be design – Corporate Services
be design is a design consultancy, design research and design theory office based in Cologne, Germany. It is owned and run by Uta Brandes and Michael Erlhoff. be design has been providing expert consultancy on numerous projects large and small and on an international level for over 20 years. Projects have dealt with issues ranging from all aspects of design to architecture, art, the humanities and culture. Clients have included companies from small, individual outfits to large international corporates and public institutions. more
Uta Brandes & Michael Erlhoff – Academic Consultancy
Uta Brandes and Michael Erlhoff are professors at the Koeln International School of Design (KISD). Both have run guest workshops and projects at international universities and have provided consultancy and support in the development of design-related curricula. more
News
| 2009-12-02 Christmas lecture at KISD | ||
| 2009-12-02 Michael Erlhoff juror for Raymond Loewy Foundation Italy | ||
| 2009-12-02 Uta Brandes to give keynote speech in Frankfurt | ||
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Life is Design
Patti Smith
Design is a method of action
Charles Eames, 1969
There are always design constraints.
Charles Eames, 1969
Design is “a plan for arranging elements in such a way as to best accomplish a particular purpose.
Charles Eames, 1969
Got a match?
Lauren Bacall
There is a beauty in shit.
Gilbert & George
If you have a message: go to the post office.
Alfred Hitchcock
We want to love the viewer.
Gilbert & George
If you have a message: go to the post office.
Alfred Hitchcock
You’d better start swimming.
Bob Dylan
Less is more. – Mies van der Rohe
Less is a bore. – Robert Venturi