FEATURED Integrative, flexible & open10/31/2024With the ‘Confair Next’ room modules, Wilkhahn offers a pioneering solution for true hybridity in the workplace, combining the different requirements of analogue and digital collaboration.
ORGATEC 2024 – REVIEW Nervously in the flow10/24/2024How do we want to work in the future? What do we need for this? And which topics are crucial for the industry? Every two years, Orgatec, the leading international trade fair for modern working environments, provides an insight into the ideas and concerns that set the tone in the minds of creative professionals and entrepreneurs. Our review.
FEATURED Intuitive wellbeing10/14/2024How does Wilkhahn teach seating to walk? And what are the benefits of dynamic sitting for people's health, such as the efficient furnishing of an office or home office? Carsten Gehner, Head of Product Pre-Development, in an interview.
FEATURED PREVIEW – ORGATEC 2024 Orgatec 2024: WILKHAHN10/10/2024At Wilkhahn, trade fair visitors can expect a pleasantly airy architecture on over 450 square metres: Michael Englisch, head of the design and development department, and his team have devised a sustainable structure made of aluminium surrounded by a textile shell.
FEATURED Fair to People and the Environment10/26/2023Environmental science graduate Jörg Hoffmann is the Sustainability Manager at German furniture manufacturer and international player Wilkhahn. In this interview he highlights what issues are key in its commitment to the environment and which goals are still on the agenda.
FEATURED PROJECT Taking a seat at the stock exchange3/14/2023Wilkhahn has furnished the New York Stock Exchange's historic meeting rooms with jehs+laub's striking Graph conference chairs.
DESIGN Stylepark Selected Award 202211/28/2022With the Stylepark Selected Award 2022, Stylepark honours the best new products of the year. These are the award winners.
DESIGN Wilkhahn 2022: YONDA9/26/2022With "Yonda", Wilkhahn offers a range of shell chairs designed by Neunzig°design, developed for the circular economy and suitable for both living and working environments.
DESIGN Wilkhahn 2022: GRAPH ICONIC EDITION10/14/2021Wilkhahn's "Graph iconic edition" adds new top models to the "Graph" conference range.
FEATURED COMPETENCE Graph Iconic Edition by Wilkhahn10/7/2021For the anniversary edition "Graph Iconic Edition", designers Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub expand the "Graph" collection to include upholstery. This not only provides additional comfort, but also a distinctive look.
MAGAZINE Wilkhahn 2021: INSIT-SCREEN8/17/2021From a work sofa to a modular, screened-off retreat: the "Insit-Screen" wall elements for Wilkhahn's modular "Insit" bench system can be used to create variable room scenarios.
STYLEPARK WILKHAHN Changing Scenarios10/26/2020Wilkhahn demonstrates what pioneering workplaces could look like – with a virtual office building.
STYLEPARK WILKHAHN A realistic virtual building10/13/2020In collaboration with Wilkhahn the architects at Munich’s 1zu33 have designed a virtual office building at a real location as part of the “Human Centered Workplace” project. Georg Thiersch, managing partner of 1zu33, reveals more in our interview.
STYLEPARK WILKHAHN Virtual master plan10/6/2020A blueprint for the new work office: Wilkhahn cooperated with architectural practice 1zu33 to develop a virtual reference project that supplies architects and office planners with inspiring best-practice examples for pioneering work environments.
FEATURED COMPETENCE AT Mesh by Wilkhahn9/9/2020The "AT" series by Wilkhahn is the company’s third office chair program with the pioneering "free-to-move" mechanism. Precisely calibrated to match the human body, the three-dimensional flexible structure helps keep limbs and muscles active.
FEATURED COMPETENCE AT Office Chair by Wilkhahn5/22/2019Wilkhahn has expanded its office-chair range to include the “AT” model, which was developed specifically with a view to flexible office concepts and desk sharing.
FEATURED COMPETENCE Occo SC chair range by Wilkhahn11/20/2018Wilkhahn has added the new “Occo SC” chair version to its successful “Occo” table and chair range.
