FEATURED NOVELTY Ligne Roset 2024: KASHIMA9/2/2024With the re-edition of ‘Kashima’, Ligne Roset is bringing back a comfortable classic that has offered a modern design since the seventies thanks to designer Michel Ducaroy.
FEATURED NOVELTY Ligne Roset 2023: HASHIRA9/4/2023"Hashira", Japanese for "column", is the name Alain Gilles gave to the table he designed for Ligne Roset. A direct reference can be found when looking at the four conical legs made of wood veneer, which support the rounded table top made of marble or solid wood.
FEATURED Strong Roots for the Future6/26/2023Robert Volhard, founder and board member of Stylepark, visited Ligne Roset’s main factory outside Lyon. There not only did he found out some fascinating things about the history of the 160-year-old family-run business but he was introduced to product innovations and new store concepts.
DESIGN Always relaxed5/1/2023Stylepark is raffling of the limited "Togo" edition by Pierre Frey for Ligne Roset.
INTERVIEWS From one generation to the next6/29/2022Ligne Roset is one of the biggest and best-known brands in the furniture and design industry. The company took a new step and presented its latest innovations at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Stylepark met there two generations of the family business for an interview: father and son Pierre and Antoine Roset.
FEATURED Worth waiting for12/13/2021From the start Ligne Roset products have primarily been made by hand – something that impacts on delivery times given the current shortage of resources and skilled workers. How does the French manufacturer overcome these challenges?
DESIGN Ligne Roset 2021: ALANDO und BRIORD10/28/2021With "Alando" and "Briord", Ligne Roset presents exceptional desks and sideboards for the home office.
DESIGN Ligne Roset 2021: ASTRÉE10/25/2021Benjamin Graindorge hat mit "Astrée" für Ligne Roset eine stilvolle Stehleuchte entwickelt, dessen dynamische Linien die Leuchtkugel scheinbar schweben lassen.
FEATURED A Modern Family7/29/2021Ligne Roset has expanded its “Taru” collection by Sebastian Herkner to include an armchair and a sofa. The furniture’s design succeeds in striking a balance between overall coherence and items each with a character of its own.
DESIGN Ligne Roset 2021: MURTOLI4/26/2021With "Murtoli", Christian Werner has designed an outdoor sofa for Ligne Roset that is both formally and functionally the ideal basis for relaxation on warm summer days.
IMM COLOGNE 2020 A gentle companion1/16/2020Two characteristics associated with elephants are a well-balanced temperament and strong social skills. Sebastian Herkner so admires elephants’ special character – its silhouette is found in the shape of his sofa "Taru" for Ligne Roset.
FEATURED Sleeping in a Shell10/29/2019In the form of “Clam” for Ligne Roset, Léo Dubreil and Baptiste Pilato have come up with a sofa bed whose intuitive mechanism and leisurely look impresses us.
FEATURED Sitting pretty outside4/16/2019Summer is drawing closer – along with comfortable outdoor furniture by Ligne Roset, so that spending time outdoors can be even more relaxing.
FEATURED Dynamic Timeout5/3/2018Marie Christine Dorner has designed a sofa for Ligne Roset that calmly faces surprises.
IMM COLOGNE 2018 Sitting in a flower1/24/2018The sofa “Paipaï” is part of Stylepark Selected 2018. Thomas Edelmann spoke to its designers about folding foam, the home as an Archimedean point, and their response to the endless stringing together of identical boxes.
FEATURED Discreet charm6/26/2017Architect and designer Jean-Philippe Nuel lends the “Les Cures Marines” hotel a touch of striking elegance with furniture by Ligne Roset.
INTERVIEWS Rethinking Products4/21/2024In 2013, Moritz Böttcher and Nikolaus Kayser started to run their design studio together in Berlin. Since then, they designing as Böttcher & Kayser consumer goods, furniture and luminaires, both themselves and for international clients from Ligne Roset to Stelton.
