Friday, 24 February 2006
Juror`s portrait: Danny Venlet
Danny Venlet is among the renowned members of this years expert jury of the red dot award: product design. The owner of Venlet Interior Architecture works as interior architect and has been cooperated with Neil Burley and Marc Newson in the past. More »
Wednesday, 22 February 2006
New Chief Executive at Gaggenau
From 01 April 2006, Gaggenau Hausgerate Germany will have a new chief executive. Marc-Oliver Schneider-Herzfeld who is currently responsible for the brand will assume office in the US and is to be succeeded by marketing strategist Peter Bruns from the BSH group Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate. More »
Friday, 17 February 2006
Preventing product counterfeiting and piracy with quality, innovation, and speed
“China builds Transrapid magnetic train with own technology”. These breaking news caused quite a stir last Wednesday, because the reports on the Chinese magnetic levitation train – with 500 kph supposedly as fast as the German Transrapid – gave once again rise to the accusation that China is merely copying imported technologies and implementing these in disregard of existing patent rights. More »
Tuesday, 14 February 2006
Mono takes over Pott
The mono cutlery manufacture, which is based in Mettmann, has taken over the Pott brand from Solingen on 1 January 2006, thus bringing together two tradition rich and renowned German manufacturers of cutlery and table accessories. More »
Wednesday, 8 February 2006
Karim Rashid designs products for Normann Copenhagen
Karim Rashid, a shooting star of international lifestyle design, is the latest in a long line of famous designers Normann Copenhagen has won over with its approach to product design. The international design firm hires only renowned industrial designers, thus placing strong emphasis on design as its key factor for success. More »
