Inhalt

• New Professors appointed at KISD
  
• KISD conducting research project
  
• The Guardian supplement on Service Design
  
• COLOGNE DESIGN PRICE
  
• Max Zürker decorated at international junior competition
  
• Nico Kläber under finalists in »Electrolux Design Lab 2009« competition
  
• KISD students to be funded
  
• KISD presents itself in Milano
  
• Service Design Network Germany
  
• KISD students to successfully exhibit at Light & Building
  
• MEDes
  
• Cologne Design Lounge
  
• A trophy for the Kölner Kulturpreis
  
• KISDshop open to the public
  
• Colonia3D at the Roman Germanian Museum Cologne
  
• Cultural Library is growing
  
• Kölner Klopfer 2010 conferred
  
• KISD intl / Intl. Cooperations Center / Intl. workgroup funded by DAAD
  
• Prof. Brandes & Erlhoff in New York
  
• Lecture at KAIST, Korea
  
• Workshop at GUC, Cairo
  
• »TRAUMA« under IGF finalists
  
• Federal Government to fund KISD alumni going into self employment
  
• Lena Hirche from llot llov
  
• André Michel with Storz Design
  
• Thorsten Frackenpohl & André Poulheim win IF Product Design Award 2010
  
• KISD alumni featured at FMX 2010
  
• KISD Guest tutors
  
• KISD Publications
  
• KISD Dates
  

New Professors appointed at KISD

In early 2010 Köln International School of Design (KISD) was happy to announce the appointment of two new professors. Dipl. Designer Andreas Wrede was appointed to lead the teaching area of »Design and Identity«. Dr. Oliver Baron will preside over the area of »Design and Economy«.

Prof. Andreas Wrede was born in 1967 in Bonn. He studied Communication Design and Design at the University of Applied Science Köln (FH Köln). Since 2000 he has been tutoring at the FH Köln and the University Bonn-Rhein-Sieg. He is a founder member of the German Society of Design Theory and Research. Further he is co-founder and director of the design agency »causa formalis« and has been working for the FEI-World Equestrian Games Aachen 2006 and the European Central Bank.

Prof Dr. Oliver Baron studied literature sciences, sociology and educational science in Bielefeld and Berlin. In 2005 he was awarded a doctorate in Cultural Sciences at Europa University Viandra and New York University. He looks back on 10 years in the creative industry, 7 of which as a leading creative director in influential design agencies specialized in business communication and new media.

KISD conducting research project

Currently KISD is leading a wide-ranging international research project along with universities in Barcelona, Milano, New York, Poona, Hong Kong, Fukuoka, Auckland, Curitaba and Taipeh. The focus lies on the »reality of work organization at the desk«. At present there are 12 teaching assistants of KISD roaming the planet to join the teachers and students at those universities in their work on the project and participate in discussions. The project is anticipated to end in late 2011 with an exhibition featuring the project as well as a book and possibly even a conference.

The Guardian supplement on Service Design

The British newspaper »The Guardian« has released a ten page supplement on Service Design on Monday, 15th of March!

In co-operation with the Service Design Network The Guardian has produced a supplement themed on Service Design and Innovation. Included are many interesting case studies and best practices with perceivable business impact - enjoyable and easy understandable examples. 10 Pages, 350.000 copies … great stories!

Find all articles on the SDN website

 SDN Webseite

COLOGNE DESIGN PRICE

On October, 23rd, 2009 the KÖLNER DESIGN PREIS was awarded for the second time, marking the start of an exhibition showcasing all nominee«˜s entries at the Museum of Applied Arts.

One of the two first prices was given to Bettina Huber of KISD for her diploma thesis innovative design of a biopsy device for the diagnose and treatment of breast cancer. The second price was awarded to another KISD diplomate: Bianca Bender convinced the jury with her dissertation dealing with status symbols. Thyl Junker and Jessica Stihl received commendations.

