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.

From 29 April to 11 September 2022, the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt am Main is highlighting the "Craft as Myth Between Ideal and Real Life".

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.

With his “Bell Chair” for Magis, Konstantin Grcic has not only designed a sustainable and robust alternative to the Monobloc. For he also demonstrates by means of the contemporary color concept that the focus on the essentials in design is important in every respect.

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.

CMP Design have added a cosy sofa to their elegant "Nolita" collection in tubular steel for Pedrali, which is available in a variety of versions.

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.

Thanks to a modular system, Vola bathroom fittings offer architects and designers unlimited flexibility when it comes to equipping their projects.

An apartment in Buenos Aires designed by interior designer Pamela Martos impresses with its open living landscape, which brings the outdoor space indoors. Furniture by Paola Lenti was chosen for this.

With "Green Mallorca", photographer and author Patricia Parinejad shows fascinating insights into a wild nature beyond the known paths. She takes us into local workshops, studios, kitchens and supports collectives who put their heart and soul into protecting an island where there is still so much to discover.

The new "Geberit ONE" washbasin variants impress with technical innovations and design diversity that together offer plenty of planning scope in the bathroom.

In a current episode, the science series "Leschs Kosmos" on ZDF focuses on the fatal effects of cement production on the environment and shows which alternatives can effectively contribute to climate-friendly construction.

Until the first of May 2022, the Homo Faber event will take place in Venice, spotlighting international craftsmanship.

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

April may be doing its rounds as usual, but the warm summer days won't be far away. For the ideal furnishing of gardens, terraces and balconies, we show you 29 current products that combine craftsmanship with elegant design.

The sofa collection "Blend" by Bonaldo joins fabric with emery leather, combining playful elegance with formal rigor.

Salone del Mobile special preview: With the "Panarea barstool" by CMP Design, Pedrali is expanding its successful collection from June 2022 with an elegant piece of seating furniture that makes us look towards summer.

In the form of "J*GAST", five creative individuals are challenging the classic principle of the fitted kitchen. By presenting a alternative system: Sven Petzold and Tobias Petri, managing directors of the kitchen manufacturer Holzrausch, together with the designers Ana Relvão, Gerhardt Kellermann and Jan Heinzelmann, developed a concept that is now ready for the market.

With "ROII", Benjamin Baum introduces a new style to the Dedon portfolio that combines colours, textures and patterns to create an exciting design.

Elegant and sustainable: With "mudra", Brunner and Diez Office have reinterpreted the typology of the molded wood chair and created a functional piece of furniture that convinces with a variety of uses and a clear design language.

For the new "Intermezzo" bookshelf, Paola Lenti combines a minimalist design language with the playful touch of enameled copper panels.

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.

Stylepark is raffling off one "Split Chair" by Tecta.

With the "Brugge Diptych", American architect Jon Lott has designed a pavilion that takes up the historical layers of Bruges and integrates them into its architecture.

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.

For the design of a semi-detached house in Hamburg, the office of Architekt Reichwald GmbH was inspired by classical modernism. The approach to reduction is also evident in the bathrooms, where Geberit products were used.

With "mudra", Brunner and Diez Office have developed a molded wood chair that convinces with its versatile application possibilities as well as a clear design language.

The Deutsches Ledermuseum in Offenbach am Main is showing "TSATSAS. Einblick, Rückblick, Ausblick" (past, present, future) from 1 April 2022, a solo show on the portfolio of the leather manufacturer, which manages the balancing act between local production and an international presence. Dimitrios Tsatsas explains the concept of the exhibition and why design needs no ornamentation.

The fabric "Hemp" by Camira has been convincing architects and designers for ten years and was already ahead of its time with regard to sustainable production methods when it was launched.

The publication "Frauen Bauen Stadt" from Birkhäuser Verlag and the 3sat documentary "Frauen bauen. Wie Architektinnen die Baukunst erobern" show the work of female urban planners with international examples.

Hubert Klumpner is a professor of architecture and urban design at the ETH Zurich's Department of Architecture and a founding partner of Urbanthinktank_next. In an interview he told us what is important in the planning of urban space today, what is lacking and what we can learn from cities in the global south.

Jonsara Ruth is a designer, artist and design director of the Healthy Materials Lab, as well as the founding director of the Interior Design MFA programme at Parsons School of Design in New York City. She explains her commitment to sustainable building in an interview.

With the renovation of the Enrico Fermi School in Turin, Italy's BDR bureau is providing an example of what a successful educational building can look like.

From 7 to 12 June 2022, Salone del Mobile.Milano presents its 60th anniversary and will focus with great commitment on the social-ecological change for a holistic offer.

According to a press release from Japan's Riken Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), the team led by Ryuhei Nakamura has succeeded in developing a precious metal-free method for producing hydrogen.