Sebastian Herkner Offenbach am Main, Germany

The SaloneSatellite is celebrating its 25th anniversary: Marva Griffin founded the platform for young designers as a pioneer in 1998. What do they have to thank the SaloneSatellite for? We asked them.

La Mamma Marva

by Anna Moldenhauer | 4/8/2024

As a pioneer of a new way of living, Rolf Benz has been offering sustainably manufactured upholstered furniture for six decades now. The “SINA” anniversary collection links the company’s beginnings to current needs for multifunctional solutions.

Proven clarity

by Anna Moldenhauer | 3/15/2024

REVIEW: LIGHT + BUILDING 2024

Illuminating progress

by Anna Moldenhauer | 3/8/2024

Six years have passed since the last regular Light + Building. What were the topics at the world's leading trade fair for lighting and building technology in 2024? Our review.

REVIEW – IMM COLOGNE 2024

Becoming a community

by Anna Moldenhauer | 1/18/2024

imm cologne took place in Cologne from 14 to 18 January 2024, the first time since the breakout of the coronavirus pandemic on the regular January date. Our review.

Pedrali celebrates a round anniversary: 60 years ago, Mario Pedrali founded one of the most important globally active Italian furniture companies in Palazzolo sull'Oglio. Pedrali's creative profile has been shaped by numerous collaborations with renowned designers. We asked them: What makes the cooperation special?

Happy Birthday Pedrali!

by Anna Moldenhauer | 9/13/2023

REVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE 2023: SALONESATELLITE

Leap forward

by Anna Moldenhauer | 5/1/2023

Since its foundation by Marva Griffin, SaloneSatellite has given maximum visibility to the work of young designers, many of whom are now internationally renowned. Stylepark had the great honour of being part of the jury for the SaloneSatellite Award 2023. These are the winners.

REVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE & MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2023

Back to the future

by Anna Moldenhauer | 4/24/2023

What does a trade fair like the Salone del Mobile.Milano currently need in order to inspire companies and guests alike? With which concepts do the creatives of Milan Design Week react to the structural changes that the industry has undergone in the last four years? Our Review.

FEATURED PREVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE 2023

FREIFRAU

4/11/2023

Freifrau presents the new "Marie" collection by designer duo Hoffmann Kahleyss at the Salone del Mobile and expands the "Grace" furniture collection: a lounge chair in two versions and a footstool will soon be part of the graceful product family.

FEATURED PREVIEW – MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2023

CLASSICON

4/4/2023

Under the title "Eileen Gray – Non Conformist Artist", ClassiCon is offering exclusive insights into a private collection of artworks by Eileen Gray during Milan Design Week. ClassiCon has been inspired by these for a series of rugs made of wool.

ISH 2023 – REVIEW

Two worlds

by Anna Moldenhauer | 3/20/2023

It has been four years since the world's leading trade fair for HVAC + Water opened its doors in Frankfurt am Main. From 13 to 17 March 2023, visitors were able to experience an ISH whose exhibitors increasingly offered self-sufficient, sustainable alternatives and conducted research into more efficient use of water and energy.

With the Stylepark Selected Award 2022, Stylepark honours the best new products of the year. These are the award winners.

Stylepark Selected Award 2022

11/28/2022

ORGATEC 2022 – REVIEW

Flexibility for stability

by Anna Moldenhauer | 10/31/2022

Orgatec is back and with it a homely jigsaw puzzle that maps the development of different requirements in the working context since 2018. Our review.

Orgatec, the leading international trade fair for the modern working world, is in the starting blocks – for the first time since 2018 due to the pandemic. Design Post Köln offers a special parallel exhibition space in the listed three-hinged arch hall.

Time to shine

10/21/2022

With "Haven", Sebastian Herkner has designed an outdoor collection for Gloster whose comfortable furnishings create a place of retreat.

Gloster 2022: HAVEN

9/30/2022

INTERVIEWS

Impetus for change

by Anna Moldenhauer | 7/23/2022

Under the motto "Sustainable society – Design for a greater good", we recently awarded the Stylepark HfG Rundgangpreis for the first time. The winning project is "Connect" by Leon Felix Voss, which could optimise the current chain of medicines.

