INTERVIEWS We used to be more frivolous 2/11/2016Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have designed roller blinds for Kvadrat. In an interview with Martina Metzner, Erwan Bouroullec reveals the ideas behind the new product and how design stimulates the senses.
INTERVIEWS Sander Wassink12/15/2015: is a design nomad and explores the culture of the global economy
INTERVIEWS Bitter beauty11/20/2015From the viewpoint of Portuguese architect and architectural theorist Diogo Seixas Lopes, Aldo Rossi’s buildings are steeped in melancholy. Adeline Seidel asked Lopes why this is.
STYLEPARK AXOR Fire meets Water11/3/2015Matteo Gonet is a glass blower – a skilled trade that few master today. Adeline Seidel spoke with the Swiss craftsman about water, glass fittings and the beauty of fragility.
INTERVIEWS My, your, our place of work10/2/2015Basler Versicherung ran a successful pilot project to test a new, open and flexibly designed office world – complete with furniture by Lista Office LO. Here, Jürgen Bartels, a section head at the insurance company, explains why.
INTERVIEWS Right for the climate9/12/2015Current projects in Indonesia reveal exciting ideas on how to build in the Tropics. Twelve such exemplary edifices are currently on show at Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt/Main. Adeline Seidel spoke with the curators Avianti Armand and Setiadi Sopandi.
INTERVIEWS What counts: Playability9/4/2015It’s not easy to design furniture and toys for kids. In conversation with Sara Bertsche, Karin Schmidt-Ruhland, who teaches Playing and Learning Design at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, explains why this is the face.
INTERVIEWS Erik Olovsson7/12/2015: meditates every day, and designs furniture items as if they were 3D graphics
INTERVIEWS Only the watercolors burned to nothing6/29/2015How to live in orbit? Adeline Seidel talked with Galina Balashova, the interior designer of the Russian space capsules, about green floors, blue ceilings and creating a sense of homeliness in space.
INTERVIEWS Axel Schindlbeck6/7/2015: makes everyday items that forge links between man, technology and humor
INTERVIEWS May the force be with you5/28/2015“Force One” is the powerful name for the new luminaire that Berlin-based designer Rupert Kopp has created for and with Nimbus. With its slender body and intelligent details, the workstation floor-standing lamp cuts a fine figure in any office.
INTERVIEWS Industry is not a dinosaur5/11/2015On irony, provocative designs, Chair One as a grill, finding treasure troves, the necessity of securing contracts and the fun of advancing existing designs. Konstantin Grcic in conversation with Thomas Wagner – part 3
INTERVIEWS Work where you have the freedom do to so5/4/2015On art and design as a way of life, public places, the designer’s responsibility, the culture of Italian manufacturers, taste and breather Marcel Duchamp. Konstantin Grcic in conversation with Thomas Wagner – part 2
INTERVIEWS Learning from Las Vegas – under the shower4/30/2015Is the bathroom a place of fine distinctions? Thomas Wagner talked with Andreas Dornbracht about “Culturing Life”, the brand’s new claim, the digitalization of the bathroom and current as well as future changes in the industry.
STYLEPARK-SPECIAL: RETROSPECTIVE Hieronymus at the airport4/27/2015Konstantin Grcic in conversation with Thomas Wagner – part 1: On "Panorama", the airport as a residential location, glancing sideways, digital tools, physical models, how to design a chair, and why designers cannot simply be replaced by programs.
INTERVIEWS Klemens Schillinger4/16/2015: likes to keep things sparse and of late has moved back to his native Vienna
STYLEPARK AXOR Spirit – dancing with water3/18/2015“Spirit” is the name of the competition entry submitted by designer Youyuan Zhao: a dancer enters into dialog with water. Adeline Seidel spoke to Youyuan Zhao about his idea.
STYLEPARK AXOR ReAct – walking through water3/18/2015Brandherm + Krumrey interior architecture is one of the three finalists in the “Axor Inspiration Project” competition. Sara Bertsche talked with Susanne Brandherm and Hannah Stüber about their entry.
STYLEPARK AXOR A soft revolution3/18/2015Jens Wendland and Andrea Weitz of Raumkontor seek to transform the usually hard world of the bathroom into a soft, textile world for water. Adeline Seidel talked to the two interior designers about their “Soft Revolution”.
STYLEPARK AXOR A vortex in bathrooms3/6/2015In the form of the “Axor Starck V” fountain mixer, Axor, Hansgrohe SE’s design brand, is entering virgin territory and conjuring up a vortex in bathrooms. Thomas Wagner talked to Philippe Grohe, MD of the Axor brand, on flowing and calm water, on vortices and other ways of making water a sensible experience.
STYLEPARK AXOR A quest for clarity and simplicity2/16/2015More than ten years ago Antonio Citterio designed his first range of fittings for Axor, a brand by Hansgrohe. Having done two very distinct series, he created a synthesis with his third: Axor Citterio E. The designer and architect talked to us about risks, confidence and the quality of life, all of which are occasionally associated with selected products.
INTERVIEWS The Caged Voyeur1/12/2015For the very first time it has devolved to two architects to design “Das Haus” for the imm cologne. Adeline Seidel spoke to Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu of Shanghai’s Neri&Hu Design and Research Office about their installation “Memory Lane”.
INTERVIEWS The renaissance of the rug: Roberto Palomba meets Jan Kath12/8/2014At the DOMOTEX 2015 press conference in Berlin the designer and special guest of Innovations@DOMOTEX, Roberto Palomba from Milan, and carpet designer Jan Kath met for the first time ever. The pair soon started chatting about tattoo carpets, silky clouds and doing creative work in the air. An interview by Martina Metzner.
