Stefan Diez
Muenchen, Germany

‘d2’ by Wagner Living is a bespoke furnishing system developed by Gonzalez Haase AAS and Diez Office as a space-defining concept. To give you a clear overview, we have summarised the key aspects for you – from its functional principles and areas of application to its design ethos.

Stylepark is giving away a Wagner d1 Office pro swivel chair

The design office OMC°C is presenting the socio-ecological project ‘Schattengrün’ (Shadow Green) as part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region's World Design Capital 2026 programme. This project enables facades to be greened in an uncomplicated and participatory manner.

The family-owned company Brunner is committed to circularity and sustainable processes: working with renowned designers, it develops high-quality, durable contract furniture that is both aesthetically pleasing and functional. Emily Erwe, Sustainability Manager at Brunner, gives us an insight into her work.

Thanks to Wagner Living's ‘d2 bespoke interior system’, rooms can be dynamically furnished in no time at all: flexible, lightweight individual components can be used to build shelves, work surfaces, room dividers, storage space, seating niches or individual elements that are both elegant and durable, depending on your needs.

A table made of fabric? Industrial designer Steven Dahlinger thinks it's a solid idea. With ‘Tens’, he brings the characteristics of different materials to bear in a forward-looking and circular way. In this interview, he tells us how the collaboration with Wagner Living came about.

Wagner, together with Stylepark and Leptien 3, recently invited a select group of guests from the fields of architecture and design to Frankfurt am Main as part of the Roadshow 2025 to be inspired by creative concepts and fresh ideas.

Pushing boundaries to spark inspiration – this year's 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen showcased the diversity of design with numerous interdisciplinary exhibitions and young artists.

Wagner is on tour! Next stop: the “Design Post & Friends” event in Cologne on May 5 and 6, 2025.

The Salone del Mobile.Milano and the Milan Design Week took place from 8 to 13 April 2025. In the review, you can find out which ideas are currently moving the creative minds and which concepts were particularly impressive.

In parallel to the manufacturers' presentations, Milan will be hosting a large number of exhibitions and events over the coming week, both at the exhibition centre and in the city. We have created a personal selection for you and hope you enjoy discovering them.

At Milan Design Week 2025, Wagner will be presenting an installation that demonstrates just how varied and flexible the full-range supplier's range of room concepts is.

Quo vadis SHK industry? ISH, the world's leading trade fair for HVAC + Water in Frankfurt am Main, provides a broad answer to this question every two years. What is it and what could visitors discover in the halls from 17 to 21 March 2025? Our review.

For decades, Brunner has been manufacturing high-quality chairs, tables and occasional furniture that offer great flexibility. Accordingly, the products can be found in hotels, restaurants and exclusive hospitality areas around the world, where they create a homogeneous ensemble.

For the new ‘e15-Kaldewei Collection’, designer Stefan Diez has brought the furniture brand e15 into the bathroom.

The Salone del Mobile.Milano, which takes place from 8 to 13 April 2025, will present a new format on two days of the Euroluce lighting biennial. The first insights were revealed at a press conference in Munich as part of the team's current international tour.

Good ideas should be developed further in order to set the next milestone, as Stefan Diez knows. Together with Wagner Living, he has designed the "D1 Office PRO", which offers ideal support, especially for long hours of screen work.

How do we want to work in the future? What do we need for this? And which topics are crucial for the industry? Every two years, Orgatec, the leading international trade fair for modern working environments, provides an insight into the ideas and concerns that set the tone in the minds of creative professionals and entrepreneurs. Our review.

Since 1949, the Wagner company has been showing new perspectives for healthy seating and sustainable interior design. In an interview, Peter and Rainer Wagner tell the publishers of Stylepark what values underlie their decisions and what they are planning for the upcoming Orgatec.

The Frankfurt-based Office for Micro Climate Cultivation OMC°C recently brought the ‘VERD° Facade’ system to market stage. For the first time, a kinetic structure made of filigree steel cable elements was used for the new model, which does not impair the façade.

Philipp Mainzer founded the furniture brand e15 in the 1990s. For the launch, he decided to go against the trend and designed a table made from recycled wood scraps, the pure design of which is still groundbreaking today: "Bigfoot".

Cologne-based communications agency neumann communication has redesigned its office, transforming it into a space that fully embraces hybrid work and showcases the team's extensive expertise in design and architecture.

During the London Design Festival, visitors can experience a modular system made of red oak by OMC°C, Stefan Diez and AHEC, which serves to green and cool urban spaces.

The "Costume" sofa designed by Stefan Diez for Magis was honoured with the prestigious ADI Compasso d'Oro for its pioneering design.