INTERVIEWS

From one generation to the next

by Estelle Marandon and Robert Volhard | 6/29/2022

Ligne Roset is one of the biggest and best-known brands in the furniture and design industry. The company took a new step and presented its latest innovations at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Stylepark met there two generations of the family business for an interview: father and son Pierre and Antoine Roset.

REVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE & MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2022

On the center lane

by Anna Moldenhauer | 6/13/2022

Salone del Mobile and the Milan Design Week took place on June 7-12, 2022. What trends, contrasts and issues did the international event highlight? Our review.

FEATURED PREVIEW – MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2022

AMES

5/25/2022

At this year's Milan Furniture Fair, Ames is presenting a special limited edition of the "Cartagena Reina Chair". The venue is the "Giardino segreto di ames", a 600 square metre private garden in the newly opened Vmaison boutique hotel in the heart of Brera.

FEATURED PREVIEW – MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2022

SCHÖNBUCH

5/24/2022

The colour purple plays a leading role this year in Schönbuch's Milan showroom and ideally sets the scene for the new designs by Sebastian Herkner, Bao-Nghi Droste, Saskia Diez, Christian Haas, Leandra Eibl and f/p design, among others.

FEATURED PREVIEW – MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2022

THONET

5/18/2022

This year, the historic Circolo Filologico library in Milan will be occupied by Design Variations by Mosca Partners – part of which is the traditional company Thonet.

Dedon is expanding its successful "MBRACE" collection by Sebastian Herkner with the compact "MBRACE Club Chair", which brings swing to the terrace - the new "seville" colour also ensures this.

Dedon 2022: MBRACE CLUB CHAIR

5/10/2022

Until the first of May 2022, the Homo Faber event will take place in Venice, spotlighting international craftsmanship.

Living traditions

by Anna Moldenhauer | 4/11/2022

HOTEL

Time Out

by Anna Moldenhauer | 3/2/2022

With the new guesthouse "Luchs" (Lynx) just outside Frankfurt/Main the Lindenberg Group has created a heavenly hideaway for stressed urbanites.

ARCHITECTURE

A sign of its time

by David Kasparek | 1/19/2022

The Senckenberg quarter in Frankfurt/Main by cma cyrus moser architekten is mostly completed.

STYLEPARK RAFFLE

Modern classic

1/1/2022

Stylepark is raffling off one "119" armchair from Thonet.

Pedrali recently opened its first showroom in the United States in “Merchandise Mart”, a traditional department store in Chicago.

Perfect stage

by Anna Moldenhauer | 11/30/2021

From 26 November 2021, the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin will be showing "Slow" – a project by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) that puts the value of craftsmanship in a new light.

Practise patience

by Anna Moldenhauer | 10/27/2021

With the special edition "Grace Salon", Sebastian Herkner offers an exclusive variant of the stylish bar trolley for Schönbuch.

Schönbuch 2021: GRACE SALON

10/19/2021

STYLEPARK PEDRALI

Pedrali 2021: BLUME

10/12/2021

With "Blume", Sebastian Herkner has designed a collection for Pedrali that impresses with its refined profile, great comfort and luxurious feel.

STYLEPARK PEDRALI

Three times different

9/5/2021

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".

PREVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE 2021

On your marks, get set, super!

8/27/2021

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.

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

Pulpo 2021: IMI

8/12/2021

Ligne Roset has expanded its “Taru” collection by Sebastian Herkner to include an armchair and a sofa. The furniture’s design succeeds in striking a balance between overall coherence and items each with a character of its own.

A Modern Family

7/29/2021

"A design is always a cooperation, a synthesis of two attitudes," says Sebastian Herkner. For Freifrau, he opted for that extra touch of sensuality and elegance, when recently adding new items to his "Ona" collection.

