DMY Berlin

DMY is a collective of shakers and movers who think beyond existing borders while taking action and experimenting beyond established values. It promotes interdisciplinary projects and the design of utopia.
The annual international exhibition on young design trends taking place in may in Berlin is simultaneously a platform, a meeting place and a playground.

The Sky Is Not The Limit

Following the ‘DMY Fly High’ motto of 2007, DMY Berlin aims even higher in 2008. From May 21 - 25, under the title ‘The Sky Is Not The Limit’, protagonists of the national and international design scenes take the stage for the sixth time running to discuss the latest trends, explore current innovations and exchange creative ideas. Thus, borders become interfaces as night fades to day: this is design as a several-day, non-stop marathon program!

http://dmy-berlin.com/dmy08/

Allstars

In the form of satellite events dispersed throughout the entire city of Berlin, national and international exhibitors, design groups, as well as local creative talents join forces while taking part in thematic exhibitions, group shows and open studios all along the exhibition circuit.

International highlight is the exhibition ’Turkish Delight’, eagerly awaited at the Pergamonmuseum, Museum for Islamic Art Berlin. London’s Royal College of Art embarks on a school trip. The exhibition of the Swiss Design Award takes place at stilwerk. Israel’s prestigious exhibition will grace the space of the Internationales Design Zentrum (IDZ) while Slovakia also sets sail for Berlin with a group of designers.

External Locations

Below you’ll find an incomplete list of events taking place during the DMY 2008 festival. Exact locations, opening hours and further details will be published when they become available.

 

  • VIDEOGEIST: Riverine (Water-Video-Installation)
  • KINZO , KINZO AIR - All New office furniture
  • Happyfew , Imitation of life
  • Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest , Taste MOMEnts
  • A hundred percent for you , A Taste of Israeli Design im Internationalen Design Zentrum Berlin
  • NATURSCHAUSPIELE , Norwegian Graphic Design Powered by Nature
  • Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge , Museum der industriellen Massen- und Warenproduktion des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts
  • Lutz Hüning , Lutz Hüning Möbel
  • Pergamonmuseum, Museum Für islamische Kunst Berlin , Turkish Delight
  • büro blickpunkt , in flux
  • Designtransfer Universität der Künste Berlin , Sex Sells
  • Ybdd , CHAOSBOX
  • Transalpino 08 , “Hauptsache Nebensache” – Essen unter Freunden
  • Trippen , Couture – Himmel der Mode. Wo endet Couture, wo beginnt Design? Experimentelle Mode als Wegbereiter des Bekleidungsdesign
  • Kommunikationsdesign Studierende der FHTW Berlin , STILL LIFE - so lange der Vorrat reicht (While Stocks Last)
  • Aamu Song , RED DRESS
  • en passant couture , wedding dress

 

Youngsters

As usual, DMY Youngsters forms the core of the DMY International Design Festival in the central exhibition hall of the Arena Berlin industrial grounds. DMY Youngsters functions simultaneously as a showroom, a design lab and a playground.

As a unique creative happening set in the typically laid-back DMY Youngsters atmosphere between Couch DJ showcases and VJ performances, the event enables exhibitors to introduce their newest developments, design trends and experiments, from products to interior design via accessories and art objects

Exhibitors

A random and incomplete list of exhibitors showing their work in the Arena hall. A definitive list will be made available shortly:

Teilchenbeschleuniger, FormAkcja, +Zweckgemeinschaft+, VC VisualBerlin e.V., PDB* Erik Lieberenz, PYG - Patricia Yasmine Graf, Robin Carpenter, Peter Schaefer, aPLEX, PLEX, G-LEC, schubLaden, Guerilla now!, Dual City Sessions 2008, SUELZKOTLETT Fabian Seibert, Prime, Symbioza, Seoul Design Festival, jottweedee, jenny wieland design + architektur, Kwangho Lee, Burgshop/FatFlat, Alexis Dornier, Jan-Philipp Wittrin, dreizueins, Petra Wüstling, ESAD - Final 8, Westosteron, Christian Becker, Achim Meran, breadedEscalope, Jeroen Wesselink Vormgeving, Neo Design, blumberg° - Raum für Gestaltung, .ini, AlexaLixfeld, Agentur für alltägliches Stadtleben, AnnaMariaCornelia De Gersem, Betten Bartmann und Freundinnen, FH Potsdam Prof. Weizenegger, Filip Gordon Frank, Katharina Hölzl, Gogo, i-MPERFECT (Andrea Acosta), REUBER HENNING, SPRINGPATT, macmeier, Ingo Wuntke, Stephan Siepermann, Lutz Hüning, Martin Bramer, Platform 10, Royal College of Art, (Kosmos Project) Ewa Bochen, Sybille Kesslau, Martin Borgs, Arbeitskreis Recycling e.V., Simon Lumb, beza projekt, creater_2008, Carrothead Design, Alexander Augsten, Stefanie Gogolla, chris&ruby in friesland, genauso.und.anders°, Matthias Froböse, Joachim Frost, nachacht, FH-Potsdam, Prof.Hermann Weizenegger, Shir Levanon, Agnieszka Lasota, fil-quadrat, Souha Solaiman, Bea Seggering, Stefan Weiser, Bdnb designStudio, Marisa Richter, Elisabeth Warkus, Siren Elise Wilhelmsen, Andrean Nechev, Studio Tina Roeder, Tactile Wonderland, Bartosz Mucha POOR design, Aylin Kayser & Christian Metzner, and more..

 

Klublabor

This year’s DMY Klublabor will be featured in various nightlife hotspots all throughout the city. At the legendary opening party in the Arena and at the city’s finest clubs, an exceptional selection of DJs and VJs bring a formidable program of ecstatic nocturnal stylishness.

Wednesday 21 May: DMY Opening Night!

>> Location: Glashaus>> 23.00hCat Geisheim (deebeephunky)Bugati ForceTM (A special eclectic mix of 80´s rap, acid house, current electro & urban club sounds, exploitedghetto.de, myspace.com/bugatiforce)Mitja Prinz (Yes!, Kling Klong, myspace.com/mitjaprinz)Frieder Klaris & Egoshooter (HDT!)

Thursday 24 May: Pecha Kucha Berlin Vol. 8.1

>> Location: Glashaus>> 20.30h

Friday 23 May: Irieland Music presents DUBISTAN

>> Location: BadeschiffDigital Roots Movement record release party:The Leap - ‘Dub school, day one’ (Irieland Music)Aldubb - ‘What the funk is dubstep?’ (One Drop)

Saturday 24 May: Revolution N°5 goes DMY

>> Location: Weekend>> 23.00hTetine (Soul Jazz / London) mc/dj setCoconut Twins ft. Zezi (e4 music / London)Slammer Booster: African Files (A.J. Holmes / London - Berlin)Sick Girls (Violent Turd / Berlin, myspace.com/sickgirlsplayit)

Tuesday 27 May: DMY at Cookies

>> Location: Cookies>> 21.oohFeaturing ZENSORS Performance Party (myspace.com/zensors)

Thursday 29 May: DMY Friends at Bar 25

>> Location: Bar 25>> 21.00hft. Lotta´s Buchstabensuppe. Dena from the Block, Female Macho, Bramvan

Friday 30 May: DMY at Club 103 ft. Vorspiel

>> Location: Club 103Frivolous LIVE [scape / mutek]Robosonic LIVE [diskomafia]Khan [playhouse / kitsune]Strobocop [kalk pets]Suzi Wong [coke dj culture]Frühschoppen Team [angies kiezkneipe]Lounge floor hosted byPakalolo Soundlab [nuit blanche]

Saturday 31 May: DMY Finale at pssst secret. Yeah!

>> Location: To be announcedLive: David Gilmour Girls (myspace.com/davidgilmourgirls)Monica Electronica (myspace.com/djmonicaelectronica)Josz Le Bon (myspace.com/joszlebon)Rico Suave (myspace.com/ricobastin)