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Designer Dominik Tesseraux has had a significant influence on the development of bathroom specialist Bette. In this interview, he tells us what is fundamental to this and what the team is currently working on.

Wilhelm Opatz is an interior designer and runs a graphic design studio in Frankfurt am Main. He recently published a new volume in his ‘Architekturführer Frankfurt’ series, this time presenting selected buildings from the years 2000 to 2009. He tells us in an interview what his concept is and why he appreciates side paths.

Stylepark is giving away an “Echo” side table by COR!

With their “Cadenza” furniture collection David López Quincoces and Expormim are offering a new take on rattan as a material – and a dynamic design solution in the form of vertical struts.

By using various components from Hager, such as the "flow" energy management system, Munich architect Sascha Arnold has realised a house that combines his aspiration for the smallest possible ecological footprint with the greatest possible comfort.

Manfred Wolf and Jean-Marc da Costa have been leading the lighting manufacturer serien.lighting for four decades. The publishers of Stylepark met the designers at their factory in Rodgau and talked about the company's history as well as their plans for the future.

Laufen recently started up the world's first electric tunnel kiln in Gmunden. The new technology enables climate-neutral ceramic production – a revolution in the industry. Managing Director Christian Schaefer tells us in an interview what the next steps are.

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".

Vienna Design Week recently started: Until 29 September 2024, you can experience what director Gabriel Roland means when he says that "a festival should actually be like Christmas" in a "City Full of Design".

With "Random Stick", the successful Lodes series of "Random" finds a horizontal extension that once again demonstrates the expertise of the Venetian family business: a decorative lighting solution with high functionality.

Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival is the interdisciplinary event at Orgatec from 22 to 25 October 2024, organised by the Industrieverband Büro und Arbeitswelt e.V. (IBA). The new offering for tomorrow's office includes extraordinary ideas from the design and art sectors.

For the new ‘Sbalzo’ surface, the creative team at Cleaf has developed a three-dimensional effect that enhances the perception of depth.

Daniel Baroš and Marcel Šípka are the founders of Henkai Architekti. Impressed by their unconventional architectural approach to public buildings, we wanted to find out more about the Czech studio.

This autumn, Vienna will once again host the exclusive Architect@Work trade fair format. On 9 and 10 October, colleagues from the field are invited to the Stadthalle to gather information, exchange ideas and be inspired. Find out what there is to discover in our preview.

Thanks to a broad selection of different colors, textures, and surfaces available for the glass-fiber reinforced panels by Rieder the extension to the town hall in Zell blends harmoniously into its historical setting.

‘The only acceptable style is freedom,’ says Philippe Starck. For 30 years, he has been creating designs for AXOR that offer new perspectives, dissolve boundaries and remain in the mind: reduced to the essentials, yet bold.

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.

The future grows from strong roots – therefore, the present needs to offer space for new ideas. Jung, a premium supplier of modern building technology, shows how posture, responsibility and efficiency can be translated architecturally with NGA Nehse & Gerstein Architects BDA in Schalksmühle.

When Koelnmesse invites visitors to Copenhagen to announce news, there can only be a good reason: At the press event, Denmark presented itself as a very appealing partner country for imm cologne 2025 and, with a creative breeze, aroused curiosity about the next international furniture and interiors fair.

With cardboard and tenacity: Berlin designer Pascal Hien founded his own studio last year after ten years at the Fabrica Research Centre, Steelcase and Konstantin Grcic. Hien's first designs for Tecta and Le Klint have just been launched on the market.

Villeroy & Boch offers a wide selection of mixers that are perfectly coordinated with its own bathroom collections. The ingenious new products include the “Infinity Showers” collection.

At the Milan Furniture Fair, Bonaldo presented a new office collection under the name "Executive Space". With its sculptural shape, the "Flatiron" table is made to furnish exclusive working areas as well as to create representative dining and living environments.

A university building from 1908 was carefully refurbished and transformed into a boutique hotel with a special charm: Thanks to custom-made bricks by Petersen Tegl, a relief-like façade was created for an extension that forges a link between the historic building and its new function.

With "Soho", the Kinnarps brand Materia is expanding its portfolio by adding a desk with an expressive design and natural materials that turns any space into a harmonious place for concentrated and inspired work.

With a new recycling plant, Interface is taking a determined step towards its goal of continuously producing more sustainably. The manufacturer is thus giving its customers the opportunity to purchase an environmentally conscious alternative for floor coverings – and to return them to production after use.

Pedrali outdoor furniture is inspired by the natural beauty of Italian landscapes. They carry the flair of Mediterranean sunny spots – and transform outdoor spaces into places of serene harmony.

Heiko Kühnen is the plant and development manager of the Gläserne Manufaktur (Transparent Factory) run by Object Carpet in Krefeld. In the following interview he tells us how his firm’s “DUO” technology will have a lasting impact on the production of high-quality floor coverings and design carpets.

With the re-edition of ‘Kashima’, Ligne Roset is bringing back a comfortable classic that has offered a modern design since the seventies thanks to designer Michel Ducaroy.

Stylepark is raffling off a ‘PARIS M’ pendant light from Ambright!

Architect Björn Liese started out as a one-man office with an unusual project – the conversion of a Hamburg bunker into a residential building. In this interview, he tells us what he has learnt in the process for future construction.

Kari Virtanen is one of the pioneers who came to Fiskars in Finland in the early 1990s and transformed the small town into a design destination. Co-owner and CEO Johanna Vuorio told us how a carpentry workshop became a globally active furniture company during an interview at the headquarters there.

Herzog & De Meuron have designed a luminaire that embodies their architectural language. With Artemide's expertise, "Dreispitz" becomes a balanced triad of composition, production and light performance.

The concept of low dining, previously confined to exclusive outdoor settings, has now been introduced to the interior design sector. The low version of the "Marie" upholstered armchair, created by Freifrau, represents a new synthesis of lounge and dining, offering a sophisticated solution for interior spaces.

Stay flexible and keep the design holistic is the motto: With "Net.Work.Place Wave" König + Neurath has created a lounge system that is based on a sustainable modular concept is therefore ideally suited to shaping working environments.

Summer goes into extra time: from 20 to 29 September, Vienna Design Week invites you to the third district "with a lot of sunshine in the heart". This year's focus district Landstraße attracts visitors with its diverse urban structure – and headquarters, which will be housed in a new building for the first time.