Comfortable and stylish

5/26/2021

Sebastian Herkner designed the "MASK" wall coat rack for Schönbuch, which combines function and aesthetics in a space-saving way.

Schönbuch 2021: MASK

5/20/2021

Little by little, the temperatures are getting milder and the dream of balmy summer evenings and relaxing vacation days is within reach. For the right outdoor equipment we have put together a refreshing selection from our Novelties Stage.

Outdoor Weather

3/16/2021

The start of the year is reservedly optimistic in view of the ongoing pandemic and strengthens the desire for variety, energy and colour. For a fresh boost, we have gathered a colourful bouquet of current interior products for you from our Novelties Stage.

Fresh start

1/22/2021

STYLEPARK ROLF BENZ

Exemplary living

12/18/2020

Urban Curve Architecture’s Nick Blunt has come up with a first-rate model house for the WeberHaus’ World of Living building and adventure park. The interior by Rolf Benz meets the high standards of the client and interior architects from Geplan Design.

pulpo and Samuel Treindl are currently developing a side table from materials that you would otherwise only expect to find on a building site.

Perfecting the action of pouring

11/9/2020

For the Schönbuch brand Michael Ress and Carolin Sangha have combined manufacturing standards with colorful aesthetics and made their joy of design accessible to an international target group.

Polished beauty

9/11/2020

STYLEPARK RAFFLE

Caribbean wickerwork

8/3/2020

Stylepark raffles off the "caribe" lounge chair by ames.

Sebastian Herkner combines elegant design, craftsmanship and functionality into a harmonious ensemble for a model apartment in the Frankfurt skyscraper One Forty West.

High above

by Anna Moldenhauer | 7/10/2020

The new label La Manufacture doesn’t do things by halves: Within the space of 14 months, its founder Robert Acouri and Creative Director Luca Nichetto have created a prestigious design and fashion brand and brought on board big names including Sebastian Herkner and Nendo for the first collection.

On the fast track

by Fabian Peters | 7/1/2020

STYLEPARK PEDRALI

Floral vision

6/24/2020

What is the first part of a chair that we set eyes on? This is the question Sebastian Herkner asked himself at the beginning of the creative collaboration with furniture-company Pedrali – for whom he then designed the “Blume” collection.

SUSTAINABILITY

Digital and ecological

by Anna Moldenhauer | 6/11/2020

The "Connected" project currently links international designers as well as the American Hardwood Export Council, Benchmark Furniture and the London Design Museum for an experiment: sustainably produced furniture for which every coordination is done digitally.

Fine Lines

by Anna Moldenhauer | 6/4/2020

Stellar Works is currently presenting the first highlights of its new collections for this year. The modular designs were creatively masterminded by Nendo, OEO Studio, Space Copenhagen and Neri&Hu.

Spring is just around the corner bringing with it the first warm hours of sunshine. Anyone lucky enough to have their own balcony or patio can move their workplace outdoors – Stylepark provides you with ten ideas for doing your office work in the fresh air.

Open-air office

by Anna Moldenhauer | 4/8/2020

INTERVIEWS

STYLEPARK ZOOM IN with Sebastian Herkner

4/3/2020

Sebastian Herkner is one of the most internationally successful German designers. His "Bell Table", which he designed for ClassiCon in 2012, is already a modern classic. In his studio in Offenbach he works for Dedon, Gloster, Ames, Pulpo, Schramm and many others.

IMM COLOGNE 2020

Documentation Center for Social Practices

by Fabian Peters | 1/21/2020

imm cologne 2020 has provided its annual update on the state of our lifestyles. Our review of the trade fair.

Contrasts, visions and the Bauhaus: Looking back on the imm cologne 2019 trade fair.

The sleep workshop

by Fabian Peters | 7/31/2019

Schramm – the name stands for premium beds designed to a high standard. Yet their most special feature is hidden inside. We visited the bed manufactory.

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2019

Milan Design Week: Live Blog

4/11/2019

Stylepark at every turn: Follow our encounters and discoveries live from Milan in this daily updated feed.