Max Zürker decorated at international junior competition

On November 4th, 2009 thirteen prices worth 25,000 Euro were awarded in six different categories at the internationally aligned junior competition »kurzundschön« (»niceandpretty«) hosted by West German Broadcast (WDR) and Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM). The jury sifted 330 entries from 10 european countries and made their choice: The 3rd price in the WDR-category »Packaging, trailer concepts for the WDR short film night 2009« went to KISD student Max Zürker for »Ballon«.

Nico Kläber under finalists in »Electrolux Design Lab 2009« competition

»Moléculaire« is the name of a futuristic 3D-printer for molecular food that will give chefs as well as consumers at home various new possibilities. The pioneering household utility concept by KISD student Nico Kläber was the only german entry to be selected for the final selection of the international design competition »Electrolux Design Lab 2009«.

KISD students to be funded

KISD students Anke Riemer and Andreas Unteidig were granted scholarships from the German National Academic Foundation, the largest and most prestigious organisation sponsoring the academically gifted. This continues the trend of KISD students convincing deciders within the complex selection process.

KISD presents itself in Milano

In 2009 KISD used the context of the Milano Furniture Fair to exhibit at SaloneSatellite conveying its progressive understanding of design. Amidst thousands of international exhibitors 12 students lead by Prof. Jenz Großhans and Prof. Björn Bartholdy showcased a selection of works titled »Design beyond Furniture« representing KISD«˜s twelve fields of teaching.

Their sophisticated booth, created exclusively for the SaloneSatelite embodies the wide spectrum of diverse and unconventional topics at KISD that enables students and professors to collaboratively push the boundries of traditional design.

Utilizing the distinct features of op-art along with »sinking« furniture the booth enters a playful relationship with its spatial dimensions and communicates the continuos effort to explore the limits of design. On large screens there were presentations of recent student designs from many areas. The presence on this fair was an exciting opportunity for KISD to present its uniqueness to an international audience.

Service Design Network Germany

We are happy to announce that the Service Design Network Germany has come alive! As part of the International Service Design Network the German chapter will have a special focus on pursuing the interests of the German Service Design community. Following up the IA Conference in Cologne the first official meeting of the SDN Germany »The Service Design Reception« will be held on May, 14th.

The founding of Service Design Network Germany is part of a process to strengthen the Service Design community worldwide. The SDN has grown a lot during the last year and the need of building national chapters has come up to represent the Service Design community all around the world.

Mehr Infos Find more info about SDN national chapters on the

 SDN webseite.

SKISD students to successfully exhibit at Light & Building

For the first time in its history »Light and Building«, the leading trade show for light and electrical engineering created a special area for young designers. The campaign called »Young Design« enabled aspiring designers to apply for a free booth by handing in a lamp design. Four KISD students, one of which already graduated got the chance to present their lamp concepts and lamps.

»godot« Designer: Michael Jurisch

»bender« Designer: Manuel Born

»tripod« Designer: Andreas Breilmann

MEDes

From April 14-19, 2010 the MEDes program (and therefore KISD, being one of the seven participating universities) was on location at the »Salone Satellite« in Milano.

From April 7-14, 2010 the annual MEDesworkshop at the Politecnico di Milano took place.

The peak of young designers from Konstfack Stockholm, ENSCI Les Ateliers Paris, ABK Stuttgart, KISD Cologne, Aalto University Helsinki, GSA Glasgow and the Politecnico di Milano presented the benefits of a collaborative, international and multidisciplinary design experience at Salone Satellite 2010 in Milan.

Cologne Design Lounge

On April 28 the new Cologne Design Lounge was being introduced. It is a collaborative initiative of the Cologne Museum of Applied Arts, the Rotonda Business Club and KISD and will stage important discussions about design on a bi-monthly basis. The first discussion will center on »The designed everyday life« , later ones »Design and art« or even »Residing as an action and as design«.

