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BMW and Adacor: one large corporation and one medium-sized business that have both set themselves the task of creating optimal work environments and structures. So what sort of approaches have they adopted to New Work?

BAU, the world's leading trade fair for architecture, materials and systems, will be held next year as a hybrid format.

“We believe that flexibility is a crucial aspect of the modern office,” says Laura Marchina, CEO of furniture manufacturer Mara. For 60 years now the family-run business has been fielding space-saving, height-adjustable products for workplaces.

How is the world of work changing in the opinion of Tishman Speyer, an internationally active American real-estate firm? Robert Volhard spoke to Florian Reiff, who heads operations in Germany.

FREAKS Architecture integrated a hybrid structure into an industrial hall in their design for Sammode’s new research center.

Chair ladder step: "K7" by Thomas Schnur for Tecta.

Furniture from Arper offers aspiring medics at Ireland’s Royal College of Surgeons a variety of study settings.

The "WORK.CULTURE.MAP" by König + Neurath helps architects answer the question: Does my office planning match the client’s workplace culture?

The ISH – leading international trade fair for water, heating and air-conditioning, will take place exclusively in digital form next year.

Good things should be combined. That works for wine and cheese but also for ceramic tiles. An opinion shared by Mosa which is now presenting the new “Core Collection”.

In the light of the current pandemic and the renewed tightening of travel restrictions, Messe Frankfurt will not hold any physical trade fairs of its own at the Frankfurt am Main venue up to and including March 2021.

The longstanding Swiss company Bauwerk Parkett has opted for an open-plan structure for its own business premises. The optimum arrangement of individual work areas is guaranteed by the furniture from Lista Office LO.

A “power place” is a place in nature that strengthens the soul and frees the mind. A perfect example is the Ploseberg in the Dolomites, the location of the recently opened five-star Forestis Hotel, where the materials and design idiom seek to be firmly in harmony with the surroundings.

For the "Impressões" project, artists from Brazil have worked on an unusual surface: a ceramic sculpture that the Swiss sanitary ceramics manufacturer Laufen created especially for this purpose. A film documents this very special cooperation.

With its “Ports” design line, the duo Pearson Lloyd has crafted multifunctional products for Bene that work both individually and as an ensemble.

Studio Visser & Meijwaard have designed for pulpo a series of transparent cabinets and high boards called "LYN", reduced to the essentials.

What will work look like in the future? What does the modern office need? Big questions that are answered in a collaborative case study involving Wagner Living, Stefan Diez, Gonzalez Haase AAS, and Mirko Borsche that relies on the new furniture system “d2”.

Eugenio Perazza, the founder of the Italian furniture manufacturer Magis, is honoured for his life's work with the ADI Compasso D'Oro Liftetime Achievement Award 2020.

70 years Zumtobel – today the Austrian lighting specialist is one of Europe’s market leaders in the field of professional lighting systems. Where do its roots lie and where is it headed?

For the Schönbuch brand Michael Ress and Carolin Sangha have combined manufacturing standards with colorful aesthetics and made their joy of design accessible to an international target group.