Can sustainability be fun? In this context, architect Bjarke Ingels, founder of BIG, coined the term "hedonistic sustainability", where the quality of life is enhanced by the intelligent use of resources. We spoke to BIG partner Kai-Uwe Bergmann about the underlying concept and the practice’s current projects.

What will mobility look like in the future and what role will design play in it? We talked to Peter Eckart and Kai Vöckler, both professors at the Offenbach University of Art and Design, about sustainable transport concepts and their implementation.

Under the motto "Sustainable society – Design for a greater good", we recently awarded the Stylepark HfG Rundgangpreis for the first time. The winning project is "Connect" by Leon Felix Voss, which could optimise the current chain of medicines.

With the Cosmo, product designer Robin Stummvoll has created a guitar that breaks with the design and functional codes of conventional models. We spoke with him about new approaches to guitar making and the connection between design and sound.

Paola Lenti's broad portfolio ranges from furnishings for yachts to interior design for buildings. In addition, the Italian furniture company works together with universities to develop sustainable products. As part of this year's Salone del Mobile, Stylepark publishers visited founder Paola Lenti in Meda.

The Italian family business Magis combines an international design language in its extraordinary range. "Class not mass" is the credo that Alberto Perazza, together with Barbara Minetto, continues in the second generation. We met him for an interview at the Salone del Mobile in Milan. Read part one here.

querkraft Architekten have built an IKEA store at Vienna's Westbahnhof railway station that sets standards: The store has a green façade with 160 trees for a better microclimate, a large, freely accessible roof terrace and no parking spaces. Jakob Dunkl, the architecture firm's managing director, talked to us about the concept behind this new building.

For Arper, the Swiss architect and designer Peter Kunz has designed a purist table that is both elegant and robust. Thanks to its simple construction, it is also possible to use resources sparingly in production and logistics. He explains the concept to us in an interview.

The Bosco Verticale in Milan, which was completed in 2014, allowed Stefano Boeri to implement his vertical forest concept for the first time. Additional projects are now being built all over the world. We spoke to the Italian architect about his experiences and the optimisation processes behind them.

As a creative, Danish designer Kristina Dam is a real all-rounder. She alternates playfully between sculpture, graphic design, product design, and interior design. And the focus of her endeavors is on the aesthetics of function. She explains her concept In conversation with us.

In the past few years more and more architecture firms have been founded as collectives in order to pursue a social agenda with their work. One example of this is Lacol from Barcelona. We spoke with founding member Carles Baiges Camprubí about the Spanish firm's specific approach.

Ligne Roset is one of the biggest and best-known brands in the furniture and design industry. The company took a new step and presented its latest innovations at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Stylepark met there two generations of the family business for an interview: father and son Pierre and Antoine Roset.

Patrick Norguet has designed the modular add-on sofa system "Jeff" for Pedrali, which can be flexibly configured via connecting hooks. The French designer combines gentle curves with a rectangular body and also offers many possibilities to individualise the design. He explains the concept to us in an interview.

Our author Thomas Edelmann recently met Konstantin Grcic in Milan on the way to his exhibition "Ceci n'est pas un mur". A conversation about experiments and current question marks in design.

Alicja Kwade is one of today’s most important contemporary artists. In her sculptures, installations, videos, and photographs, she questions the systems that we use to understand the world. Moreover, with her architectural sculptures she creates a new frame of perception. In the interview she gives us insights into her work.

Signe Byrdal Terenziani is the founder and director of the annual design event 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen. Within just a few years, she has managed to establish a format that sets Danish design in the international spotlight. In an interview, she tells us about her concept and what guests can expect this year from 15 to 17 June 2022.

David Kosock and Joern Scheipers established Studio Vaust in 2018. Their portfolio in the fields of design and architecture is as comprehensive as it is idiosyncratic. In the interview, Kosock explains to us what it is about stones that fascinates the two men and what benefits an “offbeat” résumé can have.