FEATURED COMPETENCE Landing wall relief by Wilkhahn10/23/2018With the modular wall relief "Landing" from Wilkhahn, communication hubs are created even in narrow corridors, fostering idea exchange and teamwork within the company.
FEATURED A communicating office10/23/2017For a pioneering bank building Wilkhahn has realized individual solutions.
FEATURED COMPETENCE mAx and Aula by Wilkhahn10/4/2017Two new products prove just how intensively Wilkhahn has concerned itself with the topic of “flexible furniture”: The “mAx” folding table system and the stackable “Aula” multi-purpose chair.
FEATURED Clear lines for conferences11/22/2016The Graph and Timetable conference furniture from Wilkhahn was selected for the conference rooms at the new headquarters of Dutch company Heerema.
FEATURED A lunchbreak in World Cultural Heritage10/10/2016When redesigning the cafeteria in the former Van Nelle factory in Rotterdam, Wessel de Jonge Architekten took their cue from the original building, and featured contemporary furniture by Wilkhahn.
FEATURED Lobby for Oxford8/16/2016Herzog & de Meuron’s new building in Oxford captivates visitors with its purist selection of colors and materials, as well as the comfortable furnishings including chairs by Wilkhahn.
FEATURED Flexing muscles in the office5/18/2015Wilkhahn’s new “IN” office chair not only cuts a fine figure thanks to its fresh and young design, but above all it provides plenty of freedom, offering users outstanding comfort while staying dynamic and active as they sit.
FEATURED Coworking with Wilkhahn in Modul 575/28/2013Coworking spaces need not invariably look as if they were the living room in a flat share; for the Modul 57 project, the emphasis was on technical equipment and ergonomic chairs courtesy of Wilkhahn.
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.
ORGATEC 2022 – REVIEW Flexibility for stability10/31/2022Orgatec is back and with it a homely jigsaw puzzle that maps the development of different requirements in the working context since 2018. Our review.
NEW WORK Elegant neighbor4/20/2021The Office Group, or TOG for short, recently opened "Oper46" – a set of flexible workspaces in the center of Frankfurt/Main. We took a look around.
SUSTAINABILITY Cards on the Table1/29/2021The time is ripe for change: Stefan Diez has formulated ten requirements that he believes products should meet. He explains the concept to us in an interview.
NEW WORK Back to the office8/28/2020Safe, hygienic, structured: how work environments can be adapted to suit the new normal.
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.
ORGATEC 2018 The new informal11/1/2018Will we still work at desks in future? That was one of the many questions asked at Orgatec 2018 in Cologne. We review the trade fair.
FAIRS & EVENTS Impressions of the Stylepark Selected Tours 10/29/2018Zur Orgatec 2018 veranstaltete Stylepark gemeinsam mit Gloster eine exklusive Guided Tour zu den Highlights der Messe. Moderiert wurde die Tour vom Gründer und Vorstand von Stylepark, Robert Volhard.
STYLEPARK SELECTED ORGATEC 2018 Excellent!10/23/2018The Stylepark Selected Award Winners at the Orgatec 2018.
DESIGN Style with substance 7/14/2017Everybody is talking about sustainable production. Camira has been practicing it for years. The British textile manufacturer makes fabrics from stinging nettles, hemp and jute and is a great champion of recycling.
FAIRS & EVENTS Pushing boundaries2/9/2017A stroke of luck: In his exhibition “Full House” at the MAKK in Cologne, Stefan Diez develops new perspectives on design in a globalized world and in so doing presents himself and how he works.
FAIRS & EVENTS Convey the enthusiasm that in this job there’s still things to be achieved1/5/2017The exhibition “Full House: Design by Stefan Diez” is still being assembled at MAKK. But what is already clear is that what will go on display in Cologne will be far more than a simple show of his work. We talked in advance with Stefan Diez about his concept.
