--- title: "Design" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design" language: "en" type: "articleType" page: 42 description: "Design" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Design [DESIGN Lounge, don’t sit 4/1/2016 “Pasha” by Konstantin Grcic or SCP The idea he had back in the 1990s has now been realized as a sofa.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/lounge-dont-sit) [DESIGN A healer of souls with head and heart 3/26/2016 Eames called him a “Florentine magpie”. With “A Designer’s Universe” the Vitra Design Museum is hosting a very interesting retrospective on Alexander Girard.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/a-healer-of-souls-with-head-and-heart) [FEATURED The stretching table 3/21/2016](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/the-stretching-table) [STYLEPARK GIRA Freely connected 3/21/2016 An App blend virtual and physical realities. Stefan Carsten spoke to product designer Valentin Heun about his “Reality Editor”.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/freely-connected) [STYLEPARK GIRA I am the Smart Home 3/19/2016 Digitalization of living spaces changes architecture. How we will interact with rooms in the future?](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/i-am-the-smart-home) [STYLEPARK AXOR A rush of water feelings 3/17/2016 Tubular water scenarios: the “ReAct” water installation by brandherm + krumrey interior design remains highly promising, even after the competition as part of the “Axor Inspiration Projects”.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/a-rush-of-water-feelings) [STYLEPARK GIRA A wooden house with remote control 3/16/2016 Idyllic living in Germany’s Oberbergisches Land region: Thanks to KNX networking and Gira building communication, no energy is wasted in architect Alexandra Schmitz’ home.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/a-wooden-house-with-remote-control) [STYLEPARK GIRA Wannabe Jedis 3/16/2016 You can control all sorts of things with a movement of your hand. Ludwig Engel talks to gesture researcher Julius Hassemer.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/wannabe-jedis) [STYLEPARK GIRA The House-O-Mat 3/14/2016 Post-War Modernism promised to make everyday life easier – at the press of a button. Is digitalization simply continuing that trend?](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/the-house-o-mat) [DESIGN Three-slice menu 3/2/2016 Can an iconic post-War building be reactivated by adding a restaurant?Irina Kromayer and Etienne Descloux show how - with "Pheonix" inDüsseldorf's Dreischeibenhaus](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/three-slice-menu) [DESIGN Bobble your Life 2/22/2016 If grouted seams are tight, you need a fine brush: The Ambiente showcases all sorts of highly practical, at times beautiful and often entirely superfluous things.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/bobble-your-life) [DESIGN Authentic Passion 2/18/2016 The "German Design Awards 2016" prize-giving ceremony took place during the Ambiente. The justifications given for the awards and the characterization of the products say a lot about how design promotion is currently construed.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/authentic-passion) [FEATURED Take receipt of parcels at any time 2/17/2016](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/take-receipt-of-parcels-at-any-time) [DESIGN The Discourse of Things 2/17/2016 No reason to immediately send out a Mayday call: The speech in honor of Konstantin Grcic at the official ceremony presenting the 2016 "German Design Award Personality".](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/the-discourse-of-things) [DESIGN In the comfort zone 2/16/2016 At this year’s Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair the Scandinavians show how much we long for homeliness.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/in-the-comfort-zone) [DESIGN Good night guaranteed 2/15/2016 Relax, read or work – bedrooms have long since ceased to only be used for sleeping. Assuming the bed is comfy and flexible – and cuts a fine figure, too.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/good-night-guaranteed) [DESIGN A bed for the stars of the media age 2/12/2016 Sleep or simply doze during the day – a thing of the past. Today, the bed drifts in a veritable ocean of information. Lying down is no longer about resting, but about moving.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/a-bed-for-the-stars-of-the-media-age) [DESIGN Hello, welcome, I am Jean Paul Gaultier 1/27/2016 The Jean Paul Gaultier retrospective at the Hypo-Kulturstiftung art gallery in Munich shows why fashion is increasingly present(ed) in museums and art institutions: Haute couturiers not only appeal to a larger audience, but also change the nature of displays.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/hello-welcome-i-am-jean-paul-gaultier) [DESIGN Flooring stories 1/19/2016 Floors are getting whiter and parquets now have a face: A tour of the Domotex.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/flooring-stories) [DESIGN Narrow narratives 1/13/2016 All objects, signs and even services are meant to tell stories – and the object as such to disappear.