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Grasping carpets
INTERVIEWS

Grasping carpets

11/29/2013

Domotex, second time. For the next round in January Stefan Diez is back on board. This time as the chairman of the jury of the newly-created “Innovations@Domotex” platform. The Munich-based designer chats here about his renewed involvement, the oohs and aahs of floor coverings, and his preference for made-to-fit, hand-made carpets.
Over-the-counter masterpieces
ART

Over-the-counter masterpieces

by Martina Metzner | 11/27/2013

A year ago Amsterdam’s Rijksmusum launched its Rijksstudio, an online platform that allows users to download images of the museum's artworks for free and edit them at will. Sellout or seductive?
Hidden qualities
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Hidden qualities

11/24/2013

Beautiful homes rising from the dust
ARCHITECTURE

Beautiful homes rising from the dust

by Thomas Wagner | 11/24/2013

Neat glossy pictures of gorgeous buildings and smart interiors shape the face of architecture in today’s media age. But if you take the plunge and treat your house or apartment to a makeover, you will soon find yourself confronted with noise, dust, dirt – and those who cause it.
Breathtaking views
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Breathtaking views

11/22/2013

New threads and colors
FAIRS & EVENTS

New threads and colors

by Jochen Stöckmann | 11/22/2013

At Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg you can admire how artistic woven and knotted products can be – and how they can grace installations, canvases and house façades. The “Art & Textiles” exhibition featuring works from Beuys to Richter is more than merely another thread in the argument.
The communicative office
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The communicative office

11/21/2013

Crucial to the office world of today is an inviting ambience and direct communication routes, as were realized by local.ch for its new facility in Zurich, using furniture by Lista Office LO.

Functional, with style
DESIGN

Functional, with style

by Silke Bücker | 11/20/2013

The “to-go” mentality of today’s globalized world calls for fashion that affords maximum freedom of movement and stylistic diversity. Couturiers at the summer 2014 “Sport Couture” thus presented zestful color combinations and unusual material mixes. Part 2 of our catwalk analysis.
Celebrating 40 years of comfiness
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Celebrating 40 years of comfiness

11/19/2013

Battle of innovations
INTERVIEWS

Battle of innovations

11/19/2013

Domotex is set to undergo yet another makeover in 2014. At the press conference for the new concept Robert Volhard spoke with Jochen Köckler, Board Member at Deutsche Messe AG, about trade fairs and “Innovations@Domotex”, the new communications program Deutsche Messe AG has co-developed with Stylepark.
Certainties – shaken, not stirred
DESIGN

Certainties – shaken, not stirred

by Thomas Edelmann | 11/17/2013

In his discerning but chatty volume, Michael Erlhoff draws our attention to the potential and ideas innate in design. A book for anyone who views aesthetic debate as something more than just a matter of theoretical edification.
35 degrees in Vienna
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35 degrees in Vienna

11/14/2013

The pattern that connects
FAIRS & EVENTS

The pattern that connects

by Thomas Wagner | 11/13/2013

Patterns, once shunned by Modernism, have long since become ubiquitous in art, architecture and design. A noteworthy exhibition in Lingen explores the question what makes patterns so attractive in all these fields – and why they are so easy on the eyes.
Google Docks
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Google Docks

11/12/2013

All the colors of the rainbow – in Google’s new Dublin premises the shades of the familiar logo dominate the interior, which features furniture from Pedrali.

A panoramic view – with obstructions
ART

A panoramic view – with obstructions

by Jochen Stöckmann | 11/10/2013

Imagine roadblocks, barbed wire obstacles and sandbag barricades against a backdrop of deserted ruins: A leading member of Magnum Photos, Josef Koudelka took his panoramic camera to document the landscape along the route of the barrier that separates Israel and Palestine. His latest volume “The Wall” presents these images in an album that is as somber as it is impressive.
Prêt-à-porter living
ARCHITECTURE

Prêt-à-porter living

by Julia Macher | 11/8/2013

Turning the crisis into an opportunity: Spain’s architects are discovering prefab homes as a cost-efficient and attractive alternative. With their transportable miniature dwellings Madrid firms “Abaton” and “Sistema Modulab” are spearheading this new trend.
New found design
ARCHITECTURE

New found design

by Jeremy Gaines | 11/6/2013

On a rocky outcrop of Newfoundland, where there’s nothing between you and the Artic, the Fogo Island Inn has since May of this year proved that good design can foster tourism and thus create jobs.
MEGALOPOLI(TIC)S
ARCHITECTURE

MEGALOPOLI(TIC)S

by Reinier de Graaf | 11/6/2013

Cities are the main arena in which globalization takes physical form. So far the city has failed to register as a political entity in its own right. A pleading for the world as an archipelago of city-states.
Banking in South Africa
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Banking in South Africa

11/5/2013

Allen International is the brain behind what could quite easily become the “bank branch of the future”: The planning consultants opted for interactive displays, computer terminals and a meticulously planned lighting concept boasting luminaires from Reggiani.

Splashing about sustainably
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Splashing about sustainably

11/4/2013