Hasta La Ideas

Over the course of three posts, we take a look at the highlights of the second edition of the Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW), which took place from February 16–24, 2013.

Colorful “Midgets” by Bastian Müller at the downtown Filser & Gräf gallery

Historical wardrobe area transformed into exhibition displays

Lifting the “Blackbraid” bicycle with a single finger

At the Alte Kongresshalle, we found a collection of exhibitions and company presentations. One of the highlights was meeting the lightest bicycle in the world. Manuel Ostner from PG explained how they developed a new procedure to produce braided carbon frames with Munich Composites resulting in the “Blackbraid” bicycle that weighs less than 5 kg, all (hand)made in Germany. [Ed. Note: Designer Jacob Haim also used this manufacturing process, as seen in our exclusive look at the RaceBraid bicycle from last November.]

Central exhibition at the Alte Kongresshalle

Sweaters made of recycled felt by the recyclist_workshop

The recent Ecodesign exhibition received no fewer than 140 entries but only a handful of them made it to the exhibition in Munich. Luckily, poster presentations explained the 14 winning products in detail (which can be seen here). Nevertheless we hope that this year’s Ecodesign competition features more tangible entries. More information about the competition is available at the Bundespreis Ecodesign website (in German).

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