ARCHITECTURE Hard shell, soft core2/4/2022The "House For Artists" in London offers not only flexible apartments, but also studios and communal areas that are intended to act as social catalysts in the neighborhood.
INTERVIEWS Drawing Circles2/3/2022The exhibition “The Circle. The most iconic shape redesigned” recently opened at Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Cologne (MAKK). The curator is Wendy Plomp, founder of Dutch design collective Dutch Invertuals. In this interview, she explains the concept to us.
INTERVIEWS Telling stories2/2/2022Child Studio, based in London, creates stage-ready interior design that perfects the balance between nostalgia and the contemporary. Their philosophy you can read about in our interview.
DESIGN interlübke 2022: INTARO2/2/2022A wardrobe system with which interlübke offers plenty of storage space for all the details and at the same time shows a sense for the essentials: "intaro".
INTERVIEWS Three questions to Inga Sempé2/1/2022Inga Sempé is known for her delicate and playful designs. She tells us how diverse her portfolio is and what she has planned for this year.
DESIGN Projection forward1/28/2022Why do chairs have to be connected to crash bars? And what is the purpose of installing a fire hose on an armchair? In his “New Normals” solo show in Berlin's Haus am Waldsee, Konstantin Grcic shows how much our idea of normality is associated with objects.
FAIRS & EVENTS 3daysofdesign are postponed1/26/2022The 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen will take place in June this year.
DESIGN Bolon 2022: TRULY1/26/2022Don't be afraid of big patterns: "TRULY" is the name of Bolon's new flooring collection, which is more of a fashion statement than mere carpeting.
MICROLIVING A lighthouse for Paris1/26/2022Java Architecture have redensified a backyard in Paris with a micro-residential tower that cleverly shifts between proximity and distance.
SUSTAINABILITY Concrete Without a Footprint1/25/2022Saferock is currently developing a sustainable alternative to classic concrete. Known as geopolymer concrete, it is made from the industrial byproducts of mining.
DESIGN Prague Jewellery Box1/25/2022At the Bomma Atelier in Prague, not only glass art connoisseurs and design lovers get their fill, also fans of cubism should not miss the Gesamtkunstwerk.
INTERVIEWS Tightrope act1/24/2022Seven new subway stations in Karlsruhe were completed in December 2021. The lighting concept for them was created by Ingo Maurer, whose design forms an exciting combination with the restrained architecture.
SUSTAINABILITY Smart lightweight1/21/2022The design studio NVGTR from Munich has designed a sustainable passenger seat for buses and trains in the course of process research. The idea is now to develop this further as a chair design.
DESIGN Light in the Fight Against Covid-191/20/2022In cooperation with the Institute for Tropical Diseases at the LMU Hospital in Munich and Technische Universität Munich Smart United GmbH has developed special equipment that uses UV-C light to knock out pathogens. The product will shortly be ready for the market.
ARCHITECTURE A sign of its time1/19/2022The Senckenberg quarter in Frankfurt/Main by cma cyrus moser architekten is mostly completed.
FEATURED Part of the Whole1/18/2022Swedish design company Bolon has always combined both tradition and the future in products that are sustainable and of a high quality. Bolon is currently repositioning itself in the German-speaking region. First stop: Berlin.
MICROLIVING Built collage1/17/2022In the project "Six houses and a garden" Fala Atelier has transformed two buildings in Porto into six micro-apartments that convince with a poetic composition.
FAIRS & EVENTS Salone del Mobile.Milano 2022 is postponed1/17/2022The 60th edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano is postponed due to the current pandemic situation and is now scheduled to take place in June 2022.
FAIRS & EVENTS Heimtextil: Summer Special in June 20221/17/2022Heimtextil will take place as a one-time summer special from June 21 to 24, 2022, parallel to the trade fair duo Techtextil and Texprocess.
DESIGN Zeitraum 2022: BOLD1/17/2022Zeitraum is presenting a new variant for many of its classic beds made of solid wood as part of the "Novelties 2022" exhibition at the Design Post Cologne from 16 to 18 January 2022: "Bold".
OBITUARY The Sculptor's Architecture1/14/2022The Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill died at the age of 82. Our obituary.
FEATURED Prostoria in the Design Post1/14/2022The Croatian furniture brand Prostoria shows a broad insight into its product range at the Design Post in Cologne, which also reflects the company's dynamic development over the past ten years.
DESIGN IVC Commercial 2022: IMPERFECTION1/14/2022The carpet tile collection "Imperfection" from IVC Commercial not only provides better acoustics and new design possibilities, but also convinces with a sustainable approach.
FEATURED Form and process1/12/2022Vola has always offered a timeless and distinctive design from the minds of Arne Jacobsen and Verner Overgaard. Thanks to the company's manufacturing approach and local production, the fittings are also outstanding in terms of quality.
FAIRS & EVENTS Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair is postponed1/10/2022Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair will be postponed to 6-9 September 2022, while Stockholm Design Week will take place as planned from 7-13 February 2022.
FEATURED Room for inspiration1/10/2022The Design Post Cologne presents a programme with many innovations to kick off the year: From 16 to 18 January 2022, Floor van Ast and her team will be organising an exciting event that offers visitors a colourful programme both locally and digitally.
FAIRS & EVENTS Light + Building 2022 will be postponed1/10/2022As the pandemic situation continues to develop very dynamically, Messe Frankfurt is postponing the world's leading trade fair for light and building technology to autumn 2022.
NEW WORK Three questions to Helge Barthelmes1/7/2022Helge Barthelmes is the founder of the planning cooperative plan-up and develops new models for corporate workspace design with his team. In our interview, he tells us about the status quo of New Work.
ART Be allowed to be amazed1/6/2022From 7 January to 8 May 2022, the Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe in Hamburg is showing an exhibition that brings a little magic to challenging times: "Drift: Moments of Connection".
FAIRS & EVENTS Can design save the environment?1/5/2022Until February 20, 2022, the London Design Museum presents the show "Waste Age: What can design do?
DESIGN Reality check in spot colors1/4/2022"Managing Design Projects ...so that Creativity Wins and Pays Off" is the title of a new publication from the Hermann Schmidt publishing house. According to the book, what is needed above all is a good structure if one is to gain time for creativity. Our review.
YOUNG TALENTS Good Intuition1/3/2022With her creations, designer Tanita Klein offers practicable answers to complex questions. Current example: Her modular kitchen system "POSSI", which can be flexibly adapted to rooms and living situations.
ARCHITECTURE Three dimensional puzzle12/31/2021The Melopee School in Ghent by Xaveer De Geyter Architects is a typological experiment whose spatial grid creates space for additional outdoor facilities in an unconventional way.