DMY Market
The DMY Market is a new part of the festival offering visitors the chance to purchase design objects on site. At the same time, this market place gives the designers the opportunity to receive an immediate feedback on their work.
 
Social Design
Social Design is the leitmotif of a special exhibition organized by the curator
Max Borka presenting design drafts and products addressing the concept of social design. Within this context, mankind forms the focal point, including issues such as progress, sustainability, and basic human needs seen in the context of its environment. As these projects often address a new, not yet clearly defined target group, providing only little commercial attractiveness, possible marketing and communication strategies are to be discussed in open talks and symposia.
 
The Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany
For the third year in succession, DMY Berlin is hosting the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2014. The award is generally considered the most important design award in Germany in the fields of communication and product design. Since 1969, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (formerly Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology) has awarded this prize every year for the most outstanding products and works in product and communication design. Criteria such as innovation, haptics, sustainability aspects, usability, constitutive criteria and an overall coherence form the basis of the selection of the winners. The aim of the award is to boost the importance of design in business enterprises. All of the submissions are presented to the public during the DMY International Design Festival 2014 and this year‘s nominees will be announced during the festival. The award show will take place in the autumn of 2014 in Berlin. Regional focus In a separate subexhibition on the festival grounds, a German federal state or region will present the best works of their designers. German design is globally considered to be of top-quality; the regional focus is supposed to highlight the diversity of German design. The first region to present itself is Brandenburg, Berlin‘s direct neighbour.

Brit van Nerven & Sabine Marcelis
 
Seeing Glass is a series of glass objects. Through the use of materials, colour
and layering, unexpected effects are created which play with ones visual perception and the surrounding space. Presented are the latest results of an ongoing study into optical effects created with glass as the primary material. Two glass specialists allowed the designers to play around and experiment in their factories to investigate new possibilities.
Seeing Glass is made possible thanks to Van Dijken Glas and Visser spiegels & glas

New Talents – supported by the IKEA Foundation
In this section, students and young talents will present their works, prototypes and conceptual design approaches. This part of the festival is kindly supported by the IKEA Foundation offering the young designers the unique opportunity to gather precious experiences, thus supporting and enforcing the market launch of their products. The New Talents section has over the years become an important stepping stone for young designers.
New Talents and glass
Glass can be seen from Laura Jungmann and Brit van Nerven & Sabine Marcelis
Philipp Weber who won the DMY Award in the category New Talent for his work last year, is designing the DMY Awards this year and they are being produced at premises of Berlin Glas e.V.:
The studio will be open all week from 10:00-16:00, so come on by to see some great glassblowing and you can even buy some cool art!
Schedule of Demos and Events:
-Monday, May 26: 10:00-16:00
Gaffing: Jesse Günther + Madeline Prowd
-Tuesday, May 27: 10:00-16:00
Gaffing: Jesse Günther + Madeline Prowd + Justin Ginsberg
-Wednesday, May 28: 12:00-14:00
Demo: MADELINE PROWD
-Thursday, May 29: 12:00-14:00
Co-Lab: Justin Ginsberg + Jesse Günther
19:00 - 21:00
PHILIPP WEBER´s CREATION OF A STRANGE SYMPHONY
-Friday, May 30: 4.30-6.30pm
Demo: MADELINE PROWD
-Saturday, May 31: 12:00-14:00
Demo: MADELINE PROWD
-Sunday, June 1: 10:00-16:00
No glassblowing but studio open for visits and sales
Berlin Glas e.V.
Provinzstraße 42a
13409 Berlin Germany
+49 (0) 30.315.667.24
www.berlinglas.org
info@berlinglas.org
 
DMY Universities & Schools
In the Universities & Schools section of the festival, research work and projects are exhibited, often with a very innovative and experimental character as they do not have to comply with the normal rules of the market. As the icing on the cake, participating universities also have the possibility to exchange information and enter cooperations with other internationally renowned education institutions.
 
DMY Awards, Symposia, Guest Country and the Berlin Design Week
The open talks and symposia will focus on current design-related issues such as the interconnectedness of private enterprises and design, intelligent products, and social design.
 
In a special feature, a selected guest country will be presenting a curated show of its best established designers as well as young talents and their works.
 
The best works in the categories Exhibitor, New Talent and Universities &
Schools will be awarded with the DMY Awards. The award show will take place during the festival.
The DMY International Design Festival is one of the highlights of the Berlin
Design Week, which will take place from May 26 – June 1, 2014. For a whole week, design in all of its aspects – from communication design to product and furniture design - will be presented Berlin-wide in exhibitions, talks and events organized by studios, museums and institutions.
 
About DMY Berlin
DMY Berlin is an internationally renowned platform for contemporary product and communication design. Since 2003, the organization promotes the creative industry providing national and international visibility and recognition. The DMY International Design Festival which takes place every year in Berlin is the largest German festival for contemporary product and communication design. Besides organizing the DMY festival in Berlin, DMY Berlin curates exhibitions and shows at design fairs in Europe, Asia, North and South America. During the many years of promoting innovative design solutions and organizing shows and exhibitions internationally at important fairs and festivals, DMY Berlin has built up an entensive global network of cooperation partners. Through intense interaction and collaboration with the design industry, with the aid of its global and local networks, as well as many years of experience in the implementation of design events, DMY Berlin has become one of the most important design institutions in Germany. On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, DMY Berlin hosts the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany. Furthermore, DMY Berlin is commissioned by the Berlin Senate to promote designers of this region internationally.
 
Organisation:
DMY Berlin GmbH & Co KG
Blücherstr. 23
D-10961 Berlin
+49 (0)30.9145 7643
www.dmy-berlin.com