Interview

Dutch graphic designer, advertising manager, editor, collector, exhibition curator and artist Erik Kessels is well known for his versatile projects. He is a creator of the digital age who, in his work, pays close attention to the most popular or trivial forms of photography. May this be family albums, commercial documentation or others, normally rejected by canon-defining museums. In his newest exhibition “Group Show” he shows an extensive collection of ‘vernacular’ vinyl records with, simply spoken, large groups of people on the cover.

We are extremely delighted to launch The Forward Boutique in the context of Forward Festival Zurich, taking place from 1st to 2nd of June 2018 at KOSMOS. The Forward Boutique is a culmination of clothing products and fashion accessories from international brands we love, and know our visitors will love too.

You probably have heard of hackathons, where IT-aficionados are competing against each other under time pressure. The team behind the Designathon took this paradigm and translated it into the world of design.

Davide Bortot war: – Philosophie- und Logik-Student (abgeschlossen) – mehr Schwimmer als Leistung – darum bald Schwimmtrainer – Chefredakteur eines Hip Hop Magazins – mitverantwortlich für die Red Bull Music Academy

At this year’s Forward Festivals our attendants were able to join the #ModularLettering workshop presented by Adobe. In this interactive workshop everyone was working collaboratively on an illustrated alphabet, using photos and flat graphics.

Wir haben Roger Stämpfli, Executive Creative Director von Aroma, der führenden Schweizer Agentur für dreidimensionale Kommunikation, über den Ist-Zustand der Branche, modernes Arbeiten und den Digitalisierungswahn interviewt.

From an outside view, people might not even think that Stefan Sagmeister is questioning happiness. He lives in his dream city New York and has achieved anything that a graphic designer could dream of.

DDr. Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Direktor des MAK Wien, im Gespräch über die Rollen der angewandten Künste und des Museums in der Zukunft.   DDr. Christoph Thun-Hohenstein leitet seit September 2011 das renommierte MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst in Wien (MAK).