ADMISSION€ 15 / € 12 reduced / Free Admission for children and teens under 19 / MoreThe exhibition TOUR DU MONDE. Bicycle Stories shows 50 bicycle icons of the twentieth/twenty-first centuries from the private EMBACHER COLLECTION®. The selection tells of the quality and diversity of design manifested in this classic vehicle, whose successively modified technology and shape also reflect the history of innovation and design. Supplementing the selection, the project presents results and prizewinners of the departure conceptual competition "CYCLING AFFAIRS. Smart Ideas for Bike and City", which sound out creative conceptual approaches and clever solutions for urban cycling and bicycle culture in Vienna. As part of the program surrounding design>neue strategien, the cooperation between the MAK and departure – The Creative Agency of the City of Vienna, prominent guests discuss innovations all about the bicycle against the background of the two presentations. A sustainable option in ecological and social terms, the bicycle takes its place as the focus of this talk as a tried and tested lifestyle product and means of transport. Can the bicycle be improved? What can we learn from this intelligent product for other developments in industrial production? Into which smart systems should the bicycle be embedded? No registration necessary! Talk Guests:Stephan Augustin is a designer and project manager with the BMW Group in Munich, responsible for project i – innovation projects in electro-mobility. Furthermore, he develops self-devised design projects such as the monowheel Jus1, the Watercone® for solar sea water desalination and the Terracooler® for power-free cooling and refrigeration, all of which have been awarded multiple prizes.bmwgroup.com, augustin.net Michael Embacher is an architect, designer and passionate bike rider and collector in Vienna. The publication Cyclopedia – Modernes Fahrrad-Design (Modern Bicycle Design) presents a major part of the EMBACHER COLLECTION®  founded in 2003 and has attained a cult status, like the iPad app Cyclepedia – Iconic Bicycle Design generated out of it. Apart from the MAK, his collection can be seen this year in the Portland Art Museum and the Holon Design Museum.embacher-collection.com Ulrich Gries grew up in the bicycle metropolis of Münster and lives as author, university lecturer and founder of the bicycle boutique Prêt-à -Vélo – fahrradkultur, mode & design in Berlin. His main interest is in “soft” tourism pertaining to culture via the bicycle, also topics on urban mobility. He was jury chairman of the conceptual competition sponsored by departure.pret-a-velo.de Christoph Pauschitz is a designer and the CEO of GP design partners in Vienna. The studio works in industrial and service design, with the slogan "focused on people". Concerns such as Philips, Siemens, AMA, Ottobock, and so forth are among its clients, also the City of Vienna, for whom it designed electricity charging stations. The multiple award-winning bicycle study Jano was also co-developed in the studio.gp.co.at Moderation:Isabella Marboe, architecture journalist and bike-rider, chief editor of Domus German edition, Ahead Media Program development:Thomas Geisler, Curator, MAK Design Collection, Anne Zimmermann, concept and project management of departure – The Creative Agency of the City of Vienna       
The exhibition TOUR DU MONDE. Bicycle Stories shows 50 bicycle icons of the twentieth/twenty-first centuries from the private EMBACHER COLLECTION®. The selection tells of the quality and diversity of design manifested in this classic vehicle, whose successively modified technology and shape also reflect the history of innovation and design. Supplementing the selection, the project presents results and prizewinners of the departure conceptual competition "CYCLING AFFAIRS. Smart Ideas for Bike and City", which sound out creative conceptual approaches and clever solutions for urban cycling and bicycle culture in Vienna.
As part of the program surrounding design>neue strategien, the cooperation between the MAK and departure – The Creative Agency of the City of Vienna, prominent guests discuss innovations all about the bicycle against the background of the two presentations. A sustainable option in ecological and social terms, the bicycle takes its place as the focus of this talk as a tried and tested lifestyle product and means of transport. Can the bicycle be improved? What can we learn from this intelligent product for other developments in industrial production? Into which smart systems should the bicycle be embedded?
No registration necessary!
