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In our blog, we will regularly tell you about our origins, about the present, and about the future of Phoenix Design. We listen, write, and move. Look forward to reading fascinating stories. We want to share the unique Phoenix Design spirit – with texts that are heart-warming and intellectually inspiring.

1987 – come with us and discover the origins of Phoenix Design.
2017 – enjoy our success today together with us.
2047 – read our thoughts about the future.

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For more than 25 years, Jan-Erik Baars has worked at the interface between design and management. He is currently Professor of the CAS Certificate of Advanced Studies at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences (HSLU). With his publication "Leading Design" he has created a reference in the application of design in organizations, which confirms him as a leading expert in design strategy and development. Jan-Erik Baars writes and speaks actively about developments in the world of design and business. He is speaker at congresses and gives lectures at various universities. In the consulting agency Prenew GmbH he is partner of Prof. Philipp Thesen and Thomas Huber. Prenew is a strategy consultancy for the digital transformation and prepares companies for the future.

No matter what is currently in the sink: with the flat shower, an additional option is available for a clear laminar and voluminous shower spray. Intuitively you change at the hansgrohe sink with the Aquno Select M81 mixer to the just needed jet. The three options make the versatile mixer a multi-talent, the combination of flatness and round arch makes the fitting become the new archetype in the kitchen.

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BORA Classic 2.0 is an innovative and flexible hob extraction system with modular hobs and a central cooktop extractor. With the intuitive "sControl +" operation, hobs and cooktops are controlled centrally by simply moving the finger up and down in a ground glass trough or by direct tapping. Minimalist deep black and completely flush design.

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Under the motto „In search of good design and creativity”, the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design finds the best designed brands and creative projects from designers, agencies and companies from around the globe every year in the areas of “Brands” and “Communication Design”.

The MyStiebel app controls the STIEBEL ELTRON heat pump for the home. It conveniently helps to regulate the personal feel-good climate in a simple and sustainable way. Each page of the app has its focus set on just a few relevant content items so that users can take in the most pertinent infor­mation at a single glance. More complex settings, like the time schedule, are depicted in an easy-to-read format and can be operated intuitively without any previous training. A clear design with precise, finely wrought details communicates the corporate brand values and helps users to find what they need easily and quickly.

More about MyStiebel at phoenixdesign.com/mystiebel-app

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Natural materials like wood, paper, or leather and even sophisticated cosmetics applications are suitable for print. Thus, X10 invites its young target audience to experiment. Despite its complex technological interior construction, this small printer is compelling thanks to its design clarity which emphasises the characteristic elements in a user-friendly manner. With its length of merely 20cms, this white or blue inkjet printer doesn’t take up much space at all and thus fits into any modern home.

Care-O-bot 4 is a service robot which can be deployed to perform various services, e.g. as a sales assistant, a museum guide, or in patient care. It was developed at the Fraunhofer IPA in Stuttgart in close cooperation with Phoenix Design, and it is currently being distributed and developed further by Mojin Robotics GmbH.

Jens Wingerath, Design Business Manager at Phoenix Design and VDID member, will talk about the iterations that went into designing Care-O-bot 4 in its present form – and present an outlook into the future. “The technical progress that goes along with the digital revolution opens up new perspectives and approaches that expand the classic understanding of design and present new challenges to industrial design,” says Wingerath. After all, designers shape processes and products into which Artificial Intelligence (AI) gets integrated. So what role does human-centred design play in development? Who decides about the future of the interaction between humans and machines? And which influence do designers wield in terms of the socio-cultural, ecological and economic challenges of the future?

The live presentation of the service robot done by Dr. Ulrich Reiser of Mojin Robotics. The Fraunhofer IPA, represented by Dr. Werner Kraus, have guided the audience along robotics milestones.

>>> case study Care-O-Bot 4

A charming cupboard or a pointed lamp? The children may shape their favourite combination from simple materials (e.g. corrugated cardboard, wire, straws) according to their own ideas. Do research, find ideas, analyse, develop further, execute together, hold a presentation – all these are tasks which the professional design workday calls for. Fantasy knows no bounds. At the same time, creativity, eagerness to try out new things, network thinking, and conscious environmental design are promoted as well.

