Design

First there was the silver screen, then the images came from a box, and finally the screen became large and flat. Now, however, the dark TV panel is set to become an item of furniture again. The Bouroullecs are risking a first step.

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.

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.

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".

At this year’s Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair the Scandinavians show how much we long for homeliness.

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.

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.

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.

Floors are getting whiter and parquets now have a face: A tour of the Domotex.

All objects, signs and even services are meant to tell stories – and the object as such to disappear.

High-end ski makers by no means just prioritize innovative technologies and materials. Their models boast clear and superlative visual lines, too.

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.

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.

The”Melt and recreate” luminaire by Siri Bahlenberg and Sofia Bergfeldt is a good lesson in the eternal cycle of emerging and passing.

A kettle can whistle, be it like a bird or a dragon. Something Michael Graves certainly knew.

For all those men who don’t want to wait till Spring comes: “The Ride” has already shifted up a gear.

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.

“Handle with Care” is the latest addition to Antonia Henschel’s series of “Objects” – this time they’re made of glass, china and ceramic.

Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has had an entire set of “typically Finnish” emojis designed – the first country to take such a step.

Is all the song and dance of staging things now affecting design or do classics need a makeover now and again?

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.

The Stylepark team recommends special gifts, has any number of good wishes, and is busy handing out lots of tinsel, too.

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.

“We connect people in Europe” Deutsche Telekom announces in a commercial and displaces architectural landmarks.

Jasper Morrison has designed a cell phone that seeks to be nothing more and nothing less. Does Edward Snowden have something to do with it?

As part of the very first Audemars Piguet Art Commission, artist and composer Robin Meier has create a fascinating environment: “Synchronicity” explores forms of spontaneous self-organization and collective intelligence. It is both living sculpture and laboratory at the same time.

The scale in which architects and watchmakers work is completely different. While those designing buildings seek to avoid complexity, those watchmakers who can manufacture a “Grande Complication” are greeted with accolades.

Watchmakers and architects have a few things in common: precision down to the smallest details, a sure feel for aesthetics, and exploring structural and technical limits. Adeline Seidel talked to Kai-Uwe Bergmann about the limits BIG seeks to tackle with their new build for Audemars Piguet.

Chopping wood, lighting the fire, enjoying cozy warmth and flickering flames – sound delightful? Then why not get a wood burning stove? Current models not only come with sophisticated technology, but also boast exclusive designs.

Luxurious mobility and progressive architecture have always been a perfect match.

Leather, hide or brocade – fashion is reveling in high-grade materials and elaborate textures. The furniture design at times remains restrained.

Rules, regulations, instructions – who decides on what is to be designed – and how?