SUSTAINABILITY Continuing to write history7/26/2023One of the latest projects by the Think Architecture practice is a house in the middle of Zurich. The firm’s founders Marco Zbinden und Ralph Brogle describe how they work.
YOUNG TALENTS Desirable Deviations7/25/2023A visit to Berlin’s Lichtenberg district to meet young designer Matthias Gschwendtner, who is confidently at home in both the digital and analog worlds – and is happy to leave part of his design work to chance.
FEATURED Plank 2023: RANDEVU7/25/2023Biagio Cisotti and Sandra Laube have designed the "Randevu" table for Plank, which can be quickly and easily moved into the desired position with a folding mechanism specially developed for the furniture.
FEATURED A ribbon of light7/25/2023Industrial designer Simon Busse has created the first mass-produced design of a SparkShape for Ambright: The pendant luminaire "PARIS", which consists of two layers of printed light running perpendicular to each other. The basis for the elegant design was provided by the slim corpuses of the SparkShapes.
FEATURED Designed for eternity7/24/2023Object Carpet has done pioneering work with the new carpet "NEOO": It is made of a single material that can be completely recycled and retains its high-quality properties over many life cycles.
SUSTAINABILITY Shadow-Energy-Cycle7/21/2023With "VERD°", OMC°C is bringing a quite radical vertical greening system to series production readiness for urban locations where trees cannot be planted. In summer it provides shade, in autumn the plants are harvested and provide biomass for energy.
YOUNG TALENTS Open space7/20/2023What can an inclusive sports and culture park look like that has its place under a motorway bridge? Students from the Urban Design department at HfG Offenbach answered this question for the non-profit association Vair e.V. under the project name "Vairplay" with designs that were recently presented during the HfG Offenbach tour.
DESIGN Moving bars7/18/2023The Zurich-based company Dukta turns the characteristics of wood upside down: through targeted incisions, solid mouldings and panels become flexible – and offer new possibilities for interior design.
COLUMN All Very Urban7/17/2023The Van B apartment building designed by Ben van Berkel offers "Very Urban Living" and, according to the client, has what it takes to become Munich's new architectural icon. Our author Alexander Russ took a look at the concept in 2021 and wrote the headline "Less for more". A visit to the construction site shall clarify what the project is all about.
DESIGN Planning with a Vision7/17/2023For years our author Andrea Mende has been focusing on the topic of light – from planning via luminaire design through to light art and research. What, we wonder, does she make of the new publication “Licht Natur Architektur” (Light Nature Architecture) by lighting designer Ulrike Brandi?
ARCHITECTURE A Ray of Hope7/12/2023On the outskirts of Tripoli there is an architectural ensemble designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer: the Rachid Karami International Fair from the 1960s. Now the unfinished project's guest house has been transformed by East Architecture Studio. Our author Claudia Simone Hoff followed Niemeyer's footsteps in Tripoli.
FEATURED Nine meters of oak7/11/2023In collaboration with LAR Studio, pur natur is pushing the boundaries of the technically possible for the extraordinary design of the rooms of “Haus Brutalisme” in Ludwigsburg.
FEATURED Dallmer 2023: CERAFLOOR SELECT DUO BLACK7/10/2023With the elegant "Black Edition", Dallmer has created a collection of aesthetic bath elements that can serve both for a monochrome design and for setting accents.
STYLEPARK AXOR The heart of Paris7/10/2023For the Chouchou Hotel in Paris, interior designer Michael Malapert achieves a coherent overall effect by combining cultural references and opting for AXOR's elegant fittings in the bathrooms.
INTERVIEWS The Origin of Things7/7/2023The artist and furniture designer Sara Martinsen recently collaborated with the Danish furniture manufacturer Garde Hvalsøe at 3daysofdesign to present a wide range of organic materials in an aesthetic context. She explains her practice to us in an interview.
FEATURED A Luminaire for the Senses7/6/2023In collaboration with Typico, the experts for textile communications, the Zumtobel team has developed the sound-absorbing pendant luminaire "TRAMAO" – a sustainable lighting solution that offers a holistic spatial experience.
FEATURED Thoughtfully bold7/5/2023“Making the impossible possible” is part of the DNA at Brunner, the contract furniture manufacturer from Baden in South Germany. Stylepark publisher Franziska von Schumann and Robert Volhard visited the family-owned company in Rheinau-Freistett and were able to experience the team’s great drive for themselves.
