Over 100 events in various Berlin locations will provide an overview of the contemporary design scene. Not only international trends and current issues will be presented; the most important figures in the Berlin design scene will also make an important contribution to the festival through their own events.
Berlin, May 6 - May 16, 2004
This year the international design festival has adopted the slogan EU+
Following the great success of the first DESIGNMAI in Berlin in 2003, the festival is being held again this year. Over 100 events in various Berlin locations will provide an overview of the contemporary design scene. Not only international trends and current issues will be presented; the most important figures in the Berlin design scene will also make an important contribution to the festival through their own events. Details of all exhibitions, lectures, discussions, presentations, movie showings, presentation of prizes etc. will be published in the main DESIGNMAI newspaper, available from mid-April onwards, and which will be distributed internationally.
DESIGNMAI Berlin initiated by Transform-Berlin e.V. (a non-profit organisation)
Transform-Berlin e.V.
Werner Aisslinger, Designer (studio aisslinger)
Britt Angelis, Head of Production, German Pavilion of the International Architecture Exhibition Venice 2004
Marion Godau, Publisher (designcontext)
Mateo Kries, Head of the Vitra Design Museum Berlin
Ulrike Rose, Managing Director of the National Foundation of Architecture, Germany
Oliver Vogt, Designer (Vogt+Weizenegger)
Hermann Weizenegger, Designer (Vogt+Weizenegger)