--- title: "Magazin" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/news" language: "en" type: "magazin" page: 49 description: "The Stylepark Magazine reports on outstanding projects and products, industry-relevant events and personalities from design, architecture and art. Read more:" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Magazin [INTERVIEWS Setting new standards 3/17/2021 Antonio Linares, Senior Managing Director Laufen and CNEE Division in an interview about the fascination of the bathroom, attractive markets and the importance of "Swissness".](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/laufen-ceramics-antonio-linares-interview) [ISH Smart Trends 3/16/2021 From March 22 thru 26, the ISH will be bringing the members of the HVAC and water industries together online. We spoke to Jens Wischmann, Managing Director of the German Sanitary Industry Association (VDS) about this year’s design trends and new technological developments in the bathroom.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/ish-digital-smart-technology-water) [FEATURED Fun with façades 3/16/2021 In Bochum, ACMS Architekten have designed a student residence based on the “Variowohnen” flexible housing concept. For the façade, they made use of “öko skin” courtesy of Rieder, a form of cladding comprising slatted wall panels made of fiberglass-reinforced concrete.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/rieder-oekoskin-student-residence-bochum) [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.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/novelties-stage-outdoor-summer) [SUSTAINABILITY STYLEPARK Talk @Clubhouse #2: Sustainable Design 3/15/2021 Sustainable design – what matters now? Is the call for sustainability in design a trend or is a change in values taking place? Is the designation "sustainable" being given too lightly? We discussed these and other questions on March 18, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. on Clubhouse.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stylepark-talk-clubhouse-2-sustainable-design) [STYLEPARK PEDRALI Woven wonder 3/15/2021 An armchair and a lounge armchair like a gentle summer breeze. Pedrali’s "Panarea" collection by CMP Design lends a new twist to classic wickerwork.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/pedrali-panarea-chair-cmp-design) [RESTAURANT Born of fire 3/12/2021 In 2020, Argentinian restaurant Gran Fierro relocated, and at its second location in Prague’s new town the renowned Czech design collective Formafatal again dreamed up the interior design. The main inspiration? Fire and coal.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/gran-fierro-restaurant-prague-formafatal) [INTERVIEWS STYLEPARK ZOOM IN with Amandus Samsøe Sattler 3/11/2021 Amandus Samsøe Sattler on the urgency current initiatives for buildings of the future.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stylepark-zoom-in-mit-amandus-samsoe-sattler) [STYLEPARK BURGBAD A feeling for harmony 3/10/2021 For its “Max” collection, burgbad combines traditional craftsmanship with modern expectations to create a grounded cozy feeling in the bathroom.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/burgbad-max-craftsmanship) [STYLEPARK WAGNER Redefining Boundaries 3/9/2021 In WAGNER Design Lab, architects Titus Bernhard and Andreas Weissenbach have recently realized a giant display window for Wagner. Thanks to Stefan Diez’s flexible “d2” system, its interior can be used flexibly for anything from a showroom to a work environment.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/wagner-living-wagnerdesignlab-d2-stefan-diez-titus-bernhard-andreas-weissenbach) [INTERVIEWS STYLEPARK-Talk @Clubhouse #1: Design – Original vs. Plagiarism 3/8/2021 Where are the limits to plagiarism in design? How can you recognize a design imitation? And how can designers protect their own creative work? We discussed these and other questions in a relaxed round of experts on Clubhouse.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stylepark-talk-clubhouse-1-design-vs-plagiarism) [ARCHITECTURE A funky old-timer 3/5/2021 LOT Architects have given an old townhouse in Brooklyn a radical rejuvenation treatment. The result is one thing above all: blue.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/lot-architects-blue-building-brooklyn-bushwick-monochrom) [DESIGN USM 2021: A world of plants 3/5/2021 USM offers with a new extension for the popular Haller modular furniture system the possibility to green rooms in style and in no time.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/usm-2021-world-of-plants) [SUSTAINABILITY Fresh and functional 3/4/2021 For their design of a London townhouse, Office S&M recycled milk bottles, chopping boards, marble and bricks to use as building materials – and brought a splash of real color to create a new dynamic in the rooms.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/office-sm-mo-tel-house-colour-london-interior-design) [ARCHITECTURE Estrangement of the familiar 3/3/2021 The two architectural firms of Young & Ayata and Michan Architecture joined forces to design a residential building in Mexico City. The result features an expressive concrete façade that provides for subtle agitation.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/architecture-young-ayata-michan-mexico) [NEW WORK Breaking the Grid 3/2/2021 With their Douglas House in London’s West End, Note Design Studio has created a new feel-good place for flexible working. In the process, the Swedish collective has given this 1930s building a gentle nudge and a slight wave.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/note-design-studio-tog-douglas-house-london) [STYLEPARK RAFFLE Wire curl 3/1/2021 Stylepark raffles off one "Accroche cœur" coat rack by Fermob](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stylepark-raffle-fermob-accroche-c%C5%93ur) [FEATURED Water and values 3/1/2021 Quality, aesthetics, courage and heart – guiding principles that characterise the traditional Fantini company and the design of its high-quality bathroom and kitchen fittings.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/fantini-fittings-water-piemont) [SUSTAINABILITY Stick, twist – live 2/26/2021 There are many facets to sustainable construction. This house sounds the way it looks – the Wikkelhouse (twisted house) by Amsterdam-based studio Fiction Factory is manufactured as a modular lightweight construction made of virgin-fiber paperboard that can be put up on site quickly without problems or complications.