What can individual luxury look like? In the context of its Distinctive project, AXOR has developed three spatial scenarios in collaboration with Tristan Auer, Maison Sarah Lavoine, and Hadi Teherani. Each shows in exemplary fashion just how diverse bathroom worlds can be.

How do luxury and sustainability go together? Architect Ludwig Godefroy answers this question with the brutalist boutique hotel Casa TO on Mexico's Pacific coast.

With a new CO2-reduced fiberglass concrete, the facade manufacturer Rieder wants to contribute to ecological change. The new building material also characterizes the facade of the new glemm21 headquarters.

Villeroy & Boch offers a wide range of possibilities for bathroom design as part of the "Artis" collection with four shapes and nine colours. Designer Gesa Hansen explains the colour concept to us in an interview.

Deep, matt black: Fantini is expanding the colour versions of its iconic fittings with the new "Deep Black" PVD finish. Graphic and clear, this offers a particularly appealing variant that can be seen from every perspective - also with a view to the properties of the material.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects" we regularly present the work of female architects – the Sri Lankan architect Minnette De Silva was a true pioneer and combined tradition and modernity in her projects. About time to rediscover her work.

With "Yonda", Wilkhahn offers a range of shell chairs designed by Neunzig°design, developed for the circular economy and suitable for both living and working environments.

Arkitema Architects has designed an impressive lobby for the Hotel NH Collection Copenhagen – featuring Banker Wire’s Architectural Mesh Wire pattern "S-50".

Light + Building Autumn Edition will be hosted in Frankfurt/Main from October 2 to 6 2022. News of the return of the world’s leading trade fair for lighting and building technology has met with an excellent response from the sector: More than 1,500 exhibitors have already registered.

Object Carpet offers two new variants for the popular "RUGX" carpet collection: "Eddy" and "Moddy".

This year's Forum Mediendesign will take place at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln on 24 September from 11 am to 5 pm, offering a diverse programme with international guests, from product design and set design to documentary film and project management.

The "Ester" and "Panarea" armchairs by Pedrali have recently been chosen to complement the rooms of the legendary Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Studio Jouin Manku explain the interior concept to us in an interview.

The "Low Table" by Acapulco Design consists of a metal frame and a terrazzo top, which together give a distinctive appearance.

In Amarante, Portugal, Fala Atelier has transformed a residential building into a colorful and texture-heavy collage whose unifying element is a concrete chimney.

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.

With the new volume "Licht Kunst Licht 5 – Lichtdesign für Architektur", the Büro Licht Kunst Licht shows how multilayered space and light can interact with each other.

On the occasion of Zurich Design Weeks, Okro Gallery is showing the exhibition format "Raw Senses", which is dedicated to the interface of design and craft, questions our relationship to consumption and presents new design approaches in analogue processes.

With "Arco", designer Moritz Bannach presents a geometric coffee table that adds a sculptural plus to the room in terms of shape and colour.

The Câble 1 (C1) aerial tramway currently being built by Doppelmayr/Garaventa in the paris area is a prime example of what sustainable transport spaces can look like.

With its new glass fiber concrete, Rieder aims to gradually substitute cement completely in its products in order to become climate-positive by 2030.

The "TECEdrainprofile" shower profile from Tece gives the shower an elegant appearance and ensures optimum drainage.

Repairing instead of throwing away – this motto is a natural part of a sustainable lifestyle. The southern German furniture manufacturer Zeitraum is setting a good example and is currently developing a network of partner workshops.

Feuerring has added another member to its product family: "Luna Grande". With a diameter of up to 196 centimeters it is the largest model to date and exudes a unique calm. Its creator steel sculptor and designer Andreas Reichlin explains the idea behind it in this interview.

Garpa presents an elegant outdoor table with a synthetic resin top that not only seats 12 people, but also provides the basis for a sporty addition.

From 5 to 9 October 2022, the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR) will take place, the world's largest film festival on urban development and the built environment.

With solid wood consoles made of certified oak wood, burgbad offers a functional as well as sustainable bathroom design that can be perfectly displayed.

"EchoGrid" by Echojazz is a 3D inlay system for existing or new standard grid ceilings that can be used to acoustically optimize and diversify rooms.

Dr. Thomas Kusitzky is a researcher and consultant for urban sound design. In an interview he tells us why addressing the issue of sound is important for both living in and experiencing an urban area.

"Taste an Place: The Design Hotels Book" is a sensory feast in words and pictures – Sophie and Orlando Lovell explore the cuisine, culture and nature of the locations of selected design hotels.

Valencia-based Clap Studio creates experiences through interdisciplinary interior design, product design and artistic installations. With their work, Jordi Iranzo and Àngela Montagud strive for attributes such as simplicity, elegance and frolic, creating a stage-ready aesthetic.

Stylepark is raffling off one "Icon chair" by Mara.

Seiichi Yamada Architect & Associates have realized a house on a narrow rectangular plot in Shizuoka, Japan. It can be read as both an exemplary unity of material, construction, and space and as a subtle, contemporary interpretation of local building traditions.

The series "Drunter und Drüber" (Under and Over) by Arte and Bayrischer Rundfunk presents international architectural projects that link urban space and nature and address the limited space available with forward-looking ideas.

With the "Almendra" pendant lamp, Patricia Urquiola has created a modular organism for Flos whose design is based on the poetic aesthetics of an almond tree.