Light + Building recently closed its doors to the public in Frankfurt/Main. Which topics are people still talking about? Here is Stylepark’s retrospective overview of the fair. 

A luminaire whose light source remains hidden: Stefan Diez has designed “Guise” for Vibia.

Is "Plug & Light" ushering in a new era in lighting installations? At the Light + Building, an alliance of manufacturers Gira, Jung, Insta and Brumberg presented a system based on an innovative light socket.

At Light + Building 2018 Stylepark together with Messe Frankfurt organised exclusive guided tours to the highlights of Trendspot Design in Hall 1, hosted by Stylepark founder and CEO Robert Volhard.

Successful design cannot work without the right frame. For this reason, Siedle has obtained support from the e15 furniture label for the new "Axiom" indoor station.

Parallel to Light + Building, the Biennale for Light Art and Urban Design (Luminale) illuminated Frankfurt am Main and Offenbach in a new light with numerous installations.

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

Designer Stefan Diez, e15, Vibia and Stylepark invited to an event on the occasion of the Light + Building 2018 in the e15 showroom in Frankfurt/Main.

With the architecture of the Stylepark Selected stand at the Light + Building 2018, Philipp Mainzer has created the ideal setting for the award-winning luminaires of Trendspot Design.

Lighting manufacturers have already made the leap into the digital world, which means that the Light + Building trade fair in Frankfurt/Main will be focusing less on new products and more on changed fields of use and services.

Stylepark, BDIA Hessen and Messe Frankfurt inviting architects, interior designers and designers to an Architects Cocktail at the Light + Building 2018.

"Stylepark Selected" awards 33 excellent lighting products from the Trendspot Design of the Light + Building 2018.

Unsere Bildergalerie mit den 33 von Stylepark Selected ausgezeichneten Neuheiten vom Trendspot Design der Light + Building 2018.

At Light + Building 2018, Stylepark in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt is running a daily exclusive tour of the highlights of the Trendspot Design in Hall 1.

In Hall 1 at Light + Building 2018, in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt and e15, Stylepark is opening the exhibition Stylepark Selected Light + Building 2018 | Trendspot Design with a café attached.

Max Dudler Architects renovated a baroque manor house on the river Saar and added two outbuildings. They have created a subtle play of forms, materials and quotations.

The second edition of the conference "Architecture Matters", which will take place in Munich on March 8 and 9, will examine the relationship between money, architecture and the city.

On behalf of Hyundai Motor, Asif Khan designed a pavilion for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang whose façade absorbs light.

Snøhetta's architects have added a new kitchen wing to the three-star restaurant " The French Laundry" in California.

The discounter Aldi Nord plans to create affordable housing in Berlin by combining it with its own markets.

Herzog & de Meuron have added a small snack bar to their buildings for the cable car and gondola lift on the Chäserrugg. 

There has been a marked decline in the popularity of dormitory towns. One reason might be the mediocre, sometimes incompatible architecture that seems to prevail in such areas. Atelier ST has built a modern country house near Zwickau that offers a persuasive alternative.

Belgian architecture firm Klaarchitectuur has converted a onetime chapel into its studio.

Photographer Stefan Giftthaler has captured the church buildings realized in and around Milan after World War II in a series of impressive images that exude a sense of calm.

Kate Darby and David Connor have converted the ruins of an old cottage into a guesthouse and studio in an intriguing way.

Architecture company OMA has significantly converted an existing ministry building to render it fit for a new purpose. 

The new Musée Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakesh is the expression of the designer’s life-long love of North Africa.

Architecture studio Delordinaire has built a slender, modern chalet in a Canadian skiing area.

NL Architects have designed a kindergarten and primary school complex in Knokke in Belgium that certainly stands the usual school hierarchy on its head. 

Architect Bruno Dias has created a remarkable courtyard in the small Portuguese town of Ansião, effortlessly combining intimacy and stringency.

The Heatherwick Studio has carved out the inside of an old grain silo to create an Expressionist sculpture that doubles up as the new “Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa” in Cape Town.

