Designaustria

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designaustria (DA) is an Austrian organization and professional association. Founded in 1927, it is the oldest agency for design in Austria. In Europe, designaustria is the third oldest design organization after the Finnish Ornamo Association (1911) and the German BDG (1919). Its members practice all forms of design, from graphic design, communication design, typography, interaction design, product design, exhibition design, service design to design research and illustration.

The aim is quality assurance, awareness-raising, professionalization and the standard for professional ethics and practice in the design industry. The association offers knowledge transfer and representation of interests for its members. There are currently more than 1300 members organized in various branches and expert clusters.

history

The association was founded in 1927 as the " Association of Austrian Commercial Graphics - BÖG" . At that time, applied graphics began to emerge as »commercial graphics« from free art as a separate discipline. The international consolidation of the term »graphic design« as a term for creative design in this area led to the renaming in 1985 to Graphic Design Austria - GDA and in 1992 to be able to represent the interests of the designer profession comprehensively to designaustria - DA.

Since it was founded, there have been creative designers such as Joseph Binder , Herbert Bayer , Margit Doppler-Kováts, Otto Exinger, Hans Fabigan, FA Porsche , Hanns Wagula and illustrators such as Alfred Kubin and typographers such as Rudolf von Larisch and Herta von Larisch (née Ramsauer) to the members. Today, designers like Stefan Sagmeister , Cordula Alessandri and Henry Steiner continue this tradition. The history of the association was dealt with in the volumes of the series »Design in Austria«:

  • Volume 1: Christian Maryška: "The Art of Advertising - The History of the Association of Austrian Commercial Graphic Artists from the Beginnings to the Re-establishment 1926–1946"
  • Volume 2: Anita Kern: »Austrian Graphic Design in the 20th Century«
  • Volume 3: Heidelinde Resch: "14 graphic artists in 20th century Vienna"

International competition - Joseph Binder Award

In line with its international orientation, designaustria began to present and award the Joseph Binder Award in the field of graphic design and illustration in 1996 . The award is announced every two years. The competition is supported by international design organizations such as BEDA, Ico-D (International Council of Graphic Design Association). The jury included Cordula Alessandri, Lo Breier , Gerd Dumbar , Fons Hickmann , Freda Sack, Stefan Sagmeister, Niklaus Troxler , Lars Müller .

International memberships

Designaustria is networked with training centers and partner organizations and is represented in several advisory boards and commissions, designaustria also has an international network through cooperation with associations and institutions as well as through memberships

  • ICo-D - International Council of Design (formerly ICOGRADA)
  • WDO - World Design Organization (formerly ICSID)
  • IIID - International Institute for Information Design
  • BEDA - Bureau of European Design Associations
  • EIDD - Design for All Europe
  • EIF - European Illustrators Forum

designaustria is a supporter of the Fulbright Austria program

designaustria board of directors

  • 2018–2020: Thomas Feichtner, Benno Flotzinger, Martin Fössleitner, Thomas Grundnigg, Anna Maislinger
  • 2016–2018: Benno Flotzinger, Martin Fößleitner, Anna Maislinger, Jürgen Schremser, Monika Fauler (until March 2017)
  • 2014–2016: Monika Fauler, Martin Fößleitner, Markus Hanzer, Sigi Ramoser, Beatrix Roidinger
  • 2012–2014: Monika Fauler, Martin Fößleitner, Michael Thurow, Sigi Ramoser, Beatrix Roidinger

Events

design forums

Designaustria cooperates with rooms for the presentation and communication of design. These are available in several federal states such as: designforum Vorarlberg (2008), designforum Steiermark (2010), designforum Tirol (2016)

Services and tasks

  • Information and services are available to members and clients:
  • Advice on legal and economic issues
  • Advice on business start-ups, competitions and tenders
  • Event calendar and pinboard, network and exchange platform
  • ExpertsCluster (EC) - interest groups
  • Self-published publications
  • Promotion of the understanding of design in business and society

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beyerle Tulga, Hirschberger Karin: A Century of Austrian Design 1900-2005 . Birkhäuser, Basel 2006, ISBN 978-3-7643-7330-6 , p. 104 .
  2. ↑ designaustria - About. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  3. ↑ designaustria - ExpertsCluster. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Beyerle Tulga, Hirschberger Karin: A Century of Austrian Design . Birkhäuser, Basel 2006, ISBN 978-3-7643-7330-6 , p. 104 .
  5. ↑ Beyerle Tulga, Hirschberger Karin: A Century of Austrian Design 1900-2005 . Birkhäuser, Basel 2006, ISBN 978-3-7643-7330-6 , p. 104 .
  6. ↑ designaustria - History. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  7. ↑ designaustria - Network. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  8. ^ Joseph Binder Award 2016. In: International Council of Design. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  9. ↑ designaustria - Network. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  10. ↑ ICo-D Members. In: International Council of Design. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  11. ↑ WDO Members. In: World Design Organization. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  12. ^ IIID Members. In: International Institute for Information Design. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  13. ↑ BEDA members. In: Bureau of European Design Associations. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  14. ↑ EIDD Members. In: Design for All Europe. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  15. ↑ EIF Members. In: European Illustrators Forum. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  16. ^ Fullbright Austria - Partners & Friends. In: Fullbright Austria. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  17. ↑ designaustria - Board. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Design forum. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Design Forum - History. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Beyerle Tulga, Hirschberger Karin: A Century of Austrian Design 1900-2005 . Birkhäuser, Basel 2006, ISBN 978-3-7643-7330-6 , p. 104 .
  21. ↑ Beyerle Tulga, Hirschberger Karin: A Century of Austrian Design 1900-2005 . Birkhäuser, Basel 2006, ISBN 978-3-7643-7330-6 , p. 104 .
  22. ↑ designaustria - Benefits. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  23. ↑ designaustria - ExpertsCluster. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .