TRENDLETTER 14-January-2022: Spring/Summer 2022, Industrial Design, Olympic Games,...

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TRENDLETTER 14-January-2022

Spring/Summer 2022, Industrial Design, Olympic Games,...

Austrian fashion & food labels give a sunny outlook for Spring/Summer 2022 The first impression of the outlook for Spring/Summer 2022 is that the next warm season will become more enjoyable than summer ever was - not only because the current omicron wave appears like a tough testing of how much stress can be endured. At one of the latest media releases that reached Fashion.at, products from farms and vineyards are presented together with fashion and lifestyle pieces by Austrian and German producers with a postcard-like visual which spreads summer lightness. Author of the media release with appealing collage that tells the story of a lighthearted living, of happiness and taste is Vienna-based PR agency 'Sister Act'...

Color and lifestyle trends SS2022 presented by hat producer Mayser: Vitality, infinity, intensity German hat producer Mayser is known for combining classical styles from sporty to elegant with contemporary looks and lifestyle trends such as presented at the latest trend release Spring/Summer 2022 where sporty hats inspired by outdoor activities like camping, hiking, gardening are on view. The active lifestyle trend is titled 'Vitality'...

Preview of the Designforum Vienna exhibition of designs by students of the 'Industrial Design' programme of the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum Graz (20 Jan - 6 Mar 2022) The students of the Industrial Design Institute of the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum Graz under the direction of Thomas Feichtner will show objects developed from a holistic view on the production and usage of goods including aspects like the sustainability of materials, socially relevant topics, and changing user experiences under consideration of cultural, social and ecological situations...

Deciphering the designs of the victory ceremony costumes of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 The Olympic Winter Games will start in one month on 4 February in Beijing. Recently, the first views at the cultural side of the games with information about the designs of the mascot and the emblem were presented. Now, the ideas and meaning behind the three costume sets for the victory ceremonies were published. The designs of the outfits in the color versions red and blue are developed from three sources - the cultural heritage of China, modern fashion, and the aesthetics of the Olympic sports event...

Artistic visual works of Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and sports images by Austrian photographer Lothar Rübelt exhibited at 'Rêver en blanc' at TOM - The Olympic Museum, Lausanne Artworks like posters, athlete's sports gear and clothing or pictures by press and sports photographers document the developments of new technologies, sports and the growing gender equality beginning with the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, where 258 athletes competed at 16 events in 9 disciplines of 5 sports like skiing or skating, until nowadays with outlooks on strategies for making the games more responsible, climate friendly and inclusive. In 1924, 5% of the athletes were women; in 2022, more than 45% of the athletes will be female...

Exploration tour tip in Vienna: Experiencing cultures of the Silk Road with all senses at the exhibition 'Dust & Silk. Steppe and Silk Roads' at Weltmuseum and its collaborative partner 'D-Bar' with the motto 'Discovery' at The Ritz-Carlton The Ritz-Carlton 'D-Bar' continues the collaboration with the Weltmuseum in Vienna which has started with the exhibition 'The Aztecs' as inspiration for twelve cocktail creations and a menu in the format of a travel diary. On occasion of the new exhibition 'Dust & Silk. Steppe and Silk Roads', the D-Bar team followed again the bar's motto 'Discovery' and researched on the cultures and tastes along the Silk Road and its exceptional destinations...

Research results on the instrumentalisation of fashion in Austria under the Nazi regime are exhibited as part of 'Vienna Falls in Line' until 24 April 2022 at Wien Museum MUSA Crucial for building a consciousness of being a society of diverse and equal members is the mediation of an objective, critical view on historical structures such as the ones which led in the 1930s to inhumane behavior that was legalized by law and enforced with organizations and associations which decided over the right to work respectively the quality of work by evaluating additionally a person's mind setting in a political sense for being in line with the regime. These aspects were researched among others by the curators Ingrid Holzschuh and Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber for the exhibition 'Vienna Falls in Line. The Politics of Art under National Socialism.' Several of the research objects from the extensive archive of documents and collections of artworks are exhibited until 24 April 2022 at Wien Museum MUSA such as insights into the 'House of Fashion' (Haus der Mode) where education, professions, production, export and propaganda for Austrian clothing and textiles were planned and carried out...