When the idea of coworking came into being in San Francisco back in 2005, digital nomads became the avantgarde of a new world of work. Only 15 years later the flexible office is booming – particularly in times of a global pandemic.

Stylepark raffles off four modules of the "B-302" bookcase by Mara.

BMW and Adacor: one large corporation and one medium-sized business that have both set themselves the task of creating optimal work environments and structures. So what sort of approaches have they adopted to New Work?

BAU, the world's leading trade fair for architecture, materials and systems, will be held next year as a hybrid format.

“We believe that flexibility is a crucial aspect of the modern office,” says Laura Marchina, CEO of furniture manufacturer Mara. For 60 years now the family-run business has been fielding space-saving, height-adjustable products for workplaces.

How is the world of work changing in the opinion of Tishman Speyer, an internationally active American real-estate firm? Robert Volhard spoke to Florian Reiff, who heads operations in Germany.

FREAKS Architecture integrated a hybrid structure into an industrial hall in their design for Sammode’s new research center.

Chair ladder step: "K7" by Thomas Schnur for Tecta.

Furniture from Arper offers aspiring medics at Ireland’s Royal College of Surgeons a variety of study settings.

The "WORK.CULTURE.MAP" by König + Neurath helps architects answer the question: Does my office planning match the client’s workplace culture?

The ISH – leading international trade fair for water, heating and air-conditioning, will take place exclusively in digital form next year.

Good things should be combined. That works for wine and cheese but also for ceramic tiles. An opinion shared by Mosa which is now presenting the new “Core Collection”.

In the light of the current pandemic and the renewed tightening of travel restrictions, Messe Frankfurt will not hold any physical trade fairs of its own at the Frankfurt am Main venue up to and including March 2021.

The longstanding Swiss company Bauwerk Parkett has opted for an open-plan structure for its own business premises. The optimum arrangement of individual work areas is guaranteed by the furniture from Lista Office LO.

A “power place” is a place in nature that strengthens the soul and frees the mind. A perfect example is the Ploseberg in the Dolomites, the location of the recently opened five-star Forestis Hotel, where the materials and design idiom seek to be firmly in harmony with the surroundings.

For the "Impressões" project, artists from Brazil have worked on an unusual surface: a ceramic sculpture that the Swiss sanitary ceramics manufacturer Laufen created especially for this purpose. A film documents this very special cooperation.

With its “Ports” design line, the duo Pearson Lloyd has crafted multifunctional products for Bene that work both individually and as an ensemble.

Studio Visser & Meijwaard have designed for pulpo a series of transparent cabinets and high boards called "LYN", reduced to the essentials.

What will work look like in the future? What does the modern office need? Big questions that are answered in a collaborative case study involving Wagner Living, Stefan Diez, Gonzalez Haase AAS, and Mirko Borsche that relies on the new furniture system “d2”.

Eugenio Perazza, the founder of the Italian furniture manufacturer Magis, is honoured for his life's work with the ADI Compasso D'Oro Liftetime Achievement Award 2020.

70 years Zumtobel – today the Austrian lighting specialist is one of Europe’s market leaders in the field of professional lighting systems. Where do its roots lie and where is it headed?

For the Schönbuch brand Michael Ress and Carolin Sangha have combined manufacturing standards with colorful aesthetics and made their joy of design accessible to an international target group.

Pedrali has developed a plastic made of 100-percent recycled inputs. For its launch, it has been used to produce versions of the armchairs “Babila XL” by Odo Fioravanti and “Remind” by Eugeni Quitllet.

“New Work” – this rather vague catchphrase for the modern world of work actually poses crucial questions: How do we want to and how will we be able to work in the future?

Egon Eiermann’s design classic “SE 68 SU” for Wilde + Spieth provides the central theme for the interior of the Tingbjerg Library and Culture House in Copenhagen.

In a major project for technology and research currently under construction in Paris’ Saclay suburb, developers are making use of sustainable concrete skin façade panels as well as Rieder’s new molded components – the formparts.fab.

In the form of "Coordinates" Michael Anastassiades has designed an elegant luminaire collection for FLOS offering a range of options from the subtle to the spectacular.

From September 5 to November 22, 2020, the Akademie der Künste in Berlin is showing the exhibition "urbainable – stadthaltig. Positions on the European City for the 21st Century".

Stylepark raffles off four modules of the "B-302" shelf by Mara.

Domotex, the world's leading trade fair for carpets and floor coverings in Hanover, will be postponed to May 18-20, 2021 and expanded to include digital offerings.

Object Carpet and the Ippolito Fleitz Group have together developed a carpet collection that creates identities for rooms and conveys a sense of joy in composition.

The minimalist chair "Twig" by Johannes Lindner for Skandiform focuses on clear lines and the balance of opposites.

Safe, hygienic, structured: how work environments can be adapted to suit the new normal.

Kengo Kuma has designed a new museum. The Kadokawa Culture Museum in Tokyo’s metropolitan region resembles an archaic jewelry box, and explores the potential stone offers as a material.

As a futurist with a focus on the development of the working world Franz Kühmayer straddles the interface between trend research and consultancy. In our interview he spoke to us about the current chances and risks he sees for firms.