Floor

Can an iconic post-War building be reactivated by adding a restaurant?Irina Kromayer and Etienne Descloux show how - with "Pheonix" inDüsseldorf's Dreischeibenhaus

A carpet like a piece of desert, Astroturf for the children’s room, and any amount of color for carpets: What Piero Lissoni and Vanessa Brady noticed when wandering round the Domotex.

Hella Jongerius goes for carpets: Uta Abendroth spoke to the designer about her five new models for Danskina.

Key novelties at Innovations@DOMOTEX 2016: Wooden floors remain very much in demand. Alongside rustic floorboards made from sustainably forested oak, increasingly other types of woods and unusual parquet formats are on offer – courtesy of leading designers.

Key novelties Innovations@DOMOTEX 2016: The designer flooring success story continues: New formats make them even more attractive, harder backing materials facilitate their use with difficult substrates, and in the form of cork there’s an alternative to plastic.

Key novelties at Innovations@DOMOTEX: We are seeing a renaissance in carpets, and not only because carpet tiles spell new worlds of patterns and unusual designs, but also thanks to the outstanding qualities and health-enhancing add-ons available.

Key novelties at Innovations@DOMOTEX 2016: Using ecofriendly adhesives, novel undercoats, intelligent footfall muffling solutions and all manner of other tools, substrate preparation is becoming ever more important.

The LOOM+ woven vinyl flooring by NOX Corporation was recognised with the 2015 Innovations@DOMOTEX label and contributes to making the Seoul National University’s new library.

The jury for Innovations@DOMOTEX has met: It selected 60 innovative floorings and applications. They will be presented together with the 24 modern handmade carpets that have won the Carpet Design Award in January at the special zones at the DOMOTEX in Hanover.

Stefan Höglmaier founded Euroboden 16 years ago as a building development company specialized in high-end architecture. Today, he collaborates with stars of the sector, such as David Chipperfield, Jürgen Mayer H. and David Adjaye.

Why is architecture dangerous and how can a floor protect life – Martina Metzner talked about such things with Piero Lissoni – Special Guest at Domotex 2016.

In January 2016 DOMOTEX, the world’s leading trade fair for floor coverings in Hanover, is looking forward to greeting special guests Piero Lissoni and Wolf D. Prix. And to opening the new theme-specific innovative highlights: the “Dialogues” and “Guided Tours”.

Moduleo Impress design flooring by IVC Group received the Innovations@DOMOTEX label in 2015 and added a touch of luxury to the recently refurbished Stadshotel Woerden.

Ross Lovegrove, “Special Guest” at Domotex 2015, has long since transposed his futuristic design onto floors. In the interview with Uta Abendroth he explains, in which way designers, architects and manufacturers can advance the design of floorings by thinking outside the box and new material compositions.

The Domotex in Hanover showed the full reach of what flooring can do today, ranging from stylishly designed carpet tiles and waterproof laminates through to impressive carpet artworks.

Be it digital prints, nanotech or biocomposites: the new floorings come with all sorts of extra technological features. We checked out ten exciting innovations in floor coverings.

The right floor covering can appreciably enhance a building’s quality. We present five good examples: A high school in Ergolding, a PR agency in Toronto, a residence for art lovers in Turnhout, Belgium, a maternity ward in Essen and an art forum complete with bar installation in Düsseldorf.

Architect André Schmidt worked for renowned studios such as OMA and BIG before going it alone. In this interview with Michiko Wemmje the man who chose Berlin as his home explains what role flooring design plays in major projects – and what he finds so fascinating about the Innovations@DOMOTEX Areas he designed.

We didn’t hear a whole lot about them for a while: At the Salone del Mobile, Raw Edges now presented carpets for Golran, which can do far more than you might imagine at first glance.

What is of interest to a designer at a trade fair like the Domotex in Hanover? Uta Abendroth accompanied Petra Blaisse, founder of Amsterdam studio Inside Outside, on a tour of the fair and discussed traditiony, art works and inspiration with her. Oh, and good taste, as well.

At this year’s Domotex, visitors were able to find out all about new floor coverings – in special zones, through guided tours and in the form of debates among expert at the Innovations@Domotex. Stylepark talked with the exhibitors and visitors about the new concept.

Domotex is set to undergo yet another makeover in 2014. At the press conference for the new concept Robert Volhard spoke with Jochen Köckler, Board Member at Deutsche Messe AG, about trade fairs and “Innovations@Domotex”, the new communications program Deutsche Messe AG has co-developed with Stylepark.

The bathroom – a little world of wonder made up of technology, light and water. As one of the leading trade shows in the area of ceramics, “Cersaie” in Bologna once again revealed just what can be achieved in the wellness zone.

The times when flooring led an existence as the Cinderella of the interior design world are over. The whole industry has discovered its creative side and carpeting has received something of an image makeover over the past few years. But wooden and laminate flooring aren’t far behind. This year, Domotex in Hanover even put on a special show on its leading theme “Flooring Deluxe”, curated by designer Stefan Diez.

“…There is something charming in the sound of an old wooden floor and the silence of a thick woolen carpet…”

“…In this way, we have on the one hand transformed the fair stand into a notional art gallery, on the other into a woodland scene…”

“…The concept was inspired by warship ‘dazzle’ design, which was used in the early 20th century to provide abstract camouflage to moving objects…”

“…the rugs become reminiscent of corals, anemones or sponges…”

“…This was in fact our first real contact with the area of ‘flooring’…”

“…My favorite type of flooring? The turf in Munich’s ‘Allianz Arena‘…“

“…to be honest I had never really stopped to think about laminate flooring before…”

“…combine different types of wood in homage to the material’s diversity…”