Design

Musings on the olfactory system. A column by Michael Erlhoff.

As of this year, Molteni&C holds the exclusive rights to re-editions of Gio Ponti furniture – and has immediately brought out the “D.156.3” lounge chair.

Daniel Rybakken and Luceplan have done their magic – and the result is an extensive ceiling luminaire using an inconceivably simple principle.

GamFratesi have designed the “Kite” armchair for Porro. It seems to truly demand you sit down on it.

"Kazimir" is the name of the new table of Philipp Mainzer for e15 that looks quite statically.

Dinesen has outfitted an old Copenhagen blacksmith’s workshop that has been converted into a home with "HeartOak"-planks.

Mosa has fitted out the four-star hotel Van der Valk in Antwerp with the new, enlarged “Solids” tiles.

Bathrooms are becoming homelier: With Bette Lux Oval Couture a freestanding bathtub is now available whose exterior is covered with colored fabric. We spoke to designer Dominik Tesseraux.

Pedrali has fitted out the Ore restaurant in Versailles château with comfortable Ester upholstered armchairs.

If you feel comfortable in the shop, you also buy more. The right light plays an active role. Three examples show how lighting can affect us during shopping.

Leicht has developed an open living room-cum-kitchen for a new build – with a view out over nature.

Siller has created a transparent staircase illuminated in color by LEDs.

The Hansgrohe Group has kitted out a hotel on the shores of the Melchsee with fittings and showers from their brands Axor and hansgrohe.

In 1924 the painter, book designer and typographer Paul Renner was commissioned to design “the typeface of our time.” But Renner looked to the future and created Futura. Now Gutenberg Museum Mainz is telling the story of this sanserif typeface.

People need the right light at the right time. And that means outside, too. Which is why “human-scale lighting” is shaping the most interesting developments in outdoor luminaires.

Villeroy & Boch has fitted out the five-star hotel "The Peninsula Paris" with high-quality sanitary ware.

Bohemian glass has for centuries enjoyed a great reputation. And Brokis proves that modern design and crystal-clear materials can be easily combined; it’s a company that produces hand-blown glass luminaires in Janštejn in the Czech Republic.

At BAU 2017 Gira will be exhibiting a new smart home server: Gira X1. We talked to its developer Martin Gremlica.

Products for the smart home have never been cheaper, safer, more efficient and reliable. 2017 might just turn out to be the year in which the technological upgrading of private homes prevails on the market and some new standards are set.

With the Gira X1 and the relevant App even when away you still remain the master of the house, well, at least technically speaking.

Vola mixers with PVD surfaces set the tone in the new master bathroom in a historicist villa.

The basis for the aesthetic felt rugs are high-quality waste selvedges that are arise when producing wool materials.

A column by Michael Erlhoff about Brands as designed denunciation.

A column by Michael Erlhoff on the tricky ambivalence of service design.

A home that offers ideal living conditions from the start: In the new residential complex Apartimentum in Hamburg the smart technology by Dornbracht in the bathroom makes for top-class comfort.

The German head office of Mitsubishi Electric is outfitted with the award-winning Mosa Solids tiles.