MAGAZINE In search of better light4/10/2012For Tobias Grau there is not much separating design and technological development. He is driven not so much by a search for new forms as a search for better light. An interview with Jörg Zimmermann.
MAGAZINE +++ NEWSTICKER #230 | 2012 +++4/10/2012MAKK: Stadt-Design.NLMUDAM: Design CityBoston: Contemporary Art and VinylFrankfurt: Light+Building 2012Milan: Salone del Mobile 2012
MAGAZINE Pizzas, personalities, prototypes4/9/2012Milan in turmoil: for one week the Salone Internazionale del Mobile dominates life in this Italian design metropolis. Lines form in front of subways, taxi stands and restaurants, curious faces push their way through the halls of the fair and the showrooms. Stylepark presents an overview of the most important events.
MAGAZINE Spring-time delicacies in the furniture world4/7/2012It's that time of year again: From April 17 through 20, the entire design world will gather in Milan for the Salone del Mobile.
MAGAZINE Energy, buildings, grids and light4/6/2012Light+Building, which takes place in Frankfurt from April 15 through 20 this year, will more than ever before present itself as a trade fair that combines different sectors under one roof, showcasing luminaires for the home and commercial buildings along with intelligent systems for building automation and energy generation.
MAGAZINE Matter of honor4/5/2012Founded in 1954, the Compasso d' Oro is the oldest and most renowned design prize the world over – although it exclusively promoted design Made in Italy.
MAGAZINE +++ NEWSTICKER #229 | 2012 +++4/3/2012London: Remote ControlMunich: Form Follows FashionBerlin: Architect of the RevolutionMoMA: Kraftwerk RetrospectivePictoplasma: Character Design
DESIGN Design as a pauper’s art?4/3/2012If the content is art it should not be labeled design, says Oliver Schweizer. The product designer is head of Schweizer Design Consulting and regularly teaches at design colleges, believes that everyday work calls for a sound knowledge of the tools.
FEATURED Chairs that mean the world4/2/2012Industrial designer Odoardo Fioravanti created the wooden "Frida" chair for Italian furniture-maker Pedrali – and last year it won the "Compasso d'Oro", the design Oscar. Today, "Frida" is to be found in several renowned Design Museums worldwide. Moreover you will find Pedrali's products in a series of outstanding international reference projects.
MAGAZINE Why they use two hands to hold a glass …4/2/2012Being European in China: A guide. When invited to eat at a restaurant in China, you should always carefully wedge your serviette underneath your plate. That was it doesn't fall on the floor each time you get up because you or one of the guests have a toast to make. The Chinese dinner table is not to be outdone when it comes to symbolism.
MAGAZINE Furniture as veritable “machines for thinking”3/31/2012Typically furniture is only examined as regards concept, function and design – seldom do you find in-depth media-theoretical considerations. The book “Möbel als Medien” (Furniture as media), featuring contributions by authors including Marshall McLuhan, Vilém Flusser and Mark Kingwell, offers a broad perspective.
INTERVIEWS A little hardship could do architecture good3/30/2012For Sauerbruch Hutton, appealing to the senses and passion are integral to architecture. Sandra Hofmeister spoke to Matthias Sauerbruch about sustainability in its various facets.
MAGAZINE It’s important to know where you’re coming from3/29/2012Scandinavian design is known for its clear forms, durability and careful craftsmanship. Do students from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland still design in accordance with these principles today? Juliane Grützner asked some of them.
DESIGN Female success beyond embroidered cushions3/29/2012There is a noticeably large number of women in design in Scandinavia. From Nanna Ditzel to Front Design, female designers have always played an important role in Nordic countries. Does this have something to do with design style? Or is it quite simply a question of equality?
MAGAZINE Scandinavian seal of approval3/29/2012Creativity, quality and economic viability can all be associated with the term design. The Scandinavian governments have taken advantage of this and are investing in promoting both the discipline and their own image.
MAGAZINE Reviving Danish furniture classics3/29/2012Sometimes they use original plan, other times they rely on an aged furniture item – Erling and Egon Petersen, two brothers from Ormslev, Denmark go to endless lengths in their quest to breathe new life into an original design from the previous century.
MAGAZINE About tables and benches3/29/2012Be it park benches, conference tables or outdoor chairs – there's always an additional use to Thomas Bernstrand's designs, even though they stand in the tradition of classic Scandinavian design.
