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Spotlight on Women Architects – Minnette de Silva
ARCHITECTURE

Spotlight on Women Architects – Minnette de Silva

by Florian Heilmeyer | 9/26/2022

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects" we regularly present the work of female architects – the Sri Lankan architect Minnette De Silva was a true pioneer and combined tradition and modernity in her projects. About time to rediscover her work.
MIDGARD
FEATURED PREVIEW – MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2022

MIDGARD

5/19/2022

Joke Rasch and David Einsiedler have brought new light to the traditional Midgard brand and are offering an insight into their portfolio in Milan that perfectly combines history and the present – as in the form of the new "Ayno wall" by Stefan Diez, the wall-mounted version of the award-winning family of swivel luminaires.
Unjustly forgotten
DESIGN

Unjustly forgotten

by Judith Jenner | 2/17/2022

The Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation is currently showing an exhibition in Halle on the furniture designer Erich Dieckmann. The exhibition architecture by Stefan Diez sets the scene for the works of the Bauhäusler.
Design on rails
FAIRS & EVENTS

Design on rails

by Alexander Russ | 10/5/2021

Searching for traces: The "Design & Bahn" exhibition at the DB Museum in Nuremberg shows the development of railroad design in Germany.
Man and the Machine
DESIGN

Man and the Machine

by Jasmin Jouhar | 4/29/2021

From Ikea into the museum: Industrial designer Hella Jongerius researches into the future of textile manufacture. On her new exhibition "Woven Cosmos" at Berlin’s Gropius Bau.
Take a bow
IMM COLOGNE 2020

Take a bow

by Anna Moldenhauer | 1/13/2020

The new kid on the block goes by the name of AYNO. Together with Stefan Diez and Lina Fischer of Diez Office Midgard is ushering in a new era. This luminaire family is the company’s first updated design since the 1950s.

Ceramic art
IMM COLOGNE 2020 | FEATURED

Ceramic art

1/9/2020

HB-Werkstätten für Keramik, founded by Hedwig Bollhagen, have advanced historical structural and garden ceramics and will be presenting these at imm cologne 2020.

In the Bauhaus spirit
FEATURED

In the Bauhaus spirit

12/10/2019

Weko’s "Baureihe E" series quite consciously locks into the design lineage of Classical Modernism.
Dramatic art
100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS

Dramatic art

by Fabian Peters | 9/27/2019

In the series “Die Neue Zeit” (The New Age) Lars Kraume resurrects the Bauhaus. What fascinated the director about the topic? We spoke to him.

Comfort in small spaces
MICROLIVING

Comfort in small spaces

by Anna Moldenhauer | 7/9/2019

The trend towards microliving is not new, but for some time now the idea has been increasing in popularity again. What are the new concepts all about?

A change of perspective as a source of inspiration
100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS

A change of perspective as a source of inspiration

by Markus Hieke | 5/22/2019

Why a visit to the Bauhaus buildings in Dessau is an absolute – quite regardless of the current anniversary. A reportage

Bauhaus Year 2019 – Taking stock
100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS

Bauhaus Year 2019 – Taking stock

by Fabian Peters | 5/22/2019

The 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus is the major cultural event of the year. However, so far, has it elicited anything more than a media circus?

A labyrinth called biography
100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS

A labyrinth called biography

by Thomas Edelmann | 5/21/2019

Toppling a monument in the Bauhaus anniversary year? What a great idea. Thought Bernd Polster and put his reputation as an author at risk.

An extremely vibrant monument
100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS

An extremely vibrant monument

by Fabian Peters | 5/20/2019

200 years of design history – illustrated by 70 chairs made by a single company. Steffen Kehrle’s redesign highlights Munich’s Die Neue Sammlung’s Thonet collection.

On the death of Florence Knoll Bassett
DESIGN

On the death of Florence Knoll Bassett

by Thomas Edelmann | 2/15/2019

When she died, the world lost a pioneer of Modernist furniture, one whose carefully designed rooms fired the imagination of a post-War global community who felt united in its aesthetic sensibilities. Just how fragile the foundations of this community were is something that we are experiencing today. Along with the importance of the example she set us.
Forwards, sideways, backwards
IMM COLOGNE 2019

Forwards, sideways, backwards

by Anna Moldenhauer | 1/25/2019

Contrasts, visions and the Bauhaus: Looking back on the imm cologne 2019 trade fair.
Light to catch the eye
IMM COLOGNE 2019

Light to catch the eye

by Thomas Edelmann | 1/12/2019

An exhibition at MAKK presents the history of mobile lighting to mark the beginning of imm cologne.

The revolutionary
DESIGN

The revolutionary

by Anna Moldenhauer | 8/3/2018

K20 in Düsseldorf is currently dedicating a solo exhibition to Anni Albers.
The composer
INTERVIEWS

The composer

by Fabian Peters | 7/11/2018

Reinier de Graaf builds “Plattenbau for the rich” and considers communist East German architecture to be pioneering. We met him in Munich for an interview.

Twill weaves and kilims
SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018

Twill weaves and kilims

by Martina Metzner | 5/9/2018

With “Twill Weave” Jonathan Olivares teams up with Kvadrat to forge an intricate link from past to the present, from architecture to fabric. By contrast, in her installation for Kinnasand Katrin Greiling does not so much emphasize the narrative as the pure sensation of textiles.