On the death of Pauline Deltour (1983-2021).

Gabriel Roland recently took over as director of Vienna Design Week, which this year will take place in Vienna from September 24 to October 3, 2021. Anna Moldenhauer talked to him about his plans for the festival.

The supersalone, the special event of the Salone del Mobile curated by Stefano Boeri, offered a platform for creative experiments from 5 to 10 September 2021 that shows what an international furniture fair should be in the future. Our review.

At this year’s IAA International Automobile Show, BMW is venturing a glimpse into the future and presenting the "BMW i Vision Circular", a concept car that seeks to unite the themes of luxury, electromobility, digitization and sustainability.

"Embrace" is the name of the new modular sofa by EOOS for Carl Hansen & Søn, which can be flexibly adapted to any need.

The effort to design architecture that is as sustainable as possible is ubiquitous right now. The book "Evergreen Architecture," recently published by gestalten Verlag, offers a current overview with 44 examples of a connection between nature and architecture.

AXOR has expanded "AXOR Citterio" the fittings collection designed by Antonio Citterio. The result is outstanding thanks to quality craftsmanship and a fine finish.

What's new? That is probably the question most frequently asked during the supersalone in Milan. Pedrali has three answers at once: "Blume", "Ila" and "Caementum".

Magis celebrates its 45th anniversary this year and looks back on an eventful success story that began in 1976 when Eugenio Perazza founded the company.

Dominik Tesseraux has created the "BetteEve" bathtub series for Bette, which focuses on the craftsmanship of the specialist for bathing elements with its elliptical inner body and is extremely comfortable for bathers.

Stylepark is raffling off one "temp" high table by Gumpo.

With the Mars Dune Alpha Project and Mars Science City Bjarke Ingels seeks to conquer the Red Planet and realize his concepts of Martian architecture.

"Lacca" by Cleaf is a new surface finish that offers the effect that would be created in the course of lacquering with a matt look.

Zeitraum currently presents "Vermu" and "Vermu High", two new tables in many variations that provide the perfect base for a short break in a restaurant or café.

Distinctive design and a flair for the expansion and conversion of buildings with a lively history – in our interview, Patrick Batek, founder and lead architect of Batek Architekten, talks about materiality, old building fabrics and his favourite place in Berlin.

From September 16 to 18, 2021, Denmark celebrates 3daysofdesign, which provides access to showrooms and exhibitions throughout Copenhagen.

"Plico" is the name of the folding lounge chair with striking details and elegant frame from the Swinging Sixties, which Carl Hansen & Søn is now reviving.

September is approaching and with it the supersalone – a highly anticipated event that brings the design scene back together in Milan after the dry spell of the last few months. In addition to the exhibition at the fairgrounds, you can look forward to a wide range of events in the city. We show you which events you should not miss.

Individually configurable products and services are much in demand – be it in designing furniture, muesli or cars. What opportunities does this mass customization create for manufacturers and customers alike? And has it been successful in the market thus far? We asked Prof. Frank Piller, Co-Director of the Institute for Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) at RWTH Aachen University.

From 9 to 11 September 2021, current questions about urban development will be discussed in Frankfurt am Main as part of the new festival "S.O.U.P. – Shaping Our Urban Phuture". An interdisciplinary mediation involving citizens is planned.

How can compact luxury be redefined? The Stealth Building in New York City by WORKac supplies a highly varied answer.

Architect Stefano Boeri is curating the supersalone, an extraordinary event of the Salone del Mobile, which will take place in Milan from 5 to 10 September 2021. He explains to us in an interview what his concept is for the dynamic format and why the international furniture fair should also present itself in a more low-threshold way in the future.

Munich-based Spaciv are aiming to use a digital tool to counter wasted space. We spoke to founder and architect Malte Köditz about the idea behind it.

Atelier 522 has built a stilt house in Markdorf in the Lake Constance district near the Gehrenberg that continues the building tradition of the region in a modern way.

The Mexican Tatiana Bilbao exemplifies a young generation of architects. The Architekturzentrum in Vienna is now dedicating an exhibition to her and showing the history of the development of her projects.

From a work sofa to a modular, screened-off retreat: the "Insit-Screen" wall elements for Wilkhahn's modular "Insit" bench system can be used to create variable room scenarios.

The new "AXOR One" collection by Barber Osgerby exemplifies AXOR's "Compact Luxury" project. We spoke with Jay Osgerby about new interaction possibilities in the bathroom and the future definition of luxury.

As a young graduate of the Design Academy Eindhoven, Paulien Nabben sees her task in the careful design of her environment in order to strengthen the well-being of all of us in this way. The designer is not only fascinated by the complexity of natural systems, she also wants to explore their behaviour and interactions.

MINI has teamed up with British fashion designer Paul Smith to design the MINI STRIP. The result shows how aesthetic and simultaneously sustainable a successful pared-down product can be.

Sebastian Herkner pays homage to the painter and sculptor Imi Knoebel with the handmade ceramic "imi" side tables for pulpo.

To cope with the rapid pace of urban growth in Amsterdam, more and more islands are being developed to the east of the city’s old town. There are plans to erect 28 high-rises on one such island, a measure which could transform Zeeburgereiland into a new Manhattan – albeit onewhere the buildings meet strict ecological criteria.

Studio Ben Allen has painstakingly modernized a terraced Victorian house in London and added an extension to it, one that combines various different styles. “House Recast” recently received the 2021 “Don't Move, Improve” award.

For many years, material scientists have been researching ways of replacing reinforced concrete with a sustainable alternative. Currently carbon fiber is high on the agenda: The first model house by the TU Dresden is soon to be completed.

3D-printed buildings are shooting up like mushrooms at the moment. We cast a glance at the technology behind them and the new options this creates for architects.

With "BetteAntirutschSense", Bette has created a new surface for all shower trays and bathtubs in glossy colours that offers the highest level of slip resistance on glazed titanium steel.