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February 12, 2009
Lady Gaga: "I am great at art"
Dance-pop queen Lady GaGa was special act on the DLD Starnight on January 27 and one of the highlights of the party. The musician performed a piece of her current album "The Fame" and fulfilled a dream by singing in // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 12/02/09 · 5:08 PM· 1 comment
December 05, 2008
Ai Weiwei at Art Basel Miami Beach
Chinese artist and DLD Speaker Ai Weiwei installed a site-specific work of one hundred blue ceramic bubbles at Art Basel Miami Beach which opened yesterday. The Bubbles are spread over an area of 600 square meters on Watson Island. The // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 05/12/08 · 1:18 PM· 0 comments
November 26, 2008
Dercon: "Made in Munich" at Haus der Kunst
After stops in New York, Paris and Rotterdam, DLD friend Chris Dercon became successful director of "Haus der Kunst" Munich in 2003. In a recent interview with Sueddeutsche Zeitung he spoke about art as a profession and which direction it // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 26/11/08 · 2:54 PM· 0 comments
November 20, 2008
Nonsphere installation by Luis Berrios Negrón
American artist Luis Rafael Berr os Negr n just created a new prototype of his so called 'Nonspheres'-Installation for the trendy design-boutique Joyce in Hong Kong. His recent project 'Nonsphere' is a reference to the Noosphere-concept of the Soviet naturalist // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 20/11/08 · 2:48 PM· 0 comments
November 19, 2008
Gizmodo Gallery: Apple Phone prototype by Hartmut Esslinger
On 4-7 December Gizmodo Gallery in NYC will show a historic selection of gadgets, rarely seen prototypes and artifacts -- among them an ancient Apple "Proto-iPhone". The phone includes a monochrome stylus touchscreen and was worked on by frog Design // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 19/11/08 · 6:13 PM· 0 comments
November 12, 2008
Tobias Rehberger designing futuristic light-box
Frankfurt and Berlin based conceptual artist Tobias Rehberger designed a colorful light-box at the cafeteria of the new "Sueddeutscher Verlag" building in Munich which opened this week. His artistic work ranges from space installations and wall paintings to sculptures and // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 12/11/08 · 12:37 PM· 0 comments
November 04, 2008
Bjarke Ingels winning world architecture award
Danish architect and DLD friend Bjarke Ingels recently won the WAF (World Architecture Festival) housing award in Barcelona. The festival celebrates international architecture by awarding the best recent designs in different categories, including Culture, Housing and Sports. The winning project // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 04/11/08 · 5:10 PM· 0 comments
October 29, 2008
Foster remodelling Munich's Lenbachhaus
International architect and DLD friend Lord Norman Foster plans to expand and restore the Lenbachhaus in Munich. From early 2009 on, Foster Partners renovate the museum with its unique collection of works by the Blue Rider circle. The Lenbachhaus is // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 29/10/08 · 2:50 PM· 0 comments
October 28, 2008
Chanel Mobile Art
Last week, the Chanel Mobile Art project opened in Central Park's Rumsey Playfield, New York celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company's iconic 2.55 quilted bag. Conceived as a collaboration between Karl Lagerfeld and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid, the // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 28/10/08 · 11:25 AM· 0 comments
October 22, 2008
Hi-Fly Orchestra presents Mambo Atomico
The great sound of the 60's jazz, latin and samba -- the Hi-Fly Orchestra, founded in 2005 by our DLD jazzers and friends Florian Riedl and Jerker Kluge, just released their new album named Mambo Atomico.The heavy and rough rhythms // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 22/10/08 · 5:45 PM· 0 comments
September 30, 2008
Chris Bangle on designing Gina
Listen to our DLD speaker and friend Chris Bangle, Director of Design at BMW Group, on designing GINA, a marvelous and almost morphing sports concept car, like a modern sculpturer, found on sevenload.de. GINA stands for "Geometry and Functions In // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 30/09/08 · 7:20 PM· 1 comment
June 19, 2008
Addy Feuerstein presents AllofMe
An interactive media designer, consultant and teacher, Addy Feuerstein has designed and implemented user interface for games, websites, and desktop applications for various companies and institutions, including MeeVee, WebCollage, I.P. Planet and Cyota. Addy has also worked at Zapa Digital // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 19/06/08 · 5:54 PM· 0 comments
April 01, 2008
DES NOUVEAUX AMIS
The DLD-Community is growing and ramifying. After the get together in New York, DLD-founders Steffi Czerny and Marcel Reichart came to Paris: Meeting old and new friends, exchanging ideas and opinions. The main focal point was on the second D // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 01/04/08 · 3:41 PM· 3 comments
January 24, 2008
DLD08 Impressions: Design, Architecture, Arts
DLD08: Design, Architecture, Arts // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 24/01/08 · 5:16 PM· 1 comment
DLD08 Arts
DLD considers cultural production and creativity necessary for inspiration and disruption and fosters interdisciplinary exchanges and new forms of dialogue. How can creative production contribute to a "LIVE" social networking platform in a way, that contradicts "art on display" at // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 24/01/08 · 4:19 PM· 0 comments
January 22, 2008
Archives and Memory
Data handling and archival storage more and more help to work artistically in retrospect. What role do archives and memory play in contemporary art, especially in a time which is increasingly influenced by information technologies and data storage? Hans-Ulrich Obrist, // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 22/01/08 · 10:11 AM· 2 comments
January 21, 2008
Design: from thought to action
What kind of influence do computers and new technologies have on the architecture of information, on design and on architecture today and tomorrow? How do new design technologies change functionality and aesthetics in the 21st century? // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 21/01/08 · 11:30 AM· 0 comments
October 31, 2007
Lapo Elkann - Made in Italy 2.0
"Italia Independent is not fashion, but a label of style," said Lapo Elkann last Friday in Munich. During a lunch with Burda Media CEOs, editors in chief and some fashion- and design experts the Italian Fiat-heir presented his new fashion-label. // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 31/10/07 · 5:31 PM· 0 comments
May 30, 2007
The SHINING festival
We are proud to anounce the Shinning festival this June at the beautiful Chiemsee in Bavaria. Shining is a festival dedicated to new media art and electronic music - a festival for all the senses: For one week-end the SHINING // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 30/05/07 · 8:53 PM· 0 comments
January 20, 2007
Arts, design, and architecture at DLD07
DLD07 highlights: participants' impressions and DLD arts projects. // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 20/01/07 · 5:00 PM· 0 comments