Magazine for architecture, design and art | STYLEPARK

Divine sense of detail

Divine sense of detail

10/11/2013

Carsten Krohn’s photographic study of Peter Behrens’ architectural efforts provides a complete overview of his built output as is still in existence today. And bears witness to the photographer’s extraordinary passion for detail. An illustrated book for Behrens enthusiasts. But be advised: Prior knowledge is a must.

Driving, light

Driving, light

10/9/2013

Technology, safety, design – there’s a lot happening in the field of automotive lighting. Lighting technology is advancing in leaps and bounds. While the designers aren’t always creating new currents, the complex forms of automotive lighting will definitely impact on other products.

Digitally pimped

Digitally pimped

10/6/2013

The next stopovers on our “London Design Festival” recce include the “100% Design” fair in Kensington, “Designjunction” on New Oxford Street, “Designersblock” at the Southbank Centre as well as “Superbrands” and “Tent London” in Spitalfields, where we purchased a 3D-self-portrait, tasted the milk of human kindness and were delighted by digital up-cycling.

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Atmospheres created from water vapor

Atmospheres created from water vapor

10/4/2013

The bathroom – a little world of wonder made up of technology, light and water. As one of the leading trade shows in the area of ceramics, “Cersaie” in Bologna once again revealed just what can be achieved in the wellness zone.

Onwards and upwards

Onwards and upwards

10/2/2013

No “London Design Festival” without a highlight: And this year, an “Endless Stair” was erected outside the Tate Modern, a walk-on, walk-off stair sculpture à la M.C. Escher.

Colorful islands in the office

Colorful islands in the office

10/1/2013

With its spacious atrium, espresso bar and lounge furniture by Arper, Eneco’s headquarters looks like a high-class hotel lobby. It is, however, a workplace.

28.280 coloured glassbowls

28.280 coloured glassbowls

10/1/2013

Our recce of the London Design Festival scouts six of the core venues to discover the current design tendencies. On this 16 mile whistle-stop tour from the west to the east of London, we start at the Victoria & Albert Museum, the self-proclaimed design hub of the LDF.

The flexible office

The flexible office

9/30/2013

BP have relocated their headquarters. Now the staff are enjoying a flexible office space tailor-made precisely to the company’s requirements, with König and Neurath going so far as to develop customized office furniture for their client.

The main criteria is good work

The main criteria is good work

9/29/2013

At the London Design Festival Sebastian Wrong presented his new collection “Wrong For Hay” in a stylish Georgian house at St James’s Park. Uta Abendroth spoke to him about the direction the portfolio takes, London as a location and working with the Danes.

People should design computers that cool down, instead of heating up

People should design computers that cool down, instead of heating up

9/28/2013

How are changed work processes influencing the architecture of office buildings? Adeline Seidel spoke to Tom Geister, Associate at Sauerbruch Hutton Architects, about developers’ desire for flexibility and spaces that knowledge workers see as tailored to their needs.

Close, Closer - to what?

Close, Closer - to what?

9/27/2013

An architecture triennale in a time of crisis shows how architecture itself is in a time of crisis. In the face of surging financial and social problems in Portugal, the third Lisbon Architecture Triennale under the theme “Close, Closer” aptly proposes to rethink the role of architecture and architects.

Curator with heart

Curator with heart

9/26/2013

Luminaires, chairs, cutting boards. Sebastian Bergne’s portfolio is diverse and his designs are often persuasively clever. Daniel von Bernstorff spoke with the multi-talented designer about his new role as design curator and about his love of traditional crafts workshops.

And the winner is…

And the winner is…

9/25/2013

Following plenty of sketch-making and puzzle-solving activity, we are now happy to announce the winner of our “Drawing by Numbers” competition marking the 300th edition of our newsletter. Click here to find out…

New archetypes

New archetypes

9/24/2013

Stefan Wewerka 1928 – 2013

Stefan Wewerka 1928 – 2013

9/24/2013

Always provocative, Stefan Wewerka initially became famous for his distorted reproductions of architectural monuments, before setting his mind to asymmetrical furniture. On September 14, 2013, the architect, sculptor and product designer died in Berlin at the age of 85. An obituary by Jörg Stürzebecher.