When in 1986 the two art collectors were looking for an architect to build them a holiday home on Mallorca, they happened to meet a young unknown architect from England: John Pawson. He did not design a house for their plot but a large castle – that can be rented today.

The architects at OMA have for the first time designed a university building: "Lab City" for the elite Parisian college CentraleSupélec.

The built future optimism of the 1970s can currently be viewed at the “Utopie Plastic” exhibition in Friche de l’Escalette near Marseille.

The bulldozer has rolled in. The demolition of Robin Hood Gardens has started. An obit. In praise of the best concrete in East London.

On Römerberg, in the middle of Frankfurt’s Old City, Meixner Schlüter Wendt have created an archetypical building of glass that appears to be suspended in space.

The new Historisches Museum Frankfurt building designed by Lederer Ragnarsdottir Oei has divided the architectural community. Peter Cachola Schmal, Director of Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt explains why it is successful.

North Italian architects Bergmeister Wolf have extended a house on Lake Garda with a simple and yet spectacular annex.

Matter Design and FR|SCH have designed a sophisticated architectural play structure for a place with special architectural significance.

For their cultural project "Allmeinde Commengrounds" Katia und Gerold Schneider rebuild an old stable building. There they show currently the subtle photographs taken by Walter Niedermayr.

The curators for the German contribution of "Unbuilding Walls" at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice have been announced: Graft Architects and Marianne Birthler.

Note Design Studio presents its first Building: the “Villa Esker”.

In 1984, Australian architect and Pritzker Prize winner Glenn Murcutt designed a simple house for the Magney family in New South Wales, Australia. 33 years later it has become an architectural icon.

A good dozen high-rises are set to be built in Frankfurt/Main over the next five years. An overview of the high-rise architecture of tomorrow: some of it exciting or strident, some less so.

It’s easy to fall into the trap of only judging a building by its façade. Especially if it is as eye-catching as "Silo" in Copenhagen, designed by Cobe Architects.

Studio Joanna Laajisto has created office spaces for an international agency that staff have already made into their second home.   

The architects at Snøhetta have created a convincing and very contemporary store interior for Aesop in London by drawing on a traditional architectural element.

Rar Studio has in Lisbon completely redefined an apartment in the Terraços de Bragança.

New York City-based “OA” architects have transformed two Manhattan apartments into a cleverly structured loft spanning an entire floor.

The gastro-specialists at Blacksheep have designed a Kazakh-European hotel restaurant in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana.

Should you desire a different backdrop to silky béton brut, why not hire Coco Chanel’s erstwhile apartment for your photoshoot.

The restaurant “Ernst” in Berlin’s Wedding district unites the excellent cuisine of Dylan Watson-Brawn with the extraordinary architecture of Gonzalez Haase to create a very special experience.

Architecture offices Bernardi Peschard and Blancas Moran have designed a villa in Mexico City that is firmly in the tradition of Latin American mid-century architecture.

The small French hotel chain Okko seeks to win out in the tight market for four-star city hotels – thanks to its design concept. Patrick Norguet designed the latest hotel, in Strasbourg.

The architecture studio “Von M” has transformed a spacious apartment in Munich’s Glockenbach district into an open-plan studio.

With their “New Work Project,” the interior design studio The New Design Object has created an elegant co-working space in New York City.

In Copenhagen’s North Harbor a new lease of life has been found for a former coal crane – in the form of a hideaway that doubles up as a show of Danish design prowess.

For the Stuttgart Restaurant “Enso Sushi und Grill” DIA – Dittel Architekten serve up Japanese restraint coupled with European seating.

Swedish fashion label Acne Studios has in the last two years given its new stores a signature look in stainless steel. The store that just opened in Milan is a bit of an exception.

Pauline Deltour does not want to be pigeonholed – and nor should she be. After all, her furniture designs are just as convincing as her fashion or indeed the bicycle she has just designed. 

“Architektur&Wohnen” magazine honored Marcel Wanders as their “Designer of the Year” at the private view of imm cologne 2018.

