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    5 days ago

    Creativity, culture and city life in 2020 and beyond: an interview with photographer Sven Marquardt

    Sven Marquardt is one of the most prominent figures of the Berlin underground scene. Back in the ‘80s he was portraying GDR’s underground scene using black and white film and an analogue camera. These days he is steeped in the club scene which he perfectly captures mostly in black and white. You might also know him from the documentaries Beauty and Decay and Berlin Bouncer about his photography, his contribution to the infamous Berlin club scene and making Berghain one of the most famous clubs in the world. We spoke to him about his art, changes in the cultural world and how the pandemic has affected it all. by Ana  Maria Carabelea

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    14 days ago

    Gartenbaukino forever: The home of Forward Festival is going back to the future

    Ever since 2016 the Forward Festival and the Gartenbaukino are a perfect match. The home of our Vienna Festival impresses with its gorgeous foyer, the unique powder room, and the giant cinema hall, which has seen iconic speakers such as Stefan Sagmeister, Erik Kessels or Oliviero Toscani. Now, the Gartenbaukino is getting a glow-up: Under the motto “Back to the future”, the Grande Dame of cinemas is being renovated.

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    18 days ago

    Gemma O'Brien puts words into art

    Gemma O’Brien does her own thing. She quit law school to pursue her passion for drawing and letterpress printing and in the meantime became a well-known artist. Gemma does bold super graphics, illustrative lettering and hand-painted murals with the mission in mind to elevate words to art. We had a chat with the Australian artist about the in-between of digital and analog, trends within the creative scene and how to find balance in her creative career.

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    a month ago

    Impulsive, foolish, spirited: The creative mind of photographer Maša Stanić

    Maša Stanić has made a name of herself within the creative scene with kind of a laissez-faire approach to photography. Her photos often show nudity, middle fingers, and the most ordinary motives. While some may see her as a provocateur, the artist would never describe herself like that. We had a chat with Maša about what she is doing, doubting, and what she is dreaming of.

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    a month ago

    Forward Festival 2021 Main Titles by Found: An interview

    It’s here! The 2021 Forward Festival Main Titles by Found Studio just celebrated its release and wants to inspire people to keep moving. In this interview with Clayton Welham, creative director at Found Studio, he told us about the idea and concept behind the clip, technologies, and challenges his team faced when creating the Main Titles.

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    a month ago

    Out of this world: Pushing the boundaries of AI with Ouchhh

    Somewhere in between art, science, technology, and new media, Ouchhh has found its place. Working with highly advanced artificial intelligence, the new media art studio creates magical immersive art installations. Ouchhh has made a name for itself over the past years by designing and programming prestigious projects such as the world's biggest AI data sculpture. We had a chat with Ouchhh-founder Ferdi Alici about the very beginnings of working with AI, its boundaries, and future projects.

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    2 months ago

    In-between reality and fantasy with Ines Alpha

    Ines Alpha likes blurring the frontiers between reality and fiction. And by being a 3D makeup artist she makes reality more fantastic and surreal. We had a chat with Ines Alpha about her 3D makeup routine, Kim Kardashianesque beauty standards and about creating an Alpha planet.

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    2 months ago

    Here & now with Max Siedentopf – Interview featured by #jungbleiben

    Former competitive swimmer Max Siedentopf sees things from different angles and loves what he does. He is a cosmopolitan, the youngest partner in the history of KesselsKramer and a master in creating creative, provocative and above all unique works. Max is who he is and that's a good thing. We had a chat with him for our series “Featured by #jungbleiben magazine“.

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    3 months ago

    Inside the creative mind of Ferry Gouw

    Ferry Gouw is a an illustrator, graphic designer, and art director based in London. He was the art director of Major Lazer and one of our favorite Forward Festival speakers. We interviewed him after his inspiring talk at the Forward Festival Vienna 2018 and spoke about drawing, his career, and his favorite comic books.

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    4 months ago

    “Mannerize the World” - a story of art curation, Austrian tradition and digitization

    Vera Steinkellner lives for, through and within the creative community - as a curator she makes art accessible to a broader audience. We talked to her about the PinkPlayground collaboration with Manner and aspiring artists she curated, her work as corporate social responsibility manager as well as her relationship to digitization.

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    4 months ago

    The attraction of books during digitization

    Slanted is not only known for its beautiful magazines, it is also a publishing house for the greatest books. We talked to Julia Kahl, CEO of Slanted Publishers, about the influence of digitization on the book business, new projects and her favourite piece for cozy evenings.

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    6 months ago

    New editor-in-chief at form design magazine: Anton Rahlwes and Nina Sieverding

    Anton Rahlwes and Nina Sieverding share the new position of editor-in-chief at design magazine form. We have talked to the two of them about design journalism, their new adventure and changes in print due to crisis and digitization.

