TRENDLETTER 5-October-2021

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Crafts in competition. Austria received gold medal in the 'Creative Arts and Fashion' discipline 'Fashion Technology' at the vocational skills championships Euroskills 2021 held in Graz The Olympia- and EM championships-like competitions had its beginnings in the 1950ies when the importance of the quality of the education of skills grew with the increasing number of new materials and innovative manufacturing technologies. Job profiles never stay the same. Professions change and absolutely new professions develop simultaneously with new products such as AI driven e-cars as well as with social and environmental issues like the awareness of diversity and climate. The latest competition was held recently from 22 to 26 September in Graz, the capital of the Austrian Federal State Styria. The Austrian team achieved in Graz several medals in gold, silver, bronze; among the gold medals, one in the discipline 'Fashion Technology'. The Austrian team had to make a film costume...

The installation 'Search Agent: Desing' by Johanna Pichlbauer for willhaben tells the story about the value of already used objects; it moves from Vienna Design Week 2021 to the headquarters of willhaben The installation 'Search Agent: Desing' by Vienna-based designer Johanna Pichlbauer for the Austrian online marketplace willhaben, where people can sell and buy goods from shoes, perfumes, clothing to furniture or cars, was presented during Vienna Design Week. The annual festival ended on 3 October, but the installation will be relocated to the headquarters of willhaben; and this for good reasons because Pichlbauer's installation is a poetical, almost romantic play with willhaben's technology and objects which carry a special value: the patina of usage and durability. Fashion.at visited Vienna Design Week and the installation appeared like a hack or an intervention at the rooms of the festival center where mainly new innovative, partly futuristic products were exhibited...

Vienna Insights: 'Kleines Haus der Kunst' opens with the Galerie König exhibition 'One Decade Of Female Sculptors' (8 October - 5 December 2021)The KHK - Kleines Haus der Kunst was founded by Martin Ho who runs several trendy gastronomy locations - bars, restaurants, clubs - in Vienna. The restaurant '404 - Don't Ask Why' was recently opened at the KHK. The curating gallery behind the artist selection is the internationally renowned in Berlin headquartered Galerie König. The director of the Viennese dependence of the gallery at the KHK is art specialist Katharina Abpurg (worked for Sotheby's, Vienna Contemporary, Spark Art Fair,..). Abpurg opens the new art location with the presentation of 30 sculptures by female artists from all over the world who have one in common: New perspectives on our world such as Amalia Pica who explores problems of communication...

Tattoo and street art inspired artist Jonas Deubelbeiss presents works at the new art retail platform Galartery.com curated by Johanna Penz of Art Innsbruck and Art Salzburg Through the summer, Galartery made the new art destination public by throwing light on selected art disciplines or artists such as with the latest press release concerning the artworks by Swiss artist Jonas Deubelbeiss and his lively portraits on canvas of personalities who have impressed him. Jonas Deubelbeiss started his art career on human skin as tattoo artist and on streets as graffiti artist...

Swarovski Optik presents sporty 'CL Curio' binoculars in the design by Marc Newson with focus on seamless foldable bridge The latest binoculars 'CL Curio 7x21' (7 magnification, 21 effective objective lens diameter) by Swarovski Optik in the design by Marc Newson were presented recently with reference to the observation of the beauty of living, the mysteries of nature, which can't be seen always without special equipment. Marc Newson, the master of reducing design to the essential for high functionality, is known worldwide for being one of the most important creators in various fields from fashion to technology...

Fashion.at autumn 'gorpcore' style tip with items from new collections for walks in metropolitan terrain In the first two weeks of September 2021, people in Vienna enjoy the late summer sun sitting in cafés and restaurants outdoors. In the late afternoon and evening, warming autumn jackets or pullovers are in fashion again. Fashion.at collected some pieces, including a new scent for the metropolitan flair, with the colder hours and the ongoing respectively upcoming fashion weeks (MQ Vienna Fashion Week 13 - 18 September) in climate zones similar to Vienna in mind...

Vienna insights through the biography of the city's nightclub and bar legend Marianne Kohn 'Königin der Nacht' Marianne Kohn, managing director of the Loos Bar, is since the late 1970s a fixed star in Vienna surrounded by a vibrant circle of creative people like fashion designer Helmut Lang or musician Falco. Now, Vienna-based publisher Brandstätter announced the release date of the new book about the 'Königin der Nacht' (queen of the night) Marianne Kohn...