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It was about the design of an operating concept that can be used by anyone, regardless of their abilities. An example of this was the Deutsche Bahn ticket vending machine, for which the students designed an adaptive user interface, and thus developed an alternative to the common "One-UI-Fits-All" solution. In short, the interface adapts to the user. In the end, this type of user interface should not only be easy to use for every user, but also proactively and actively address the individual impairments and preferences of the various users with the help of new technical interfaces. In this way, every user should be able to enjoy a pleasant user experience.

Afterwards (at 12.30 pm), there was served a vegetarian meal from the PHOENIX kitchen plus good conversations in order to learn from one another, benefiting from synergies. Our guest speakers got insights into our world of Logic, Morals, and Magic.

LunchTalk Speakers to date: Tilla Goldberg, Ippolito Fleitz; Markus Jehs & Jürgen Laub; Alexander Trage, Dorten; Marcus Fischer, Mackevision; Prof. Matthias Held, HfG Schw.Gmünd; Robin Hofmann, HearDis; Prof. Jochen Rädecker, Strichpunkt; Dr. Frank Heinlein, Werner Sobek; Martin Wippler, Klangfinder; Prof. Thomas Hundt, jangled nerves; Jürgen Späth, Projektriangle; Andreas Kunert, Leithaus-Film; Kai Bierich, Wulf Architekten; Marius Bauer, Umwerk; Vera Schmidt, Sr. Manager Advanced Digital Design, Daimler AG; Friedrich Schmidgall, HU Berlin; Roman Rackwitz, Engaginglab; Ahmet Sakali, Testingtime; Moritz Dörstelmann, FibR; Aline Käfer, LIGANOVA; Prof. Dr. Peter Zec, Red Dot; Joël Gähwiler, ZhdK; Ivan Mallinowski, and Christine Schaal, Containerwerk; Mattias Nirschl, Lumod; Rainer Hirt, Audity; Lisa Zech, STUDIO LZ; Carlo Maria Rauen, Neuroletic-Coaching; Felix Kaminski, Youth Delegate for Sustainable Development 2018 - 2020 of the "Deutscher Bundesjugendring", Berlin; Vera Schindler-Zins, Alex Gottschalk and Christian Paulo (by the Hfg Schwäbisch Gmünd);

First, Andreas Diefenbach will hold a lecture at the Faculty of Architecture at the Czech Technical University in Prague. At 6 pm, he will speak at the festival on the topic of “Designing Authenticity – the Design of AXOR MyEdition”.

Hansgrohe will be present on-site with their own exhibition stand.

The festival wants to promote trends, new products and developments in the world of design. The key sessions are focussed on three very special venues: the Superstudio, the Openstudio and the Art House.

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The jurors for the “Focus Open” had to evaluate submissions in 18 categories this year. The product innovations came from China, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, and Slovakia. Among all submissions, the jurors selected a total of 59 award winners. 18 products received the premium award “Focus Gold” for outstanding design.

The LUQEL Water Station also received a Focus Gold award, since it lives up to the highest aesthetic demands with its reduced forms and timelessly stylish design. This water treatment unit, which filtrates tap water in several stages and provides a healthy and enjoyable addition of minerals, was developed and designed in close collaboration with the LUQEL team. The digital touchscreens can be operated intuitively, and it works rather noiselessly, using energy efficiently.

"A coherent and consistent concept that elevates water from an incidental beverage to the status of a precious semi-luxury. The absence of plastic components is exemplary, the handling well thought through. The monolithic housing with barely perceptible seams testifies to the high quality of the product and the design of the system’s inner workings is no less sophisticated," says the jury.

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Alvaro Witt, Senior Product Designer, and Yishu Tan, UX Designer at Phoenix Design, presented the studio in Chinese, too. Where do we come from? How do we work? What does research, teamwork or model building look like at PHOENIX? On concrete examples such as AXOR MyEdition and AXOR Uno, the Asian visitors also learned about our thoughts behind the design.

The designers were accompanied by Stefan Hoske, Key Account Manager Architecture and Design at Hansgrohe Group.

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After four successes at the ICONIC AWARDS 2019: Innovative Interior, now the next awards follow. With the ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Architecture, the best architectural and design solutions are honoured each year.

Two designs for Hansgrohe have received a "best of best" award: the Rainfinity shower family and the RainTunes shower scenarios.

With Rainfinity, PHOENIX has designed a new archetype which integrates itself seamlessly into modern architecture thanks to its geometrical lines and soft surfaces. "The stylish white colour of the fixtures contrasts beautifully with the black spray zone and is a refreshing alternative to ubiquitous chrome. An exciting solution that combines technology and real user needs into an iconic design with high recognition value," says the jury. 