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    6 months ago

    Between analog and digital with Eike König - Interview featured by #jungbleiben

    Graphic designer, artist, and professor, father, partner, and above all human being; this is Eike König. Growing up in Germany in the 1970s, he lived through exciting eras, but also emotional ups and downs have made him the person he is now. Linguistically, Eike König is absolutely in his element and admires the aesthetics and the art of sport. We had a chat with him for our series “Featured by #jungbleiben magazine“.

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    6 months ago

    Micol Talso & her adventures at Toiletpaper Magazine

    Micol Talso is the Art Director of Toiletpaper Magazine, a label that can be applied to a variety of objects and situations, starting from a magazine to a party, a girlfriend or a design object. We spoke to her about Toiletpaper as a project, her workflow and how to juggle several roles in life.

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    7 months ago

    Kaitlyn Chang on overdue changes in digitalization & the new normal – Accenture Interactive

    Kaitlyn Chang, a real award winning advertising professional, just started working as Brand Innovation Lead at Accenture Interactive, right before the corona lock down. We talked to her about the “new normal”, long overdue digital change, home office curiosities, and nerdy habits.

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    8 months ago

    Speaking your creative mind with Sarah Illenberger - Interview featured by #jungbleiben

    Sarah Illenberger gives new meaning to everyday objects. As an artist, illustrator, and designer, she explores areas that cannot be defined by a common job title. In our interview for #jungbleiben magazine, she tells us why Italians allow more creative freedom than Germans.

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    8 months ago

    Interview with Laura Schaeffer: 'Being well prepared gives you the freedom to be spontaneous'

    The Berlin-based photographer Laura Schaeffer just recently graduated from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and already has an impressive portfolio of clients and projects to offer. We had a chat with her about what's to be found on the camera roll of her phone, how to overcome creative blockades, and her conceptual approach towards photography.

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    10 months ago

    Shantell Martin: "If life doesn’t give you a door, climb out of a window"

    Interview by Ana Carabelea   Best known for her large scale, black-and-white drawings made up of lines that are unmistakable hers, Shantell’s work is often accompanied by text pieces that address and engage their viewer: “Who Are You”, “You Are You”, “Are You You”, or, perhaps my favourite, “If life doesn’t give you a door, climb out of a window.”

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    10 months ago

    Augment artworks on your phone

    A couple of months ago, Artefact created an AR app for our festival. One of the functions of this app was to augment artworks you can find in our Print Magazine. Now that there's no festival, you might not have our Print Magazine (you can order it here). Here's the good news: These artworks are online in our Moon Exhibition, so you can discover them from home. Find out how to do it. 

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    10 months ago

    Interview: Adbuster Vermibus on his idea of perfect worlds and bodies

    Advertising in a perfect world? Nonexistent, says Spanish artists Vermibus, who is particularly known for his adbusting. Using solvent, he brushes away faces, flesh and branding, and creates art that criticizes advertising and its effect on society. 

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    10 months ago

    Appealing to all senses with Bompas&Parr - Interview featured by #jungbleiben

    As fireworks illuminate the sky of London, the city is bathed in a strawberry-flavored cloud. Sounds fictional, but it's actually the work of Bompas & Parr, a studio for multi-sensory experience design. Sam Bompas and Harry Parr combine food with a wide range of creative disciplines and thus create works of art and experiences for all senses. We had a chat with them for our series “Featured by #jungbleiben magazine“.

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    a year ago

    Forward speakers through the lens of Stefan Grau

    At Forward Festival Munich, we invited photographer Stefan Grau to look through his Digital Eyes and take one-of-a-kind portraits of our speakers.  

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    a year ago

    Inside the creative mind of Gavin Strange

    By day, Gavin Strange is a senior designer for the interactive arm of Aardman Animations, producing internationally beloved characters such as Wallace & Gromit or Shaun the Sheep. Via his night alias JamFactory, he works on his passion projects as designer and director. Forward met him to hit him with some questions, with answers worth listening to.

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    a year ago

    Between the realms of art and commerce with Sofie Fatouretchi - Interview featured by #jungbleiben

    Musician, painter, DJane, student, curator, boiler room member, cult survivor - Sofie Fatouretchi moves in various commercial and artistic circles and cannot be put in a box. Still, her definition of safe space is "myself, alone at home". After living in California, she is now back in Vienna and more creative than ever before. We had a chat with her in her favorite Viennese coffee house to find out more for our series "Featured by #jungbleiben magazine".