INTERVIEWS Storyteller with passion5/23/2023In 2021, Barbara Elwardt and Piotr Wisniewski founded weStudio in Berlin, a multidisciplinary creative studio specialising in interior design, gastronomy and the hotel industry. With a focus on art and custom-made furniture, the duo creates harmonious spaces.
DESIGN Prague Jewellery Box1/25/2022At the Bomma Atelier in Prague, not only glass art connoisseurs and design lovers get their fill, also fans of cubism should not miss the Gesamtkunstwerk.
INTERVIEWS The courage to be colorful5/19/2021At their Jäll & Tofta studio in Berlin, designer duo Sina Gwosdzik and Jakob Dannenfeldt design home fittings and kitchens. Colors and geometric forms feature heavily in their creative output.
INTERVIEWS STYLEPARK ZOOM IN with kaschkasch4/27/2020Since 2011, Florian Kallus and Sebastian Schneider have been realizing international cooperations in product design and art direction with Rolf Benz, Müller Möbelwerkstätten, Bolia, Ligne Roset, Schramm or Interlübke from their studio in Cologne.
DESIGN Attractive stay-at-homers3/24/2020#Stayathome, to protect your own health and protect others from an infection with coronavirus – that is the order of the day right now. Stylepark outlines ten practical tips for working from home that will ensure you don’t need to go short on comfort.
HOTEL Holistic Geometry7/12/2019David Thulstrup has converted a former water pumping house in Copenhagen dating from 1902 into the “Chimney House” an exclusive holiday home.
STYLEPARK RAFFLE Pickaback with LucidiPevere3/8/2019For Ligne Roset LucidiPevere have designed a casual and comfortable armchair called “Backpack”. Stylepark is raffling off an outdoor version to its readers.
IMM COLOGNE 2019 “I don’t want to be trendy”1/29/2019Philippe Nigro recently designed the upholstered furniture collection “Phileas” for Ligne Roset, which was presented at imm cologne 2019. Uta Abendroth interviewed the designer about his work.
IMM COLOGNE 2019 Forwards, sideways, backwards1/25/2019Contrasts, visions and the Bauhaus: Looking back on the imm cologne 2019 trade fair.
IMM COLOGNE 2019 A class reunion of sorts1/16/2019Stylepark and the FAZ newspaper hosted an event at the MAKK to mark the start of imm cologne 2019 – attended by more than 500 invited guests.
IMM COLOGNE 2019 Impressions imm cologne 20191/16/2019Impressions from the international furniture and furnishing fair imm 2019 in Cologne.
STYLEPARK SELECTED IMM COLOGNE 2019 Simply the best!12/20/2018At imm cologne 2019, Stylepark will present its Stylepark Selected Award to the most interesting new products at the fair.
DESIGN Experts amongst themselves11/29/2018Ligne Roset decked out the AD Design Summit event in Munich.
FAIRS & EVENTS Highlights Cologne Furniture Fair1/17/2018You did not make it to the imm cologne? Don't worry! Stylepark brings you the cheerful bustle on the monitor.
STYLEPARK SELECTED IMM COLOGNE 2018 AT MAKK And the winners are...1/15/2018Stylepark honors the 20 most interesting innovations at imm cologne 2018.
STYLEPARK SELECTED IMM COLOGNE 2018 AT MAKK Stylepark Selected imm cologne 2018: The nominees12/4/2017We have nominated 40 innovations of the imm cologne 2018 for the award “Stylepark Selected imm cologne 2018”.
DESIGN Flying visit: Design in Poland7/11/2017Design from Poland? Is not known by everyone. But it's absolutely worthwhile to look at the hustle and bustle of the local scene. So follow us on our tour to Gdynia, Gdansk and Warsaw to the hotspots and interesting heads of the Polish design.
DESIGN Stretch out and lay 5/16/2017Be it on castors, suspended, or a fold-out: We present sun recliners which you will simply want to stay lying on.
INTERVIEWS I think with my hand1/20/2017Furniture, luminaires, and special gallery editions by Parisian Eric Jourdan are invariably very refined and elegant. As is “Riga”, his new upholstered furniture for Ligne Roset. The designer and Martina Metzner made themselves comfortable on it to talk about French feelings, vivacious lines, and barbarian times.
