Designers in Residence

How to connect enterprises and designers

The aim of the program "Designers in Residance" is to give enterprises more opportunities to use modern design.

The program connects enterprises and designers in order to establish future cooperations for the benefit of both. "Desingers in Residence" aims at enterprises which may nonetheless be interested to assert themselves on the market by means of professional design. Designers get the opportunity to work directly for the enterprise and are given 4-8 weeks to approach solutions.

Designers in Residence is not  about a competition, it is about innovative ways of networking between economy and creative industry. Both get to know the premises of the other, their way of thinking and acting. The partnership is voluntary and clearly outlined, ideally leading up to a longterm cooperation.

Guidelines to the project
Participation rules are simple: enterprises interested in the project declare to take part in the Desingers in Residence project. A clearly defined description of general conditions and tasks is shaped. Based on this description the designers can apply for participation. The selection of designers is mentored by Creative Industries Styria in cooperation with the enterprises. Creative Industries Styria is also involved into the planning of the designers' concepts and the succeeding project phases.

Designers in Residence was started in Design Month 2009.

In 2009 the following cooperations were formed:
Enterprise, client | designer

Gaulhofer Industrie Holding GmbH | Martin Breuer - Bono
Herk GmbH (Karosserie, Lack) | PERMANENT - Unit. OG
Kitzeck/bmm | Mari Tosmin
Leder & Schuh AG | Florian Puschmann (White Elephant)
Stadt Murau | E. Bracun, C. Millmann, V. Pöschl
Brauerei Murau | E. Bracun, C. Millmann, V. Pöschl
ORF Landesstudio | Tobias Kestel (White Elephant)
Fa. Schabauer | motion code: blue Ges.b.R.

In 2010 the following cooperations were formed so far:
Enterprise, client | designer

Creative Industries Styria / werbelechner | Walking Chair, Schöffmann / Toccafondi, Kempenaars / Lackner
NTS | Onomato Gestaltungsgesellschaft
Fa. Paugger | Hilgart Design
AMS | Robert Lerch / Monika Rauscher
Stadt Graz, Umweltamt | Klaus Kempenaars