Right in the heart of strings

Right in the heart of strings

9/22/2013

Not only a treat for lovers of music, the newly opened “Museo del Violino” in Stradivari’s birth town Cremona is also an architectural delight: a valuable collection of historic instruments housed in a beautifully converted 1940s palazzo.

Inside the cube can be fun

Inside the cube can be fun

9/20/2013

At long last there’s a bit of life in the “Sanaa Cube” in Essen. In the fall, the newly established course offered by Folkwang University will start - there. Entitled “Heterotopia – Summer Workshop 2013”, the designers and students have developed prototypes for the interior – and the results are astonishing.

A civic center bathed in light

A civic center bathed in light

9/19/2013

Hope alone does not suffice

Hope alone does not suffice

9/19/2013

In the middle of the election campaigns and nonetheless in political nirvana, the “Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland” has been awarded in Berlin. An accolade with far greater potential than it is showing.

Pegasus with branded grille

Pegasus with branded grille

9/17/2013

Automobile designers work in close connection with technology, marketing and sales. Even when they design a “show car”, they are not really free. So what do the studies at the IAA tell us about the design of tomorrow?

Butterfly collectors drive longer

Butterfly collectors drive longer

9/17/2013

E-mobility is giving birth to a new kind of motion: networked gliding. Any amount of assistance is required for this to work. How designers and engineers are getting us used to driving electric cars.

The clean turbos of tomorrow

The clean turbos of tomorrow

9/17/2013

It’s clear from the show cars at the Frankfurt Motor Show: Automobiles in the future will be smarter and cleaner. Yet design and dynamism won’t be left behind. A tour in photos.

Studying – between bound treasures

Studying – between bound treasures

9/16/2013

Sharing big time

Sharing big time

9/13/2013

The growing number of sharing platforms make us more flexible: Instead of owning something, we use what we need. Which saves money, spares resources, and fits a lifestyle that has to be updated about as often as a smartphone. We have prepared a list of a few of the important sharing pages for a life with assistants at your side.

LO Mindports – modular thinking cells

LO Mindports – modular thinking cells

9/12/2013

Labels such as think tank, meeting point and work lounge put it in a nutshell: Lista Office LO’s Mindport space furniture make for flexible offices.

Sense and sensibility in the networked home

Sense and sensibility in the networked home

9/11/2013

Drive cleverly, live smarter – at the IAA the symbiosis of electro-mobility and intelligent building automation is a key topic. Efforts have long been underway to develop the smart home. But the market is only slowly picking up pace.

I’ll send you a Glympse

I’ll send you a Glympse

9/9/2013

Drivers like it mobile and thus there is an increasing number of Apps that make driving easier and more entertaining. Be it Glympse, Waze or Smiledrive – we present those that seem indispensable.

Networked mobility

Networked mobility

9/9/2013

Attentive passengers

Attentive passengers

9/6/2013

Mercedes’ new S class not only tried to find a contemporary look for official presentation. But to enhance comfort and safety it also boasts a number of assistants small and large, who actively monitor traffic, the surroundings and the driver – and intervene if need be.

Elks are everywhere

Elks are everywhere

9/4/2013

The buzzwords of today are “smart technology” and “networking”. Wherever you look you’ll see assistance systems making our lives safer, more efficient and easier.

Strident and plain at once

Strident and plain at once

9/3/2013

Berlin’s “Illustrative Festival” offers insights into the young world of illustrators.

15 Questions to Paul Cocksedge

15 Questions to Paul Cocksedge

9/1/2013

Daniel von Bernstorff, Stylepark, met Cocksedge in London to talk about his recent projects, his solo exhibition in New York and his fascination for crowd-funding.

Revolutionary?

Revolutionary?

8/30/2013

We’re surrounded by messages. In the media, in public space, in department stores. Everywhere someone is telling us what we should or should not do or buy.

Sneaker tourists of the world unite!

Sneaker tourists of the world unite!

8/30/2013

Nobody need fear such immense naivety: Friedrich von Borries seeks with a novel and a design label to bring on board “shareholders for the revolution”. At his Club Med of revolution culture, you won’t find anything right in the completely wrong world.

A shop window on Frankfurt’s Römer

A shop window on Frankfurt’s Römer

8/28/2013

For the sixth time Vitra is hosting an “Ampelphase” exhibition in its Frankfurt Showroom – this year the exhibition is designed by six architects from the RhineMain region, who have developed a temporary creative platform with many a look inwards and many a view outwards.

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