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    a year ago

    Interview: Jessica Walsh on how to use stress as fuel for your work

    Jessica Walsh is the founder and creative director of &Walsh, one of the few creative agencies around the world that are led by women. She talked to us about sexism in the creative industries, role-models and her approach to dealing with stress. This is an extract of the 2020 Forward Print Magazine. Find the full interview here.

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    a year ago

    Anthony Burrill and the human feel of the analog

    Graphic artist, print-maker and designer Anthony Burrill is best known for his “Work Hard & Be Nice To People” poster. The thought-provoking phrase has become something of a mantra within the design community. It reflects the persuasive and up-beat style of communication that we connect with Anthony’s work and that we have all come to love.   Interview by Marco Markovic

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    a year ago

    4 CREATIVES - 4 PERSPECTIVES

    The current crisis hits us on a global and on a very individual level simultaneously. While everyone is confronted with the same issue, it affects us on different levels, and we have our own ways of coping. We spoke to four talented women of the creative industries, asking them the same questions, gaining different perspectives. 

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    a year ago

    Why Mirko Borsche does not believe in brainstorming - Interview featured by #jungbleiben

    How do you convince your client that your solution works best for the job, and what do you do when your best friend stops talking to you because your creative ideas take up too much of your personal life?  Mirko Borsche has been part of the Forward Festival line-up several times now. He is the founder of Bureau Borsche, a Munich-based graphic design studio offering design and communication consultancy for clients from all fields of interest while creating original works within the scope of art, subculture, and design. In our series "Featured by #jungbleiben magazine", he explains how his team handles idea-finding and why speed is the main requirement for a graphic designer.

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    a year ago

    Artefact on mixed reality and the Forward AR App

    We have met with Artefact, an up-and-coming mixed reality company from Vienna to talk about this new medium, their work and approach to projects, and the recent collaboration with Forward Festival.

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    a year ago

    How to get the max out of one year where you can do whatever you want to do

    What would you do, if you have one year of creative freedom? One year, where you don’t have to make money for a living but can create with a purpose? A year, where you can travel and meet people that you would never have the chance to meet? A year where you can speak at conferences and run workshops? A year where you can experiment and find your voice? What would you want to share? What would you want to learn? And what would you want to do?

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    a year ago

    Creating visual universes with Ferry Gouw

    Ferry Gouw is known as an illustrator, graphic designer, and video director. Personally, however, he doesn't want to restrict himself to any occupation in particular. Having directed a whole visual universe for Major Lazer, we spoke to him about designing for the music industry and learned how he usually creates such immersive narratives.

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    2 years ago

    Rebranding a cultural fortress - Interview with studio VIE

    Lately we haven't been able to get to work without noticing certain posters all over town. With the start of the new season at Burgtheater, quite a lot has changed; not only the program or the people working on it but also the entire look and feel. Less of a fortress, more of a theatre, more inter-, less national. Artistic director Martin Kušej is on a mission to erase the term „Burg“ for Burgtheater - a vision that needed its visual identity to go along with.

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    2 years ago

    “Searching for meaning in your work is a massive mistake.”

    We skyped with one of our oddest, most favorite and fun Forward speakers: Jim Stoten - and a few seagulls. The illustrator is based in a seaside town on the south coast of England and has worked for Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Home Festival Venice, Land Rover Magazine, and many more.

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    2 years ago

    "Suddenly I was allowed to do something that was just beautiful." Interview with Jule Waibel featured by #jungbleiben

    We met folding artist Jule Waibel for an interview. The young German designer and passionate yogi has her own label and has already worked for large brands like Swarovski, Adidas, Chanel, and many more. In her two studios - in Berlin and Bali - she creates playful objects and dreams of geometric shapes dancing around the moon.

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    2 years ago

    "I have a balance between really fun projects and money-focused projects." Interview with Paula Scher

    Paula Scher is one of the most influential graphic designers in the world and a Pentagram Partner. You might have seen her in the Netflix documentary “Abstract: The Art of Design” where she gives a glimpse into her daily work routine and challenging projects. She developed the graphic identities of Tiffany & Co and Citibank and worked for a broad range of clients like Microsoft, Coca-Cola, The Museum Of Modern Art,  among many more. We talked to the inspiring graphic designer about the biggest work challenges for women, the importance of atmosphere in a room and global design trends. Interview by Catherine Hazotte

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    2 years ago

    Erik Kessels says: "Confusion is a really good state of mind."