IMM COLOGNE 2019

Forwards, sideways, backwards

by Anna Moldenhauer | 1/25/2019

IMM COLOGNE 2019

Impressions imm cologne 2019

by Anna Moldenhauer | 1/16/2019

Impressions from the international furniture and furnishing fair imm 2019 in Cologne.

STYLEPARK SELECTED IMM COLOGNE 2019

Simply the best!

12/20/2018

At imm cologne 2019, Stylepark will present its Stylepark Selected Award to the most interesting new products at the fair.

STYLEPARK DOMOTEX

Sonia Wedell-Castellano is the new Director of Domotex, the world’s leading trade fair for flooring. Fabian Peters talked to her about future plans for the fair and Domotex 2019, taking place in January.

STYLEPARK DOMOTEX

Network node

11/30/2018

At Domotex 2019, which opens its doors to the public between January 11 and 14 in Hanover, everything will revolve around connectivity and networking.

This year, Designers’ Saturday in Langenthal was characterized by an international flair and a great love of detail.

An oasis for creative people

by Anna Moldenhauer | 11/8/2018

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018

Una Notte Italiana

4/26/2018

Gloster and Stylepark invited to cocktails and live music on the occasion of the premiere of Sebastian Herkner's new outdoor upholstered furniture series "Dune" at the Salone del Mobile in Milan.

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018

The Discreet Charm of the Bohème

4/16/2018

Sebastian Herkner designed "Dune" for Gloster, a series of outdoor seating furniture that combines luxury and casualness.

STYLEPARK SELECTED SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018

The Award Winners

4/14/2018

Here they are: the 29 innovations Stylepark awards at the Salone del Mobile 2018 as part of Stylepark Selected.

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018

Celebra il design!

by Anna Moldenhauer | 4/12/2018

The most important events, exhibitions and parties of Milan Design Week at a glance.

LIGHT + BUILDING 2018

Impressions from the Light + Building 2018

by Fabian Peters | 3/23/2018

You didn't make it to Light + Building 2018? Never mind! Stylepark gives you an impression of the fair on your monitor.

IMM COLOGNE 2018

Will you join me in everyday life?

by Fabian Peters | 1/23/2018

"Kommst Du mit in den Alltag?" ("Will you join me in everyday life?") The band Blumfeld asked that question back in 1999. And it could also be the motto of imm cologne 2018: cheerful normality rather than overwrought sensationalism. Our recapitulation.

STYLEPARK SELECTED IMM COLOGNE 2018 AT MAKK

New paths

by Anna Moldenhauer | 1/23/2018

It’s not about everything – it’s about the best: The motto of Stylepark has been translated into an exhibition for the imm cologne 2018.

STYLEPARK SELECTED IMM COLOGNE 2018 AT MAKK

Highlights Cologne Furniture Fair

by Adeline Seidel | 1/17/2018

You did not make it to the imm cologne? Don't worry! Stylepark brings you the cheerful bustle on the monitor.

Stylepark Selected imm cologne 2018: The nominees

12/4/2017

We have nominated 40 innovations of the imm cologne 2018 for the award “Stylepark Selected imm cologne 2018”.

Anyone who wants to BBQ big-time should go for a customized outdoor kitchen. We present the latest models.

Outdoor cooking now!

5/15/2017

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017

Strapped it up outdoors

by Martina Metzner | 4/10/2017

Be it chairs with playful wickerwork, large modular sofas, or colorful lightweights – when it comes to outdoor furniture the choice is ever greater.

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017

Forza Salone!

by Fabian Peters | 4/6/2017

Off we go! Take a walk with us through trade-fair fairyland, catch the mood at the one or other booth and a glimpse of the novelties at this year’s Salone del Mobile.

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017

Your daily dose from Salone del Mobile 2017

by Adeline Seidel | 4/4/2017

You did not make it to the Salone del Mobile? Don't worry! Stylepark delivers you fresh impressions from the design hotspots in Milan every day.