INTERVIEWS I felt like a chameleon 12/6/2016Hamburg‘s Designxport design center is dedicating a retrospective to designer Peter Maly on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Thomas Edelmann talked with him about his own career path and industry trends in recent decades.
DESIGN Good night guaranteed2/15/2016Relax, read or work – bedrooms have long since ceased to only be used for sleeping. Assuming the bed is comfy and flexible – and cuts a fine figure, too.
FAIRS & EVENTS A question of balance2/3/2016Marie Christine Dorner is convinced that a piece of furniture must look good from all sides, even from below. Uta Abendroth talked with the interior architect and designer about her new creations for Ligne Roset.
FAIRS & EVENTS Velvet and yearning1/29/2016Be it new designs or re-issued classics: velvet covers were omnipresent at the imm cologne. But why?
FAIRS & EVENTS Sliced chair1/25/2016It’s back: “Slice” by Pierre Charpin. Martina Metzner spoke to the French designer about his unusual armchair.
FAIRS & EVENTS As time goes by1/22/2016Revivals, evergreens and many colors: imm cologne 2016 likes sending its visitors time traveling. Since it is becoming ever harder to offer something really new, the option is to resort to the archive and refine things.
FAIRS & EVENTS What’s New1/7/2016The trade-fair cycle starts to turn again. From January 18-24 the imm cologne opens its doors. We took a quick peek behind them and spotted the one or other novelty.
DESIGN Sit down on the goat11/25/2015Leather, hide or brocade – fashion is reveling in high-grade materials and elaborate textures. The furniture design at times remains restrained.
DESIGN Not without my quilt11/18/2015Hard-edged and technoid or soft and round – formally furniture and fashion are certainly not so far apart from each other.
DESIGN Lay down your head10/24/2015Rest, nap, read or let your thoughts wander during the day – on a daybed. Be it an upmarket modern version, a narrow bench, a chaise longue or a new wave – they all look great.
DESIGN Small is beautiful3/25/2015They’re back in fashion – small, light armchairs with a wooden or tubular steel frame. In the 1950s and 1960s they came to fame as “easy chairs”; now they’ve morphed into “lounge chairs”. For the office or the home.
FAIRS & EVENTS Fixed on the mark2/1/2015Inga Sempé has dragged the winged armchair into contemporary life – with “Beau Fixe” for Ligne Roset. In an interview with Uta Abendroth, the French designer explains what the design has to do with her childhood, why she likes working in a team, and why she feels attracted to small objects.
FAIRS & EVENTS Forget those old banana boxes1/22/2015In the hunt for the feel-good factor that straddles the tried-and-true and the surprisingly new, designers and manufacturers are busy presenting their novelties at the imm cologne and the Passagen. The clear message: Things are getting more softer and sensual.
FAIRS & EVENTS News for Cologne – from Böwer to Zeitraum1/13/2015Which re-editions are being dragged from the archives this year? In which pots of paint did manufacturers decide to dip their products? Enjoy browsing our selection of up-and-coming innovations!
FAIRS & EVENTS Simple and smart – perfect working from home10/10/2014Working from home – a convenient alternative in today’s networked age. Working at the dinner table or cram heavy-duty desks is not necessary – considering the abundance of small, delicate, readily movable and well-designed alternatives. We present the best choices.
FAIRS & EVENTS April fools many, and I know I need never care...3/26/2014Welcome! It’s Salone del Mobile time again soon. While the design world may be as capricious as the month of April, the Milan cornucopia is filled to the brim again in 2014. Wanna know what’s happening where, how and when?
INTERVIEWS A pod – tough and tender3/10/2014In the wake of "Ploum" Ligne Roset is now presenting another upholstered group based on a shell shape: "Cosse". Martina Metzner talked with designer Philippe Nigro about his new creation, his items for the Hermès fashion house and what he learned during his time with Michele De Lucchi's studio.