FEATURED Ideas need to mature – “Kolumba” tiles as design elements3/28/2012There are two residential buildings in Denmark made of the same bricks: "Kolumba", which Peter Zumthor developed in 2007 for the eponymous art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne.
MAGAZINE The all-rounders3/27/2012Currently hardly a car-maker has prioritized special topics. Instead, cars are on show that can potentially do everything. Give you a sporting drive, be safe off-road, and look like a limousine.
MAGAZINE +++ NEWSTICKER #228 | 2012 +++3/27/2012Wismar: Summer academyMunich: Women in artK20: Window imagesZurich: Freitag – Out of the BagRotterdam: Architecture biennial
MAGAZINE Ready for take-off3/25/2012Not much longer to go, as in early June the Berlin Brandenburg airport opens. Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich at Moniteurs designed the signage system. In fact, the first signs have already been put in place on the construction site.
MAGAZINE Guardian “HAL” or The Cyclops eye3/23/2012In Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film epic "2001: A Space Odyssey" one of the main characters is the computer "HAL 9000". Today we encounter it at any door in the design of video-monitored intercom systems.
MAGAZINE A house with a moustache or mutton chops?3/22/2012As is the case in many sectors, in architecture average just doesn't quite cut it. That said, there are plenty of everyday houses that can be considered "quite good". Now Oda Pälmke has taken a closer look at them.
MAGAZINE +++ NEWSTICKER #227 | 2012 +++3/20/2012Karlsruhe: Sound ArtBerlin: Chairs without legsDelft: The Essence of CoolBerlin: Art and PressBoston: The Allure of Japan
MAGAZINE Fortune-hunting in the earth3/20/2012In the wake of the enthusiasm for cooking, or so many trend gurus have long been prophesying, it's now the garden's day. But it's not just the trend-conscious urbanites who are discovering allotment gardens anew, and not just guerilla gardening and self-supply that are blossoming again – the garden promises veritably paradisiacal states.
MAGAZINE The minimalist view3/18/2012"I don't draw – I photograph!," says John Pawson. And we can readily believe him: in the course of the last decade the British architect has shot over 250,000 photos. And for the first time a selection is on show at Munich Technical University's Architecture Museum attached to Pinakothek der Moderne.
DESIGN Plagues by the idea of rebellion3/16/2012Art has a problem with design, proposes Michael Erlhoff, Professor of Design Theory and History at Cologne's International School of Design. He focuses on the social perception of design and hopes that the technocrats will get worn down.
MAGAZINE The townhouse as a palliative3/15/2012The townhouse as a type is evidently very much in line with the times. And so it is hardly surprising that Hans Stimmann, once Municipal Building Director in Berlin, has brought out a book on it. The title intimates that the tome is intended to help planning, and it's a high-end volume of examples of specimen townhouses. Does the townhouse really have the muscle to counteract our inner cities emptying?
MAGAZINE On magic caps and slit pants3/14/2012In China the babies don't wear diapers, but slit-pants. And everyday life in China otherwise has many particularities that are little known in Europe. The exhibition on "Chinese Suff" at Frankfurt's Museum für Angewandte Kunst presents all manner of wears and wares from China.
MAGAZINE +++ NEWSTICKER #226 | 2012 +++3/13/2012Diane Arbus: RetrospectiveVienna: HomedepotEast German design: forgotten?Urbanism: Hands-onDAM: Zhang Ke
MAGAZINE Buildings suited to bamboo3/12/2012Although people in Europe do know that bamboo can be used in many different ways, hardly anybody really knows very much about its characteristics. The situation is very different in Anji, China, where there is hardly any aspect of living where life is not hard to imagine without Bamboo.
DESIGN Design as a social force?3/11/2012Encouraged by this teaching experiences at European design academies, Harald Gründl of Eoos Design Studio contributes four hypotheses on design to the debate on design training
MAGAZINE For the foodie with a heart3/9/2012More creative. More sustainable. “Delicate” – a book about food that shows just how this fundamental human necessity can become a sensory delight, a political statement or even a crazy performance. As surprising as it is critical, this book presents a variety of projects demonstrating current developments in international culinary culture: at times alluring, at others sensual, and then there are some that are just plain disgusting.
MAGAZINE Thought comes first3/8/2012For Helmut Staubach, Professor of Product and Transportation Design at Universität Berlin Weißensee the ambiguity of the boundaries between art and design constitutes an opportunity for both disciplines.