FEATURED Staying in the Loop7/4/2023Barefoot on plastic? It can surprisingly be both comfortable and stylish! “Mediterraneo”, the new and first carpet collection by Object Carpet for indoor as well as outdoor use, is visually reminiscent of rattan, is robust, and yet amazingly soft to the touch.
DESIGN Hardwoods, Hand-Made, Hansen7/3/2023Our author Claudia Simone Hoff paid a visit to Carl Hansen & Søn: In the factory on the Danish island of Funen she found out what is behind a classic furniture item such as the “Wishbone Chair” by Hans J. Wegner, sanded down a chair leg herself, and visited Knud Erik Hansen’s manor house.
STYLEPARK RAFFLE Dynamic companion6/30/2023Stylepark is raffling off a "Randevu" table by Cisotti+ Laube for Plank!
STYLEPARK ARPER Arper 2023: AAVA 026/30/2023With "Aava 02", Arper presents a classic collection that has been optimised in terms of both material and the wide range of finishes.
BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2023 Constant Transformations6/29/2023For the 18th Architecture Biennale in Venice, gmp Architekten are setting standards with their new approach to conversion work, which they see as the new norm and the enduring construction task of the future.
FEATURED Sammode 2023: PANAME FLOOR6/29/2023Normal Studio expands the "Paname" collection by Sammode with three impressive floor lamps that make the French company's industrial-looking lighting universally useful.
ARCHITECTURE The Munich Complex6/28/2023English architect Stephen Bates and his Swiss colleague Bruno Krucker have been sharing a professorship in Munich for just over ten years now. In that time, they have walked the length and the breadth of the city, accompanied by their students, in a thorough and remarkable exploration of the metropolis. And they have now compiled their findings in book form.
FEATURED Geberit 2023: CLEANLINE506/28/2023Elegant, decent, robust and practical: with the "CleanLine50", Geberit presents a shower channel that leaves nothing to be desired.
FEATURED Seamless bathroom aesthetics6/28/2023With "CeraFrame Liquid", Dallmer has developed an innovative and smart shower channel for seamless bathrooms with thin-layer floors.
INTERVIEWS Transfer of knowledge6/27/2023The designer and architect Patricia Urquiola is one of the mentors of the project "Mentorship Milano": The project, conceived and promoted by the city councillor Alessia Cappello and the city of Milan, is the first public and free mentoring project by women for women between the ages of 16 and 30 in the region. She explains the concept to us in an interview.
FEATURED Strong Roots for the Future6/26/2023Robert Volhard, founder and board member of Stylepark, visited Ligne Roset’s main factory outside Lyon. There not only did he found out some fascinating things about the history of the 160-year-old family-run business but he was introduced to product innovations and new store concepts.
DESIGN Weaving the future6/23/2023The traditional Swiss textile specialist Création Baumann presents a new look after its brand relaunch. Managing Director Philippe Baumann explains the concept to us in an interview.
DESIGN Modern melting pot6/22/2023A renaissance of architecture and design – this claim characterises both the ambition and the working approach of the Indian architecture and design studio Renesa.
ARCHITECTURE Spotlight on Women Architects – Yasmeen Lari6/21/2023In our Spotlight on Women Architects series, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as the multifaceted portfolio of Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari, who turned her back on large-scale commercial commissions in favour of more socially oriented architecture and the preservation of traditional building methods.
STYLEPARK BURGBAD Designing Evolution6/20/2023With "Vry" for burgbad Patrick Frey presents a bathroom furniture collection which with its graphic appearance and variable functions offers new perspectives in the bathroom – but is adaptable enough to cut a fine figure in all other living areas.
ORIGINAL VS. PLAGIARISM Communicate instead of copying6/19/2023If you have a good idea, sooner or later it will be copied – designer Luca Nichetto recently highlighted two examples where his works were obviously the basis. In an interview, he tells us why these plagiarisms are symptoms of a diseased system.
BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2023 Momentum6/16/2023Photographer and author Patricia Parinejad shares her impressions of the 18th Architecture Biennale in Venice, which presents a variety of experimental approaches under the title "The Laboratory of the Future". In addition to the new perspectives, the international exhibition shows the numerous questions that the architecture sector is currently facing.
FEATURED Creative precision6/16/2023A luminaire that ideally illuminates workplaces as well as living spaces: "AMBITUS" by Zumtobel. Yorgo Lykouria, founder and creative director of Rainlight Studio, came up with the design – a flat light ring made of anodised aluminium that combines diffuse indirect light, direct light suitable for workplaces and maximum performance.