IMM COLOGNE 2017

Picking up the thread

1/2/2017

The “Featured Editions” curated by Stylepark for the imm cologne 2017 furniture trade fair center around the key theme, “textiles”. For the very first time, visitors to the fair can choose their favorites.

Light + Building clearly showed that light is becoming ever more digital and offers tools for emotions of all kinds. Among the mass of novelties, you could notice that good light is getting ever more rare.

Mega-mood machines

by Thomas Edelmann | 3/22/2016

Relax, read or work – bedrooms have long since ceased to only be used for sleeping. Assuming the bed is comfy and flexible – and cuts a fine figure, too.

Good night guaranteed

by Martina Metzner | 2/15/2016

Living space is precious, which is why hallways are often cramped and dark. But entrances can be inviting, uncluttered and elegant if you want them to be.

Helping hallways

by Adeline Seidel | 2/1/2016

ORIGINAL VS. PLAGIARISM

Rip-off hunter, Card players, and a bird

by Adeline Seidel | 1/22/2016

Playing boule at Pulpo, pulling teeth out at e15 and you could easily lose your bearings in the Conmoto kaleidoscope: the stage was set for the Featured Editions at the imm cologne.

For the fourth time Stylepark, together with AD Magazin and Marc Meiré, invited guests from the worlds of design, architecture, and art to a soirée on the first day of the imm cologne fair: They enjoyed it until the early hours of the morning.

Highbrow discussions by the fireside

1/22/2016

Revivals, evergreens and many colors: imm cologne 2016 likes sending its visitors time traveling. Since it is becoming ever harder to offer something really new, the option is to resort to the archive and refine things.

As time goes by

by Adeline Seidel | 1/22/2016

Sebastian Herkner has a ball of it.

French Round

1/19/2016

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

Buckle up!

1/16/2016

Sebastian Herkner is a very sought-after designer. We accompanied him from Offenbach to Selb, where he is to boost business for Rosenthal with porcelain vases and teapots.

Shards are the chance

by Martina Metzner | 11/9/2015

Danish design has a contemporary look to it, despite many of the ideas being over 50 years old. At Copenhagen’s “3daysofdesign” there was much talk of tradition and values, and of updating classics.

Wake-up call with eyes and fringes

by Uta Abendroth | 6/2/2015

“An impure tongue does not taste; dulled senses only notice the sharpest stimuli, or they chew more than they feel.” – Johann Gottfried von Herder

Clerics meet Matrizia

by Thomas Wagner | 4/22/2015

Once doesn’t count, twice could be coincidence, three times sets a tradition: in occasion of imm cologne designers, manufacturers, artists and art collectors were invited by AD, Meiré und Meiré and Stylepark to meet at Marc Meiré’s home.

Full moon before the crescent

by Thomas Wagner | 1/26/2015

Flying elephant stools, Chinese felt dragons and upholstered elevated chairs: For the third time, the imm cologne’s “Featured Editions”curated by Stylepark are captivating visitors.

Furniture Suspense

by Martina Metzner | 1/22/2015

For the third time the “Featured Editions” at imm cologne will be curated by Stylepark. It boasts 14 high-caliber installations by designers such as Werner Aisslinger, Sebastian Herkner and Studio Hannes Wettstein.

Seat creatures and clouds of cuttings

by Daniel von Bernstorff | 1/8/2015

The organizers of the Milan Furniture Fair have given themselves a new structure. And Italian manufacturers and brands are also in the midst of change. The outlook for 2015.

Milan is realigning

by Thomas Edelmann | 1/3/2015

Eight ideas for the Home Office

by Daniel von Bernstorff | 10/27/2014

At Orgatec’s “Being Home 4+4” exhibition curated by Stylepark, eight well-known designers presented their ideas of today’s Home Office – giving their comment on it.

Following the hype about coffee, everyone is suddenly drinking tea. Which brought the teapot back into the designers’ sights. Small, plump and in the Japanese style, it was the shooting star at the Ambiente consumer goods fair in Frankfurt. We present the most stylish examples in a picture gallery.

Cuppa tea anyone?

by Martina Metzner | 3/2/2014