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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.

Putting the question: an interview with Andreas Diefenbach from Phoenix Design

Interview by Thomas Wagner.

In an interview with Andreas Diefenbach, managing partner of PHOENIX we spoke about the current pandemic situation in April 2020; how remote working is changing the creative process; innovation; new needs and the future role of social design, including in a global context.

>>> Interview > Andreas Diefenbach >>>

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The awards that make innovation visible. The German Innovation Awards honour products and solutions across sectors, which differ from previous solutions mainly by being user-centred and offering added value. They do so because there are innovations in all sectors that shape the future and improve life. Sometimes you see them at first glance – but often not. The German Innovation Awards aim to change that. They make great achievements visible to a wide audience and ensure successful positioning in the market.With 700 entries in 2020, the German Innovation Awards achieved a great response once again. A total of 38 products/projects were awarded »Gold«,

HANSGROHE Kitchen Mixer Aquno >>>

HANSGROHE Kitchen Mixer Aquno >>> Jury Statement >>>

HANSGROHE Shower Scenario RainTunes >>>

HANSGROHE Shower Scenario RainTunes >>> Case Study > Transforming Shower >>>

HANSGROHE Shower Scenario RainTunes >>> Jury Statement >>>

LUQEL Water Station >>>  

LUQEL Water Station >>> Case Study > Ecosystem >>>

LUQEL Water Station >>> Case Study > Water Balancer >>>

LUQEL Water Station >>> Jury Statement >>>

German Design Council – the organiser. Founded by the German Bundestag and sponsored by German industry, as an independent and internationally active institution, the German Design Council champions the competitiveness of companies. With its competitions, exhibitions, conferences, seminars and publications, it makes an important contribution to the transfer of knowledge relating to design. Since 1953, the German Design Council's contests have been honouring design, brand and innovation achievements of international renown. The sponsors of the German Design Council currently include over 320 domestic and foreign companies employing more than three million people.

Whether as a juror at award competitions, as initiator of the aed neuland competition for up-and-coming designers, as President of aed Stuttgart, or even as a freelancing communication specialist extraordinaire ... among others also for Phoenix Design.

Travelling and visiting friends in the far corners of the Earth – that’s a top priority on her agenda. However, like with so many of us, the current situation has forced her to slam on the brakes. Hopefully only for a short while.

On a different note: Anybody qualified interested in the position of Communication Manager are cordially invited to contact her. A sound and comprehensive onboarding by Silvia Olp is guaranteed. Enable JavaScript to view protected content..

Smart Water Station LUQEL >>>

Exciting new projects are on the table, home office times are over, and all like to congregate for teamwork even better than before. “Social distancing” in public – yes. But in the office, the workflow is back to normal. Now we just need a bit more patience in Stuttgart and Munich.

The projects themselves are still going well. The teams at the various locations have been working with virtual communication for a long time, it was not a big change for our Phoenix Team. The customers are prepared for it.

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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Companies now have the influence and scope to reinvent themselves, by developing visions of the future that consider "People, Planet & Profit" as an inseparable unit to enable sustainable success. But what does this mean in practice, and how can companies manage the necessary transformation processes? After an inspiring keynote speech by Martin Böhm, CDO of Beiersdorf, attendees shared their experiences during an interdisciplinary round table discussion.

The culinary well-being was provided by Bjoern's Kitchen from Stuttgart. In the kitchen, Bjoern's motto is: „Vom Blatt bis zur Wurzel“ - deliciously vegan with almost zero waste!We were

Phoenix were pleased to welcome representatives of the following companies:
Beiersdorf AG, Field 33 GmbH, Fun Factory GmbH, GPI Global Perspectives Initiative gUG, Normenkontrollrat BW, Oventrop GmbH + Co. KG, Prenew GmbH, Recaro Holding GmbH, Volkswagen AG, Vorwerk & Co. KG, Werner Sobek AG, Wurzer & Kollegen GmbH, zfhn Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn.

About boma: BOMA is a global learning network and was introduced as part of a new management curriculum for executives, which is completely different from the traditional academic learning model. BOMA is dedicated to helping companies evolve into sustainable and forward-thinking organizations that accelerate change, drive change and accept complexity as part of corporate DNA.

BEST OF for PHOENIX: The iF World Design Index (WDI) is a benchmarking and evaluation tool acknowledging continuously substantial, excellent and sustainable design. In the categories Design Studios 2016–2020, Phoenix Design has been able to move to the very top rank again.

"The iF World Design Index is congruent with our discerning claim to design quality and sustainability. We were excited for it to arrive, and now we are very happy indeed about the very good ranking positions we've achieved – we see them as appreciation of our work throughout many years," says Andreas Diefenbach, Managing Partner of Phoenix Design.

The iF WDI refers to the past five years, depending on the kind and number of iF Awards won, split into six index groups: Continents, Countries, Industries, Companies, Inhouse Design Teams and Independent Design Studios.

More at: www.ifworlddesignguide.com/if-top-labels

YO-YO – a Special Kind of Talent Promotion. “Design a Yo-Yo!” More than 170 Phoenix Design Academy interns have worked on this challenge to date, and each yo-yo is surprisingly different. These yo-yos are the visible result of talent promotion filled with life. All yo-yos were created under comparable conditions: at the end of a sixmonth internship, over the course of two days. As to the concept and its realisation, the up-and-coming designers can tap the know-how of the experienced product designers, user experience designers as well as surface designers and model-makers, and get their support in all areas. The final presentation in front of the entire design team is also part of the assignment.

The YO-YO-book >>> YO-YO from 1987 – 2014 can be requested: Enable JavaScript to view protected content.

Today, a space is also an aesthetic statement, an expression of attidute. Private spaces tend to function as social and physical hubs, centers for our life of return to and feel at home in. This book deals with spaces which we like to spend time, literally as well as figuratively.
The book contains over 100 brands and products from the fields of interior design, furniture, lighting, home accessories and architecture. Therefore we are all the more pleased to be part of it > AXOR MyEdition, designed by Phoenix Design.

Melville Brand Design GmbH, München >>> https://melvilledesign.de/
ISBN 978-3-00-063873-2