ARCHITECTURE A community of guests – the Frankfurt way5/24/2016Greetings from the ribbed Äppelwoi glass: with local color, a shared kitchen and a fictional story: Hotel “Libertine” in Frankfurt/Main seeks to make guests feel at home.
DESIGN Progress in blue5/24/2016With their Atomic Plate series, Mia Grau and Andree Weissert have created a subversive/contemporary counterpart to traditional plates for the wall.
DESIGN A healer of souls with head and heart 3/26/2016Eames called him a “Florentine magpie”. With “A Designer’s Universe” the Vitra Design Museum is hosting a very interesting retrospective on Alexander Girard.
DESIGN Bobble your Life2/22/2016If grouted seams are tight, you need a fine brush: The Ambiente showcases all sorts of highly practical, at times beautiful and often entirely superfluous things.
FAIRS & EVENTS Showered by golden time pieces – Citizen’s “Light is Time” installation4/22/2014At this year’s Triennale di Milano Citizen presented an enchanting installation composed of most delicate and minute watch parts, entitled “Light is Time”.
MAGAZINE Rendezvous with (Santa) Claus12/15/2011What will your Christmas be like? Candles burning? Do you like the scent of incense? Are there Christmas angels looking down from the mantelpiece? At Christmas everyone has their own idea of how to create the right atmosphere in their home. The artist Claus Richter loves it when there are little (flashing) lights everywhere. We paid him a visit in his personal Christmas paradise.
MAGAZINE The thing itself8/1/2011An exhibition at Château de Boisbuchet is presenting "naked” aluminum objects from Japan, thereby portraying an episode of cultural history and the qualities of anonymous Japanese design.
MAGAZINE All sticks are not alike5/21/2011Society is aging. And suddenly an item crops up again, which we believed – thanks to medical progress had disappeared for ever into the museum, private collections or the trekking supplies store: the stick.
MAGAZINE A treasure trove of ideas5/10/2011A folding chair, objects for everyday office use and eminently viable experiments with LEDs: At this year's Salone, Alberto Alessi offered glimpses into a treasure trove bursting with ideas and innovations.
MAGAZINE Those small, elegant items3/31/2011There is a camel here, a small monkey there. And which soap adorns the latest washstands? Some presentations at this year's ISH were real eye-catchers, others simply a bit drab. But all were careful arrangements.
MAGAZINE New angled vision thanks to remmidemmi3/17/2011We know him as the man behind extravagant buildings, experimental furniture and bed clothes that store body heat. Now architect Jürgen Mayer H. has designed a sunglasses collection for the "ic! Berlin" label. A complete break with symmetry.
MAGAZINE Shop curators2/17/2011The Ambiente in Frankfurt/Main has always been considered at the trade fair of "things to put on things". Any number of accessories for the kitchen, bathroom, living room, kids' room and garden. The selection of fitting innovations for "your store" is a challenge that every purchasing manager has to survive.
MAGAZINE Paradise with a dotted snake1/18/2011The two Eames, George Nelson and Alexander Girard not only worked together on joint design projects, but were also close friends for decades. However, in the public eye, prints designer Alexander Girard has always been in the shadow of his colleagues. One more reason to take a closer look at his oeuvre.
MAGAZINE In praise of the pocket hand-warmer12/26/2010Heat-emitting hand-warmers are a source of joy for all the shivering - be they on the road, enjoying outdoor sports, or at an open-air festival. While historical heat balls were often masterpieces of handcrafting skill, modern pocket hand-warmers leave a lot to be desired when it comes to design. On behalf of all those who feel the cold, let's hope that these creatively neglected heat sources will develop into decorative accessories for snowy winter days.
FEATURED Look out without looking in3/20/2010In the Netherlands, the detached home of the De Haas-Bierings family, with its many large openings, clear routes inside the house, and the use of a reduced range of materials, is a veritable spatial experience.