Jung von Matt DONAU Launches The Vienna Template UI Design System for Vienna Design Week
The 20th Vienna Design Week has seen the launch of The Vienna Template, a unique digital design system created by the Vienna Tourist Board in collaboration with the agency Jung von Matt DONAU. This complimentary Figma UI resource celebrates the essence of Viennese Modernism, developed with input from curators at the Museum of Applied Arts. The system features 33 distinct slide layouts, showcasing elements inspired by renowned figures such as Josef Hoffmann and Dagobert Peche. Additionally, it seeks to honor the contributions of female designers like Emilie Flöge and Koloman Moser. The project is accessible on Figma Community.
Key facts
- The Vienna Template is a free Figma UI design system created by Jung von Matt DONAU for the Vienna Tourist Board.
- It was launched to open the 20th Vienna Design Week.
- The system was developed alongside curators from the MAK, the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna.
- It revives the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art.
- The primary image grid derives proportions from Josef Hoffmann’s geometric liqueur glass designed for J. & L. Lobmeyr.
- Typographic underlines replicate the brushwork of Dagobert Peche’s Kardinal textile swatches.
- Color tokens include Otto Wagner Green (RAL 6011) from Vienna’s Stadtbahn stations, Klimt Gold, and a ceramic blue from Vally Wieselthier’s furniture sketches.
- The kit includes thirty-three unique slide configurations and highlights female pioneers Emilie Flöge and Koloman Moser.
Entities
Artists
- Josef Hoffmann
- Dagobert Peche
- Otto Wagner
- Gustav Klimt
- Vally Wieselthier
- Emilie Flöge
- Koloman Moser
Institutions
- Jung von Matt DONAU
- Vienna Tourist Board
- MAK, the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna
- J. & L. Lobmeyr
- Wiener Werkstätte
- Figma
Locations
- Vienna
- Austria