A very unusual concert was happening on Rudolfplatz in Cologne: design students of the Köln International School of Design were the musicians in a concert with instruments that usually would rather belong into the category »home appliances«. Instead of playing violine, piano and clarinet, the students operated washing machines (here you can listen to the concert).

The orchestra had a real conductor and a DJ (an exchange student from Brazil) who all mixed the different types of used washing mashines with a background music. Not an easy task and for the spectators it was not easy to find and seize the harmony – but also the work of John Cage was not Continue Reading »

With a huge party Rheindesign was opened on Wednesday night at the KAP Forum in Cologne. More than 1.000 guests joined the program. Surely such an attention makes Managing Director Andreas Grosz very happy: »First we had expected only 400 people – it’s unbelievable that there are so many people here right now that we hardly know how to handle it!« said Grosz.

After the glamourous opening, Rheindesign will now have to prove that its program can transport the focus (that is on the relation between design and society) to a broader audience. Till Sunday there are more than 40 events Continue Reading »