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Tip for artistic photography and music event on 20 May in Vienna: Exhibition views, lecture, DJ-sets and drinks at the Open House & Party 'Wolfgang Tillmans Extended' at mumok Wolfgang Tillmans will speak on 20 May from 19:00 about his approach to observe people, bodies, landscapes, architecture, objects or celestial phenomena. The photographer follows a sort of a grammatic of perception where the single object or person is set in relation to the things around. The exploration of the construction of subjective perception will be started at the lecture with the questions "What do I really see? What do I see, and what do I want to see? What is in the picture?". Tillmans' interest in music culture led him to own musical projects. It's announced that the musical part of the evening will begin with Wolfgang Tillmans' album 'Moon in Earthlight'. Later in the evening at 22:00, the music programme will be continued with the DJ-set by electronic musician and artist Thomas Brinkman, followed by the DJ- & Live-Set of Dmitra x Soraya...
Movement, sports, safety are topics in Austria. MAK Museum of Applied Arts Vienna included woom children's bikes known for their safety features in the collection. Safety is a theme for the co-founder of the Austrian company woom and designer of the woom children's bikes Christian Bezdeka who calculated from statistical data geometrical proportions in relation to age and body height for the design of a child-friendly bike frame. At the beginning of May, the woom bikes were added to the collection of the MAK - Museum of Applied Arts Vienna. It's announced that the bicycles will be on display together with approximately 500 objects in the 'MAK DESIGN LAB' on around 2.000 square meters for showing design with impact on a positive change...
The new H&M collection for kids in collaboration with SmileyWorld presents graphics with the positive message to express oneself and the own emotions This year, Smiley celebrates its 50th anniversary since it appeared in a French newspaper as a symbol for good news. The collaboration of H&M and SmileyWorld was initiated on occasion of this anniversary. The collection appears like an optimistic outlook for the future goals of a new generation, who grows up in challenging times of a pandemic, climate crisis and war in Europe with negative effects on the whole world, to never give up to express oneself and the own emotions...
Fashion.at tip Spring/Summer 2022: Sports & Beaches In Austria, public pools and lake beaches opened already at the beginning of May. When the temperatures rise, the run to lakes in Austria or not far from Vienna, to Adria shores in Italy or Croatia will start again. Fashion.at collected some items for sports & beaches. Making aware of the prevention of waste for the preservation of phytoplankton of the Oceans - one of the lungs of planet earth - is the topic of the collaboration between...
Vienna Insight: Jewelry and watch maker Saboteur opens 'Fine Piercing' studio at the brand's worldwide first concept store on 12 May The worldwide first Saboteur concept store located at the Spiegelgasse 8 in the first district of Vienna is a mix of meeting place, store, showroom, art gallery and studio for getting pierced. For the two floors store, the founders of Saboteur, entrepreneur Thomas Sabo of the eponymous worldwide active jewelry and watch brand with headquarters in Germany, his son Santiago Sabo, and artist Rita Sabo, wife of Thomas Sabo, teamed up for the creation of a contemporary art-design-lifestyle concept for a sort of 'multiverse' where exhibition space and gastronomy are placed seamlessly parallel to the retail trade...
Applied arts in practice: Fashion.at visited the '(Con)temporary Fashion Showcase' for the preview of the new fashion hub for exhibitions and exchange at the MAK branch Geymüllerschlössel in Vienna At the entry of the Geymüllerschlössel, a branch of the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, visitors will see the first piece of the exhibition of architect and designer Julia Koerner's work, a 3D printer at the museum shop where vases in the edition of 65 pieces are available. Fashion.at bought by the way the very first vase from the edition showing a similar surface like the pedestals which carry the art-design pieces at the cupola room of the summer palace Geymüllerschlössel. The designer, who lives in Vienna and Los Angeles, combines architecture, art and design for items like architectural objects, artful 3-dimensional prints on fabrics, or elegant clutches...
