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Communications machine

Communications machine

by Jeanette Kunsmann | 2/12/2021

The new media campus OMA has designed for the Axel Springer Publishing Group sees itself as the concrete manifestation of a hypothesis about the end of classic office structures. The fact that in the digital age we urgently need enough space for communications and the exchange of opinions is something that the current pandemic has no doubt brought home to us once again.

Nothing new for once

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018

Nothing new for once

by Anna Moldenhauer | 5/4/2018

For Salone del Mobile Lensvelt has come up with an installation that celebrates the tried-and-tested and questions people’s continual search for something new.

Art makes itself useful

Art makes itself useful

by Fabian Peters | 2/14/2018

The Paris-based gallery A1043 explores the borderline between design-related art and art-related design.

The fruits of laziness

The fruits of laziness

by Thomas Wagner | 8/11/2017

Hans Lensvelt happened upon it at a workshop held by Atelier van Lieshout. And now it has gone into production: The “AVL Lazy Modernist” is a reclining armchair and thoroughly modern.

On set in paradise

On set in paradise

by Zimmermann Jörg | 5/10/2012

For one week a year, during the Salone del Mobile, Milan becomes a fairground, springboard and experimental lab all rolled into one. But with a little luck, there is indeed a small piece of paradise to be found somewhere in this rowdy setting. Taking a systematic approach to the fair won't help you here, but a passion for discovery just might.

Hegel’s Holiday Checking out Milan, part 2

Hegel’s Holiday Checking out Milan, part 2

by Thomas Wagner | 4/26/2012

You certainly get your money's worth in Milan even when venturing beyond the trade fair halls. Well, more or less, as is always the case. In Ventura Lambrate, hard-nosed rationality seems to be on vacation, while in Milan's Museum of Science and Technology it is back to work.

Pizzas, personalities, prototypes

Pizzas, personalities, prototypes

4/9/2012

Milan in turmoil: for one week the Salone Internazionale del Mobile dominates life in this Italian design metropolis. Lines form in front of subways, taxi stands and restaurants, curious faces push their way through the halls of the fair and the showrooms. Stylepark presents an overview of the most important events.

Cologne Revolving or how to turn a knife and still stay put

Cologne Revolving or how to turn a knife and still stay put

by Thomas Wagner | 1/26/2010

Even though overall there was a lack of intellectual sparkle and aesthetic flair, the atmosphere in Cologne was astonishingly upbeat. So is imm cologne in the process of consolidating? What are its prospects for the future?

Once upon a time or coccooning

Once upon a time or coccooning

by Thomas Wagner | 1/26/2009

Just holding its own but lacking in innovation. This would be a reasonable description of this year's "imm Cologne" you might say. "The international furniture fair" as the Cologne event officially calls itself is losing glamour and international flair. If it wants to survive it must become innovative especially in the high-end design segment.

Maybe there were too many… stories

Maybe there were too many… stories

by Claudia Beckmann | 11/24/2008

Moleskine in the box: The little book is the classic among notebooks, even though everything legendary about it is a marketing ploy. As part of the exhibition "Detour", which has been touring the world for years, 38 specimens were presented at the Museum der Dinge in Berlin - designed by artists, designers and writers.

Historical experiment

Historical experiment

by Daniel von Bernstorff | 5/4/2007

The latest issue of Berker Blueprint is dedicated to the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam, a former prison which the Dutch architecture studio MVRDV and numerous designers and artists converted into a design-oriented concept hotel.