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Vienna Design Week 2026: Talk with Stefan Diez and Anab Jain

Stefan Diez and Anab Jain, professors and heads of the Industrial Design and Design Investigations departments at the Angewandte, discuss the future of design and their approaches to training design students at the Angewandte.

Moderator: Jasmin Jouhar

An event as part of Vienna Design Week 2026.

Stefan Diez is an industrial designer; he opened his studio in Munich in 2003 and has been head of the Industrial Design department at the University of Applied Arts Vienna since 2018.
Anab Jain is a designer and co-founder of Studio Superflux; she has been head of the Design Investigations department at the University of Applied Arts Vienna since 2016.
Jasmin Jouhar is an author and presenter specialising in design and (interior) architecture, as well as a co-founder of “CURRENTS. Design in Berlin”.


 


Event
Talk
01. October 2026, 17:00
Vienna Design Week, Festival center, Hietzinger Kai 101, 1130 Vienna