--- title: "Interviews" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/interviews" language: "en" type: "articleType" page: 10 description: "Interviews" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Interviews [INTERVIEWS Architecture of encounter 6/16/2021 The Serpentine Pavilion opened in London's Kensington Gardens recently. In an interview, Sumayya Vally, founder of the Counterspace office from Johannesburg, explains how London's migrant communities inspired her design.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/sumayya-vally-counterspace-serpentine-pavillon) [INTERVIEWS A new approach to material 6/11/2021 The focus of Sofia Souidi's work is clearly on one of the greatest challenges of our time – it is about sustainability. In 2020, she was nominated for the German Sustainability Award for Design. As artist in residence at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, the designer is currently working on her project "Superwood".](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/sofia-souidi-material-research-sustainability) [INTERVIEWS The City as an Edifice 6/2/2021 Professor Christoph Mäckler is not just an architect and urban planner but also the founder and director of the German Institute for Urban Architecture at Dortmund Technical University. He has decisively shaped German urban planning with pioneering projects. He explains in an interview why sustainability, diversity and aesthetics are essential for the future of European cities and he rejects the idea of car-free inner cities.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/maeckler-architects-city-architecture-building-diversity) [INTERVIEWS Healing architecture 5/27/2021 What will the hospital of tomorrow look like? We spoke to Hans Larsson and Alex Retegan from the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) on the impact of digitization, designing for robots, and developing more flexible typologies for a new architecture of healing.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/hospital-pandemic-architecture-future-oma) [INTERVIEWS Studying the future 5/20/2021 Prof. Aleksandra Konopek is an industrial designer and head of the digital product design department at Essen’s Hochschule der Bildenden Künste. In interview, she talks about why knowledge of electrical engineering and programming will be essential for designers in the future and reveals her views on the current hype surrounding NFTs.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/prof-aleksandra-konopek-digital-productdesign-university-of-fine-arts-essen) [INTERVIEWS The courage to be colorful 5/19/2021 At their Jäll & Tofta studio in Berlin, designer duo Sina Gwosdzik and Jakob Dannenfeldt design home fittings and kitchens. Colors and geometric forms feature heavily in their creative output.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/jaell-tofta-kitchen-colour) [INTERVIEWS Design without limits 5/18/2021 In the interview, the Spanish designer Max Enrich talks about his solo exhibition in Barcelona, his approach to materials and the enthusiasm for light.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/max-enrich-design-art-sculptures) [INTERVIEWS Three questions to David Thulstrup 5/12/2021 David Thulstrup has collaborated with e15 to create "TORE", a family of side tables that takes a monolithic approach to design, emphasising the role of materiality and form.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/three-questions-david-thulstrup-e15-tore) [INTERVIEWS In the area of tension 5/12/2021 Industrial designer Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska has been running her own studio in Warsaw for almost ten years now. Alongside designing products and furniture, she works as a curator and participates in research-based design projects. She gave us an insight into her current projects in an interview.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/interview-maria-jeglinska-adamczewska-designer-warsaw) [INTERVIEWS A connection to Mies 5/7/2021 The Neue Nationalgalerie will reopen in late August 2021 following an extensive renovation by David Chipperfield Architects. We spoke to David Chipperfield about his concept for the building and the connected search for authenticity.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/neue-nationalgalerie-david-chipperfield-berlin) [SUSTAINABILITY Focus on the environment 5/5/2021 Prof. Michael Braungart and American researcher William McDonough are the brains behind the “cradle-to-cradle” design principle for the circular economy. He is a member of the jury for the German Sustainability Award for Design. We talk to him about the challenges, goals and perspectives of sustainable design.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/michael-braungart-environment-german-sustainability-award-for-design-cradle-to-cradle) [INTERVIEWS Impetus for change 4/30/2021 “Designing Design Education. White Book on the Future of Design Education” is the name of the latest publication from the iF Design Foundation – a reference work that raises questions on the form design education should take in future. In an interview, its author Prof. René Spitz gives us his summary.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/if-design-foundation-rene-spitz-education-future) [INTERVIEWS The misunderstood utopian 4/28/2021 Zurich-based gallery BALTSprojects is currently showing “Elemér Zalotay: Manic Modern”, the first exhibition on the work of Hungarian-Swiss architect Elemér Zalotay in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Curator Tibor Joanelly explained the concept to us.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/balts-projects-elemer-zalotay-manic-modern) [INTERVIEWS STYLEPARK ZOOM IN with Michael Anastassiades 4/21/2021 Michael Anastassiades on the design of the "AA/27" fitting for Aboutwater, his form language and current projects such as for the Fondazione ICA Milano.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stylepark-zoom-in-with-michael-anastassiades) [INTERVIEWS Long on longevity 4/16/2021 “Dieter Rams. Looking back and ahead” is the name of the exhibition at the museum angewandte kunst in Frankfurt, which has recently opened. Anna Moldenhauer spoke to the curator Prof. Klaus Klemp in advance of the show – the discussion focused on the concept, Dieter Rams’ approach to design, and the importance of teamwork.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/klaus-klemp-dieter-rams-museum-angewandte-kunst-frankfurt) [INTERVIEWS Sharing knowledge 4/6/2021 Floor van Ast is the new managing partner of the Design Post Köln in Cologne, which has offered an international platform for design-related industries since 2006. She tells us in an interview which concept she would now like to use to lead it into the future.