For further information feel free to contact monika.pfeil@stadt-koeln.de

A trophy for the Kölner Kulturpreis

2010 is the first year for the Kölner Kulturpreis to be awarded. Under the direction of Prof. Günter Horntrich 24 KISD students developed concepts for the trophy. The events«˜ organizers chose Paul Prangenberg«˜s concept »Wave«. It signifies the recognition of the laureates efforts to enrich rhine-city Cologne by gilding a stream within other cultural flows.

KISDshop open to the public

Since September 2009 people roaming inner city Cologne are able to experience and purchase fantastic products designed by Students of KISD and its international partner universities.

Further information is to be found under

 www.kisdshop.de

Address: KISDshop, Benesisstr. 49, 50672 Köln

Colonia3D at the Roman Germanian Museum Cologne

The interim results of the research project Colonia3D is on display at the archaeological exhibition »Stories of Discovery. Archaeology in North Rhine-Westphalia« from March 18 until November 14 at the Roman Germanian Museum. The exhibition rotates on a five year cycle presenting the newest findings in NRW.

Colonia3D was developed as an interactive, didactical application and will now be presented to a broad audience for the first time. The user is able to access a three-dimensional overview showing the discoveries, extended information on particular findings and a panoramic display enabling the user to compare the prior situation with the current one. An interactive stroll through the roman Cologne points out highlights in passing. The virtual stroll is possible through a real-time application projecting the simulation on a screen in front of the user. An interactive table enables the user to navigate through the cityscape and retrieve further information.

More information available under  www.colonia3d.de

Cultural Library is growing

Cultural Library is the name of a series of projects which serve as a platform for KISD and its international partners to research habits and rituals of everyday life and the use of products and rooms in relation to these. The associated research takes place in projects located in different cultural circles and takes into account the regional and structural circumstances.

Following projects in Tokio, London, Cologne and Taipeh the 11th Cultural Library Project 2009 was held between Cologne and Nairobi.

In the context of this project there will be a publication titled »Learning from Nairobi« put

out mid 2010. A project called »Cultural Library goes west: Curitiba/Brazil« lead b

More Information under 

www.culturallibrary.com

Kölner Klopfer 2010 conferred

Every year KISD students get the opportunity to nominate designers for the »Kölner Klopfer«. They get a chance to introduce their nominee before a secret vote is instituted to elect a winner. To our knowledge the »Kölner Klopfer« is the only award in the world handed over by students.

It is a prerequisite for the laureate to personally accept the award. Last year Ingo Maurer was the one to receive the trophy, a silicone rabbit figure coated in golden varnish. This year KISD decorated Dieter Rams who joined us on May 6th to receive the honor.

KISD intl / Intl. Cooperations Center / Intl. workgroup funded by DAAD

26 international guests from 12 countries are studying at KISD during summer term 2010. Six nationalities are present in recently started MA »Integrated Design« program. Currently there are numerous KISD students at our partner universities in Taipeh, New York, Sydney,

Barcelona, Porto and our five european MEDes partner schools. Since September 2009 Dipl. Des. Jessica Stihl is in charge of the International Cooperation Center (exchange@kisd.de). As a member of the Internationel Committee she is responsible for planning and conducting international projects and contact partner universities. Together with the International workgroup she supports and informs international students. This year the International workgroup will be subsidized as a Local Collegiate ERASMUS Initiative (LEI) by German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD).

Prof. Brandes & Erlhoff in New York

In mid April Prof. Dr. Uta Brandes and Prof. Dr. Michael Erlhoff were invited to Parsons,

New York to organize an exhibition titled »New radical design« which is being co-planned by KISD and Parsons. It is scheduled to open in December 2010.

Lecture at KAIST, Korea

Acclaimed university KAIST in Korea invited Prof. Dr. Uta Brandes to give a talk on the subject of Design Research which will be held in May. We are looking forward to a long-term

research relationship with this university.

Workshop at GUC, Cairo

In late 2009 Prof. Dr. Uta Brandes and Prof. Dr. Michael Erlhoff lead a workshop at German University Cairo on the topic of »Expressions of male and female power«. Most of the 70 very dedicated participants were female.

