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.
YOUNG TALENTS Many Facets8/12/2024Aaron Wessels is an architect and designer, realizes interiors, small-scale architecture, and spatial concepts, creates both product designs and sculptural objects. In our conversation he reveals how he came to have his own practice, discusses his creative roles, and why Copenhagen is not an easy place for young creative people.
ARCHITECTURE A Statement in Falu Red4/10/2023With its "Simonsson House" on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune is making a sculptural statement, one influenced by the rigid local building regulations and the Arctic conditions.
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.
ARCHITECTURE Two in One 8/29/2022In Berlin's West, the architecture office Coordination has converted two attic flats into an elegant penthouse. Now the Wilhelminian architecture serves as a colourful backdrop for the art.
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.
ARCHITECTURE The architectural desire to travel4/7/2021OOAK architects have designed a holiday home on the island of Karpathos. The building stages the surrounding landscape and with its patios creates complex spatial relationships.
DESIGN Outdoor Weather3/16/2021Little by little, the temperatures are getting milder and the dream of balmy summer evenings and relaxing vacation days is within reach. For the right outdoor equipment we have put together a refreshing selection from our Novelties Stage.
PORTRAIT Harmony in contrast5/19/2020Dimitri Bähler likes balance – between a personal and a user-oriented approach, between simple and complex, decorative and functional. Since 2014 he has been walking the line within the different poles of design from his studio in the Swiss town of Biel.
RESTAURANT Seaside Colors9/11/2019Maritime flair does not always have to be a matter of blue and white stripes, as is demonstrated by the recently opened Oktopussy design restaurant on the island of Norderney.
IMM COLOGNE 2019 Forwards, sideways, backwards1/25/2019Contrasts, visions and the Bauhaus: Looking back on the imm cologne 2019 trade fair.
DESIGN The new “New Nordic”8/17/2018Young Scandinavian labels and their designers are riding the wave of continuing success. But why is it that Neo-Scandinavianism is such a hit?
STOCKHOLM FURNITURE & LIGHT FAIR 2018 On the bright side2/20/2018Scandinavian design is booming worldwide. And the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair is the showcase of the prospering industry. This year the fair has done a lot to become even more attractive. Our review.