Visiting the HfG Karlsruhe Sommerloch exhibition was not just a memorable highlight of July 2013 - but also fitting as it marked the start of our own summer pause. Our own Sommerloch. In addition July 2013 saw us visit the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart Rundgang, Art & Design Fit for a King @ Ampelhaus, Oranienbaum and Aus allen Richtungen. Positionen junger Architekten im BDA at Wechselraum Stuttgart......
read moreThe most ingenious aspect of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe is probably its location - sandwiched as it is between the Karlsruhe Centre for Art and Media with its research institutes, museums, galleries et al and Karlsruhe Job Centre..... Could there be a better metaphor for the precarious position of today's professional designer? Probably. But we're sticking to ours. Opened in 1992 the HfG Karlsruhe was established with the aim of creating an arts and design school for the modern
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