Activities Report 2013 Red Dot Design Museum Essen
Key facts Ultra-light gyroplane Cavalon Design & manufacturer: AutoGyro, Germany Light installation D2V2 Design: Danny Venlet, Belgium Manufacturer: Dark, Belgium Circle sofa Design: Ben van Berkel, Netherlands Manufacturer: Walter Knoll, Germany 142,000 visitors 263 guided tours in German, English, French, Slovenian and Arabic with 4,069 participants 3 workshops for children Every day at 3:45 p.m.: Kesselhaus Suite (sound installation by Dirk Reith) Every Friday: Pay-What-You-Want 1,963 exhibits from 41 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, USA
Events and presence in the media Events 45 events, such as conferences, receptions, company anniversaries and product launches, among others for the Ärzte- und Apothekerbank, Atlas Copco, Berker, Commerzbank, Deichmann, Deutsche Bank, Mäurer & Wirtz, MHZ Hachtel, OXEA 15 December 2013: Design objects under the hammer Charity auction for the benefit of Amnesty International Presence in the media 126 newspaper reports 63 online reports 21 TV and radio reports
Special exhibitions Award-winning design from 19 product categories The seven metres high sculpture consists of 6,000 leaves Design on Stage Winners Red Dot Award: Product Design 2013 2 July 1 September 2013 Communication + by Lenovo (Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2013) 2 July 14 September 2013
Special exhibitions Design Experience Exhibition Design & Technology against Gravity on the occasion of the seminar New production forms and innovative materials for design and architecture 2 July 2013 Design Gymnastics Learn the basics of design with open eyes Presentation of the results of the eponymous workshop for children 9 April 2 June 2013 Intelligent material & design for furniture and interior architecture Professional exhibition 12 30 October 2013 & 8 November 8 December 2013 Supported by the EU and INTERREG IV B in the course of the project PROUD (People Researchers Organisations Using Design for co-creation and innovation)
Special exhibitions Award-winning works that call upon to literally face design Sweden at its best Red Dot Award-winning design from the North 27 October 2013 2 March 2014 Selected works of the Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2013 12 November 2013 5 January 2014 FACE:DESIGN by Mutabor (Red Dot: Agency of the Year 2013) 8 December 2013 2 February 2014
Museum education Design Gymnastics Learn the basics of design with open eyes Workshop for children from 5 to 6 years 16 March 2013 Design Anatomy Workshop for youth from 14 to 16 years 4 July 2013 The workshops were developed in cooperation with the Japanese architect and designer Prof. Masayo Ave Supported by the EU and INTERREG IV B in the course of the project PROUD (People Researchers Organisations Using Design for co-creation and innovation)
Museum education Touch, Listen & Learn Understand the basics of industrial materials through tactile discovery Workshop for children from 8 to 10 years 22 September 2013 Torch tour Night at the Red Dot Design Museum 23 November 2013 Supported by the EU and INTERREG IV B in the course of the project PROUD (People Researchers Organisations Using Design for co-creation and innovation)
Red Dot on Tour Design on Stage Winners Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2012 Schule für Gestaltung Basel, Switzerland 5 January 2 February 2013 Schweiz ist Design muba trade fair, Basel, Switzerland 22 February 3 March 2013 Successful Design from Poland Galeria Kordegarda, Warsaw, Poland 21 March 2 April 2013
Red Dot on Tour Red Dot Baltic Sea Trans Atelierhaus im Anscharpark, Kiel, Germany 19 September 6 October 2013 FACE:DESIGN by Mutabor (Red Dot: Agency of the Year 2013) Umspannwerk Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany 25 27 October 2013 Design on Stage Winners Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2013 Umspannwerk Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany 25 27 October 2013
Red Dot on Tour Best Communication Design Red Dot Winners Selection 2013 Museum für Kommunikation Berlin, Germany 1 November 2013 5 January 2014 Xiamen International Business of Design Week Red Dot in China Xiamen, China 8 12 November 2013
Red Dot Design Museum Essen Former boiler house of the UNESCO world heritage site Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex Converted to the Red Dot Design Museum Essen by Lord Norman Foster from 1995 to1996 Opening on 29 April 1997 4,000 square metres exhibition space on 5 floors Red Dot Design Museum Essen Gelsenkirchener Str. 181 45309 Essen, Germany Phone: +49 201 30104-0 E-mail: museum@red-dot.de www.red-dot-design-museum.org