DESIGN Looking for a new kitchen?10/8/2017MyKilos, a Berlin-based label and the brainchild of Daniel Klapsing and Philipp Schöpfer, not only designs fabulous products for the living room, but has now brought out some game-changing kitchens.
ARCHITECTURE The jewel in the crown of Lego City10/7/2017I was made for buildin’ you baby... The architects at BIG have found their ideal construction task: a giant Lego house.
DESIGN The chair of nations10/6/2017It is not only the architecture of the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris that is iconic, but also its interior. Pride of place there goes to Eero Saarinen’s “Conference Chair”, which is now set to furnish the building in a new version.
DESIGN Ala Kazam!10/5/2017Material and magic: Vitra Design Museum in Weil is celebrating the outstanding designer duo of Charles and Ray Eames not just with one, but with no less than four exhibitions.
FEATURED Ingeniously combined10/4/2017Build Inc. Architekten have used Zeitraum furniture for the interior for a new gastronomy concept in Lucerne – the “Ampersand”.
FEATURED Get to the top sparingly10/2/2017The heights of the “AquaTurm” design hotel in Radolfzell can be effortlessly scaled by Schindler elevator.
DESIGN Ending blue light 9/29/2017Cool spectacles abound. In the flagship store of South Korean spectacles label YUN in Berlin you can not only take glasses home with you immediately, special lenses also provide protection from computer glare.
DESIGN Leaving clichés behind9/28/2017Woman equals pink, weak and cute, man is automatically blue, strong and hard-edged? The iphiGenia Gender Design Award makes a stand against conventional stereotypes.
DESIGN Light-footed9/27/2017For all those who don’t like the idea of abseiling in the Alps, but still have a penchant for ropes: the new table by Moormann, called “Seiltänzer” – rope dancer.
ARCHITECTURE An office for now and then9/26/2017The architecture studio “Von M” has transformed a spacious apartment in Munich’s Glockenbach district into an open-plan studio.
FEATURED Superlative on the Côte d’Azur9/26/2017Paola Lenti has its very own booth to present its current collection at the Monaco Yacht Show.
FEATURED Playfully working9/26/2017Acoustic solutions from Buzzispace structure the new open-plan office of Kienbaum Consultants International.
FEATURED Enjoying the inclement English weather – behind glass9/25/2017Thanks to the Solarlux balcony glazing the “Prom Apartments New Brighton” can withstand the stormy weather on Great Britain’s coast.
DESIGN BY NEW TENDENC The expansion of the working zone9/25/2017With its highly precise, pared back furniture the Berlin label New Tendency has made itself an international name. With “New Tendency+” they are expanding their portfolio to include customizing.
DESIGN And now and then a pull-up9/23/2017The architects at Autori have created an interior design for the new office of a Serbian gaming firm that truly facilitates multi-tasking.
DESIGN Fun at work 9/22/2017Anyone wanting to win out in the sector today needs not only a high-end design but also a precise business model, like the young L&Z company which has specialized in intelligent and well-designed office furniture.
IAA 2017 Fridges on wheels?9/21/2017If car models become increasingly similar, then only the radiator grille and the marque logo remain to distinguish them.
ARCHITECTURE When the coworking space grows up9/20/2017With their “New Work Project,” the interior design studio The New Design Object has created an elegant co-working space in New York City.
FEATURED Showcase stairs and fair-faced concrete9/19/2017How to highlight the stairs in the no-frills architecture of Düsseldorf’s Heinrich Heine University is something Ado Lights achieves perfectly.
STYLEPARK MINI An icon, two characters9/18/2017Thomas Wagner spoke to Christopher Weil, in charge of Exterior Design at MINI, about the “MINI Electric Concept” and the “MINI John Cooper Works GP Concept”.
DESIGN Living in the office9/18/2017Designers Aust & Amelung, Relvao Kellermann, Studio Pauline Deltour and Uwe Fischer have developed furniture for the “Cor Lab” that create comfy working zones.
FEATURED Back to the future9/18/2017The historic building of the “West-Brabants Archief” in the Dutch town of Bergen op Zoom has been brought up to the latest standard with Gira.
FAIRS & EVENTS Cooking up a storm9/18/2017The “Vienna Design Week” has been a firm fixture for some years now. And it will get its 11th airing from September 29 through October 8.
FEATURED The best light 24/79/16/2017The new newsroom at Pressehaus Stuttgart boasts a modern infrastructure – and that includes optimal illumination of the workstations by Waldmann products.
MOBILITY Living and Driving9/15/2017At motor shows, and only there, do studies go on display that never actually make it into mass production. If you’re going to dream, then in style is the motto at Renault, where the “Symbioz” concept car comes with no less than a house as the display cabinet.
ARCHITECTURE Hyperspace9/15/2017The Heatherwick Studio has carved out the inside of an old grain silo to create an Expressionist sculpture that doubles up as the new “Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa” in Cape Town.
DESIGN Rendezvous with the car culture9/15/2017“Grand Basel” is the name of the auto salon that is setting out to attract more than just collectors and design aficionados as of next year. The concept was presented in Basel – along with the one or other dream of a car.
IAA 2017 The hitchhiker's guide to a mobile future9/14/2017“Volk ohne Wagen” (a people without a car) is the provocative title of a polemic by mobility researcher Stephan Rammler. What solutions does he actually have to offer for future mobility?
DESIGN What are they doing in there?9/14/2017Ettore Sottsass would have turned 100 years old today. We still know far too little about the designer and architect who looked beyond the walls of the familiar.
STYLEPARK SWAROVSKI An entirely new light9/13/2017Organically formed crystals that haven’t been cut or polished and which softly reflect the light: Swarovski Crystal Palace presents an entirely new development at the London Design Festival with “Luminous Reflections” by Tord Boontje.
FEATURED A cosmos for the inside world9/12/2017The "Cosmo" luminaire by next lighting gives the lobby for a center for plasmapheresis in Hungary a lighter feel.
FEATURED Barefoot on oak9/12/2017Dinesen HeartOak floor planks create a cozy atmosphere in a holiday home on the island of Funen.
IAA 2017 Which forms of settlement have which mobility needs?9/11/2017Do we need more sweeping changes to the interplay between building and mobility? Christian Gärtner from Urban Standards about the steps needed for a new mobility policy.
STYLEPARK BETTE Customized showers9/9/2017The premium owner-occupied apartments of Friends Tower in Munich are fitted with showers by Bette.
INTERVIEWS Freedom drives us on to greater things9/8/2017Daniel von Bernstorff and Robert Volhard spoke to Carlo Urbinati, founder and managing director of Italian luminaire maker Foscarini: about emotions, freedom, inspiration, and the creative world behind the products.