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 I like the Original1/31/2014Imm cologne attract creative minds from all over the world – this time they included Marc Bailly, interior architect straight from New York. He joined Robert Volhard, Stylepark MD, for a tour of the Cologne interiors fair to find out all about innovative design this side of the Great Pond.
FAIRS & EVENTS Colorful dishes, perfectly seasoned1/20/2014Furniture design in a swirl of colors: At the imm cologne designers and manufacturers have dipped deep into pots of color and mixed up any number of great tones. We checked out what worlds of color are competing with each other.
MAGAZINE Twelve urban garden tools5/8/2013Today amateur gardeners are referred to as urban gardeners. The new generation of urban nature lovers has no need for simple flower pots; multifunctional is the name of the game!
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 5 Questions to Benjamin Graindorge2/15/2013He learned to see with Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, he’s always good for a surprise and he loves Japan. Uta Abendroth met the 33-year-old Frenchman, a real up-and-comer in the design world, at imm Cologne where he presented his “Lace” stool for Ligne Roset.
MAGAZINE A sofa is like an island2/4/2013For Didier Gomez a sofa is the key piece of furniture in any apartment – on it, people live, work, lounge and relax. Uta Abendroth talks to the Spaniard, who started out on a career as an opera singer before switching to design, about his latest creation, “Nils” for Ligne Roset, his role models in the field, comfort and perfection.
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.
MAGAZINE Two brothers in a brilliant game with nature. Hey, boys will be boys1/14/2013I’m tempted to say: It’s about time. Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have been named “A&W Designers of the Year 2013”. Certainly cause for a portrait of these two designers extraordinaire.
MAGAZINE Paris is not ready for the future7/16/2011French designer Inga Sempé is one of the most interesting phenomena in the current design scene. Nancy Jehmlich talked with her about the status design has in France, about her experience with manufacturers, about expensive and cheap products, and about her favorite places in Paris.
MAGAZINE The sofa as a ripe fruit1/31/2011Does it look like a ripe strawberry? Or a piece of bloated crispbread? However you answer this question, the "Ploum" sofa by the Bouroullec brothers is one of the most talked-about products at this year's imm Cologne. Nina Reetzke spoke to Ronan Bouroullec about the sofa's low seat, marketing, and making films.
MAGAZINE Wish I was a Red Indian – imm Cologne Part 11/21/2011What emerged at the imm Cologne in 2011 was that the fair has steadied, and in the form of "Living Kitchen" and "Pure Textiles" has gained two important new areas. Thus, the Cologne hodge-podge of the diversity of homes has something for everyone, for a man of the world, a man of the masses, and for kids, too. That said, the high-end design did not live up to expectations.
MAGAZINE Everyday objects with that human touch11/15/2010Mathias Hahn, a talented young product designer from Germany, moved to London six years ago in order to gain a foothold in the design community. He has made an international name for himself within a very short space of time, with his sympathetic, straightforward and functional everyday products.
MAGAZINE All quiet in the West?1/26/2010No festival of innovations such as is Milan, but then no one would have expected that. All the same, the imm cologne seems to have steadied up despite the crisis. A tour with some of the most interesting company presentations and products.
DESIGN In memory of Pierre Paulin6/18/2009He created seating buds, mushrooms for the home and incomparable interiors. Pierre Paulin's upbeat creations have had a significant influence on design history. They are as alive as ever today. The visionary French interior designer died at the age of 81 last Saturday.
MAGAZINE Braving the crisis with power and creativity1/27/2009It was tough going for Cologne's furniture fair this year. But not everyone let the crisis get them down. There were some strong showings in connection with the imm cologne, but naturally this overview is incomplete and subjective.
MAGAZINE Savoir faire - Ligne Roset at Art Basel | Miami Beach11/28/2007200 galleries from all over the world are specially selected for the art event. And this time, there is a furniture manufacturer from France in their midst. Together with the internationally celebrated designers, the Bouroullec brothers, Ligne Roset is furnishing the Art Collectors Lounge and the Art Guest Lounge at the art show.