Carl Hansen & Son is one of the classics among Danish furniture manufacturers, with a rich portfolio of iconic designs. We spoke to CEO Knud Erik Hansen about the company's DNA and its future.

HPP Architekten are realising "The Cradle" for the Interboden Group – a concise timber hybrid building in element construction, in which the holistic approach is in the foreground. Antonino Vultaggio, senior partner responsible for the project at HPP Architekten, explains the concept to us in an interview.

Dr. Christine Lemaitre is Chief Executive Officer of the DGNB e.V., the German Sustainable Building Council. She is also a jury member of the German Sustainability Award Design, which is being awarded for the third time this year. We spoke to her about holistic sustainability concepts, greenwashing and sustainable design solutions.

Quo vadis Messe Frankfurt? Iris Jeglitza-Moshage, Managing Director of the Technology Division, and Johannes Möller, Head of Brand Management at Light + Building, tell the publishers of Stylepark what milestones the trade fair, congress and event organiser has reached and what goals it has in mind.

From June 21 to 24, 2022, the Heimtextil Summer Special will take place in Frankfurt/Main coinciding with the Techtextil and Texprocess trade fairs. Olaf Schmidt, Vice President Textiles and Textile Technologies, tells us in an interview what exhibitors and visitors can expect from the special format.

In recent years, aerial tramways have increasingly been brought into play as a means of transport in urban areas. We spoke to Reinhard Fitz, Head of International Business Development at Doppelmayr, about aerial tramways for the city and the need for a new form of connectivity.

In his book "Retail in Transition", architect Caspar Schmitz-Morkramer reflects on the question of how online retail is presently affecting urban centres. We spoke to him about the opportunities digitalisation presents as well as a longing for vibrant cities.

Furniture, luminaires, interiors, brand presences: What Note Design Studio from Stockholm creates looks fresh and contemporary. Behind it is a collective of designers and architects. Even interviews are not necessarily the founders' business: we spoke to graphic designer and art director Johanna Lundberg and furniture designer Joel Fjällström.

Maria Porro is the president of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, which will take place this year in Milan from 7 to 12 June 2022. In an interview she told us what she is focusing on at the moment as well as what visitors can look forward to.

The design studio and social enterprise Weserholz from Bremen uses design as a tool: From educational programmes to classic cooperation with companies, the team offers ecological and socially sustainable design. Industrial and product designer Armando Cornejo Chavez tells us in an interview what that means exactly.

Interior designer Cord Glantz of Geplan Design has created a “temporary home” at the b'mine hotel at Frankfurt Airport. Here, guests can sit down on furniture by Rolf Benz. In this interview, Glantz explains the concept to the publishers of Stylepark.

The Munich-based company Ambright has developed a light printing technology that enables architects, designers, and planners to create individual lighting solutions and have them produced immediately. The company’s founder and managing director Dr.-Ing. Florian Ilchmann tells us how it all works.

Designer and professor Bitten Stetter is the head of research for the Trends & Identity programme at the Zurich University of the Arts. She is currently developing prototypes for products that can be used in palliative care. In this interview she talks about how she is working to break a social taboo and what benefits product design can have at the end of a person's life.

Industrial and product designer Marco Dessí was born in the Italian city of Merano in the South Tyrolean Alps and lives in Vienna. He tells us in an interview why design is an interactive process for him and it is worthwhile to reinterpret the work of the old masters.

Attorney at Law Philip M. Jakober specializes in intellectual property rights, in particular copyright law, trademark law, design law and competition law. He tells us in an interview when a work is plagiarism and how designers can protect themselves.

Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh create works that oscillate between architecture and art – and challenge observers to question their customary perception of buildings.

Marva Griffin established the SaloneSatellite in 1998 and since then has made it possible for over 13,000 young designers to present their work to an international public at Salone del Mobile. She talks to us about what motivates her, her love of design and tells us about her current plans.

Petra Kahlfeldt's appointment as Berlin's Senate Building Director has been polarising. In an interview with Stylepark, she talks about ideological rifts, her suitability for the post and the reactions to her appointment.