DESIGNBOOM CO-FOUNDER BIRGIT LOHMANN RESIGNS
Birgit Lohmann steps down as editor-in-chief of Designboom. The co-founder of the world’s first on-line journal has led its editorial and cultural path for 23 years, since its inception in 1999. Beginning right now, Designboom is happy to announce that Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou assumes the function of Editor-in-Chief. Sofia began her profession at Designboom in 2018 and has labored carefully with Birgit Lohmann for 5 years. Transferring ahead, she’s going to lead the group in persevering with Birgit’s inventive journey that started practically 1 / 4 of a century in the past.
“It has been a rare journey for me, lasting over 1 / 4 of the ac enury. Throughout this lengthy interval, Designboom was my dwelling, my household to which I devoted love and fervour,” says Birgit Lohmann. “I need to ship my most honest due to this prolonged household, to all of the individuals who have cared and supported designboom. With out all of you, none of what we have now constructed would have been potential.
Over the previous 23 years, Lohmann has cultivated designboom’s international presence, amassing over 6 million followers on social media platforms. Her tenure as editor-in-chief of the journal launched a platform the place readers can submit their designs and initiatives for worldwide audiences to see and skim. “We’re most pleased with our rising readership,” the place we have been in a position to give extra autonomy to many individuals, a concrete signal of a extra horizontal distribution of latest tradition. We requested them for an lively participation, to inject impulses and instill the concept of fantasy and freedom, of the potential of the unattainable. says Birgit Lohmann.
The editor-in-chief says that stepping down from her function is a pure path to enterprise into. “We’ll proceed to accompany Designboom within the coming years, however we additionally need now to have extra time for ourselves and our household, for the various passions we domesticate,” she says. “Within the meantime, we need to focus extra on the reader platform, some particular initiatives for Designboom, and general strategic planning.”
Birgit Lohmann co-founded designboom in 1999
Birgit Lohmann remembers the beginning of Designboom because the world’s first digital journal. “In 1999, the Web was primarily text-based, from scientific boards to school analysis. There was no publishing software program like WordPress, however we already envisioned Designboom as with large, lovely photographs as an instance what issues. she says.“We had been comparatively younger and unconventional [we still are]. We realized learn how to code and designed the designboom format ourselves. The start of this problem was to convey the data of the nice custom of “making initiatives” to a brand new and far wider viewers. Getting out of slender niches and closed curiosity circles. The experiment labored on all fronts.
From the start, Lohmann already acknowledged the affect of savoir-faire and humanism in shaping the design increase. “We’re redefining widespread values and hoping for lively participation, however we’re additionally approaching extravagance and eccentricity, the unbelievable and the inconceivable.” she says. Lohmann remembers the personalities who had been touched by designboom’s tales and works.
‘To our shock, Kickstarter co-founder Charles Adler as soon as instructed us that with out Designboom it would not exist. We keep in mind the gratitude skilled by Airbnb founder Joe Gebbia [We invited the then young designer to travel with us around the world and to exhibit early works in our renowned and very popular mart exhibitions. [The sofa sharing, ‘airbed and breakfast’ idea was born soon after, after many enthusiastic discussions],’ she provides.
designboom co-founders Massimo Mini and Birgit Lohmann | picture © Adrian Mauri
DESIGNBOOM’S NEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Designboom is happy to announce that Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou is taking over the function of Editor-in-Chief of the net journal. Sofia grew up in Thessaloniki, Greece, and after learning structure and dealing experiences in London, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, moved to Milan, the place she began her profession in Designboom. Since 2018, she has held positions of accelerating accountability, lastly being named director. In her new function, Sofia will lead Designboom’s editorial calendar, overseeing every day content material manufacturing.
“It’s an honor for me to tackle the function of Editor-in-Chief of Designboom. I’m proud to contribute my artistic imaginative and prescient for the way forward for with such a rare historical past. Along with a incredible group, I stay up for taking Designboom into the long run whereas constructing on the distinctive legacy of its founders. I wish to warmly thank Birgit Lohmann, Massimo Mini, Stephan Bachmann and the DAAily platforms for his or her belief. says Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou.
“I’ve labored carefully with Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou for over 5 years. She is now the voice of the journal. We now have given one another the chance to proceed our inventive journey with a mutual want for continued success. We want Sofia all the most effective, says Birgit Lohmann.
Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou
In January 2022designboom, Architonic and ArchDaily joined forces to create DAAily platforms, the clear international market chief in premium structure and design, whereas persevering with to function as separate and distinctly branded channels. DAAily CEO Stephan Bachmann expresses his gratitude to Birgit Lohmann and the way she has damaged boundaries within the digital discipline with the journal and congratulates Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou on her new function.
“Thanks Birgit for all you’ve gotten achieved and I wish to congratulate Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou for turning into editor-in-chief of the journal. I’ve little question that her deep understanding and appreciation for Designboom’s distinctive heritage will stand her in good stead as she leads the editorial group in writing the subsequent chapter. Designboom continues to be the world’s main on-line design vacation spot with practically three.5 million month-to-month readers – a worthy member, alongside Architonic and ArchDaily, of the DAAily group of worldwide A&D channel platforms whose clear mission is to encourage, join and empower. neighborhood of design professionals to create a greater residing atmosphere, says Stephan Bachmann. DAAily platforms is The New Zurich Occasionsthe digital flagship of ‘s (NZZ) Media Group.