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/narrow-narratives) [DESIGN Downhilling!! 1/8/2016 High-end ski makers by no means just prioritize innovative technologies and materials. Their models boast clear and superlative visual lines, too.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/downhilling) [DESIGN Better than demolition 1/6/2016 It all comes back to Ferdinand Kramer. With the exhibition “Line Form Function”, Frankfurt’s Deutsches Architekturmuseum is presenting a show that is really worth seeing on Kramer’s architectural legacy. At the same time, the City of Frankfurt looks set to abandon this legacy and have the buildings torn down in the near future.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/better-than-demolition) [DESIGN Closing fast 29: Happy Hours 12/29/2015 In the run-up to New Year’s Eve you quickly realize what it was you always felt you simply had to own: a portable bar hamper for the road.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/closing-fast-29-happy-hours) [DESIGN Closing fast 27: Drops of light 12/27/2015 The”Melt and recreate” luminaire by Siri Bahlenberg and Sofia Bergfeldt is a good lesson in the eternal cycle of emerging and passing.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/closing-fast-27-drops-of-light) [DESIGN Closing fast 25: Tea is now brewed using dragon water 12/25/2015 A kettle can whistle, be it like a bird or a dragon. Something Michael Graves certainly knew.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/closing-fast-25-tea-is-now-brewed-using-dragon-water) [DESIGN Closing fast 23: Born to be wild 12/23/2015 For all those men who don’t want to wait till Spring comes: “The Ride” has already shifted up a gear.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/closing-fast-23-born-to-be-wild) [STYLEPARK AXOR Press and shower 12/22/2015 With the new “Axor One” control unit for Axor, the Hansgrohe SE design brand, showering is simpler and more intuitive. Designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby explain just how in conversation with Martina Metzner.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/press-and-shower) [DESIGN Closing Fast 18:Even Dionysus needs a mirror 12/18/2015 “Handle with Care” is the latest addition to Antonia Henschel’s series of “Objects” – this time they’re made of glass, china and ceramic.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/closing-fast-18even-dionysus-needs-a-mirror) [DESIGN Closing fast 17: Kaamos needs musiikki 12/17/2015 Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has had an entire set of “typically Finnish” emojis designed – the first country to take such a step.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/closing-fast-17-kaamos-needs-musiikki) [DESIGN Closing fast 16: The Magnificent Seven for Arne or against Arne? 12/16/2015 Is all the song and dance of staging things now affecting design or do classics need a makeover now and again?](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/closing-fast-16-the-magnificent-seven-for-arne-or-against-arne) [FEATURED Arper in a spaceship 12/14/2015 Orona Ideo’s head office in San Sebastián is a futuristic disc. Its interior exudes a cool elegance, with exquisite furniture by Arper zoning its spacious offices.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/arper-in-a-spaceship) [DESIGN Closing fast 13: In a world of labels 12/13/2015 Meß mer’n Tee with a spoon for measuring out the tea or enjoying the taste of snow? What we can learn from the literature on branded goods.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/closing-fast-13-in-a-world-of-labels) [DESIGN Once there was more ... 12/11/2015 The Stylepark team recommends special gifts, has any number of good wishes, and is busy handing out lots of tinsel, too.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/once-there-was-more) [DESIGN Closing fast 11: Refined discoloration 12/11/2015 When it’s time for a color switchover on the Pedrali furniture production line, there are various surprising side-effects in the injection molding plant.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/closing-fast-11-refined-discoloration) [DESIGN Closing fast 05: Europe shrinks 12/5/2015 “We connect people in Europe” Deutsche Telekom announces in a commercial and displaces architectural landmarks.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/closing-fast-05-europe-shrinks) - [1](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design.md?page=1) - [2](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design.md?page=2) - [3](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design.md?page=3) - … - [40](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design.md?page=40) - [41](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design.md?page=41) - [42](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design.md?page=42) - [43](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design.md?page=43) - [44](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design.md?page=44) - … - [47](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design.md?page=47) - [48](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design.md?page=48) - [49](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design.md?page=49)