Fashion & art at Vienna's new museum! Fashion designer Arthur Arbesser stages works by artists like Andy Warhol or Sylvie Fleury together with haute couture from the private collection of the founder of the new museum 'Heidi Horten Collection' On 3 June, Vienna's newest museum, the 'Heidi Horten Collection' will open with the exhibition 'OPEN' with artworks like sculptures, light works, or installations that will interplay with the building's architecture. The next ENTERprise architects Marie Therese Harnoncourt and Ernst J. Fuchs turned the former administrative building (built 1914) in two years of construction work into a contemporary art museum and meeting place...
Not only on Labour Day: Weisser Ring raises with the ongoing campaign 'Violence must not become fashion' together with supporters like the trade union awareness for the legal rights of workers Violence at work is an issue in Austria. For raising the awareness for the legal rights of workers, the victim support, prevention and research association 'Weisser Ring' has started recently the campaign 'Gewalt darf nicht in Mode kommen' (Violence must not become fashion) together with professionals and organizations like photographer Oliver Gast, the fashion retail chain C&A, or the Vida trade union (employees in the fields transport and service such as employees from railway companies, pilots and flight attendants, hairdressers and beauticians, or paramedics and hospital staff,...). One of the mentioned scenarios of violence is where direct contacts with customers happen such as in stores or in hospitals. The attacks range from simple to sexist or racist insults and to physical violence, is reported by the Weisser Ring. It's announced that the campaign will be continued in the next weeks...
Photo competition on occasion of the exhibition 'INSTANTLY!' about Vienna street photography from the 1860s to nowadays at MUSA Wien (19 May - 23 October 2022) When exploring Instagram with the hashtag #Augenblick2022, the first entries to the latest Wien Museum photo competition can already be found. The call to participate in the photo challenge started this week on occasion of the upcoming exhibition 'Instantly! Vienna Street Photography' at the Wien Museum branch MUSA. Historical photographs from the mid-19th century up to pictures from nowadays will show how street photography, the city and the inhabitants have changed. Photographers, their techniques and approaches to observe situations, the interaction between people, the traffic in the city of Vienna, or times of relaxation are the stars of the show and the red thread through chapters like 'Out and About in the City' which shows images of people moving through the city...
Fashion.at Style Tip Spring/Summer 2022 for relaxing hours at the lake, pool or ocean In the same time as the pandemic caused a tighter choice in real life, new worlds for free navigation have been developed in the last years from digital games and blockchain technology. The t-shirt with the character 'Smarta' by the Austrian brand Quipster is one of three designs which were launched at the beginning of this month. Smarta, a new version of a nerd with dedication to science, is like the two other new figures Dino and Diver of Quipsterland designed for the metaverse. It's announced that NFT collectibles...
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adidas Five Ten presented on occasion of the new pedal shoe 'Sleuth DLX Canvas' the video 'Danny Do a Wheelie' by bike athlete Danny MacAskill showing the diversity of today's riders On occasion of the launch of the adidas Five Ten 'Sleuth DLX Canvas' from the range of flat pedal shoes designed especially for biking with grippy rubber sole (developed originally for rock climbers), the brand supported the short film 'Danny Do a Wheelie' by Scottish street trials and mountain bike rider Danny MacAskill...
Any questions about ecological data and the visual representation in art? Call for questions on occasion of the virtual tour through the exhibition 'Terminal' by Jesse Stecklow at mumok Vienna The work of Los Angeles-based artist Jesse Stecklow (born 1993) centers on the collection, analysis, and processing respectively circulation of ecological data such as about the quality of air which is normally invisible to the human eye. The 'circulation' describes a sort of loop of data with impact on the future iterations of Stecklow's works. .... In Vienna at the mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Jesse Stecklow will place another site-specific art exhibition with the name 'Terminal'. This time, the artist will throw light on due to the pandemic changed people's behavior concerning traveling and the role of the own home on the example of the dining table which turned into the office or school desk...
