YOUNG TALENTS Energy and movement7/21/2025Multidisciplinary designer Chialing Chang demonstrated just how elegant industrial raw materials can appear at the ‘Optical Flow: Objects and Perception in Light’ exhibition during the 3daysofdesign event in Copenhagen.
YOUNG TALENTS Attitude over hype7/23/2025Designer Alexander von Dombois made a remarkable debut at SaloneSatellite with furniture such as the ‘Scala’ rolling stool, the “Raam” chair and the ‘Eli’ lamp. In this interview, the Cologne-based creative explains how simple principles drive his designs, why materials should be allowed to age with dignity – and why bark beetle wood deserves a second life.
YOUNG TALENTS More than just wood7/18/2025Marcus Götschl was one of the exciting new discoveries at this year's SaloneSatellite in Milan. In this interview, he tells us why he is fascinated by sophisticated designs and when design becomes relevant to him.
ART Unlimited form7/7/2025Interdisciplinary artist Alex Chinneck turns urban space upside down: for his sculptures, he makes building facades slide, ties street lamps in knots and stands electricity pylons on their tips. He gives us an insight into his creative cosmos in this interview.
FEATURED A new lighting experience6/18/2025This year, Lodes is taking a step outside: ‘Lodes Outdoor’ is the name of the company's first outdoor lighting collection. It's a winning combination: lights that impress with their high performance and a design that creates a harmonious transition from indoor to outdoor.
STYLEPARK PEDRALI Outdoor living room6/6/2025Sitting outside – a delight for which Pedrali offers the ideal furnishings: Thanks to the elegant designs and a wide range of colours, the outdoor space becomes the centre of life. A look at the projects for hotels, restaurants and private homes shows just how diverse this can be.
ARCHITECTURE Architecture and wine10/27/2020From Napa Valley through to Northern Italy: vineyards fit for the 21st century.
SUSTAINABILITY Build better7/22/2025Until 5 October 2025, the Deutsche Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt am Main is presenting the exhibition ‘Architecture and Energy. Building in Times of Climate Change’. The aim is to explain the connections between energy, emissions, construction and architecture.
DESTINATIONS Genius Loci at Lake Chiemsee7/8/2025Regional Alpine tradition and international design: in the new Chiemgauhof Lakeside Retreat by Matteo Thun & Partners, both elements combine to create a skilful blend that makes the hotel unique.
REVIEW – BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2025 Laboratory for ideas5/12/2025Our review of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia: Where is the journey taking us? About the paradigm shift in architecture.
SUSTAINABILITY The value of things7/3/2025The Danish Architecture Centre (DAC) in Copenhagen is hosting the exhibition ‘Recycle!’ until 10 September 2025, which explores the topic of circular economy from many perspectives – and the exhibition design is no exception.
STYLEPARK TEXPERTISE Digital and real7/11/2025Dr Katharina Bredies researches experimental textile electronics, wearables and smart homes. In this interview, she tells us which ideas she finds exciting and why smart textiles are not yet part of our everyday lives.
STYLEPARK BUILDING. TECHNOLOGY. SOLUTIONS City of the future5/14/2025How can cities be designed for the future? Interview: Dr.-Ing. Steffen Braun, Deputy Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO and co-founder of the Fraunhofer Morgenstadt initiative.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE New tools1/23/2024Tim Fu is an architectural designer who specializes in working with artificial intelligence (AI). Before founding his high-tech architecture practice Studio Tim Fu, he worked for Zaha Hadid Architects. In this interview, he tells us how AI can be used in architecture.
INTERVIEWS Twin cities11/22/2023Connected Urban Twins (CUT) is a project between the cities of Hamburg, Leipzig and Munich that promotes the development of urban data platforms and digital twins. Our author Robert Schütz spoke to the overall project manager Dr. Nora Reinecke.
INTERVIEWS Space for possibilities6/27/2025Philipp von Dalwig runs the architecture firm vonDALWIG Architecture in New York with his partner Kit, alongside a branch office in Mainz. In this interview, the German-born architect explains the firm's unique philosophy, typical areas of work and what makes the Big Apple so magical for architects.
FEATURED Clear stage for the office6/11/2025‘All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players’: Wilkhahn translates Shakespeare's famous quote into a modern working context with its ‘Office on Stage’ concept – and lets its furniture take centre stage, literally re-enacting everyday office life.
FEATURED Furniture for agile working10/23/2024Flexible, functional and easy to customise, Brunner's designer furniture is also ideal for environments with dynamic use. Visitors to Orgatec will be able to experience live how the working world can be designed with forward-looking ideas.
STYLEPARK WAGNER Creating free spaces8/10/2022A high-quality, aesthetically pleasing interior design based on light and flexible structures: With its modular “d2” building kit, Wagner Living has launched a revolutionarily sustainable system that offers new perspectives.
ARCHITECTURE Spotlight on Women Architects – Amale Andraos7/10/2025In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – such as Amale Andraos' architecture of polemical optimism: for an architecture that can change society.
ARCHITECTURE Spotlight on Women Architects – Louisa Hutton6/16/2025In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – such as Louisa Hutton, whose buildings often have a manifesto-like character. They are statements about the respective topological, social and temporal situation.
ARCHITECTURE Spotlight on Women Architects – Jeanne Gang1/30/2025In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – such as that of Jeanne Gang. A skyscraper that set the record for the ‘tallest building designed by a woman’ certainly helped her. More important, however, is the stylistic breadth and self-assurance in her designs.
ARCHITECTURE Spotlight on Women Architects – TOMAS Transformation of Material and Space8/19/2024In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we are introducing the work of female architects to you at regular intervals. And now it’s the turn of Sofia Ceylan, Dr. Katharina Neubauer and Annabelle von Reutern, who have teamed up under the name TOMAS.