    For Erik Kessels, the right state of mind to create is confusion and not being confident. The founder of the agency KesselsKramer in Amsterdam is always on the go. The restless artist, creator and designer talks about good advertising, why you don’t need a system to collect things and why a good night's sleep clears your head. Interview by Catherine Hazotte

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    2 years ago

    "Design will never become art." Interview with Paola Antonelli

    Some people are driven by their passion in life, even before they realize it: Italian born architect and curator Paola Antonelli found her own passion in design, by being a bad student at university at her first major. Her occupation came to her by chance and she is now Senior Curator of the Department of Architecture & Design as well as the Director of R&D at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Interview by Catherine Hazotte

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    2 years ago

    Stefan Sagmeister wants you to stop concentrating on your own happiness

    The world-famous designer and artist has collected virtually every design award. As a product and graphic designer, Bregenz-born Stefan Sagmeister has worked his way up to the very top by mashing up typography and picture language in a fresh, unique and sometimes even provoking manner. Interview by Catherine Hazotte

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    2 years ago

    "I learned never to promise more than I can keep" Interview with Erik Spiekermann

    If you are passionate about typography and design, there is no way around the name of Erik Spiekermann. The Berlin-based creator designed the famous classical font FF Meta and is the author of various typography literature. During his career, he worked on legendary projects like the graphic appearance of the city of Berlin, the control system of Düsseldorf Airport and the corporate design of Volkswagen and Audi. Interview by Catherine Hazotte

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    2 years ago

    The Odd One Out: An Interview with Raj Davsi on the Main Titles

    One of our special highlights is The Mill's exclusively produced Main Titles for the Forward Festival. The film celebrates the energy and strength to stand out from the crowd - following the 2019 Festival motto: The Odd One Out. We are thrilled that the film made it even to the Staff Picks on Vimeo within the first week of release. So we met Raj Davsi for an interview.

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    2 years ago

    Tobias van Schneider tells us 'How to move to NYC'

    Tobias van Schneider is a German multi-disciplinary maker of useful, curious and beautiful things. Born in Germany and raised in Austria, he now lives and works in New York City. After dropping out of school and teaching himself design at the age of 16, he worked as hard as he could to become who he is today: designer, founder, speaker, mentor and maker.

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    2 years ago

    Kessels' "Group Show" and the renaissance of vinyl imagery

    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.

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    2 years ago

    Inside the creative mind of DXTR

    DXTR the Weird is a Berlin-based artist and freelance illustrator. Starting out as a graffiti artist, he now works for multiple brands and is one of the founders of the art collective THE WEIRD. Translating his style between wall and print, DXTR is a well known entity in the Forward universe. We met him after his talk at Forward Festival Vienna 2018 and asked him some questions.

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    3 years ago

    In the future “products will reflect the small spaces that we are living in”

    The Scottish design director Ruth Wassermann runs one of the most intriguing platforms for budding designers in the moment. She is the head of design of MADE's new crowdsourcing and crowdfunding platform TalentLab, where young designers can submit projects that they would like to see realized. We had the chance to sit down with Ruth and talk with her about the idea behind TalentLab, the first collection and her vision for the future of living.

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    3 years ago

    Zurich-based concept store Waldraud curates the first ever Forward Boutique

    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.

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    3 years ago

    The founders of The Future of Reading on “why digital needs print”

    Patrick Marc Sommer and Rüdiger Quass von Deyen are the brains behind the Future of Reading congress (FURE). On 24th of November a handpicked selection of speakers will come together in the German town Münster to discuss the importance of print in the era of digitization.

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    3 years ago

    "The biggest mistake is not trying"

    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.

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    4 years ago

    Eine Creators Lab Success Story: Natascha Muhic und ihr Vinylograph

    „Das eigene Geschäftsmodell neu denken“: Unter diesem Fokus hat die Wirtschaftsagentur Wien mit dem Creators Lab während des Forward Festivals 2017 in Wien Gründerinnen, Jungunternehmer, Start-ups und erfahrene Unternehmen unterschiedlicher Kreativbranchen an einen Tisch gebracht.

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    4 years ago

    MO-NI-KA: Eine Creators Lab Success Story

    „Das eigene Geschäftsmodell neu denken“: Unter diesem Fokus hat die Wirtschaftsagentur Wien mit dem Creators Lab während des Forward Festivals 2017 in Wien GründerInnen, JungunternehmerInnen, Start-ups und erfahrene Unternehmen unterschiedlicher Kreativbranchen an einen Tisch gebracht.

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    4 years ago

    Forward'17 Speaker Davide Bortot über seine Schwimmkarriere, die Zeit bei RBMA und warum er nicht an Ideen glaubt

    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

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    4 years ago

    Birgit Palma and Daniel Triendl from Adobe’s #ModularLettering workshop on creativity and teamwork

    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.

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    4 years ago

    Roger Stämpfli von Aroma über moderne Kreativarbeit

    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.

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    5 years ago

    Stefan Sagmeister’s pursuit of bliss

    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.

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    5 years ago

    MAK-Direktor Thun-Hohenstein: Business as usual ist nicht mehr möglich

    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).

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