FEATURED A little piece of Italy high above Vienna11/2/2016The colorful new headquarters of Austrian Federal Railways was furnished with chairs and tables from Arper.
STYLEPARK ZUMTOBEL - ACTIVE LIGHT Mild and human-centered11/2/2016The sixth generation of the classic luminaire “Mildes Licht” has integrated, state-of-the-art technologies that show working in a much better light.
FEATURED An apartment for friends and their friends10/27/2016For the international interview magazine “Freunde von Freunden”, Magis used pieces by a variety of designers to transform an apartment in Berlin into an event venue.
DESIGN Schiaparelli has stopped transmitting10/25/2016First reports said the European Mars module had made a controlled landing on the Red Planet. Then it turned out it was silent. Which certainly has something to do with the name “Schiaparelli”, translation problems, and design.
STYLEPARK MAGIS Questioning the conventional10/25/2016The Italian furniture company Magis attracts designers from all over the world. They love collaborating with founder Eugenio Perazza. Although the bar is set high.
FEATURED Princely seating10/25/2016The renovation of a historical chateau in Belgium was completed with furniture by Magis.
DESIGN Welcome to our table!10/25/2016Tables and chairs by Magis are not only the result of an intensive collaboration. They are also suffused with a special spirit of hospitality.
FEATURED A “smallest room” with the highest standards10/24/2016Laufen's sanitary ware has acquired an outstanding reputation thanks to the groundbreaking materials it has developed. The WCs “Moderna Plus” and “Moderna R” models were used for the extension to the Tate Modern in London that recently opened.
DESIGN Productive through Transparency10/18/2016For the system furniture manufacturer Piure, Werner Aisslinger designed the "Mesh" shelving system, which combines functionality with coziness.
DESIGN No color, no contract10/11/2016Reading educates 02: The book “Watercolors” offers a selection of the artistic drawings and plans created by the Danish designer Finn Juhl together with Marianne Riis-Carstensen.
DESIGN Hot wheels10/11/2016Reading educates 07: Be it racing cars, hot rods, lowriders, beach buggies – if your really love custom cars and take it to extremes, then “The Drive” is for you.
FEATURED A lunchbreak in World Cultural Heritage10/10/2016When redesigning the cafeteria in the former Van Nelle factory in Rotterdam, Wessel de Jonge Architekten took their cue from the original building, and featured contemporary furniture by Wilkhahn.
DESIGN Completely familiar, absolutely revolutionary Part 310/5/2016There’s no stopping the forward march of audio-visual media. But who knows perhaps the hand will actually grasp a pen again to make sure we do not completely submit to the rhythm of the machines.
FEATURED Dynamic playground10/4/2016In designing the workspace for Metrohm AG in Herisau, Switzerland, Lista Office LO set out to create an open-plan office world that can be easily adapted to the employees’ various tasks.
DESIGN Completely familiar, absolutely revolutionary Part 2 9/27/2016Evidently it is harder to dispense with the hand and its skills than one might think. It is especially trained and kept fit through writing. And those who write also train their capacity to think.
FEATURED Beautiful & practical9/19/2016Dallmer’s new “CeraFloor” shower drainage strip can be installed with millimeter precision. This stainless-steel drainage channel is easy to clean thanks to the integrated sloping curvature.
DESIGN Alibaba and the Black Cloud9/13/2016The future belongs to e-mobility, that much is certain. Whereas in the Global North people are mostly complaining about low ranges, in the South an e-car’s battery can be charged using solar energy while parked.
DESIGN Parking guided by invisible hands9/12/2016Forget that endless driving around the block – soon cars will be finding their own parking spaces, all on their own.
FEATURED Muppets in the office9/5/2016Bertram Bihler designed his three office floors for the Swisscom TV in a restrained white, but added color accents with the office furniture from Lista Office LO.
DESIGN High-profile criminals9/5/2016In light of recent events, a look at the criminalization of design research
FEATURED Lobby for Oxford8/16/2016Herzog & de Meuron’s new building in Oxford captivates visitors with its purist selection of colors and materials, as well as the comfortable furnishings including chairs by Wilkhahn.
DESIGN The Magnificent Seven Friends7/22/2016Dresden’s Kunstgewerbemuseum has invited seven international designers to Schloss Pillnitz to contemplate friendship in design in an age of omnipresent rivalry.
DESIGN The furniture basilica6/21/2016In a more or less sealed building by Herzog & de Meuron, the Vitra Design Museum presents selected items of furniture from its collection. The Schaudepot is an addition to the Vitra Campus, opening it up more towards Weil and Basel.
FEATURED There’s Pulp Fiction for dessert6/7/2016“Contraste” is the name of a new restaurant in Milan. The name may sound Italian, but it isn’t. Needless to say, however, the Spanish word, which has a similar ring to it, is understood in Italy, too. In this case, it stands for the fact that both the chefs come from South America.
FEATURED With a view of the Duomo5/30/2016Massimo Magaldi designed the Bar Terrazza Duomo 21 in Milan with a view at the cathedral. With furniture by Arper he developed a timeless and casual-looking bar.
DESIGN Progress in blue5/24/2016With their Atomic Plate series, Mia Grau and Andree Weissert have created a subversive/contemporary counterpart to traditional plates for the wall.
FEATURED Two showrooms by acdc5/19/2016In two stores, the one in Scotland, the other in the US, the lighting manufacturers at acdc demonstrate the vast range of possible applications for the Zumtobel product lines – from gleaming Porsches to radiant whisky.
FEATURED Minimalist elegance5/19/2016Reduced design and flexible applications: the second generation of Zumtobel’s Supersystem luminaires is based on combinable, mutually calibrated modules that allow you to create a vast array of different lighting worlds.
FEATURED Seven emotional types5/19/2016A major study examined the responses of clients to different light settings in retail outlets. Katharina Sommer summarizes the findings and explains what they imply for lighting design in stores.