Pottery in white matt The title “Pottery from Hameln” stretches across the entire cover. The heavyweight publication (it boasts 640 pages) presents hundreds of photos of ceramic collector’s items. Here is an exclusive glimpse at the photo series “white matt”.

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Munich’s showcase Jürgen Mayer H. installs a temporary building for the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.

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So where to put the car? Parking is by definition the temporary placing of vehicles on a space foreseen for this. In reality, however, the automobile does not get placed somewhere temporarily: they get driven temporarily. So where to put the rising number of vehicles not running? In car parks!


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Oh, if only we could walk through ebony peacock gates and enter florally decorated, elegant high-rise palaces Where everything centers on being youthful today what is our attitude to Art Nouveau? Is it as young and new as the name claims and as Adorno admonished nothing but “puberty declared as a permanent state”? Has it become a dream world far removed from our box culture? Or is it making a cinematic return?

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Aesthetic enlightenment Nina Yashar is head of the Nilufar gallery in Milan, known for its eclectic installations. Here oriental rugs can be found alongside furniture classics, together with new creations by young designers. Now there is a collection of furniture, lighting and accessories under the label Nilufar Unlimited.

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Between the poles Companies bring in designers to join forces with craftsmen to develop new products, which are subsequently produced in structurally-weak regions. Such approaches are quick to label themselves sustainable, as advocates of ethical consumption. But which projects have actually been consistently done through the years? A selection of ten examples between industry and craftsmanship.

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Enjoying the material In their inhouse Matériothèque the designers at Atelier Oï play around with materials such as birdseed, paper, fabric, ropes and gelatin. The resulting products for Atelier Pfister, Bulgari, Swatch and other manufacturers are now on display in the monograph “Workshop Guide Atelier Oï”.

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Opposites attract French Label “La Chance” recently presented its first collection of furniture and lighting, “Jekyll & Hyde”. True to its literary role model, each object has a contrasting counterpart.

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Tailor-made tiling When a room requires a particularly personal touch, the Villeroy & Boch Artefactur is one of the first places people head for. Thomas Wagner spoke to Jacqueline Bauer and Heike Koltes from Villeroy & Boch Fliesen about the world of possibilities at the Artefactur.

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When apartment blocks are built of asparagus Designs by architect Terunobu Fujimori present an encounter between the archaic and the futuristic. Up to now, all of his buildings have been in Japan. Now Villa Stuck in Munich is presenting his first major show in Europe. And Fujimori has even created a vision made of asparagus and other eatables especially for the Bavarian capital.

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Melons made of cork At young Italian label “Discipline” the focus is on creating furniture using simple shapes and natural materials. Lars Beller was moved by wrack found on the beach when designing a stool for them, while Sarah Illenberger cut up a bunch of fruit and vegetables for the label’s first campaign.

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Out of love for materials For “design publisher” Thomas Eyck craftsmanship translates into the utmost care in the use of materials. Juliane Grützner spoke to the Dutchman about his collection of hand-crafted objects.

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We’re always moving Why should someone design a tilting chair like “Tip Ton”? Nina Reetzke asked Edward Barber about his personal viewpoint on statics and dynamics.

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