FAIRS & EVENTS Wake-up call with eyes and fringes6/2/2015Danish design has a contemporary look to it, despite many of the ideas being over 50 years old. At Copenhagen’s “3daysofdesign” there was much talk of tradition and values, and of updating classics.
ARCHITECTURE Modernism with a cummerbund6/1/2015The exhibition “Radically modern - urban planning and architecture in 1960s Berlin” on show at Berlinische Galerie compares and contrasts the architectural heritage and urban planning in East and West Berlin. And yet it misses the city’s most important structure: the Wall.
FAIRS & EVENTS Hear, see, ask5/30/2015“A@W Lectures by Stylepark” during the Architect@Work in Copenhagen
INTERVIEWS May the force be with you5/28/2015“Force One” is the powerful name for the new luminaire that Berlin-based designer Rupert Kopp has created for and with Nimbus. With its slender body and intelligent details, the workstation floor-standing lamp cuts a fine figure in any office.
FAIRS & EVENTS Relax, it’s not just learning and eating5/28/2015The World Expo in Milan actually has a lot to offer, and proves to be very entertaining into the bargain. As so often, it’s all a matter of perspective.
FEATURED Spots of color on the green5/26/2015Summer is here and life can at long last move outside again. To mark the start of the al-fresco season Italian furniture manufacture Pedrali has launched four new outdoor lines destined to transform your patio and garden into an open-air living room with a Mediterranean flair
ARCHITECTURE City-Palace-Association5/26/2015There are countless reasons and the one or other ghastly story why you immediately recognize a building. So how should one deal with this? And what does it have to do with Berlin’s Municipal Palace?
ARCHITECTURE Deeply bewildering the world sends out sounds5/24/2015A pity that tunnels cost so much money. And involve so much work. Because actually they are perfect problem-solvers. What you’re not supposed to see simply disappears. Above them flowers bloom, trees grow, sometimes new “urban” districts arise, at others existing quarters grow together. But sometimes they also collapse and among other things take down the illusion of a perfect world with them.
DESIGN Breaking with marble 5/21/2015Frankfurt has a new restaurant. It’s called “Stanley Diamond”, has a gentlemanly flair that also has its shady sides and pleases the plate with high-end traditional cuisine.
FAIRS & EVENTS Boomerangs whizz overhead5/19/2015Exhibiting has a lot to do with space. At the 56th Venice Art Biennale you can see how art become theatrical and architecture becomes a stage.
FEATURED Flexing muscles in the office5/18/2015Wilkhahn’s new “IN” office chair not only cuts a fine figure thanks to its fresh and young design, but above all it provides plenty of freedom, offering users outstanding comfort while staying dynamic and active as they sit.
FAIRS & EVENTS Woman, dream and mirror5/17/2015Parallel to the Biennale, Palazzo Grassi is hosting a retrospective on 79-year-old Martial Raysse. Thus commemorating an artist who knows that art, fashion and the critique of political economy need not necessarily always be mutually exclusive.
DESIGN Give Tarzan a break!5/15/2015If you’re happy to stay in although spring has arrived, that’s up to you! We had a look around imm cologne and the Salone del Mobile to spot the latest in outdoor furniture designers and manufacturers have created specially for the season.
FAIRS & EVENTS The latest from the image factory5/12/2015Last Saturday saw the opening of the 56th Venice Art Biennale. Aspects of a first tour of the Giardini and the Arsenale.
ARCHITECTURE Spanish lace 5/11/2015And the winner of this year’s “Mies van der Rohe Award” is…: the Philharmonic Hall in Szczecin, Poland, designed by Barozzi Veiga. First prize in the “Emerging Architect” category goes to Arquitectura-G for its “Casa Luz” in Cilleros, Spain.
INTERVIEWS Industry is not a dinosaur5/11/2015On irony, provocative designs, Chair One as a grill, finding treasure troves, the necessity of securing contracts and the fun of advancing existing designs. Konstantin Grcic in conversation with Thomas Wagner – part 3
FAIRS & EVENTS Design, backstage5/7/2015Interzum in Cologne rounds up all the big names from the furniture making and interior fittings industry, making the trade fair a treasure trove for all those in the fields of design, planning and building.
DESIGN Get stuck!5/6/2015The postage stamp is celebrating a special anniversary. And while the postal service has been mostly privatized, commemorative stamps featuring architecture and design have enjoyed a growing significance. Nonetheless, is the good old stamp destined to soon become extinct and confined to the groves of collections?
FAIRS & EVENTS Deft wefts and smart warps5/5/2015Technical textiles energize interior design and architecture alike. We present the most inspiring product innovations from Techtextil in Frankfurt.
ARCHITECTURE Pradapolis5/5/2015Rem Koolhaas and his Office for Metropolitan Architecture have converted a former distillery in the south of Milan on behalf of Fondazione Prada – and created an anthology of diverse spaces and materials.
INTERVIEWS Work where you have the freedom do to so5/4/2015On art and design as a way of life, public places, the designer’s responsibility, the culture of Italian manufacturers, taste and breather Marcel Duchamp. Konstantin Grcic in conversation with Thomas Wagner – part 2
DESIGN A fine flair for the user5/3/2015In Belgium’s erstwhile colliery of Grand-Hornu just outside Mons, European Cultural Capital this year, a major retrospective of the work of Jasper Morrison is now on show.
INTERVIEWS Learning from Las Vegas – under the shower4/30/2015Is the bathroom a place of fine distinctions? Thomas Wagner talked with Andreas Dornbracht about “Culturing Life”, the brand’s new claim, the digitalization of the bathroom and current as well as future changes in the industry.
FAIRS & EVENTS What only the giraffe knows 4/28/2015This year during there were once again countless items of furniture and special moments during the Milan Salone. A small photo album of memories.
FAIRS & EVENTS Tasting the future 4/28/2015This year’s Salone once again blazed many a trail into automotive wonderland. Think tracks made of fine marble, highlights for the senses and dreams on wheels powered by an improbability drive.
STYLEPARK-SPECIAL: RETROSPECTIVE Hieronymus at the airport4/27/2015Konstantin Grcic in conversation with Thomas Wagner – part 1: On "Panorama", the airport as a residential location, glancing sideways, digital tools, physical models, how to design a chair, and why designers cannot simply be replaced by programs.
ARCHITECTURE Propaganda and change 4/24/2015An expo is not just a spectacle, an event, where everything gets torn down afterwards. Since the very first World Exposition in London key milestones in architecture have been created specially for such great occasions – and many were indeed great in size and stature. Some of them are still standing. Others mere ruins.
FAIRS & EVENTS A stitch in time4/23/2015From May 4 to 7, 2015 Frankfurt’s Techtextil trade fair will be showcasing smart textiles, luminescent fabrics, sensory garments, and much more besides. We have compiled the must-know details of the exhibition for you below.
FAIRS & EVENTS Fresh from the textiles lab4/23/2015Dynamic walls, luminescent concrete and polar-bear houses, a tour of the experimentation and research going into textile construction.
FAIRS & EVENTS Light emotions 4/22/2015The Euroluce and the events accompanying it in Milan showed how light and luminaire makers are tackling the challenges of the electronic age: with a specific mixture in each case of tradition, technology, and private equity investors.
FAIRS & EVENTS Work like the ancient Greeks4/22/2015Michele de Lucchi is convinced he has found what creative work primarily need. A walk on his installation "Workplace 3.0 - La Passegiata" at the Salone Ufficio.
FAIRS & EVENTS Milan Marginalia4/22/2015Blue is the new black, morning engagements, parties end abruptly, council is sought, and at long last there’s a door handle by Rem Koolhaas.
