DESIGN Small is beautiful3/25/2015They’re back in fashion – small, light armchairs with a wooden or tubular steel frame. In the 1950s and 1960s they came to fame as “easy chairs”; now they’ve morphed into “lounge chairs”. For the office or the home.
DESIGN Enjoy the ride!3/10/2015Be it a wellness rocking chair, with a rainwater flush or restrooms with a back door: Students at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts have developed toilets that break with the traditional images of the WC.
DESIGN Åke’s passion for chairs3/2/2015Many have sat on his chairs in libraries, museums and government buildings. Yet Åke Axelsson, joint owner of Gärsnäs, is only known to the cognoscente outside his native Sweden. Stylepark visited his studio.
DESIGN A license to RO-CK2/17/2015For his lifetime achievements Nils Holger Moormann has been presented with the “German Design Award” in Frankfurt. Prompting Florian Hufnagl, former Director of the Neue Sammlung in Munich, to compose a special laudation in words and images.
DESIGN Mika Barr12/29/2014: is a design entrepreneur and she has her textiles “wrinkle” in their very own way.
DESIGN Behind Swedish curtains12/24/2014In his book “Ett Hem” painter Carl Larsson talks about the way that Swedes used to live about a century back. What has remained of their predilection for adorning their homes? A trip to Stockholm provides some answers.
DESIGN Design like a rock12/12/2014Design and rock – that is just as much a success story as the “Objects” books by Antonia Henschel and Trademark Publishing. This year, the publishing arm of Frankfurt agency “Sign Kommunikation”, which works on specific projects with Stylepark, has once again brought out some exciting new books.
DESIGN Floors make the space12/8/2014The right floor covering can appreciably enhance a building’s quality. We present five good examples: A high school in Ergolding, a PR agency in Toronto, a residence for art lovers in Turnhout, Belgium, a maternity ward in Essen and an art forum complete with bar installation in Düsseldorf.
DESIGN Open Doors. Answer Right. Santa Claus. Christmas Bright!12/1/2014You know the ins and outs of design and architecture? Then take part in our special Stylepark Christmas Contest. Be it chairs, luminaires, or living room accessories – this year there are once again any number of great prizes to be won.
DESIGN Auto-psy. Notes on automotive existence11/21/2014It seemingly moves of its own volition, creates its own cosmos, tells us what we have to do, plays the lead in movies, has its own sound, and everything about it has to be designed: Our relationship to the automobile and the automobile to us, proves to be astonishingly diverse.
DESIGN Elementary shapes for the floor11/20/2014Square one-size-fits-all carpet tiles are very yesterday – the hottest trend in floor coverings are jigsaw carpets. The result of a collaboration between Vorwerk and Berlin designer Werner Aisslinger, “Elementary Shapes” enable us to piece together personalized carpet creations from six basic geometric shapes.
DESIGN Perfectly functional: Vesuvio by Gaetano Pesce11/19/2014Functionalism teaches that form shall follow function. A caffettiera proves what it means to take “form follows function” literally.
DESIGN The digital sculptor 11/17/2014Many items that previously had to be painstakingly made today can be realized using CNC milling. Not only does the process permit complex forms to be made quickly and precisely, some design classic also benefits from this digital manufacturing technique.
DESIGN My colleague, the Robocar11/9/2014Many driving instructors enjoy the driver assistance systems in today's cars. The sector is not worried that piloted driving might one day cost them their job – to the contrary actually.
DESIGN Data make clothes10/31/2014Are we soon going to be wearing “digital fashion”? Will jackets with integrated solar cells, lingerie with inbuilt GPS systems and 3D-printed garments be posing a serious threat to tried-and-tested manufacturing processes?
FEATURED There are volcanoes along the interstate10/23/2014Embedded between poppy fields and asphalt in Lainate, Italy, a striking roof almost 28 meters high interrupts the landscape. What looks from a distance like a small volcano at closer inspection turns out to be the “Villoresi Est” interstate service station.
FEATURED Taking the waters with St Francis of Assisi10/22/2014An exclusive spa complex with medical center was realized on the outskirts of St. Gallen. The modern fittings include office furniture by Lista Office LO.
DESIGN Let’s print a pizza! 10/17/2014Pasta from a printer and banana skins that are decorated by laser are intended to expand our culinary world. Is that what we want? Or are we just doing it because it’s possible? A conglomeration of useless things.
DESIGN Snow White and the Apple10/8/2014Who kissed life into Snow White? Hartmut Esslinger has written a book about the early design years of Apple, the “Snow White” process, his friendship with Steve Jobs and the difficulties with managers.
FEATURED An open space for Milan high in the sky9/28/2014With the UniCredit Tower by Cesar Pelli, the bank is setting the tone for its restructuring, as well as with the open-space offices with furniture by Arper.
DESIGN Replicants, Cyborgs and digital spirits9/24/2014Few of the things currently featured as “digital fabrication” are based on role models in literature, art and film and are serving as a source of inspiration. How flights of fancy can lead to products and products can fire the imagination.
DESIGN Digitalizing intuition9/22/2014A holodeck for urban planners and architects. The designer’s hand as the input tool for digital models and a client for visiting the matrix. Digital designing is a question of interfaces, and optimally the thoughts flow straight from the brain into the computer.
DESIGN One chair wasn’t enough for him9/19/2014Young designers can still learn a lot from him, even if this year Hans J.Wegner would have turned 100. On the occasion of his anniversary, ChristianHolmsted Olesen has dedicated an insightful book to the life, work andapproach of the exceptional designer.
DESIGN Prosthetic Sockets and Exoskeletons9/17/2014Microelectronics has led to significant improvements in prosthetics. Poorly fitting sockets are still a problem, however. Now digital manufacturing techniques involving 3D-printers are revealing new possibilities.
