers from Finland, Norway and Berlin about their work.
A Finnish group of designers from Turku is bringing together their talent for the Turku Design ILMIÖ (phenomena) exhibition in Berlin. This Satellite Exhibition of the International Design Festival Berlin DMY shall exhibit world famous design ceramics, fresh interior textiles, colorful magnetic billboards, children’s clothing, interior decoration pieces and accessories. All the products are designed and made in Finland. The city of Turku where these design companies are situated has been chosen to be the European capital of culture in the year 2011. Read more…
“We believe that every single one of us can help making a change.”
June 5, 2010
ett la benn is a Berlin-based agency for product and interior design.
They say: “As individuals we have to find ways to adapt to certain needs, instead of simply waiting that someone comes up with the perfect solution.” Read more…
They describe their design as forthright and honest
June 1, 2010
Borðið – Design Fellowship
They describe their design as forthright and honest. The design duo Brynhildur Pálsdóttir and Guðfinna Mjöll Magnúsdóttir that work under the name of Borðið don´t travel the most beaten path. Even the name Borðið doesn´t have any obvious design connotations but it aptly describes their dual interest in food design and product design. A certain atmosphere surrounds their designs, it conjures up the feelings of old fashioned feasts, home made food and the carnival.
Brynhildur and Guðfinna Mjöll both graduated from product design at Listaháskóli Íslands in 2004. Both made short stops along the way to their degrees in other countries as guest students. Guðfinna Mjöll at Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien in Austria and Brynhildur got her second BA degree at Gerrit Rietweld Academy in the Netherlands (2004-2005). Already during their study did they start to work on diverse and demanding projects and attracted attention for both creativity and artistic insight. Read more…
For our user Veronika it is no question that products and design in the future have to be sustainable. But she also thinks that sustainable ideas only work effectively when they are affordable for a big number of people: 
ett la benn is a Berlin-based agency for product and interior design.
Borðið – Design Fellowship
