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The digital sculptor
DESIGN

The digital sculptor

by Sara Bertsche |

Many items that previously had to be painstakingly made today can be realized using CNC milling. Not only does the process permit complex forms to be made quickly and precisely, some design classic also benefits from this digital manufacturing technique.

Vera & Kyte
INTERVIEWS

Vera & Kyte

: whisk us away into Norway’s wilderness and flirt with Memphis in the process.
The Rasch Brother’s universe
FAIRS & EVENTS

The Rasch Brother’s universe

by Thomas Edelmann |

An exhibition at Marta Herford juxtaposes the lifework of Heinz and Bodo Rasch to built and dreamed utopias of the 1960s and artistic projects of today. The show attempts too much, but is still well worth a visit.

Will donate data. Save the city
ARCHITECTURE

Will donate data. Save the city

by Ludwig Engel |

The Audi Urban Future Award 2014 goes to Mexico City. With their proposal for an “operating system for urban mobility”, the interdisciplinary research group centering on José Castillo won out against teams from Boston, Berlin, and Seoul.
Innovative from the ground up
FAIRS & EVENTS

Innovative from the ground up

by Martina Metzner |

Explore new prospects: The Innovations@DOMOTEX at DOMOTEX, the world’s key trade fair for carpets and floor coverings, invites you to discover innovative and persuasively designed floor coverings, to gather new info at the talks and guided tours – and expand your network.
Foresight in Hindsight
ARCHITECTURE

Foresight in Hindsight

by Reinier de Graaf |

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 |

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 |

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 |

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?