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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the interview, the Spanish designer Max Enrich talks about his solo exhibition in Barcelona, his approach to materials and the enthusiasm for light.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.

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.

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.

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

Amandus Samsøe Sattler on the urgency of sustainable architecture and current initiatives for buildings of the future.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Stylepark moderates the new podcast "NEW WORK! 9 TO LIFE?" by Gärtner Internationale Möbel.

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.

Stylepark moderates the new podcast "NEW WORK! 9 TO LIFE?" by Gärtner Internationale Möbel.