»TRAUMA« under IGF finalists

The computer game »TRAUMA« by Krystian Majewski (KISD Alumnus 2008) was nominated in three categories at the Independent Games Festival (IGF). »TRAUMA« was developed partly in the context of a diploma thesis at KISD titeld »Illucinated - The developement of a contemporary adventure game«  Link

»Just the nomination means a lot to me. I can establish new ties and my game gets lots of attention.«

Federal Government to fund KISD alumni going into self employment

Gemeinsam mit dem Betriebswirt Pascal Bayer werden die Diplom-Designer Caspar Schmitz und Maciej Puzon vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie gefördert. Das sogenannte »EXIST« Förderprogramm unterstützt Jungunternehmer ein Jahr lang auf ihrem Weg in die Selbständigkeit. Diese Förderung beschränkt sich jedoch nicht nur auf ein Stipendium, sondern bereitet die zukünftigen Führungspersönlichkeiten vor allem durch spezielle Coachingmaßnahmen auf die Herausforderungen der Selbständigkeit vor.

Unterstützt wird das Team bei der Umsetzung seines Projekts von den KISD-Professoren Wolfgang Laubersheimer und Hatto Grosse.

Das erste Betätigungsfeld der jungen Unternehmer liegt im Bereich Rehabilitation. Vor allem Senioren werden von der innovativen Geschäftsidee profitieren: Um Hindernisse wie Bordsteinkanten überwinden zu können, werden Rollatoren mit einer speziellen

Schwenkrolle ausgestattet. Am 1. Dezember gründeten die drei Absolventen, die von der Fachhochschule infrastrukturell unterstützt werden, ihr Unternehmen »dreikant«.

Lena Hirche from llot llov

llot llov is pleased about the cooperation with Germany's most famous women's mag BRIGITTE. Together with the just released BRIGITTE lookbook they introduce the new products LUCI and JAMES.

Lena Hirche is working at llot llov as strategy designer and empirical design researcher. She considers her strength to be conceptual thinking, evaluation of design and spirit.

 www.llotllov.de

André Michel bei Storz Design

As head of the Industrial Design department Michel will be responsible for design development of products and the direction of the product design team. André Michel graduated from KISD in 2004. The 34 year old was able to gain valuable experiences working as a freelancer and modell maker at Mango Design, Braunschweig. Afterwards he worked side by side with Uwe Spannagel as a junior designer at Spannagel Design in Cologne. Before switching to Design Storz he spent four years as a Senior Designer at NOA Design, Aachen.

Thorsten Frackenpohl & André Poulheim win IF Product Design Award 2010

Thorsten Frackenpohl und André Poulheim are excited about their mobile phones Vodafone 540 and Vodafone 545 receiving the iF Product Design Award 2010.

The quintessential design of the 540 as well as its clever construction lead to a maximal thickness of 9mm. In addition high quality components like the battery cover made of metal and the chromed frame underline the elegance that shapes the brushed, almost jointless front of the device.

The Vodafone 545 enables customers in developing countries to access E-Mail and internet. Since PCs are too expensive and internet cafes rare the 545 combines everything neccessary into one compact, affordable device. To provide extended readability of entire websites and lengthy e-mails the 2.4» big screen was rotated in a horizontal mode. This makes an easy keyboard setup possible. Its strong, individual shape resembles expensive »smartphone«
 

www.frackenpohl-poulheim.de

KISD alumni featured at FMX 2010

KISD alumni Claus Daniel Herrmann & Roman Jungblut were featured at Eyes & Ears Award Junior Showcase during this year«˜s FMX with their thesis »idnternet«.

