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TRENDLETTER 29-May-2022

Interior Design, Research on Clothing, Design Awards,...


A fresh Mediterranean breeze from Apulia in Vienna! Insights into the new concept store of the Italian furniture and interior design brand Natuzzi in Vienna Vienna has a new destination for Italian interior design. The new store was opened recently by the Italian furniture and home decor brand Natuzzi on more than 280 square meters at the Mahlerstrasse 7 in the 1st district of Vienna. With the brand's first Austrian concept store, 'Natuzzi Italia' (founded 1959 in Apulia) brings a sunny fresh breeze of the Mediterranean sea to the city. The organic interior designs, furniture and rugs in earthy nuances and light, calm tones are inspired by the culture and history of southern Italy and especially of Apulia...


Clothing production and the mutual influence of fashion and traditional clothing on show at the exhibition 'Clothes. A Blend of Handicraft, Function and Fashion' at the Austrian Open-Air Museum Stübing, Styria The findings of research on everyday life like festival culture or work circumstances of the rural population as well as the architectural landscapes of the different regions of Austria including building techniques and styles over centuries are exhibited at the Freilichtmuseum Stübing (Austrian Open-Air Museum Stübing) in Styria. This year, the museum's head of science and culture mediation Michaela Steinböck-Köhler curated the special exhibition 's Gwand – Zwischen Handwerk, Funktion und Mode (Clothes. A Blend of Handicraft, Function and Fashion) for insights into the production of clothes in rural regions and the mutual influence of fashion and traditional clothing...


Insights into the opening of the designforum exhibition 'Best of Austrian Design' on occasion of the award ceremony of the Austrian State Prizes Design 2022 Every two years, the Austrian 'Staatspreis Design' is handed out by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs to innovative companies in the categories consumer goods, investment goods, and interior design products. For the 49th Staatspreis Design, the jury members from architecture, design focused on topics like responsible production or inclusion. One of the prestigious awards was handed out to the 'Rolf Bohnenbrille', eyewear from plant-based material...


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...


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...


International film festival 'Vienna Shorts 2022' happens as hybrid event from 25 until 30 May with focus on cinema screenings and industry meetings The international film festival 'Vienna Shorts' is an annual meeting point for independent filmmakers and a qualifying event for the Austrian Film Awards, the British Film Awards BAFTA, the European Film Awards and the Oscars®. In 2022, around 360 short films from 70 countries will be presented in cinemas and online. After two mainly digital years, the 19th edition of the film festival will focus in 2022 from 25 to 30 May on cinema screenings and meetings of professionals such as on 27 May at the 'New Connections: Meet The Industry' event where filmmakers and representatives from festivals like the Tribeca Film Festival or the London Short Film Festival and distribution agencies will meet...


Wiener Festwochen 2022 production 'Astronaut Wittgenstein' by Nataša Rajković explores times of transition with site-specific theater event in Vienna Recently, Wiener Festwochen announced that around 40 productions will happen from 13 May to 18 June at more than 20 locations in Vienna. Among the productions are more than 10 world premieres such as 'Astronaut Wittgenstein' by Croatian playwright and director Nataša Rajković who developed for the Kaisermühlenbucht a site-specific theater event where people around like cyclists, roller skaters, swimmers, sunbathers will be involved into the story of Astronaut Wittgenstein. The artist explores topics like the definition of the natural or the artificial, questions how change is working, the impact of time, or how strangers can communicate with one another and hits this way quasi the nerve of the Wiener Festwochen 2022 motto...


Chances and challenges of digital technologies including topics like fashion and lifestyle explored at the 'Creative Days Vienna 2022' on 1 and 2 June at the Volkskundemuseum in the Garden Palace Schönborn The programme of the 'Creative Days Vienna 2022' reaches from art events like the installation 'Neuro-Traces' (a sort of bio-feedback powered virtual reality), over 'Networking Sessions' with experts such as Ute Ploier, fashion designer and head of the Fashion & Technology course at the University of Art and Design Linz with focus on topics like ecological, social challenges in and through the fashion system, or Sabine Seymour known for her scientific approach for combining lifestyle and fashion with data and new technologies, to get-togethers like the 'Garden Party' at the beautiful garden of the Volkskundemuseum...


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26 May 2022 - Music 'One' ft. ANOHNI by Hercules and Love Affair with drummer Budgie (Siouxsie and the Banshees), album 'In Amber' (17 June) The song is dedicated to the diversity in our society. A call to feel perfect!

25 May 2022 - 'Show Modeklasse 2022' of collections by students and graduates of the fashion class of the University of Applied Arts Vienna under the direction of Grace Wales Bonner will happen on 2 June The diploma collections will be evaluated by jury members like Serge Carreira (Head of Emerging Brands Initiative chez Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode) or Alvise Bullo (Human Resources Manager at Bottega Veneta). It's announced that a short film will be shot during the show. The film will premiere at the Angewandte Festival 2022 (28 June to 1 July).

25 May 2022 - Vogue walked for the video series 'Objects of Affection' with Rick Owens through his home in Concordia, Italy, speaking about objects like the 'Kneeling Youth' sculpture by George Minne, who was associated with Viennese Secession, or chairs by Giacomo Balla...

24 May 2022 - Brooch by Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte, is part of the exhibition 'Austrian Masterworks from the Neue Galerie' (on view until 24 October 2022 at Neue Galerie New York)

24 May 2022 - Music '5D' by Lykke Li, album 'EYEYE'

 

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