Insights into 150 years fashion business in Austria: Former purveyor to the imperial and royal court Ittner with focus on day and night wear, swimwear, stockings and socks looks back in time and into the future With a look at the 150-years history of the Ittner store located at the boutique boulevard Spiegelgasse in the Inner City of Vienna, the curtain rises on a piece of Austrian fashion history about the development of retail trade during the Habsburg monarchy, the growing importance of sports in fashion due tourism and about today's fashion business which makes the curated ranges selected with focus on sustainability additionally accessible via digital technologies...
Hair salon 'Steinmetz-Bundy Privatsalon' presents bob haircut styling collection 'Wedding meets Bubikopf' The hair salon 'Steinmetz-Bundy Privatsalon' vis à vis of the Vienna State Opera is known for seasonal collections created with the latest hair styling techniques. The new 'Wedding meets Bubikopf' collection of wedding looks for women with shorter hair is inspired by the 1920s and the revolutionary bob haircut - a haircut with a cause as it expressed the revolution of the emancipation of women. Until today, the bob is one of the classics and fascinates even after 100 years...
Preview of the track (on skis) of the speed hiking, paragliding, mountain biking event 'Aerothlon' in Wagrain-Kleinarl in Salzburg (28 August) The Aerothlon, which premiered 2013 in Mexico, happened for the first time in 2020 in Wagrain-Kleinarl. Details about the competition for men and women (also as mixed team) such as how to participate - solo, in a tandem or as relay team with specialists for each discipline - or about the procedure and race course...
Café Exchange at Jugendstil building of Postal Savings Bank presented science & arts programme powered by the Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab, an initiative of the University of Applied Arts Vienna In May in the light flooded hall of the former Kassenhalle of the Postsparkasse (Postal Savings Bank) once built by Jugendstil architect and forward thinker Otto Wagner, the new meeting place 'Café Exchange' for science & arts symposiums, talks, workshops and performances will open as classical Viennese Café where coffee and small dishes are served while guests are discussing topics concerning the future. The building is turning successively into a science and arts hub in Vienna. The programme is curated by the Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab, an initiative of the University of Applied Arts Vienna...
Culinary in Vienna: 'Sparkling Spring Picknick' at the Heldenplatz in front of the Weltmuseum serves baskets filled with Mediterranean cuisine inspired dishes and sparkling drinks (from May) The location of the 'Sparkling Spring Picknick' at the Heldenplatz in front of the Weltmuseum and Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library) is one of the largest grass areas in the Inner City of Vienna. Decades ago, the mainly for the public non-accessible green spaces around the Hofburg were opened for the population. Since then they have been used as recreation areas for time-outs with holiday-flair in the metropolis...
Paris-based interior designer and architect India Mahdavi presents ceramics and home textiles in collaboration with H&M Home Paris-based India Mahdavi has already cooperated with brands like Nespresso or Louis Vuitton and is internationally known for her work such as for The Gallery at Sketch in London. The café, restaurant outfitted in Hollywood pink became an Instagram hit. Currently, the exhibition 'Le Design Pour Tous' (Design for All) at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in the scenography by India Mahdavi shows the impact of two French department stores on the democratization of design (high style for affordable prices)...
MK&G Hamburg exhibition 'Mining Photography' explores with works by artists and statements by nature scientists the impact of photography on the environment of the last 200 years The multidisciplinary approach includes statements of restorers, nature scientists like geologists or climate researchers as well as works by artists concerning the history of photography in relation to the environment. The narrative also includes historical economic circumstances such as international trade of ores, colonial structures or the mining industry and workers behind the scenes of new industries like the 'Pit Brow Women' as well as outlooks into strategies in the future such as digital technologies allowing consumers to calculate the impact of their own behavior. It's announced that an app...
Vienna Design Week calls for creative concepts in the field 'Urban Food and Design' with focus on sustainable retail and production (applications until 10 May 2022) This year's projects reach from sustainable ideas for food retail to responsible mass customization of snacks. The Ask Me Anything-Sessions where interested creators can ask representatives of companies are the supportive part of the call for concepts which ends on 10 May. At viennadesignweek.at, the company's tasks for inspiring creative concepts with focus on environmentally friendly retail and production are published. For example in the field of food retail, one of the questions is about...
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