FAIRS & EVENTS Refreshing prospects1/29/2015At the ISH trade fair in Frankfurt new bath designs, smart technologies and energy-efficient building technologies will all be on show. We’ve brought together the most important information on the fair for you.
FAIRS & EVENTS Joyful stoves and hybrid house mates1/29/2015Planning and the question of your own requirements play a pronounced role when having an oven or fireplace installed. Once you know what you need, the market seems well-structured and clear, despite the seeming infinite choice available.
INTERVIEWS Beyond the upholstered world10/28/2014“Allstar” and “Hack” are the two items of office furniture that Konstantin Grcic has designed for Vitra. At the Orgatec Thomas Wagner talked with him about changes in the office world and the two newcomers.
INTERVIEWS TXTMSG with Ross4/29/2014Ross Lovegrove presented his new chair “Diatom” in Milan at the Moroso booth. Adeline Seidel conducted a series of txt-msgs with him on his diatomic passions.
DESIGN Visions of yesteryear4/13/2014In its heyday Braun set the benchmark, designing everyday objects destined to serve as “quiet assistants”. Now Braun licensee De’Longhi is relaunching some of the historical designs. But beware: What might at first sight seem to be the respectful cultivation of revered traditions is nothing but whitewash.
INTERVIEWS Play area instead of furniture2/5/2014Christian Werner has re-engineered the sofa. Because what people expect of them has changed in the age of Smartphone, tablet PCs, etc. Today, it’s a matter of course to put your feet up, as the sofa trebles up as home office, dining venue and relaxing chaise longue. Uta Abendroth chatted with the Berlin-born designer about his latest creation, “Prado” for Ligne Roset.
FAIRS & EVENTS When roof tiles morph into a bar stool1/22/2014Be it lightweight wooden tables, noodles shaped like flower blossoms, or old roof tiles as part of seats: the [D³] Contest and the college booths in Hall 1 at the imm cologne showed young designers prioritizing flexibility and sustainability. New 3D printing methods are driving the manufacturing process.
ARCHITECTURE Monomade in Tokyo12/25/2013In Tokyo “urban manufacturing” is not just some post-economic crisis slogan, but lived practice day in day out. In Taitō, one of the oldest districts, furniture, bags, paper lanterns and silver tea-ceremony vessels are being made in tiny workshops – and often by craftsmen seated on the floor in the traditional Japanese style.
DESIGN With merry wishes12/15/2013Our Stylepark team gathered, snapped shots and committed them to paper: Best wishes for a happy holiday season and a joyous new year!
DESIGN Certainties – shaken, not stirred11/17/2013In his discerning but chatty volume, Michael Erlhoff draws our attention to the potential and ideas innate in design. A book for anyone who views aesthetic debate as something more than just a matter of theoretical edification.
ARCHITECTURE Hallingdal and its successors11/1/2013What would Verner Panton’s furniture be like without the bright fabrics from Kvadrat? From the very outset, the Danes collaborated closely with designers to create striking highlights. Now there’s a book describing the company, which is one of the world’s leading makers of home textiles today. A glance behind the scene.
FAIRS & EVENTS Seeing the light10/13/2013Let there be light! “Vitra Design Museum” is exploring different shades of lighting design with “Lightopia”, its major exhibition currently on show in Weil am Rhein.
ARCHITECTURE Divine sense of detail10/11/2013Carsten Krohn’s photographic study of Peter Behrens’ architectural efforts provides a complete overview of his built output as is still in existence today. And bears witness to the photographer’s extraordinary passion for detail. An illustrated book for Behrens enthusiasts. But be advised: Prior knowledge is a must.
FAIRS & EVENTS Driving, light10/9/2013Technology, safety, design – there’s a lot happening in the field of automotive lighting. Lighting technology is advancing in leaps and bounds. While the designers aren’t always creating new currents, the complex forms of automotive lighting will definitely impact on other products.
MAGAZINE Dramatic weave8/25/2013Augustin Teboul is one of the highly promising Berlin fashion labels. Martina Metzner talked with Annelie Augustin and Odély Teboul in their Berlin studio about their eccentric somber robes, their relationship to Paris as the couture capital, and their dream house.
MAGAZINE Can you show me the way to the techy toilet?8/23/2013To date, the WC has been regarded as a largely no-tech zone. And now the shower WC, long since the norm in Japan and the Arab world, is ready to delight Europeans – as a “fun feature” and “pleasurable health booster”.
MAGAZINE Globalized eating habits8/11/2013Enjoying a TV dinner or simply eating with your laptop on your knees? Does either have much to do with cultured meals? And can you use plates, cups and the like made by three Modernist mega-hitters to this end, namely Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Tapio Wirkkala and Timo Sarpaneva? The exhibition on “Vom Stand der Dinge” in Bremen explores these questions, with the help of 11 contemporary designers.
