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.

Light has a system – and something to tell. A best-of of the new luminaires from Milan, from the Euroluce Biennale and the exhibitions in the city, with archaic materials and capricious personalities.

Yusuke Kawai has designed the ‘Kawara’ lighting collection made of extruded aluminium for Pedrali. In this interview, he tells us what traditional roof tiles have in common with his collection and why he appreciates the experiment.

The kinetic installation ‘Library of Light’ by Es Devlin is a Salone project with the Pinacoteca di Brera and the publishing house Feltrinelli: a rotating sculpture consisting of illuminated shelves containing over 2,000 books. The scenery is accompanied by the writings of pioneering academics and classical music. The artist and set designer gives us an insight into her work.

The internationally renowned fashion designer Jil Sander has reinterpreted Marcel Breuer's ‘S 64’ cantilever chair for Thonet. ‘Serious’ and “Nordic” are the names of the design lines with which she has given the tubular steel classic from the 1920s a new sensuality. In this interview, she tells us what was important in the process.

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.

During the Milan Design Week, COR is presenting ‘Kagu’, a chair with a very balanced design. Designed by Jehs+Laub, the Stuttgart-based design studio combines a cleverly constructed wooden frame with an upholstered seat shell whose movable backrest offers a high level of comfort.

Yves Béhar has rethought the washbasin for Laufen with ‘Volta’. In this interview, he tells us how he translated the dynamics of water into sapphire ceramic and why the world's first CO2-free electric tunnel oven influenced his design.

In cooperation with Messe Frankfurt, Stylepark organised a talk with Jens J. Wischmann and Malte Just during the world's leading trade fair for water, heat and air in Frankfurt am Main. The topic: ‘Solutions for a sustainable future: What trends does the ISH offer?’. Watch the video and find out more!

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.

The Designplus Award by ISH in collaboration with Stylepark honours outstanding developments and forward-looking ideas ranging from smart technology for efficient building control to pioneering products and resource-saving water use. These are the winners 2025.

The semester project “now_unsealed” by students of the Integrative Design course at the Offenbach University of Art and Design addresses urgent environmental issues such as climate change, resource consumption and soil sealing. We present a selection of the projects.

Marcel Raymaekers is an uncompromising pioneer of circular architecture in Europe. His opulent work was for a long time overlooked – until the Rotor collective began to document the unconventional approach.

Hamburg’s Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe recently opened a show entitled “Water Pressure – Designing for the Future”. Curator Jane Withers tells us in this interview how the exhibition wants to change our awareness of water as a resource.

A natural alternative to classic plastics: a startup in the bioeconomy sector, traceless from Hamburg, is busy using plant-based biomaterial to realize this vision.

Johanna Seelemann is curious and does not let circumstances or her own assumptions stop her from questioning them. Her research method is designing, her laboratory the world of materials. In this interview, she gives us an insight into her way of thinking and working.

Working together as Estúdio Rain, Mariana Ramos and Ricardo Innecco handle the kind of projects and products that offer us new insights. In the process, they explore the very limits of various materials. In this interview, they explain what is important to them.

With the vision of making the world a better place, Oslo-based designer Kim Lund is researching what a sustainable sofa could look like. To this aim, he is questioning petroleum-based furniture upholstery.

Hong Kong and Istanbul, technology and design: Studio Yellowdot’s projects frequently blend opposites – with quite exceptional results.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – such as Carme Pinós, who seeks a very individual expression with her buildings and furniture designs.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as that of Odile Decq, who seeks with her work to find an individual and holistic form of architecture.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – like that of Mariam Issoufou, whose work is drawing attention to African architecture.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as that of Anna Heringer, who is a true believer in clay building. She was recently awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for her commitment.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the design movement ‘Das Neue Frankfurt’, the Museum Angewandte Kunst is focusing its annual programme on its revolutionary ideas and highlighting their great relevance to our present day.

Aitor Ortiz is dedicated to the built world. His photography deals with architecture in the broadest sense: He is interested in details, structures, materials and angles. You will search in vain for the dissolving long shot in his pictures. In this interview, he tells us why this is the case.

How can AI applications be energy-efficiently optimised, for example for digitalised processes in the construction industry? Dr Mario Chemnitz explains his current research and points out the role that light fulfils in the process.

Visitors to the Biennale Architettura 2025 can experience the high necessity of climate-adapted urban planning at first hand in the German Pavilion. The International Architecture Exhibition as a whole is intended to serve as a dynamic laboratory that enables disciplines to work together to make cities more resilient, healthier and more liveable.