Claus Daniel Herrman and Roman Jungblut will be presenting their project »Idnternet« at New Talents Biennale from June 12th to 20th in Cologne. Further Information available at  New Talent«˜s website

KISD Guest tutors

In 2009/2010 there were several guest projects at KISD:

19.10.2009 - 23.10.2009

Prof. Lorraine Justice - The New Big Sleep

Hong Kong PolyU, School of Design

 Netzradio

09.11.2009 - 20.11.2009

Urs Böswetter - Minimize / Maximize

Designer; Zürich

09.11.2009 - 20.11.2009

Dipl. Des. Patricia Hepp - A rectangular piece of fabric means clothing

Mode-Designerin Berlin und Köln

16.11.2009 - 20.11.2009

C. Bruggmann-Reck - Frenzy of Metamorphosis

Schmuckdesignerin; Basel und Köln

 Netzradio

07.12.2009 - 11.12.2009

Martin Stankowski - Who owns the city?

Publisher, Broadcaster, Critical Tour Guide, Comedian; Cologne

 Netzradio

11.01.2010 - 22.01.2010

Dipl. AV Med. A. Muxel - Making Things, working with Arduino

Interaktions- und Interfacedesigner; Köln

 http://makingthings.andreasmuxel.com

11.01.2010 - 15.01.2010

Prof. Minako Ikeda - T-Shirt language

Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan

13.01.2010 - 19.01.2010

Prof. Wan-Ru Chou - Design goes east

Prof. Cheng-Neng Kuan

Shih-Chien University; Taipei, Taiwan

KISD Publications

KISD annual report 2009

Wer are proud to announce the first KISD annual report in 6 years. Since its foundation the annual report has stood and continues to stand for critical but also proud reflection of the past year at KISD. The annual report 2010 is already in the making.

can find a reading sample and an order form under  http://groups.kisd.de/jahrbuch09/ möglich.

Design theory and Design research

The latest book in the textbook series »Design theory and Design research« has been published; it was written by KISD professors Dr. Uta Brandes and Dr. Michael Erlhoff.

As a design student you need theoretical knowledge and design theory needs an empirical connection to real human needs. That being so this textbook provides an introduction both into design research and design theory. With technical competence and in a readable way this publication gives information on qualitative and quantitative methods of design research, offers a theory toolkit, perspectives into the future of design research and much more.«

Blended Studies

The research project Blended Studies at KISD conceptualizes, tests and evaluates innovative teaching and learning scenarios in academic design education. One example is the digital learning community KISDspaces which enables students to get information on current courses, have exchanges with fellow KISDies, work online on seminars and projects and review lectures. First evaluations showed that the usage of this platform continually increased since its launch in summer term 2008. It signifies an inherent part of teaching at KISD. Currently additional modules for KISDspaces are under development, such as KISDbiblio, a literature managment, and an online magazine called KISDbulletin. The project is lead by Prof. Philipp Heidkamp and Dipl. Inf. Elisabeth Kaliva MA.

Women and mobility 2025

In search of new creative ideas for their products Volkswagen repeatedly approached design students at their annual design forum. In 2009 Köln International School of Design (KISD) was selected among a variety of universities.

»The students illustrated in a remarkable fashion their ability to handle real-life conditions, working under tremendous time pressure, being exposed to the rigid judgment of experts, having to develop similarly experimental and befitting ideas«, said Elisabet Wurlich who oversaw the project on the part of VW.

A joint publication by VW and KISD titled »Women and mobility 2025« visualizes the project's results.

Uta Brandes (Publ.): From Vandalism to Fandalism

Are vandals threatening public safety? Projecting their own agenda onto public space. Orchestrating interventions, putting the city into a strange state. The authors of this book (everyone of which is current or former KISD student) put forward a new term for this, changing perspectives while articulating the diverse re-claim of public space in a sympathetic, ambivalent manner.

Touchpoint Volume 4

Be among the first to find a collection of interesting articles on the topic of «Service Design and Behavioural Change« in the fourth issue of Touchpoint, the Service Design journal, which was published in late April 2010.

Find more information and order your copy  here!

KISD Dates

new talents 2010

From June 12 - 20, 2010 the second »new talents biennale Köln« will be held. Alumni from KHM, Köln University of Music , ifs Köln, Düsseldorf Academy of Art and KISD will have their works featured.

Further information under

 www.newtalents-cologne.de