The sofa “Paipaï” is part of Stylepark Selected 2018. Thomas Edelmann spoke to its designers about folding foam, the home as an Archimedean point, and their response to the endless stringing together of identical boxes.

Jan Kath designs and produces extravagant hand-knotted and hand-tufted carpets. Jasmin Jouhar spoke to him about his floor work.

In the last nine years imm cologne has changed appreciably under its Creative Director Dick Spierenburg. Fabian Peters spoke to the designer about innovative concepts,and his "side job" at the Museum of Applied Art Cologne.

Alexandre de Betak has reinvented fashion shows as multi-sensory events featuring monumental productions and original ideas.

Vizona is back! Matthias Hummel was appointed the new CEO of the shop-fitting expert in July 2017. Robert Volhard and Fabian Peters spoke with him about the company. 

Do we need more sweeping changes to the interplay between building and mobility? Christian Gärtner from Urban Standards about the steps needed for a new mobility policy.

The store furnishings of Berlin-based architecture studio Gonzalez Haase break with conventions. This is demonstrated by a pop-up store for Birkenstock and is the talk of the town – even in Parisian haute couture circles.

On the edge of a national park near Barcelona project developer and gallery owner Christian Bourdais has teamed up with 15 architects to build 15 holiday homes that he believes will revolutionize residential living. Florian Heilmeyer met him and asked how this is going to evolve.

Architect Walter Segal developed a system that enabled you to design your own home and indeed even build it yourself. The result was two neighborhoods in south London that precisely in an age of housing shortages certainly bear revisiting.

Werner Aisslinger and Tina Bunyaprasit have designed a watch for Nomos that draws some of its inspiration from the past and yet represents new territory for the watch manufacturer in several respects.

We are still tethered to our electronic gadgets and devices – for now. But thanks to wireless electricity transmission, the entire furnishings of our homes and offices are set to become charging stations.

With its Genius Building at Milan Fashion Week, Moncler revealed an experimentation laboratory for designers.

At the upcoming Salone del Mobile Cos is cooperating with the artist Phillip K. Smith III.

Scandinavian design is booming worldwide. And the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair is the showcase of the prospering industry. This year the fair has done a lot to become even more attractive. Our review.

The Paris-based gallery A1043 explores the borderline between design-related art and art-related design.

The label Flexound has developed a cushion that literally touches you with sounds.

Todd Bracher's "Vessel" luminaire offers glare-free light with a cylinder made of quartz crystal.

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.

"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.

Jung is celebrating the LS 900 with a very special installation forming part of the “Stylepark Selected” exhibition at Museum of Applied Arts Cologne.

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

The Featured Editions are presented at the imm cologne for the sixth time. And this year we present the winners for the best installations.

Studio Besau-Marguerre has not only revamped Authentics color-wise, it has also expanded it to include clever products.

Stylepark honors the 20 most interesting innovations at imm cologne 2018.

The aesthetics of architecture in the urban environment by night is brought to the fore by Zumtobel’s “Supersystem outdoor” and “Nightsight” lighting solutions.  

This year Domotex repositioned itself with a new trend section: Alongside inspiring installations by artists, there was a spectacular display of new design floors, laminates and carpets – which allow for personalized solutions thanks to state-of-the-art digital technologies.

Design research agency FranklinTill presented the current color and material trends for the textile industry at Heimtextil in Frankfurt.

Just a few more days and then “Stylepark Selected imm cologne 2018” opens in Cologne’s Museum of Applied Art (MAKK). An exclusive look at the event accompanying the international furniture fair.

LG has launched mass production of its “Gen 5 OLED” light panels and presents the OLED displays under the brand name "Luflex".

Canadian designer Philippe Malouin gives pressed stainless-steel tubes a new function.

With their label Please wait to be seated Thomas Ibsen and Peter Mahler Sørensen want to create products that have what it takes to become design classics.

French designer Pierre Charrié researches the influence of everyday objects on our five senses.

