SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017 Well stored: Where to put all your things?4/11/2017Whether proudly presenting or skillfully concealing their contents, the new bureaus, sideboards and shelf units at the Milan Furniture Fair deserve our complete attention.
FAIRS & EVENTS Go for feudal or simply say Hay4/27/2016Salone 2: New interiors are all the rage, gold and saddle leather seem to be must-haves, color is even more important – and one company is really going big time.
FAIRS & EVENTS Comfy chair with a fur collar9/3/2014What happens if fashion and furniture embark on a relationship? We’ve made a few matches for you from among the novelties at the Milan Salone and the catwalk couture for the coming winter season. All just coincidence?
FAIRS & EVENTS Salone, Salone or Twelve Milan stories4/16/2014Milan in the days of the Salone and Fuori Salone – is a hodgepodge of impressions, encounters and cameo stories. In terms of form and content, they are as different as, say, people, furniture, brands, and markets.
MAGAZINE Twelve dreams under the big blue sky5/8/2013Lounging and dreaming in the big outdoors, preferably on huge sofas and comfy daybeds, into which we lightly sink and forget the everyday rat race.
MAGAZINE Twelve lightweight pieces for your balcony5/8/2013A little bit of happiness just outside the door: seating furniture, light, delicate, flexible and anything but clunky.
MAGAZINE Good designers, successful products – Milan Marathon part 34/23/2013No, there was no revolt. Even Ventura Lambrate had nothing on offer that even came close to a taste of the future. Instead it was above all Konstantin Grcic who once again showed just what contemporary design can do.
MAGAZINE What a relief – The Milan marathon part 14/17/2013Milan 2013, a mixture of prudence, consolidation and solid design work. A little less hype and fewer prototypes, too. This is certainly doing the industry good.
MAGAZINE Gardenias: Jaime Hayon’s garden fantasies4/2/2013Gardenias, even the name has a special ring to it. In particular as the eponymous collection that Jaime Hayon designed for BD Barcelona offers more than just a touch of garden romanticism.
MAGAZINE Aestheticizing the seemingly imperfect1/24/2013During imm Cologne, the Museum für Angewandte Kunst opened a special kind of exhibition: “Isn’t it romantic? – Contemporary Design Balancing between Poetry and Provocation”. An homage to the longing for a world that isn’t always perfect.
MAGAZINE The Barcelona Pastiche1/21/2013The imm Cologne is swiftly getting back on an even keel. And how are designers and manufacturers making use of the opportunity? A tour of the trade fair shows that they often resorted to the tried-and-true, reanimating and dressing it up for contemporary use. Even Konstantin Grcic opted for a tongue-in-cheek approach to a design classic.
DESIGN Häberli’s Hotel12/3/2012What do you get if you give Alfredo Häberli free rein to design an entire hotel? Well, now you can see just that in the new 25 Hours hotel in Zurich.