German Design Council

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German Design Council
Rat für Formgebung
FormationFounded 1953
Legal statusfoundation
Location
  • Frankfurt am Main, Germany
LeaderLutz Dietzold (CEO)
Website https://www.gdc.de

The German Design Council (German: Rat für Formgebung ) is a non-profit organisation with the aim of representing the interests of German companies focussed on design. The foundation has more than 300 members today in industry, design, associations and institutions. [1]

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History

The German Design Council was founded in the wake of the harsh criticism of the presentation of German products from the post-war period at the New York export trade show in 1949. [2] In accordance with a motion of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the German Bundestag decided to create an independent council for design development. This council was founded in 1953 as the 'Rat für Formgebung' in the form of a nonprofit foundation with the explicit task of supporting German industry in developing design as an economic and cultural factor.[ citation needed ] Since then, the council has carried out its duties by organising exhibitions, competitions and conferences, producing publications and providing strategic consulting. The logo of the German Design Council was created in 1960 by the graphic designer Anton Stankowski (1906–1998). The German Design Council pursues a design approach focussed on creating cultural and economic values. As formulated in the foundation resolution of the German Bundestag, the meeting of the foundation members functions as a platform for the communication of everyone involved in the design process. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mitgliedschaft". Rat für Formgebung (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Betts (2007), p. 179.
  3. ↑ Betts, Paul (2007). The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design. Berkeley, Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. pp. 178–181. ISBN   9780520253841.
  4. ↑ "Arena in Schierke erhält Design-Preis". Die Welt. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  5. ↑ "Iconic Awards: FSB holt drei Preise". Westfalen Blatt. Retrieved 2019-05-13.


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