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design-post-floor-van-ast-koeln) [INTERVIEWS A changing city 3/23/2021 Torsten Becker is an urban planner and chairs the Municipal Urban Planning Advisory Council. He wants to achieve a new definition of public space for Frankfurt/Main. In the interview he explains to us why he is committed to a traffic-reduced inner city and to what extent the population could profit from the concept.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/torsten-becker-making-frankfurt-city-planning-auto-free-city-centre) [INTERVIEWS Less is More 3/19/2021 The idea of car-free centers in towns and cities is being discussed throughout Europe – with opinions divided for and against the idea. What do we need for a lasting change of heart? We put the question to Dr. Philine Gaffron, who researchers and teaches at Hamburg University of Technology’s Institute of Transport Planning and Logistics.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/mobility-traffic-car-free-cities) [INTERVIEWS Setting new standards 3/17/2021 Antonio Linares, Senior Managing Director Laufen and CNEE Division in an interview about the fascination of the bathroom, attractive markets and the importance of "Swissness".](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/laufen-ceramics-antonio-linares-interview) [SUSTAINABILITY STYLEPARK Talk @Clubhouse #2: Sustainable Design 3/15/2021 Sustainable design – what matters now? Is the call for sustainability in design a trend or is a change in values taking place? Is the designation "sustainable" being given too lightly? We discussed these and other questions on March 18, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. on Clubhouse.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stylepark-talk-clubhouse-2-sustainable-design) [INTERVIEWS STYLEPARK ZOOM IN with Amandus Samsøe Sattler 3/11/2021 Amandus Samsøe Sattler on the urgency current initiatives for buildings of the future.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stylepark-zoom-in-mit-amandus-samsoe-sattler) [INTERVIEWS STYLEPARK-Talk @Clubhouse #1: Design – Original vs. Plagiarism 3/8/2021 Where are the limits to plagiarism in design? How can you recognize a design imitation? And how can designers protect their own creative work? We discussed these and other questions in a relaxed round of experts on Clubhouse.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stylepark-talk-clubhouse-1-design-vs-plagiarism) [INTERVIEWS Three questions to Marialaura Rossiello Irvine 2/25/2021 Marialaura Rossiello Irvine leads the interdisciplinary design studio Irvine in Milan. In this interview, she tells us what she is currently working on, what her creative approach is and what Italian design needs today.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/marialaura-rossiello-irvine-three-questions) [INTERVIEWS A new exchange 2/11/2021 Originally, the X-D-E-P-O-T at the Die Neue Sammlung in Munich was supposed to open its doors in November 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening was put back until this spring. We talked to its director Angelika Nollert in advance about the curatorial concept behind it.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/xdepot-munich-design-museum-pinakothek) [NEW WORK Ecosystems for Creativity 2/9/2021 How does Philippe Paré, Managing Director Gensler Paris, see the changes in the world of work? What challenges are waiting around the corner? And what does the office of the future really need?](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/gensler-philippe-pare-work-architecture-office) [INTERVIEWS Suspended Existence 2/5/2021 The competition for the Exilmuseum in Berlin has been decided. We spoke to founding director Christoph Stölzl and curator Cornelia Vossen about the thematic concept and the background to the project.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/museum-of-exile-berlin-competition-dorte-mandrup) [SUSTAINABILITY Green is a colorful hue 2/2/2021 The exhibition “Greening the City” in Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt addresses the greening of buildings. We talked to curator Hilde Strobl about the interplay of nature and architecture.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/green-exhibition-architecture-facade-roof) [INTERVIEWS Three questions to Mateo Kries 2/1/2021 The Vitra Design Museum Gallery will shortly present the exhibition “Memphis. 40 Years of Kitsch and Elegance”. Mateo Kries, Director of the Vitra Design Museum, tells us whether design can still provoke today and what message the extraordinary objects have for us.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/three-questions-for-mateo-kries-memphis) [SUSTAINABILITY Cards on the Table 1/29/2021 The time is ripe for change: Stefan Diez has formulated ten requirements that he believes products should meet. He explains the concept to us in an interview.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stefan-diez-circular-design-guidelines-sustainability) [INTERVIEWS “The White Cube Has Had its Day” 1/26/2021 Color, space and the combined effect of the two on people form the basis of the way that architecture and design are configured – and of the work of color researcher Katrin Trautwein. In this interview, she tells us why she has no time for short-lived trends and what she would like to see from architects.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/katrin-trautwein-colour-research) [INTERVIEWS Three questions to Diego Faivre 1/18/2021 In the performative "Minute Manufacturing", Diego Faivre creates interior objects from recycled materials and covers them with coloured plasticine. Each minute of production time is the equivalent of one euro. He explains his concept to us in an interview.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/diego-faivre-minute-manufacturing-design-craft-art) [INTERVIEWS Natural cycle 1/15/2021 Richard Lampert is not really interested in trends. Nonetheless in recent decades he has shown a good nose with his furniture. We spoke to him about the rediscovery of old designs, collaboration with young designers and how the two can be combined.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/richard-lampert-collection-office-living) [PODCAST Podcast: "NEW WORK! 9 TO LIFE?" Part VI 12/30/2020 Stylepark moderates the new podcast "NEW WORK! 9 TO LIFE?" by Gärtner Internationale Möbel.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/podcast-new-work-9-to-life-part-vi) [INTERVIEWS Three questions to: Matylda Krzykowski 12/26/2020 Matylda Krzykowski and Damian Fopp not only curated the exhibition “Total Space” but also designed its scenography. The presentation is currently showing in Zurich’s Museum für Gestaltung. She explains the concept to us in an interview.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/matylda-krzykowski-total-space-zuerich) [PODCAST Podcast: "NEW WORK! 9 TO LIFE?" 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