Plato

Leather, hide or brocade – fashion is reveling in high-grade materials and elaborate textures. The furniture design at times remains restrained.

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.

In Milan, Nendo presented 50 Manga Chairs in the cloisters of Basilica Minore di San Simpliciano, a rocking horse for Kartell, marble tables for Marsotto Edizioni, and much more besides. Uta Abendroth spoke to Oki Sato, the mind behind Nendo, about materials, inspiration, and being Japanese.

You need courage and massive design punch to skillfully combine Punk music and Le Corbusier. Thanks to Konstantin Grcic this summer both join forces in Marseille.