THE THING MAGAZINE
DESIGN (GER) the thing Magazine is an independent digital platform for critical journalism on design, trends, and aesthetics.
The thing Magazine will be represented by Co-founder Anton Rahlwes.
Anton Rahlwes is a curator and writer working at the intersection of design, aesthetics, and cultural discourse. He is co-founder of the thing Magazine and co-initiator and co-curator of the first CONCEPTUAL Biennale in Berlin, a platform dedicated to practices at the intersection of art, design, and architecture, understood as a critical and discursive field.
His curatorial work includes exhibitions such as FOKUS: Trash at Vienna Design Week (2024) and The Magic Touch: Designing Togetherness for the German Design Graduates initiative at Dutch Design Week (2024), both developed in close collaboration with Nina Sieverding.
From 2020 to 2023, he served as editor-in-chief of form magazine alongside Nina Sieverding, shaping its editorial direction with a focus on design criticism, theory, and expanded notions of practice, grounded in an understanding of design as a field that inherently carries and reproduces intersectional political dimensions.
Earlier in his career, Rahlwes co-founded the Berlin-based furniture label OUT – Objekte unserer Tage, where he contributed to the brand’s visual identity and product development.
Anton will speak at Forward Festival Frankfurt & Berlin.
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Headshot © Pia Henkel