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.
INTERVIEWS Flooring conquers the third dimension11/18/2014Architect André Schmidt worked for renowned studios such as OMA and BIG before going it alone. In this interview with Michiko Wemmje the man who chose Berlin as his home explains what role flooring design plays in major projects – and what he finds so fascinating about the Innovations@DOMOTEX Areas he designed.
INTERVIEWS Vera & Kyte11/16/2014: whisk us away into Norway’s wilderness and flirt with Memphis in the process.
INTERVIEWS Beyond the upholstered world10/28/2014“Allstar” and “Hack” are the two items of office furniture that Konstantin Grcic has designed for Vitra. At the Orgatec Thomas Wagner talked with him about changes in the office world and the two newcomers.
INTERVIEWS Guglielmo Poletti10/22/2014Guglielmo Poletti forms metal with precise elegance and comprehend design as a way to achieving happiness.
INTERVIEWS Alexander Rehn10/10/2014: folds sofas like origami and builds fantastic cocoon worlds on sand.
INTERVIEWS The 3D-printer is not a magic machine10/6/2014But the potential the technology has and how it can alter design is explained by Belgian designer duo Unfold alias Claire Warnier and Dries Verbruggen – pioneers of 3D ceramic printing – in interview with Martina Metzner.
INTERVIEWS Everything in life is a game9/21/2014Charlotte Malz talked to Tim Chang about gaming as part of human nature and how this can support an eco-friendly driving style.
INTERVIEWS Arnout Meijer8/27/2014: takes suns and planets out of orbit and puts them in our apartments.
INTERVIEWS Aust & Amelung8/13/2014: form a small powerhouse that folds concrete and works with counterweights.
INTERVIEWS A building must help define its surroundings7/23/2014Not that long ago the label “residential high-rise” brought to mind images of cheap tenements and social flashpoints. Thomas Wagner talked to Claudia Meixner and Florian Schlüter of Meixner Schlüter Wendt Architekten about new, attractive and high-quality projects.
INTERVIEWS Digital Bauhaus6/22/2014Can the idea of the Bauhaus be transposed onto the digital age? This will bethe issue tackled at the “Digital Bauhaus Summit” at the end of June inWeimar. Adeline Seidel interviewed the conference curators Philipp Albers,Holm Friebe, Mads Pankow and Kathrin Passig via the cloud.
INTERVIEWS Mr Hashimoto’s Chou Chou effect6/1/2014Yukio Hashimoto is one of Japan’s top interior designers and imbues hotels, spas and restaurants with a very special look and feel. Martina Metzner met the architect and asked him how he blends tradition with modern aspects, and why restaurants need dramatic lighting effects.
INTERVIEWS High density alone is not enough to have a city5/25/2014On the occasion of the fifth annual conference on global urbanism at the Columbia University, New York, Catriona McLaughlin talked to thinker Saskia Sassen about the relation between invisible and visible mobility, the power of open-source-systems and her ongoing research on “urbanizing technology”.
INTERVIEWS Leif in the park5/9/2014Takashi Ueno, Mamoru Naito, Keizaburo Honda and Mizuho Naito are the creative minds behind Leif.designpark. Uta Abendroth met the Japanese team to talk about nature as a source of inspiration, their strong links with Europe and about sweeping sofas in Japanese apartments.
