Sebastian Herkner has a ball of it.

Smart lighting, bankrupt electricians and photographed butter dishes: On the advantages and disadvantages of networked homes. Developer Martin Walter in conversation with Thomas Edelmann.

Safety first: Michael Baumgarten at Christoph Mäckler Architekten talked with Katharina Sommer about architectural design processes and security systems for new airports.

Kaschkasch reveals all the details.

In the guise of “LDPE” Julian Faulhaber has produced a quite extraordinary photobook.

Cazzaniga Mandelli Pagliarulo swing at giddy heights.

Neven and Sanja Kovačić float in a different sphere.

On the road with Ana María Calderón Kayser and Sebastian Herkner.

Philipp Mainzer goes hunting copycats of the Backenzahn stool.

While textured surfaces for wallpapers, upholstery fabrics and curtains are causing a real stir, the motto of “Well-Being 4.0” is intended to show how textiles can promote calm and relaxation. A tour of Frankfurt’s Heimtextil trade fair.

Pascal Bosetti takes to the stage as a magician.

Giulio Cappellini ponders colors and shapes.

Healing light, technologies for intelligent buildings and solutions for energy management that have been well thought-through. We have summarized the highlights of this year’s Light + Building for you.

Alex Bergman loves combinations.

Alfredo Häberli interpretiert Belottis „Spaghetti Chair“.

All objects, signs and even services are meant to tell stories – and the object as such to disappear.

Jasper Morrison has been voted A&W Designer 2016. At documenta 8 his “Reuters News Room” already focused on the users and saw him pondering the relationship between them and the media.

The imm cologne takes place from January 18-24. The Cologne trade fair is very upbeat and with good reason. Although the basic conditions of homes and living are changing.

High-end ski makers by no means just prioritize innovative technologies and materials. Their models boast clear and superlative visual lines, too.

The trade-fair cycle starts to turn again. From January 18-24 the imm cologne opens its doors. We took a quick peek behind them and spotted the one or other novelty.

Chair on the trapeze, cages made of light, and copy-cats pinned down: The Stylepark-curated “Featured Editions” for the imm cologne 2016 promise once again to offer new angles on design products.

Each year, imm cologne is the first event to present the latest home trends for Europe and overseas. Over 1,200 exhibitors will present their innovations at the furniture fair. An exhibitor schedule presents the most important manufacturers.

During imm cologne 2016, Stylepark is playing the host in the Architects’ Lounge located in Hall 4.2 – an exclusive venue for architects and interior designers.

It all comes back to Ferdinand Kramer. With the exhibition “Line Form Function”, Frankfurt’s Deutsches Architekturmuseum is presenting a show that is really worth seeing on Kramer’s architectural legacy. At the same time, the City of Frankfurt looks set to abandon this legacy and have the buildings torn down in the near future.

The numerals have moved on a notch. We’re long since used now to the 20. But what about the sweet little 16?

Today, the year 2015 comes to an end – and today we also cross that finishing line.

Gisela Erlacher’ series of photographs shows how residual spaces can create free scope.

In the run-up to New Year’s Eve you quickly realize what it was you always felt you simply had to own: a portable bar hamper for the road.

With his “Grande Cretto”, Italian artist Alberto Burri has created a monument to and for the Sicilian town of Gibellina.

The”Melt and recreate” luminaire by Siri Bahlenberg and Sofia Bergfeldt is a good lesson in the eternal cycle of emerging and passing.

The myth would have it that rebel Sisyphus is condemned to constantly roll a huge boulder up a hill, yet when he reaches the top the rock goes rolling back down again. Today, he goes about a similar occupation.

A kettle can whistle, be it like a bird or a dragon. Something Michael Graves certainly knew.

Do you dance in your bikini round the mountains at Christmas? Or prefer to spend it writing postcards?

For all those men who don’t want to wait till Spring comes: “The Ride” has already shifted up a gear.