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Switzerland has much to be proud of: direct democracy, chocolate, watches, prosperity, innovative spirit and decades of design. Ever since typography greats such as Max Miedinger and Adrian Frutiger developed fonts such as Helvetica, Univers and Frutiger in the late 1940s and made them famous worldwide, Swiss design was known for its minimalism and elegant functionality. We also impress in product design: the peeler, Landi chair, train station clock and USM Haller office furniture are all export highlights worldwide – Swiss design is an important economic factor.
Various design awards are regularly awarded to encourage local design work. One of these is the Swiss Design Award, which is awarded every two years at Langenthal BE, which awards objects and projects that are marketed or nearly ready. The Swiss design industry networking event is supported by institutions such as foundations, universities, economics departments of the various cantons and various partners from industry.
This year the price has changed slightly, as good design should not only be beautiful but also make our lives easier and better. There are three new categories: “Circular Design” honors products or innovations that consider the end of a product from the beginning and are therefore sustainable. “Food Design” should reflect our use of food and resources. And finally, “inclusive design” should focus on products and ideas that make life easier for marginalized groups who are often overlooked.
Here we introduce five of the products that won awards on Friday. Maybe it will become a classic in the future; as the peeler once was.
A t-shirt that has it all
To be honest, this award winner doesn’t look like much of a person. An ordinary t-shirt. But appearances are deceiving: This garment, called ‘Double Circuit Shirt’, to be used in civil defense in cooperation with the authorities, is woven from a new type of synthetic fiber. Chemists and developers at the Swiss company OceanSafe have developed a new type of textile fiber called naNea that is comparable to polyester.
The good thing about the fiber, according to international certification from Cradle to Cradle, an independent US institute that certifies circular economy efficiency: no microplastics come out when washed, and it is still fully recyclable or biodegradable. This could mean a comeback for the fashion industry, one of the biggest dirt-removing industries on the planet: After all, 50 percent of all textiles today are made from polyester. The more naNea replaced with it, the better.
In seventh heaven
When was the last time you bit a cloud? Or a piece of light hitting the roof of your mouth? Never? This can be changed. So in the Rosi restaurant on Sihlfeldstrasse 89 in Zurich. Star chef Markus Stöckle creates even more extraordinary dishes here from unusual things like fluorescent mushrooms. Although “food” is probably the wrong word for the artwork on the plates. Rather, the compositions are not just flights of culinary fantasy, but are also worth thinking about: for example, the fluorescent terrine is intended, among other things, to remind us that mushrooms enriched uranium after the Chernobyl reactor accident and therefore “spread”. . In Stöckle, world history appears before us. It looks and tastes good too.
Where design is good for the heart
Anyone who needs a pacemaker will have a foreign object in their chest and their own body will react to it with a rejection reaction. However, if you cover the pacemaker with specially developed tissue or some kind of membrane, this reaction is minimized. Problem for the surgeon: Before the pacemaker is placed in the chest during surgery, it is important to bring it into the membrane as quickly and as germ-free as possible, that is, without any contact points. This is where Zurich University of Design students come into play: Using a type of origami folding technique, they transformed the membrane into a type of applicator called 3Fold. The pacemaker can be implanted into the membrane germ-free in just a few steps. This saves the surgeon approximately ten minutes; During operation, this is half an eternity time that can save lives.
Just put…
Admittedly, the design of this park chair doesn’t look that new. Rather, it follows the visual tradition of Swiss design that has defined our furniture since the 1950s: clean lines, unpretentious, designed for comfort and functionality. The innovation in the “Park Chair” is the ecological component: all parts of the chair can be replaced and repaired, which means the furniture is durable and therefore resources are saved.
…and one day I will leave with dignity
Fashion designer Bitten Stetter always surprises with unusual ideas. In his latest work, he and his colleagues Tina Braun and Andrea Roca embark on our final journey. As unpleasant as the subject matter is, it is even more unpleasant to recognize that the conditions are often an undignified affair: in a backless hospital gown, surrounded by unsightly objects such as plastic cups.
The three designers behind the “Finally” project. That’s why they developed not only clothes, but also objects that make dying more dignified: for example, it takes too much effort to put a mobile phone holder on the handle above the bed when you return to the bedside table. Or nice, easy-grip porcelain sippy cups that make drinking easier. Or soft, aesthetically pleasing hospital gowns. Actually, the “inclusive design” category is wrong here: We don’t need to include anyone because we will all die one day. And if one day we could use the objects from “Finally” we could all be happy. It is surrounded.
Source : Blick
I am Dawid Malan, a news reporter for 24 Instant News. I specialize in celebrity and entertainment news, writing stories that capture the attention of readers from all walks of life. My work has been featured in some of the world’s leading publications and I am passionate about delivering quality content to my readers.
