Design Talk with Marco dos Santos

At our partner Audi, Marco dos Santos designs vehicle wrap­ping — the so-called «Liveries» — for proto­types, series models and Formula 1. Marco, you create film designs for Audi. What does your day-to-day work look like? When a project lands on my desk, I first talk to the model designers and devel­opers to find out…

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Hi Basel

We turn our atten­tion to Basel, where the annual Art Basel takes place. We are taking the latter as an oppor­tu­nity to add another city to the Design Guide and can already reveal this much: Basel is some­thing special!

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Design Talk with Lorena von Büren

Design Preis Schweiz regu­larly features creative indi­vid­uals who shape the vibe of the local design scene—such as Lorena von Büren. She is one of the recent grad­u­ates of the Bachelor’s program in Indus­trial Design at the Insti­tute Contem­po­rary Design Prac­tices (ICDP) at the HGK Basel FHNW. As part of her Bachelor’s thesis “G.O.A.T.,” she devel­oped a climbing pros­thesis for people with leg ampu­ta­tions.

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Diploma Exhi­bi­tion Next Gener­a­tion 2024 of HGK Basel

The diploma exhi­bi­tion NEXT Gener­a­tion 2024 of the Academy of Art and Design Basel FHNW (HGK Basel) can be seen from September 14 to 19 on the Dreispitz campus and online at nextgeneration.hgk.fhnw.ch.

Would you like to explore the imme­diate present from the perspec­tive of design and art? Take a glimpse into our designed future? The diploma exhi­bi­tion NEXT Gener­a­tion 2024 invites you to immerse your­self in the diverse world of grad­u­ates from all bachelor’s and master’s programs at HGK Basel.

Expect: exper­i­mental and at the same time crit­ical engage­ments with the pressing issues of our time as well as concrete solu­tions to shape our soci­etal future.

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Offline journey

Together with Pro Helvetia and the Zurich Silk Industry Society (ZSIG), we are inviting you to the Design Retreat for the second time.

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Design Talk with César Muntada

César Muntada is the Head of Light Design at Audi. He talks about light and his passion for cars. César Muntada, what is your back­ground? Why did you decide to specialize in lighting design? And why cars? That was a coin­ci­dence. In the famous Stan­ford speech by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, he talks about the…

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Design Retreat 2024

Together with Pro Helvetia and the Zurich Silk Industry Society (ZSIG), we are inviting you to the Design Retreat for the second time.

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On the pulse of design creation with Wohn­revue

The maga­zine has been cham­pi­oning design and inte­rior archi­tec­ture for over 35 years, reporting on the national and inter­na­tional design scene and always staying close to inte­rior trends.

Wohn­revue is also a long-standing partner of the Design Preis Schweiz. It eagerly follows the work of the nomi­nees, observes the jury’s choices and reports on them in detail. As always, with a great sense of style and aesthetics.

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Prize Giving Cere­mony

29 of a total of 250 projects submitted for this year’s Design Preis Schweiz have been nomi­nated: refreshing and inno­v­a­tive contri­bu­tions to different areas of design. The winners will be presented with their awards in Langen­thal on 3 November.

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