"Dare to dream" was the motto of this year's 3daysofdesign. "When we dare to dream together, a collective culture of innovation is created – a catalyst for change," says Signe Byrdal Terenziani, who founded and manages the design event.

The Salone del Mobile.Milano and Milan Design Week took place from 16 to 21 April 2024 – read our review to find out what moves the industry and the guests got to see.

For the new “e15-Kaldewei Collection” by Stefan Diez the trio pooled their artisanal skills to create an extraordinary design.

The SaloneSatellite is celebrating its 25th anniversary: Marva Griffin founded the platform for young designers as a pioneer in 1998. What do they have to thank the SaloneSatellite for? We asked them.

In cooperation with Stylepark, the Designplus Award by Light + Building honours innovative products, pioneering systems and ideas from the entire product spectrum of the world's leading trade fair for lighting and building technology. These are the winners 2024.

Anton Defant has attracted the attention of the design world with his Viennese thesis project entitled "Ballast". And that's not all he has to offer.

imm cologne took place in Cologne from 14 to 18 January 2024, the first time since the breakout of the coronavirus pandemic on the regular January date. Our review.

Dutch Design Week was held in Eindhoven until 29 October 2023. "Designers are on a mission," states a press release of the event, with the aim of offering solutions to global challenges on a local level. This includes the climate crisis as well as the future of our nutrition or a more efficient layout of urban environments.

With "VERD°", OMC°C is bringing a quite radical vertical greening system to series production readiness for urban locations where trees cannot be planted. In summer it provides shade, in autumn the plants are harvested and provide biomass for energy.

“Making the impossible possible” is part of the DNA at Brunner, the contract furniture manufacturer from Baden in South Germany. Stylepark publisher visited the family-owned company in Rheinau-Freistett and were able to experience the team’s great drive for themselves.

"Where Would We Be Without You?" was the motto of this year's 3daysofdesign, Denmark's most important design festival, which took place in Copenhagen from 7 to 9 June 2023. Poorer of many wonderful memories and encounters would be my answer to this question.

Since its foundation by Marva Griffin, SaloneSatellite has given maximum visibility to the work of young designers, many of whom are now internationally renowned. Stylepark had the great honour of being part of the jury for the SaloneSatellite Award 2023. These are the winners.

What does a trade fair like the Salone del Mobile.Milano currently need in order to inspire companies and guests alike? With which concepts do the creatives of Milan Design Week react to the structural changes that the industry has undergone in the last four years? Our Review.

It has been four years since the world's leading trade fair for HVAC + Water opened its doors in Frankfurt am Main. From 13 to 17 March 2023, visitors were able to experience an ISH whose exhibitors increasingly offered self-sufficient, sustainable alternatives and conducted research into more efficient use of water and energy.

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.

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

The designers at Panorama Fabrics in Berlin have developed a UV-sensitive yarn that changes color. With it, they aim to raise awareness of the potential damage caused by these rays.

Orgatec is back and with it a homely jigsaw puzzle that maps the development of different requirements in the working context since 2018. Our review.

Orgatec, the leading international trade fair for the modern working world, is in the starting blocks – for the first time since 2018 due to the pandemic. Design Post Köln offers a special parallel exhibition space in the listed three-hinged arch hall.

Vibia, Midgard, e15, Diez Office, Neumann Communication and Stylepark present a flexible lighting concept developed by Stefan Diez at Badias Schirn Café in the old town of Frankfurt am Main. The installation was opened with an atmospheric dinner.

This autumn, Messe Frankfurt is shining all the brighter: the compact special Light + Building Autumn Edition of the world's leading trade fair for lighting and building technology is bringing the industry together again after the pandemic-related break. We show you ten highlights out of the halls.

The Vienna Design Week, Austria's most important multidisciplinary design festival, presents Vienna's design landscape to an international audience with a multi-faceted programme until 25 September 2022. The focus is on democratic design, sustainability and the question of design identity in times of crisis.

A special installation is being created parallel to this year's edition of Light + Building in Frankfurt/Main: Vibia, Midgard, e15, Diez Office, Neumann Communication and Stylepark are jointly presenting a concept developed by Stefan Diez at Badias Schirn Café. In an interview the renowned industrial designer tells us what visitors can expect.

A high-quality, aesthetically pleasing interior design based on light and flexible structures: With its modular “d2” building kit, Wagner Living has launched a revolutionarily sustainable system that offers new perspectives.

The Italian family business Magis combines an international design language in its extraordinary range. "Class not mass" is the credo that Alberto Perazza, together with Barbara Minetto, continues in the second generation. We met him for an interview at the Salone del Mobile in Milan. Read part one here.