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Get your teeth into it
FAIRS & EVENTS

Get your teeth into it

by Stylepark Unbekannt |

For its October 2014 edition, the Biennale Interieur in Kortrijk has launched the new “Spaces” Design Award for hospitality concepts – and is now collaborating with the French creative camp Domaine de Boisbuchet.
Cantina Florio
FEATURED

Cantina Florio

Petter’s perfect landing
DESIGN

Petter’s perfect landing

by Uta Abendroth |

His search for an alarm clock and the ensuing frustration were cause enough. The experience prompted Petter Neby to establish his own company for electrical home appliances – Punkt. So far it sells three products, and they are the quintessence of Neby’s design philosophy: Keep it simple and pure, and make it to last.
Speed Pitch for the Audi Urban Future Award 2014
FAIRS & EVENTS

Speed Pitch for the Audi Urban Future Award 2014

by Stylepark Unbekannt |

Decide which US-Team of creative thinkers and enablers should take part at the Audi Urban Future Award 2014!The candidates in the speed pitch have widely differing interpretations of the data theme. Team 1 analyzes the question of which mobility services people want. Team 2 puts its faith in research results from the field of gamification. Team 3’s thesis is that data can create precious space in combination with technologies for cities and their residents.

With merry wishes
DESIGN

With merry wishes

Our Stylepark team gathered, snapped shots and committed them to paper: Best wishes for a happy holiday season and a joyous new year!
Revitalization at the touch of a switch
ARCHITECTURE

Revitalization at the touch of a switch

by Jochen Stöckmann |

It was not so much aesthetic architectural approaches that were called for as temporary solutions with a socio-cultural touch: For the second time Berlin has challenged Europe’s architects to submit entries for the “Urban Intervention Award”. A prize somewhere between “cute” and “best practice”.
Incompleted: Frankfurt at a glance
ARCHITECTURE

Incompleted: Frankfurt at a glance

by Peter Cachola Schmal |

On behalf of Stylepark, the Director of Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) takes a close look at DOM Publishers’ new “Architectural Guide to Frankfurt/Main”.
Domotex & Stylepark: Rolling out the carpet
FAIRS & EVENTS

Domotex & Stylepark: Rolling out the carpet

“Innovations@Domotex” is a new concept that prepares the ground for architects and designers in the run-up to and at the upcoming Domotex. The platform curated by Stylepark offers plenty of possibilities here, including a special website, a trend forum, lectures, guided tours and a pocket-size brochure.
Marbrerie Lampertz
FEATURED

Marbrerie Lampertz

Cantonal, red, tricky
DESIGN

Cantonal, red, tricky

by Michael Kasiske |

Moritz Schmid, This Weber and Jörg Boner represent a new generation of Swiss designers, who are beginning to step out from behind the shadows of design heavyweights such as Alfredo Häberli and Hannes Wettstein. A tour of their workshop gives you a great idea of their creative work/output.
Precise, coherent, Zwicky
FAIRS & EVENTS

Precise, coherent, Zwicky

by Michael Kasiske |

Whether it’s Max Bill’s “Ulmer Hocker” in red or storage boxes that call to mind overseas trunks: The interior design show “Neue Räume” presents all things familiar – in a fresh look. A concept that goes down a real treat with the Swiss clientele.
Rethinking surfaces
INTERVIEWS

Rethinking surfaces

Jürgen Mayer H. is the brain behind the extraordinary surface designs set to catch the eye at “Innovations@Domotex", on show as part of the upcoming Domotex. Oliver G. Hamm chatted with the Berlin-based architect about exhibition architecture and the impact the 1970s have had on his creative work.
On hold – The intangible legacy of the past decade
ARCHITECTURE

On hold – The intangible legacy of the past decade

by Reinier de Graaf |

The 2008 crisis resulted in a large number of planning operations being suspended. Will the pre-crisis boom go down in the annals of history as an aberration, or prove only to be a precursor of things to come?
Floor studies engaging the senses
FAIRS & EVENTS

Floor studies engaging the senses

For a long time floors attracted little attention, if any. Thankfully, those days are over. Things are looking up in the world of flooring. Which is great news, and not just for the eye.
Carpet design as the pinnacle
INTERVIEWS

Carpet design as the pinnacle

Steffen Kehrle has landed on the floor. Or the carpet, to be precise. For “Flooring Deluxe”, the special exhibition at this year’s Domotex, the designer teamed up with Dura and together they produced creations that call to mind the paintings by Jackson Pollock. In conversation with Nora Khereddine, Kehrle explains why this collaboration is here to stay.
São Paulo: Using city, making city
FAIRS & EVENTS

São Paulo: Using city, making city

by Isabel Martinez Abascal |

Instead of foregrounding architects and architecture, the X. São Paulo Architecture Biennale addresses the cities and transforms the Brazilian metropolis itself into one gigantic exhibition space. Our author Isabel Martinez Abascal set off for Stylepark and visited the Biennial sites, discovering many controversial city views along the way.
Grasping carpets
INTERVIEWS

Grasping carpets

Domotex, second time. For the next round in January Stefan Diez is back on board. This time as the chairman of the jury of the newly-created “Innovations@Domotex” platform. The Munich-based designer chats here about his renewed involvement, the oohs and aahs of floor coverings, and his preference for made-to-fit, hand-made carpets.
Over-the-counter masterpieces
ART

Over-the-counter masterpieces

by Martina Metzner |

A year ago Amsterdam’s Rijksmusum launched its Rijksstudio, an online platform that allows users to download images of the museum's artworks for free and edit them at will. Sellout or seductive?
Beautiful homes rising from the dust
ARCHITECTURE

Beautiful homes rising from the dust

Neat glossy pictures of gorgeous buildings and smart interiors shape the face of architecture in today’s media age. But if you take the plunge and treat your house or apartment to a makeover, you will soon find yourself confronted with noise, dust, dirt – and those who cause it.
New threads and colors
FAIRS & EVENTS

New threads and colors

by Jochen Stöckmann |

At Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg you can admire how artistic woven and knotted products can be – and how they can grace installations, canvases and house façades. The “Art & Textiles” exhibition featuring works from Beuys to Richter is more than merely another thread in the argument.