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TRENDLETTER 3-May-2024
Call for Designers; Dress Installation; Bike Tours;...
Preview Vienna Design Week
Vienna Design Week builds on designs for dreams and energy- and resource-saving solutions for the future; some calls for participation are still open
Fashion.at spoke with representatives of ARE Austrian Real Estate, the masterminds behind the 'Village im Dritten', where this year's festival headquarters will be located. The focus of the conversation was the village's climate-friendly energy systems. The Vienna Design Week program interplays with the development of this part of the city. One of the examples of how this interplay will be realized is the initiative of the program partner Vienna Business Agency in the format 'Urban Food & Design', one of a total of eight formats presented by the director of the VDW, Gabriel Roland. In this format, the design of the lounge and hospitality area of the festival headquarters will incorporate the results of 'Biofabrique Vienna', which is currently presented at the Climate Biennale Vienna...
Chiharu Shiota's dress installation
Fashion.at on Chiharu Shiota's 25-dress installation 'Where Are We Now?'
In this article, Fashion.at reports on the Chiharu Shiota exhibition and a bicycle tour on the tracks of resistance fighters. In both cases, women play a central role. In Chiharu Shiota's installation of 25 dresses in a tunnel, part of a more than 7.6-kilometer system of tunnels dug by male prisoners, who were politically persecuted and undesirable to the Nazi regime, under inhumane conditions that in many cases led to death, the question arises as to why the artist used women's clothing to commemorate the pain of these men - poorly fed and dressed too lightly for the around 8-degree temperatures in the tunnels they built for their tormentors to store, research and develop military weapons. "Why women's clothing?" was one of the questions that came from the audience...
Johannes Staudinger's bike tours
Fashion.at visited the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut and came across the traces of female resistance fighters
The cycling group started their tour and Fashion.at began to explore Bad Ischl until the presentation and discussion about the Willy-Fred bike tour project took place in a bookstore in Bad Ischl. Here in the bookstore, Fashion.at was able to meet Johannes Staudinger and talk to him to get more insight into the project. Staudinger is an enthusiastic cyclist and initiated the sport and culture association Velodrom in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. Velodrom is also the association behind the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut project 'Tours by Willy -Fred. Bicycle Partisans In The Salzkammergut', which was equipped by the media technology and design specialist with an app...
E-bike tips by Spusu
E-bike selection tips from Austrian mobile operator and e-bike manufacturer Spusu, known for digital infrastructure activities and mechanical crafts
Bicycles, mobile networks, and fiber-optic infrastructure don't go together in the same company? At Austria's Spusu, they do, and the family-owned business has become an example of how new technologies and mechanical craftsmanship can be combined in one company. Spusu is the fastest growing mobile operator in the country. Since it was founded in 2015 by Franz Pichler, the company has continued to expand - including into other countries such as Italy and the United Kingdom. Franz Pichler gave a few tips for those interested in buying a new bike - without forgetting to point out how the e-bikes he produces meet his requirements. One of the tips concerns the capacity of the battery. The higher the watt-hour (Wh) value, the more energy the battery can store, which usually results in a longer range. A battery with a capacity of...
Cytara's questions about design & art
Cytara's quiz about design & art: Do you know who designed these iconic pieces?
Cited from the generated greeting (the greeting can change): "Hello! My name is Cytara, and I'm an AI chatbot for the users of the magazine Fashion.at. I'm here to talk about fashion, culture, art, and design with you. Today, I have a quiz prepared for you about designers who have made a mark at the intersection of design and artistic expression. Please keep in mind that, like all AI chatbots, I may not be perfect, but I do my best to provide you with accurate and interesting information. ..."
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