by Anna Moldenhauer | 3/27/2017
Dinesen has outfitted an old Copenhagen blacksmith’s workshop that has been converted into a home with "HeartOak"-planks.
by Thomas Wagner | 3/27/2017
The design scene is soon set to meet up once again in Milan where it will riotously celebrate a festival of creativity centered around the Salone del Mobile. Following a crisis-induced pause for breath, the pace of things is stepping up again.
3/23/2017
The bathroom of tomorrow will also involve healthcare. At the ISH Thomas Wagner spoke with Andreas Dornbracht about the new concept of the LifeSpa and general trends in the bathroom experience.
by Thomas Edelmann | 3/22/2017
Get rid of those old bulky things and bring in new design radiators – for example colorful ones with a matt finish or specially backlit.
by Anna Moldenhauer | 3/22/2017
It’s not always easy to find design ideas for small bathrooms. So all the nicer that at the ISH you can even view stylish systems for compact rooms, too.
by Thomas Wagner | 3/22/2017
Be it split logs or pellets, heating using renewable materials is being optimized by the minute. Pellet stoves are now digitally controlled and can be integrated into your heating system.
The washlet, invented by the Japanese, is now being championed in Europe. Toto presents “Neorest,” a mixture of motorcycle seat and space capsule.
by Fabian Peters | 3/22/2017
Gold, silver and bronze for fittings at the ISH. Almost enough to give you wings.
by Thomas Edelmann | 3/20/2017
For many manufacturers, be it of bathroom or heating appliances, electronics is the key. Sometimes this results in gimmicks, other times in convincing innovations.
by Martina Metzner | 3/20/2017
Be it ceramic or solid surface materials – alongside bowls with extremely fine edges there are now extra-large washbasins with integrated rests and extravagant models from the star designers.
by Thomas Wagner | 3/20/2017
The ISH is truly a fair that focuses on the future. Here, everything revolves very practically around water, energy and climate. And wherever you look you encounter the image of the digital worker.
by Anna Moldenhauer | 3/20/2017
Mosa has fitted out the four-star hotel Van der Valk in Antwerp with the new, enlarged “Solids” tiles.
You can take a shower anytime. Those who appreciate luxury and coziness can’t do without them: The bathtub is returning to the bathroom as a freestanding feature.
Colt International has installed an extensive fire ventilation system in the new Docks shopping center in Brussels.
by Anna Moldenhauer | 3/17/2017
The bathroom as wet room has well and truly served its purpose. At the ISH it is clear: In future, fitness and healthcare will take place in the home. And even include automatic urine analysis.
by Florian Heilmeyer | 3/14/2017
Instead of enjoying the view from just one room, guests at the new ski lodge “Oberholz” in the Italian Dolomites have a choice of three, each of whose panorama windows faces a different mountain.
Fuhrimann Hächler toyed with the temporary nature of rural architecture when converting an old farmhouse in Switzerland.
by Jasmin Jouhar | 3/14/2017
Bathrooms are becoming homelier: With Bette Lux Oval Couture a freestanding bathtub is now available whose exterior is covered with colored fabric. We spoke to designer Dominik Tesseraux.
by Fabian Peters | 3/13/2017
by Jasmin Jouhar | 3/13/2017
Designer Werner Aisslinger was responsible for the interior design of the new Stockholm hotel “Hobo”, set to open next week. He explained his concept on a car ride through Berlin.