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The Elegance of Logic

8/5/2024

Daniel Rybakken's approach has been honoured early on with many awards. We spoke to the designer about how chairs are like human bodies, the relationship between art and design and what his father taught him about cars.

3DAYSOFDESIGN 2023 – REVIEW

Wonderland with profundity

6/14/2023

"Where Would We Be Without You?" was the motto of this year's 3daysofdesign, Denmark's most important design festival, which took place in Copenhagen from 7 to 9 June 2023. Poorer of many wonderful memories and encounters would be my answer to this question.

RESTAURANT

Celebrating Design Diversity

5/17/2023

At first sight Hamburg’s “The Morgenmuffel” looks like several restaurants all rolled into one. Every room is different, and the various interiors do not seem coordinated with one another. However, on closer inspection a well thought-through overall concept emerges: a culinary adventure that plays out in various rooms.

ARCHITECTURE

A Statement in Falu Red

4/10/2023

With its "Simonsson House" on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune is making a sculptural statement, one influenced by the rigid local building regulations and the Arctic conditions.

3DAYSOFDESIGN 2022 – REVIEW

Ten out of three

6/20/2022

Due to the pandemic, the 3daysofdesign took place this year from 15 to 17 June and once again showed how varied Scandinavian design can be. "Remember to Play" was the motto, which Luca Nichetto translated graphically. We have selected ten highlights from the numerous showrooms and exhibition areas.

INTERVIEWS

Three questions to Inga Sempé

2/1/2022

Inga Sempé is known for her delicate and playful designs. She tells us how diverse her portfolio is and what she has planned for this year.

ARCHITECTURE

Harmonious Contrasts

8/11/2021

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.

RESTAURANT

Art meets culinary arts

7/5/2021

When the buzzing creative team at Snøhetta collaborates with Bronx-based food, design and art collective Ghetto Gastro, it seems something unique is bound to happen. In this case, the culinary cultural space Burnside in Japan's capital Tokyo.

NEW WORK

Elegant neighbor

4/20/2021

The Office Group, or TOG for short, recently opened "Oper46" – a set of flexible workspaces in the center of Frankfurt/Main. We took a look around.

ARCHITECTURE

The architectural desire to travel

4/7/2021

OOAK architects have designed a holiday home on the island of Karpathos. The building stages the surrounding landscape and with its patios creates complex spatial relationships.

DESIGN

Outdoor Weather

3/16/2021

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.

NEW WORK

Working in a Kaleidoscope

2/17/2021

Designing the kind of offices that not only satisfy the demands made on modern working environments but also focus on flexibility and coziness – no easy task. For three of its current projects, multidisciplinary design studio Ippolito Fleitz has solved this challenge dynamically and with adventurous colors.

SUSTAINABILITY

Cards on the Table

1/29/2021

The time is ripe for change: Stefan Diez has formulated ten requirements that he believes products should meet. He explains the concept to us in an interview.

NEW WORK

The Changing World of Work

11/18/2020

British flexible workspace provider The Office Group is opening its first branch in Germany, “Kontorhaus Mitte” in Berlin. With this in mind, Studio Weiss–heiten has provided the office floors in the Kleihues-Karree with a harmonious update.

BAR & RESTAURANT

That leisurely twist

8/10/2020

With their Kink Bar & Restaurant, Oliver Mansaray and Daniel Scheppan recently opened a new culinary highlight in Berlin’s Pfefferberg complex – in an old disused brewery building.

DESIGN

Classy copywriting

7/4/2018

The media company Condé Nast Germany has moved to the Richard Meier Building in Munich after an extensive redesign.

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018

Celebra il design!

4/12/2018

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

FAIRS & EVENTS

Hej Copenhagen, Hej Design!

6/2/2017

Scandinavian design is best experienced in Copenhagen. Follow us on our tour through designer studios and showrooms at 3 Days of Design, the most vibrant design festival in the north.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Above all warm

2/13/2017

Red threads, wild patterns: The Scandinavians once again proved their talent for good living indoors when outdoors things are stormy and snowy – at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Pushing boundaries

2/9/2017

A stroke of luck: In his exhibition “Full House” at the MAKK in Cologne, Stefan Diez develops new perspectives on design in a globalized world and in so doing presents himself and how he works.