Perspectives from the Institute of Design: Sitting and Reading

The Angewandte at Vienna Design Week 2026

The University of Applied Arts Vienna explores the future potential of fundamental design objects. Under the motto ‘Design a Chair’, the different design approaches of two departments within the Institute of Design engage in a productive dialogue. In addition, the Communication Design Department is turning a new page ...
Students from both the Industrial Design department and the Design Investigations department have designed chairs and explored concepts of seating during the current academic year.

Students from the Department of Communication Design have also been exploring fundamental principles: they have examined the book as a concept, an object, a method and a medium, and are presenting twelve hypotheses and artistic designs in Booxhibition – What is a book and what can it be?

Opening hours:
September 25 to October 4, 2026
daily 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.


The exhibition is accompanied and documented by the publication Meine Idee vom Buch Zwölf künstlerische Reflexionen zur Bedeutung des Buches in der Gegenwart, Paulus Dreibholz (Hrsg.) which will be presented on Friday, October 3, 2026, at 5 p.m. at the Vienna Design Week Festivalzentrale.

Events

Duration
25. September 2026 - 04. October 2026
Book presentation
02. October 2026 - 17:00