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Sound of Design // approx. 2000
These acoustic pieces were created in a short-term project (starting on a Monday afternoon and ending with a public presentation on Friday morning of the same week) around the year 2000, addressing the question as to how the quality or … Weiterlesen
Song for the graduation ceremony at KISD 1999
Lyrics, music and vocals: Tanja Godlewsky and Claudia Leu (now: Claudia Herling)
Arrangement and production: Oliver J. Leu and David Oswald
When Tanja Godlewsky and Claudia Leu were still students at KISD (and also a few years after they … Weiterlesen
Rubber Cup Competition 1998
The Rubber Cup goes back to Richard Sapper, then-professor at the Stuttgart Academy of Art: students from all universities were invited to participate in this race on the condition that their vehicles were powered by nothing but 20g of rubber.… Weiterlesen
La Casa Europea, 1990
In 1990 the German Design Council organised a conference about the necessity to include design as an important tool for the further European development. Based on the approval of the European Union, and particularly supported by the design Associations of … Weiterlesen
Frankfurt Book Fair, 1989
Designed in Germany
Following the World Design Expo in Nagoya, this exhibition by the German Design Council, whose then-director was Michael Erlhoff, was shown at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles. Exhibition design: Wolfgang Laubersheimer.
World Design Expo, Nagoya, Japan, 1988
In 1988, the first World Design Expo (the only one in this particular form) took place in the Japanese city of Nagoya (‘Toyota City’). After some discussions with the Japanese organisers, Michael Erlhoff (at that time CEO of the German … Weiterlesen
Exhibition of the „hfg ulm“ (Ulm School), Berlin 1987
The exhibition was curated and organised by Herbert Lindinger (who also taught at this world-famous design school in the early 1960s). He asked Michael Erlhoff to organise the catalogue. Michael Erlhoff also is responsible for the exhibition title: „Die Moral … Weiterlesen
documenta 8, 1987
In 1986 the chief curator of documenta 8, Manfred Schneckenburger, asked Michael Erlhoff to become a member of the board of the world-famous art exhibition taking place every five years. Together they decided to involve design and designers for and … Weiterlesen