'My Visionary Bauhaus'

Based upon the inspirational vision manifested in the Bauhaus movement, the workshop will push the boundaries of the participants' idea of contemporary design. Engaging in the visions of the Bauhaus avant-garde, the participants will be challenged to come up with similarly revolutionary concepts today.

In an intense five-day programme of conceptual and hands-on design work, the workshop will invite the participants to look towards the future and create new products and concepts whilst following the process-oriented, interdisciplinary example of the Bauhaus philosophy. After a comparative introduction to the utopian concepts of future habitats as examplified in Italian and British design in the 60s, the participants will be challenged to apply their own visions of the future to our modern civilisation, and create truly innovative concepts and products.

The goal of the workshop is not the creation of a perfect, production-ready design or prototype, but rather to engage in an experimental creative process. Playful exploration of innovative concepts will be the central focus of this intense programme, which will be rounded off by lectures, discussion and direct feedback sessions with the workshop host and the organisers.

The workshop language is English and/or German as required. Materials will be provided; however, the participants are invited to bring some of their personal preferred media.

Please note: There are a maximum of 25 places available on this workshop. The first 20 of these will be allocated on a 'first come, first serve' basis, based on the arrival of participation fee transfers; the organisers retain the right to allocate the last five spaces based on the quality of the candidates' skills and their design (or other) disciplines.

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About Werner Aisslinger:

Werner Aisslinger, born Berlin 1964, is a German furniture and product designer.

From 1987-1991 he studied Design at the University of Arts (Hochschule der Künste) in Berlin, and from 1989-1992 freelanced at Jasper Morrison and Ron Arad in London. In 1993 at Studio de Lucchi in Milan he founded “studio aisslinger” which was to be based in Berlin, focusing on product design, design concepts and brand architecture.

Between 1994-1997 he was a teacher at the Berlin University of Arts and Lahti Design Institute, Finland 1998 - Design Professor at Design College (Hochschule für Gestaltung), Karlsruhe (Department of Product Design)

During his career, Aisslinger has received various awards, including: Design Plus Award, Germany Compasso d’Oro Selection, Italy Bundespreis Produktdesign, Germany Blueprint 100% Design Award, London Red Dot Award, Germany Selection Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

Aisslinger’s work is shown at a number of prestigious design museums around the world, including: Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany Permanent collection of Vitra Design Museum, Switzerland Permanent collection MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York Fonds national d’Art Contemporain, France Permanent collection, Metropolitan Museum, New York

Aisslinger has collaborated with, amongst others: Cappellini, interlübke, stilwerk, Porro, Magis, zanotta, Daimler Chrysler, Jaguar, Bertelsmann, ZDF.