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/wikkelhouse-fiction-factory-amsterdam-sustainability-modular-architecture) [DESIGN Freifrau 2021: GRACE 2/26/2021 "Grace" - that is the name of the new chair by the Hoffmann Kahleyss design studio for Freifrau. Elegance and particularly strong material form the basis.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/freifrau-2021-grace-hoffmann-kahleyss) [INTERVIEWS Three questions to Marialaura Rossiello Irvine 2/25/2021 Marialaura Rossiello Irvine leads the interdisciplinary design studio Irvine in Milan. In this interview, she tells us what she is currently working on, what her creative approach is and what Italian design needs today.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/marialaura-rossiello-irvine-three-questions) [ISH Clever and clean 2/24/2021 From March 22 to 26, 2021, ISH digital will bring together the sanitary, heating and air conditioning industry. In the fields of "Energy" and "Water", the world’s leading trade fair for water, heating and air conditioning will be busy showcasing current trends and for five whole days offer visitors the chance to network digitally, see innovations and become acquainted with product highlights.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/ish-digital-water-heat-climate) [COLUMN Less for More 2/24/2021 The “Van B” residential building in Munich hopes to provide answers to the housing questions of our time. Our author took a closer look at the concept behind it.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/column-unstudio-building-capital-housing) [FEATURED The sofa, revolutionized 2/23/2021 What if we completely rethought the sofa? – this question brought Magis together with Stefan Diez for a joint experiment: a flexible system.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/magis-costume-sofa-stefan-diez) [DESIGN Fragile work of art 2/22/2021 The “AXOR MyEdition” competition has been decided. It was won by architect and interior designer Katrin Engl whose design addresses the beauty and fragility of nature.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/axor-myedition-competition-places-iceland) [DESIGN Fermob 2021: APLO 2/22/2021 "Aplo" by Tristan Lohner for Fermob brings dynamism to lighting: conceived as mobile, it offers numerous uses in the form of a light bulb.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/fermob-2020-aplo) [DESIGN New alliances 2/19/2021 UNNO – “One” is the name of the first digital gallery for contemporary Latin-American design. For the program, Maria Dolores Uribe and Laura Abe Vettoretti have chosen items that unite traditional craftsmanship and contemporary trends.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/unno-gallery-design-mexiko-maria-dolores-uribe-laura-abe-vettoretti) [STYLEPARK ZUMTOBEL No compromises 2/18/2021 edding has opened its first tattoo shop in Hamburg – and here, Zumtobel’s flexible lighting solutions are an important factor in guaranteeing precise lines.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/edding-tattoo-zumtobel-hamburg) [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.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/designstudio-ippolito-fleitz-new-work-colour) [ARCHITECTURE New Stylepark building receives the German Brick Award 2021 2/16/2021 NKBAK's new Stylepark building in Frankfurt am Main has been awarded the renowned German Brick Award.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/german-brick-prize-nkbak-stylepark) [ARCHITECTURE Super landmark for Germany 2/16/2021 Architecture can be beautiful. It can impress, influence and frighten, it can be serious – but above all architecture can definitely be fun! Take WERK12 by MVRDV and N-V-O in Munich’s Werksviertel-Mitte that was named best new building in Germany and awarded the DAM Prize 2021.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/dam-mvrdv-nvo-werk12) [ARCHITECTURE Double height 2/15/2021 More light, more space, and great calm: In Copenhagen, David Thulstrup applied typical Scandinavian coolness and architectural precision in extending a private apartment upwards and completely rethinking its layout.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/studio-david-attic-flat-in-copenhagen) [DESIGN Fresh design from Sweden 2/12/2021 "Room Service": final-year students at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm have collaborated with Sweden's leading furniture manufacturers to develop product prototypes that are being presented as a hybrid exhibition during the current Stockholm Design Week.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/beckmans-stockholm-design-week) [NEW WORK Communications machine 2/12/2021 The new media campus OMA has designed for the Axel Springer Publishing Group sees itself as the concrete manifestation of a hypothesis about the end of classic office structures. The fact that in the digital age we urgently need enough space for communications and the exchange of opinions is something that the current pandemic has no doubt brought home to us once again.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/axel-springer-publishing-group-media-campus-oma-architects-new-work) [INTERVIEWS A new exchange 2/11/2021 Originally, the X-D-E-P-O-T at the Die Neue Sammlung in Munich was supposed to open its doors in November 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening was put back until this spring. We talked to its director Angelika Nollert in advance about the curatorial concept behind it.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/xdepot-munich-design-museum-pinakothek) - [1](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news.md?page=1) - [2](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news.md?page=2) - [3](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news.md?page=3) - … - [47](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news.md?page=47) - [48](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news.md?page=48) - [49](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news.md?page=49) - [50](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news.md?page=50) - [51](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news.md?page=51) - … - [154](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news.md?page=154) - [155](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news.md?page=155) - [156](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news.md?page=156)