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In the south of Munich jacob & spreng architekten have realized a spacious residential building that is ingeniously enhanced through the interior design of Stephanie Thatenhorst; she relies on natural materials like the floorboards by pur natur to create an almost meditative interior atmosphere.

The "D1" chair family by Stefan Diez for Wagner Living relieves the spinal discs with the Dondola joint, promotes back health and helps to improve concentration.

Fittingly for the upcoming holidays, the MAK Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna is showing the exhibition "The Fest: Between Representation and Revolt", a journey through time from aristocratic balls to Berlin's Berghain.

Rossoacoustic’s new “Disc’n Dots” acoustic system is not just cost effective, it combines diversity in design with easy installation and can be retrofitted into rooms.

Kim Colin and Sam Hecht from Studio Industrial Facility have reinterpreted the classic bentwood chair with the S 220 collection for Thonet. The result is a material-efficient moulded wood chair with a base made of tubular steel. Sam Hecht explains the idea to us in an interview.

Architect Cristiana Guerra, based in Ticino, Switzerland, has realized a contemplative refuge for members of a Catholic religious order in a location above Lake Maggiore. For her interior design, Guerra opted for flooring by Bauwerk Parkett.

They go by the name From Industrial Design: Cesare Bizzotto and Tobias Nitsche focus on the industrial design process involved in furniture and luminaires. Under the label From Lighting the latter are proving hugely successful at finding their way onto the wider market at present.

In Hamburg alone, almost 19,000 people live without a home. What structures do big cities offer to help them? And what role does architecture play in this context? Until 12 March 2023, the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg is showing the exhibition "Who's Next? Homelessness, Architecture and the City". Curator Daniel Talesnik explains the concept to us in an interview.

For the new table and reading lamp series “Gioia”, Occhio writes a new chapter of its story of clear design language and delight in movement: The result: sculptures of light that offer impressive mobility and smart functions.

Sometimes it seems to be in the air: in 2022, a book was published for the first time that is dedicated to the amazing oeuvre of the two Berlin architects Inken and Hinrich Baller, and at the same time their architecture also plays an important role in a Netflix series. So if you don't know the Ballers yet, you can catch up with them now in multimedia form.

New life for old furniture, a climate-neutral salon and new composites with a reduced carbon footprint: the third German Sustainability Award for Design honoured strong contributions to sustainable transformation.

Thanks to the consistently high quality of its solid floorboards and the transparent documentation on their origin, pur natur conveys a heightened awareness for the benefits this natural product offers.

The city of Düsseldorf is building a new city hall. Even if it still has to be commissioned through a subsequent negotiation procedure, it is worth taking a look at the project with which the consortium of the offices AllesWirdGut and Hertl.Architekten emerged victorious from the competition.

With the One Forty West residential and hotel tower, MA Architekten have added a real eye-catcher to the Frankfurt skyline. Nevertheless, architect Andreas Moser sees the future of metropolises not in extreme flights of fancy, but in a more down-to-earth orientation. The Frankfurt-based building planner talks about value chains, borderline experiences and the overdue reorientation of our urban planning.

The Berlin restaurant To the Bone celebrates meat culture in the Italian tradition. In the redesign by Yasmine Aimée Bergens, the soul of the dining location was preserved and yet great, new things were created. Camira's "Regent" matt velvet fabric is part of the concept, offering strong colour accents as well as cosy comfort.

A luminaire as unique as its signature – the motto of Ambright is more than an ambition, it is a promise. Instead of spending many hours clicking through a seemingly endless range in search of an individual lighting solution, the luminaire manufacturer from Munich offers the free-form design tool LightSketch.

Stylepark is raffling off one "Elica" table lamp by Martinelli Luce.

When the opportunity arose to purchase a plot of land in the middle of the Austrian village of Mellau with friendly neighbours in order to build a modern apartment building, Evi and Jürgen Haller did not hesitate for long.

Do you know what it takes for textiles to be produced sustainably? And what is needed so that holistic recycling can also be implemented? Answers to these and many more questions on the subject of sustainable home and contract textiles will be provided by the Trend Space at Heimtextil from 10 to 13 January 2023 in Frankfurt/Main.

Young Vienna-based designer Anna Zimmermann takes a holistic approach to design – for everything from objects to space to the pictorial idiom she uses.

With the Stylepark Selected Award 2022, Stylepark honours the best new products of the year. These are the award winners.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as that of the architect Myra Warhaftig, who has developed new forms of living together and created emancipatory floor plans in response to new models of family living.

Fast, efficient and multifunctional: With the CombiSteamer V6000 45 Power Steam from V-Zug, it is possible to save half the cooking time – without the dishes losing quality or taste.

A special awareness of tradition and design characterises the design language of Mazda's cars: the team translates Japanese craftsmanship, the precision of the master craftsmen and the principles of minimalism into elegant vehicle design.

Kim Colin and Sam Hecht from the Industrial Facility design studio have translated the formal and material heritage into the present for Thonet: "S 220" is the name of their shaped wooden chair, whose lines are inspired by the classic "214" bentwood chair.

In Frankfurt am Main, Groß & Partner and Phoenix Real Estate are currently building the new "Grand Central Frankfurt" quarter in the station district. Part is the "Icoon" high-rise by Mecanoo Architecten, which will offer both socially subsidised housing and condominiums. Prof.ir. Dick Van Gameren, partner at Mecanoo, explains the concept in an interview.

Dallmer and Pentair Jung Pumpen have jointly developed an active drainage system that enables floor-level showers even in existing buildings.

Agrotourism is booming and bringing new forms of hotel business to light. The Berlin-based start-up Raus, for example, develops mobile, self-sufficient hotel rooms that it sets up in forests, meadows, fields and pastures. Architect Sigurd Larsen is responsible for the latest design.

Marjan van Aubel Studio creates solar design that translates complex technology into aesthetic objects that can enrich our everyday lives – like "Sunne", a self-powered solar lamp that captures, stores and generates light indoors. She gives us an insight into her work in the interview.

Fashion designer Mary Katrantzou has designed "VICTORIAN", a tile collection for Villeroy & Boch Tiles that translates nostalgic graphics into the present.

Robin Rizzini has designed the new Toa Workstation for Pedrali, a table with a slender structure, made of die-cast aluminium that builds a bridge between the industrially influenced design language and decorative elements. He explains the idea to us in an interview.

Paola Lenti merges technology and craftsmanship to create high-performance outdoor furniture, not forgetting style and elegance.

A soft feel and clear lines at the same time: for Freifrau, designer Hanne Willmann has added a sofa and an armchair to the style-defining Nana product family.

The architects of MVRDV have built a spectacular building full of both a variety of uses and surprises in the Zuidas financial district on the south side of Amsterdam.

Can you save the world with fashion? Yes, to a small extent, says Bernd Keller, designer and creative director of the new 1C1Y label. Every time you buy a new piece of clothing – and make a child happy for a year.