MAGAZINE A New Industrial Revolution?8/9/2013“The Future is here” at London’s Design Museum is an ambitious exhibition that captures the current transition in manufacturing brought about by new digital technologies. An impressive achievement taking into consideration the fast change of the digital era.
MAGAZINE Going with the data flow and sharing means of transport7/28/2013What will the cities of tomorrow look like? How will we move in them? And what role will digital media play in the process? A discussion with Jürgen Mayer H. and Eric Höweler at the “Schaustelle” in Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne tried to find some answers.
MAGAZINE Take your dromedary to the beach7/26/2013To construct a fun car you need more than a great idea and a good mood. As can be seen from a comparison between the unique “Méhari” Citroën and Jean-Marie Massaud’s concept for a Toyota “Me.We”.
MAGAZINE The longing for a studiolo7/17/2013With “7 Studies”, gallerist and furniture maker Jörg Schellmann is showing in Munich how seven renowned artists and designers, among them Stefan Diez, Liam Gillick and Donald Judd, are furnishing workspaces. And that they are not all that far from the Renaissance studiolo.
MAGAZINE A Magic Spell – in Spanish7/14/2013We are in Spain, yes. Yet no sooner than someone mentions Cosentino and “Silestone”, we cannot help but think of a little Gallic village and the power of a magic formula.
MAGAZINE Three chairs and the Lithuanian design7/12/2013Lithuania, one of the three Baltic countries, is largely forested. No wonder that its designers prefer wood primarily as a material. But what role does design play even in a small country between Scandinavia and Russia?
MAGAZINE Do I wish to sit on a chair that lights up?6/26/2013The idea is unusual, possibly even revolutionary. In the form of “Natevo” Italian bed specialist Flou has involved the public in the design process – and brought glowing furniture to market.
MAGAZINE Eiermann felt the ostentatious was highly suspect6/21/2013In our present age, often over-emphasizing contemporaneity, it can’t hurt on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the German Design Council to cast an eye over its history. Including surprising.
MAGAZINE Design or, at the end of the day, only business promotion?6/19/2013The “German Design Council” has turned 60 and is feting itself with a “Second German Design Debate” at Frankfurt’s Paulskirche.
MAGAZINE The state of design in Germany and Europe6/19/2013What future is in store for design in this country? What has altered? At the “Second German Design Debate” designer Stefan Diez held a highly-acclaimed talk on the current state of design.
MAGAZINE Dreaming of Warsaw6/14/2013The mood was good, the atmosphere great: The DMY Design Festival at Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport complex showed what 500 new design talents can come up with if they try. Innovations were in short supply, however, for all the party feeling and Poland as guest country.
MAGAZINE Others were more radical5/31/2013At the moment, as part of the Van-de-Velde Year, Erfurt’s hosting an exhibition on architect and designer Peter Behrens. While there can be no doubting his status as the father of Modernism, in retrospect the one or other of his designs seems decidedly a product of its day.
DESIGN Viva Lina! An Italian in Brazil5/22/2013Disappointed by political developments in her home country, after World War II Lina Bo Bardi turned her back on Italy. In Brazil, the architect followed the new social trends and took part in designing Modernism there – and to this day has taken a back seat to great colleagues such as Oscar Niemeyer.
MAGAZINE 10 Questions for Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli (OMA)5/19/2013The new collection by Rem Kohlhaas’ OMA for Knoll International is one of the positive surprises of this years Salone. Daniel von Bernstorff spoke to Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, head of the OMA design team, about the cooperation with Knoll, the poetry of moving marble and about the end of signature design.
MAGAZINE It’s not art but does that make it design?5/17/2013“Werner Aisslinger – Home of the Future” is currently on display in Berlin’s Haus am Waldsee, an exhibition space for contemporary art. A designer presenting his work in the art context: Can that be a good thing?
MAGAZINE 18 million coins for the Underground5/7/2013In 2012, Edward Barber uand Jay Osgerby caused quite a stir with their design for the Olympic torch. This year the two architects are placing a renewed emphasis on furniture design. Uta Abendroth met with one half of the duo, Jay Osgerby, in Milan, where their sofas, tables and stool premiered at Knoll.
MAGAZINE Warning: Furniture subject to mood swings5/6/2013From parasitic furniture design to depressing lighting, to poetic wall projections. The young generation of designers at SaloneSatellite turned out to be both fresh and experimental in their approach. And in the competition to be crowned the best young designer at SaloneSatallite it was Portuguese designer Tania da Cruz who came out on top with her range of sustainable cork products.