Steve young from the netherlands has published a new Coffee Table Book devoted to him and his ten principles for good design. Number one good design is innovative. Number two good design makes a product useful and number three good design is a static. After. You get all these ideas to keep it simple she says people were looking for the essence of the zine how you have to make product how you have to make Graphic Design if you dont always use your mind its astonished that you can find to design a fantastic design or like. But you can see into very well and you can write it down humanitys principles and its an eye opener for want of people and thats fantastic the fourth principle of good design makes a product understandable number five good design is unobtrusive and number six good design is honest design professor klaus klemp has created a room at the museum of applied art in frankfurt in honor of the toms with his universal shelving system six of six and other classics homs transformed the worlds living room this. Until that point people had record players that werent incorporated into a piece of furniture. They were hidden away in cabinets. Because they ask a for was the first piece of music in quitman that openly displayed its technology which was very tidy and aesthetic and was so. Certainly a trailblazer for all the later electronic equipment in living rooms or elsewhere in homes. Began working at the electric appliance manufacturer brown in the mid fiftys he quickly found success with his first designs soon after he was heading the design team the s. K. For a record player from one thousand nine hundred fifty six became an instant classic hobbs created a new design language and not just for his clients brown and the furniture maker. Decades later designers from apple invoked to come to static these days the eighty five year old lives near frankfurt and hes designed everything here the building the garden the furniture and the appliances. He rarely grants interviews insisting that hes already said everything there is to say. Comms has never been at a loss for pointed statements about design. Was. Actually. A good design is most of all design that isnt. Design thats honest but those essential things are hideous so to me the quiet arrangement of things has always been something fundamental. Ima it press fundament powerless. The seventh principle good design is long lasting the good design is thorough down to the last detail and number nine good design is environmentally friendly. Design has never been an end in itself. Who has always kept the big picture in mind. Hes never been able to relate to the modern ages throwaway society. And i know i think hes an exceptional figure not just because of his own designs which of course played a huge role especially in the one nine hundred sixty s. When he created totally new devices but also his emphasis on the community as a whole being interested in society and early interest in ecology. And his interest in making objects that dont look out of date quickly so they dont get cast aside i think hes still a role model thank you of course a forward. With this book to young has created a lasting memorial to detach Design Principles his tenth and last principle sums up his core beliefs good design is as Little Design as possible less truly is more. And saying on the topic of right on with our own off culture highlights in todays next express. British star author ken follett has presented his new novel column a fire at the Frankfurt Book Fair fall it is topping the bestseller lists and is already planning his next novel. Frankfurt is the worlds biggest book fair with seven thousand three hundred exhibitors from over one hundred countries offering the latest in print and ebooks. Right now its only open to. Professionals but the public will be able to visit this weekend. Lets call a house in milan showing theater costumes from eighty years of performances highlights include the dress from salome designed by johnny for saatchi. And the Karl Lagerfeld costume made for the opera. This dress by gabriel episcopacy was worn by the oleta in la traviata. The lavish costumes were painstakingly restored over two years and will be on display in the pub lots over a all day until the end of january. Londons vul theatre is reviving the rock opera hair it marks fifty years since the musical premiered before becoming a worldwide sensation and a hit movie. With. Our british director Jonathan Oboyle has updated the work to make it relevant to the current political situation in the us. And for the iconic hippie rebellion is playing until the end of the. The new voices song contest every two years here in germany at the scene as one of the top competitions of its kind in europe its an ideal stepping stone for young singers hoping for a professional career this year off the succeeding qualifying stages forty two competitors from around the world have made it to the finals they accounted taking place in the western german town of. Up for the big moment ten minutes to sing to aria. Its a performance that could change the lives of the young singers. Its not just a competition but its a powerful way you can so he said holland and he can be guided you know kitty are wise because not only its a competition to get wet shops you get kitty advice from the jewelry you also get a constructive criticism from the jury which can help you as a young see Going Forward forty two singers have been invited to take part in the finals in the town of hooters low. And it had a auditioned a preliminary audition in but i was thinking and. Im here finally. Sophie magdalena going to is one of six german finalists. But. I was very nervous but thats normal luckily otherwise id have been scared the jury is very quiet and nice no one scouts at you or anything its actually quite pleasant to have. New voices has been running for thirty years. Nice to me when im a new voice is very well known for us singers its one of the three most important competitions. The competition was the brainchild of lose my own back then the goal was to address the lack of singers on stages in the german speaking world. Once limited to western europe the competition is now truly international. That in the beginning there were forty performers who applied and now its fifteen hundred and thats a huge spectrum. And when you think about everything thats happened in thirty years how the world has changed well culture has changed too