FAIRS & EVENTS Do feel free to skip around10/28/2016The sector’s prospects are looking good. Since there are no longer any fixed spaces and new work concepts geared to the digital revolution are in demand, everything is being furnished: Impressions from the Orgatec 2016 trade fair.
DESIGN Open Doors. Answer Right. Santa Claus. Christmas Bright!12/1/2014You know the ins and outs of design and architecture? Then take part in our special Stylepark Christmas Contest. Be it chairs, luminaires, or living room accessories – this year there are once again any number of great prizes to be won.
FAIRS & EVENTS Work with love10/24/2014One thing is clear at this year’s Orgatec in Cologne: the lines dividing homes from offices are becoming very blurred. While the playful office world may still be a topic, work is being taken seriously again. We outline the key new products at the fair.
FAIRS & EVENTS Of lenses and other lighting magic4/10/2014Small firms alongside large corporations, tiny components and immense spotlights for buildings: The manufacturers at Light+Building certainly extended our sense of dimensions. Which has resulted in records this year.
DESIGN Presents, presents12/1/2013You know the ins and outs of design and architecture? Then take part in our special Stylepark Christmas Contest. Be it chairs, luminaires, or living room accessories – this year there are once again any number of great prizes to be won.
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 Open a door each day12/23/2012Do you know your architecture and design? Do you read our News&Stories articles, regularly receive our Newsletter or use our database for research? And do you like tackling tricky questions?
MAGAZINE Forecasting offices11/14/2012On the silver screen and at Orgatec, office environments are depicted as having a life of their own. What kind of image of reality do they convey? A rummage through the film archives and walkabout in the trade fair halls.
MAGAZINE What should offices be? A small town or a camping site?10/29/2012Orgatec 2012 in Cologne presents the 21st-century office as an urban landscape in colors as fresh as spring itself. Seldom does one feel so content at work – be it alone in a cocoon or in a meeting in a sheltered seating group.
MAGAZINE Milan in four bags or: Design, theatrical, practical, feudal and universal4/27/2011Perhaps everything on show in Milan at the exhibition center in Rho, in the booths of Superstudio Più, in showrooms and back-yard workshops ultimately fits into four bags. Let’s see if it does. What would we write on the movable containers if we were to put in them the things we noticed among all the abundance?
MAGAZINE Milan is here again4/6/2011En route for Milan. It’s that time of the year; the Milan furniture salon is just round the corner and the design world is in pandemonium. To give you an idea of the countless events throughout the city we have compiled a list of what we consider to be the most promising among them.
MAGAZINE Cowboys stay mobile4/6/2011With “Chassis” by Stefan Diez, office furniture specialist Wilkhahn is presenting a chair at the Salone del Mobile in Milan that is more than just a chair and can do more than simply shine in an office or conference room. For “Chassis” is now also available with various fabric covers and interchangeable seat shells, Thomas Wagner spoke to Jochen Hahne, Burkhard Remmers and Stefan Diez about the “Chassis” system.
MAGAZINE Work wherever you want! Office worlds 2010 – part 2: of sheds and queues of seats11/9/2010Offices are increasingly turning into social centers. To make certain the stress of constant communication does not become too fierce and the office becomes a social flashpoint, the modern work nomad withdraws into a chic little shed or a new kind of basket-chair.
MAGAZINE The office nest10/31/2008No, not many surprises are on offer at Orgatec 2008 in Cologne but naturally this depends on your point of view. In any event, on some stands, with their ergonomically tested recliners, it felt more like we had been transported into a modern torture chamber than a comfortable, open-plan working environment. Despite this, there are some happy exceptions.
MAGAZINE Success made in Germany9/24/2007Long before firms sought to craft a corporate identity with the aid of thick styleguides and design guidelines entrepreneur Fritz Hahne assisted by architects and designers worked on a corporate culture, which defined the corporate image, buildings and quite naturally also the fairness and ecological responsibility of the Wilkhahn brand.