Talk Guests:
Stephan Augustin is a designer and project manager with the BMW Group in Munich, responsible for project i – innovation projects in electro-mobility. Furthermore, he develops self-devised design projects such as the monowheel Jus1, the Watercone® for solar sea water desalination and the Terracooler® for power-free cooling and refrigeration, all of which have been awarded multiple prizes.
bmwgroup.com, augustin.net
Michael Embacher is an architect, designer and passionate bike rider and collector in Vienna. The publication Cyclopedia – Modernes Fahrrad-Design (Modern Bicycle Design) presents a major part of the EMBACHER COLLECTION® founded in 2003 and has attained a cult status, like the iPad app Cyclepedia – Iconic Bicycle Design generated out of it. Apart from the MAK, his collection can be seen this year in the Portland Art Museum and the Holon Design Museum.
embacher-collection.com
Ulrich Gries grew up in the bicycle metropolis of Münster and lives as author, university lecturer and founder of the bicycle boutique Prêt-à -Vélo – fahrradkultur, mode & design in Berlin. His main interest is in “soft” tourism pertaining to culture via the bicycle, also topics on urban mobility. He was jury chairman of the conceptual competition sponsored by departure.
pret-a-velo.de
Christoph Pauschitz is a designer and the CEO of GP design partners in Vienna. The studio works in industrial and service design, with the slogan "focused on people". Concerns such as Philips, Siemens, AMA, Ottobock, and so forth are among its clients, also the City of Vienna, for whom it designed electricity charging stations. The multiple award-winning bicycle study Jano was also co-developed in the studio.
gp.co.at
Moderation:
Isabella Marboe, architecture journalist and bike-rider, chief editor of Domus German edition, Ahead Media
Program development:
Thomas Geisler, Curator, MAK Design Collection, Anne Zimmermann, concept and project management of departure – The Creative Agency of the City of Vienna
As part of the program surrounding design>neue strategien, the cooperation between the MAK and departure – The Creative Agency of the City of Vienna, prominent guests discuss innovations all about the bicycle against the background of the two presentations. A sustainable option in ecological and social terms, the bicycle takes its place as the focus of this talk as a tried and tested lifestyle product and means of transport. Can the bicycle be improved? What can we learn from this intelligent product for other developments in industrial production? Into which smart systems should the bicycle be embedded?
No registration necessary!
Talk Guests:
Stephan Augustin is a designer and project manager with the BMW Group in Munich, responsible for project i – innovation projects in electro-mobility. Furthermore, he develops self-devised design projects such as the monowheel Jus1, the Watercone® for solar sea water desalination and the Terracooler® for power-free cooling and refrigeration, all of which have been awarded multiple prizes.
bmwgroup.com, augustin.net
Michael Embacher is an architect, designer and passionate bike rider and collector in Vienna. The publication Cyclopedia – Modernes Fahrrad-Design (Modern Bicycle Design) presents a major part of the EMBACHER COLLECTION® founded in 2003 and has attained a cult status, like the iPad app Cyclepedia – Iconic Bicycle Design generated out of it. Apart from the MAK, his collection can be seen this year in the Portland Art Museum and the Holon Design Museum.
embacher-collection.com
Ulrich Gries grew up in the bicycle metropolis of Münster and lives as author, university lecturer and founder of the bicycle boutique Prêt-à -Vélo – fahrradkultur, mode & design in Berlin. His main interest is in “soft” tourism pertaining to culture via the bicycle, also topics on urban mobility. He was jury chairman of the conceptual competition sponsored by departure.
pret-a-velo.de
Christoph Pauschitz is a designer and the CEO of GP design partners in Vienna. The studio works in industrial and service design, with the slogan "focused on people". Concerns such as Philips, Siemens, AMA, Ottobock, and so forth are among its clients, also the City of Vienna, for whom it designed electricity charging stations. The multiple award-winning bicycle study Jano was also co-developed in the studio.
gp.co.at
Moderation:
Isabella Marboe, architecture journalist and bike-rider, chief editor of Domus German edition, Ahead Media
Program development:
Thomas Geisler, Curator, MAK Design Collection, Anne Zimmermann, concept and project management of departure – The Creative Agency of the City of Vienna