Eye catching design
This weekend, the Kongresshaus is hosting the "Blickfang" exhibition, followed by the Design Mile a week later.
Design is primarily perceived in fashion and furniture, in architecture or the automotive industry. However, we are less aware of the fact that everyday objects such as a mountaineering helmet, a pocket knife or a bicycle lamp are also designed. The Design Mile trade event, now in its eighth year, aims to shed light on this. What ideas are behind a design? What needs to be considered when designing? For manufacturers, it has long been a truism that products are difficult to sell on purely qualitative features. What is needed is design and aesthetics in harmony with functionality.
In nine participating Zurich studios and ateliers, interested parties can come into direct contact with designers, their materials and their working world on Saturday, November 29, from 1 to 7 pm. In a personal setting, industrial, product and communication designers offer an insight into their complex processes. They show which steps precede a finished product and allow you to look over their shoulders as they work with shapes, colors and functions. Brands and Minds, Christophe Marchand Design, Formpol, Greutmann Bolzern Designstudio, Nose Design Intelligence, Produkt Design Zürich, Stauffacher Benz, Swiss Design Association and Tribecraft are taking part in the Design Mile.
The VBZ will take visitors from one office to another on Saturday afternoon. A map with the individual stores and further information can be found at www.designmeile.ch.
The Design Mile was launched by the organizers of the Blickfang design fair in 2001. Blickfang started in Stuttgart and is now also organized from there in Vienna and Tokyo. In Zurich, the fair will take place from Friday to Sunday at the Kongresshaus. On show will be "innovative design, unusual shapes and unusual ideas". In contrast to normal trade fairs, most of the designers at Blickfang will be there themselves, seeking contact with the public. This year, designers from French-speaking Switzerland will be presenting themselves in a special show at the Blickfang fashion show entitled "Espace Romandie". Guest designers from Portugal can be met in a "Lisbon Corner". Blickfang is regarded as the largest design fair in our region, designed for both trade visitors and the general public.
Andreas Panzeri
In nine participating Zurich studios and ateliers, interested parties can come into direct contact with designers, their materials and their working world on Saturday, November 29, from 1 to 7 pm. In a personal setting, industrial, product and communication designers offer an insight into their complex processes. They show which steps precede a finished product and allow you to look over their shoulders as they work with shapes, colors and functions. Brands and Minds, Christophe Marchand Design, Formpol, Greutmann Bolzern Designstudio, Nose Design Intelligence, Produkt Design Zürich, Stauffacher Benz, Swiss Design Association and Tribecraft are taking part in the Design Mile.
The VBZ will take visitors from one office to another on Saturday afternoon. A map with the individual stores and further information can be found at www.designmeile.ch.
The Design Mile was launched by the organizers of the Blickfang design fair in 2001. Blickfang started in Stuttgart and is now also organized from there in Vienna and Tokyo. In Zurich, the fair will take place from Friday to Sunday at the Kongresshaus. On show will be "innovative design, unusual shapes and unusual ideas". In contrast to normal trade fairs, most of the designers at Blickfang will be there themselves, seeking contact with the public. This year, designers from French-speaking Switzerland will be presenting themselves in a special show at the Blickfang fashion show entitled "Espace Romandie". Guest designers from Portugal can be met in a "Lisbon Corner". Blickfang is regarded as the largest design fair in our region, designed for both trade visitors and the general public.
Andreas Panzeri
Table by Christophe Marchand Design.
Armchair, Team by Wellis, design by Formpol.
Rough installation by Greutmann Bolzern Designstudio.
Nose Design Intelligence for Stadlerrail and Norway.
