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Foresight in Hindsight
ARCHITECTURE

Foresight in Hindsight

by Reinier de Graaf | 11/10/2014

Things always work out differently. Not that it stops people from loving future predictions. So who does a better job predicting things: pundits or fortune tellers?
My colleague, the Robocar
DESIGN

My colleague, the Robocar

by Laura Stresing | 11/9/2014

Many driving instructors enjoy the driver assistance systems in today's cars. The sector is not worried that piloted driving might one day cost them their job – to the contrary actually.
Frankfurt High-Rises 2010 to 2014
ARCHITECTURE

Frankfurt High-Rises 2010 to 2014

11/8/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
Frankfurt High-Rises 1990 to 2000
ARCHITECTURE

Frankfurt High-Rises 1990 to 2000

11/7/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
Frankfurt High-Rises 2000 to 2010
ARCHITECTURE

Frankfurt High-Rises 2000 to 2010

11/7/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
Frankfurt High-Rises 1980 to 1990
ARCHITECTURE

Frankfurt High-Rises 1980 to 1990

11/6/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
Frankfurt High-Rises 1970 to 1980
ARCHITECTURE

Frankfurt High-Rises 1970 to 1980

11/6/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
Frankfurt High-Rises 1950 to 1960
ARCHITECTURE

Frankfurt High-Rises 1950 to 1960

11/5/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
Bricks from top to bottom
FEATURED

Bricks from top to bottom

11/4/2014

For the extension of a museum in Sorø, Denmark, the architects chose bricks by Petersen Tegl and even used them to clad the roof.

Frankfurt High-Rises 1960 to 1970
ARCHITECTURE

Frankfurt High-Rises 1960 to 1970

11/4/2014

Frankfurt has quite a lot to offer in terms of buildings of not insubstantial and therefore praiseworthy height. So what exactly has started to scrape the Frankfurt skies? Here’s an introduction to the most important structures among them, classified by decade.
Buffaloes in the Swiss underground
FAIRS & EVENTS

Buffaloes in the Swiss underground

by Adeline Seidel | 11/4/2014

Flying parquet floorboards, a Colombian high-speed knitter and wooden buffaloes peacefully grazing: At the 15th Designers’ Saturday in Langenthal, Switzerland, the designers and manufacturers once again opted for unusual means to stage their products.
ARCHITECTURE

My colleague, the Robocar

11/3/2014

Despite assistance systems in cars, driving instructors are sure that their competence still will be needed in the future.
“The traffic in Berlin is frustrating.”
ARCHITECTURE

“The traffic in Berlin is frustrating.”

by Martin Lewicki | 11/2/2014

In Berlin, traffic often is challenging. In an interview, Susi Nestraschil talks about her own ways through the urban jungle and possibilities to improve them.

Powerless in pool and prefab
ART

Powerless in pool and prefab

by Clemens Bomsdorf | 11/2/2014

Here are the poor, there are the rich. And neither side is finding happiness – Denmark’s National Gallery in Copenhagen is dedicating a retrospective to the artist duo Elmgreen and Dragset.
Data make clothes
DESIGN

Data make clothes

by Martina Metzner | 10/31/2014

Are we soon going to be wearing “digital fashion”? Will jackets with integrated solar cells, lingerie with inbuilt GPS systems and 3D-printed garments be posing a serious threat to tried-and-tested manufacturing processes?
The New Order
FAIRS & EVENTS

The New Order

by Adeline Seidel | 10/28/2014

“New Order” is the new all-rounder by Stefan Diez for Hay: A modular system for the office and the home that can be used to structure just about any space.
Beyond the upholstered world
INTERVIEWS

Beyond the upholstered world

10/28/2014

“Allstar” and “Hack” are the two items of office furniture that Konstantin Grcic has designed for Vitra. At the Orgatec Thomas Wagner talked with him about changes in the office world and the two newcomers.
The survival of the office
FAIRS & EVENTS

The survival of the office

10/27/2014

Claesson Koivisto Rune’s Mårten Claesson explains why Swedes found the transition to open offices so easy and why you shouldn’t turn a lawyer’s office into a playground. An interview by Martina Metzner
Eight ideas for the Home Office
FAIRS & EVENTS

Eight ideas for the Home Office

by Daniel von Bernstorff | 10/27/2014

At Orgatec’s “Being Home 4+4” exhibition curated by Stylepark, eight well-known designers presented their ideas of today’s Home Office – giving their comment on it.

Using the social status to help society
ARCHITECTURE

Using the social status to help society

by Sung Gul Hwang | 10/26/2014

Team Seoul uses the car to promote social engagement as a status symbol in Korea.