"A truly groundbreaking solution that impressively demonstrates the possibilities afforded by digital technology in today’s bathrooms," is what makes RainTunes so special. Various shower scenarios synchronise music, videos, temperature, and the type of jet to deliver a multi-sensory shower experience, adapted to the respective mood of the user. www.hansgrohe-group.com/en

For LUQEL, Phoenix Design has designed a water station, where water from the faucet gets filtered in several steps and enriched with minerals in a healthy and enjoyable manner. "With its formally reduced, timelessly elegant design, the LUQEL Water Station meets even the highest aesthetic standards, lends itself to intuitive operation via a digital touchscreen, is quiet and energy-efficient and, with a depth of only 24 cm, is amazingly compact – all of which clearly demonstrates that every aspect of this product was carefully thought through," as the panel of jurors states in its decision.

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Über den aed Stuttgart e.V.
Der aed Verein zur Förderung von Architektur, Engineering und Design ist eine von Stuttgarter Architekten, Ingenieuren und Designern gegründete Initiative, deren Ziel es ist, die große Gestaltungskompetenz in der Region Stuttgart – vom Produkt- und Grafikdesign über Multimedia und Engineering bis hin zur Architektur – zu fördern und der Öffentlichkeit nahezubringen. In den vergangenen 15 Jahren konnte der aed e.V. an über 100 verschiedenen Orten mehr als als 400 Veranstaltungen mit über 700 namhaften Referenten und mit mehr als 40.000 Besuchern durchführen. Hinzu kamen sieben Nachwuchswettbewerbe "aed neuland" und mehrere Wanderausstellungen. Der Erfolg des aed e.V. wäre nicht möglich ohne das Engagement vieler an dem Thema Gestaltung Interessierter und der stetig wachsenden Mitgliederzahl - in 2019 hat der aed e.V.  mehr als 400 Personen- und Firmenmitgliedschaften.

Auch PHOENIX engagiert sich mit Firmenmitgliedschaft und Vorträgen im aed. Tom Schönherr war viele Jahre Beiratsmitglied sowie in der Jury des Nachwuchswettbewerbes aed neuland.

Der neu gewählte Vorstand setzt sich wie folgt zusammen: Silvia Olp (Vorsitzende), Dr. Frank Heinlein (Stellvertretender Vorsitzender), Dr. Petra Kiedaisch (Vorstand Kommunikation), Frank Seeger (Vorstand Finanzen).

Der neu gewählte Beirat setzt sich wie folgt zusammen: Dina Gallo (Leitung Designmanagement, Trumpf), Brigida González (freie Fotografin), Dr. Ulrike Groos (Direktorin, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart), Ben Kauffmann (Kauffmann Theilig Architekten), Andrej Kupetz (Geschäftsführer, Rat für Formgebung), Johannes Milla (Milla & Partner), Stephan Ott (Chefredakteur „form“), Wolfgang Riehle (Ehrenpräsident der Architektenkammer BW),  Prof. Stephan Trüby (IGMA, Universität Stuttgart), Prof. Andreas Uebele (buero uebele).

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Under the title "Like a Gentleman – About the Design and the User Experience of Care-O-bot", Moritz Kemper will be one of six speakers talking about the design that went into this project. The service robot was designed by Phoenix Design in close cooperation with Franhofer IPA, and is marketed today by Mojin Robotics. A friendly look, and emotions transported via light signals, gestures, and facial expressions projected onto the interaction surface that's forming the head, serve the purpose of interacting with humans. It will be shown which benefits for nursing care may result form this.

The service robot has already received a "Red Dot Award: Best of the Best", the highest award level in this international design competition. "Care-O-bot 4 is the expression of a new way of understanding the capacity for interaction of a robot with its surroundings. (...) Designed with softly rounded corners and soft proportions, this robot is fascinating in its subservient friendliness," as the jurors appreciated back in 2015.

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Our designer Yishu Tan (chinese )and senior designer Alvaro Witt, have passed on the PHOENIX spirit to the extremely interested young interior designers. The designers from Zhengzhou are planning and designing big projects in China and around the globe. The hansgrohe and AXOR products are very popular, and now with the direct contact to the Phoenix designers and the stories behind the products - success is guaranteed.