Carl Hansen & Søn used the intense colors of gemstones as inspiration for the covers of the Shell Chair CH07.

Stylepark and Delta Light recently went on a journey of discovery in Belgium accompanied by architects and specialized journalists.

The Adam Brussels Design Museum in Brussels hosts the world’s first solo show on the work of Peter Ghyczy.

New York’s Matter gallery is hosting a solo show of products by Objects of Common Interest entitled “New Reflections” – it runs through December 9, 2017.

They are resolutely committed to the design process, in search of archetypes, and have come up with a surprise for Stylepark Selected at the MAKK: A visit to Ana Relvão and Gerhardt Kellermann’s studio.

The artists and interior architects at New York’s “Snarkitecture” have built a huge marble run in Seoul. 

In its Berlin outlet Bocci is showing its latest creations in a spectacular presentation.

There are many architects who are passionate about designing not only buildings, but also small structures for everyday use. Why is that so?

Outdoor home comforts: With “Atmosphere” for Gloster, Cecilie Manz has created an elegant collection for relaxing outdoors. 

Gagosian Gallery in Le Bourget outside Paris is showing a solo show by William Forsythe titled “Choreographic Objects”.

Ana Relvão and Gerhardt Kellermann like to get down to basics when the talk turns to designs. For the Cor Lab, the redesigned the room divider completely.

Parisian Galerie A1043 presents furniture by Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo.

Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York City presents Mathieu Lehanneur’s furniture sculptures in a solo show entitled “Ocean Memories”.

Feria Habitat Valencia is back – thankfully. We cast a glance at the novelties from the South.

They do exist – items for life with a smartphone and a laptop that are as carefully considered as they are well designed. Users need look no further than the label Nolii, founded by British designer Benjamin Hubert.

Arts and crafts have always got on fabulously in Vienna. The “Vienna Design Week” takes up the thread and skillfully explores all the different things that pop up under an expanded design concept. 

It is not only the architecture of the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris that is iconic, but also its interior. Pride of place there goes to Eero Saarinen’s “Conference Chair”, which is now set to furnish the building in a new version.

Material and magic: Vitra Design Museum in Weil is celebrating the outstanding designer duo of Charles and Ray Eames not just with one, but with no less than four exhibitions.

Woman equals pink, weak and cute, man is automatically blue, strong and hard-edged? The iphiGenia Gender Design Award makes a stand against conventional stereotypes.

For all those who don’t like the idea of abseiling in the Alps, but still have a penchant for ropes: the new table by Moormann, called “Seiltänzer” – rope dancer.

With its highly precise, pared back furniture the Berlin label New Tendency has made itself an international name. With “New Tendency+” they are expanding their portfolio to include customizing.

If car models become increasingly similar, then only the radiator grille and the marque logo remain to distinguish them.

Thomas Wagner spoke to Christopher Weil, in charge of Exterior Design at MINI, about the “MINI Electric Concept” and the “MINI John Cooper Works GP Concept”.

The “Vienna Design Week” has been a firm fixture for some years now. And it will get its 11th airing from September 29 through October 8.

Designers Aust & Amelung, Relvao Kellermann, Studio Pauline Deltour and Uwe Fischer have developed furniture for the “Cor Lab” that create comfy working zones.

“Grand Basel” is the name of the auto salon that is setting out to attract more than just collectors and design aficionados as of next year. The concept was presented in Basel – along with the one or other dream of a car.

It is not just young designer Qian Jiang’s works that are outstanding – a look at the five other designers nominated is well worth while. 

Hans Lensvelt happened upon it at a workshop held by Atelier van Lieshout. And now it has gone into production: The “AVL Lazy Modernist” is a reclining armchair and thoroughly modern.

A scoop of refinement: Nendo has developed a dispenser for powdered soy sauce for a restaurant in Kyoto.

Jongha Choi has designed seating that when folded up can be hung like a print on the wall.

Design studio “Form us with love” has created a new version of the wristwatch model for TID Watches.