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Light follows people
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Light follows people

by Jasmin Jouhar | 5/19/2016

Interactive technologies make it possible: the light in the store responds to the customer’s presence. Jasmin Jouhar spoke to Dutch lighting specialist Luuk van Laake about how this principle was applied in a Issey Miyake Shop in Antwerp.
Supermarket, super light
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Supermarket, super light

by Jasmin Jouhar | 5/19/2016

Potatoes, sausages and milk – there’s the right light and the wrong light even for the everyday things in supermarkets. Jasmin Jouhar talked to the Zumtobel Group’s Ralf Knorrenschild about what challenges there are to getting the lighting right in a supermarket – and what role the Boiled Sausage Decree plays here.
Not only Grillo had a future
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Not only Grillo had a future

by Thomas Edelmann | 5/17/2016

Marco Zanuso was born 100 years ago. The Milanese architect is one of the inventors of post-1945 Italian design and for decades inspired other architects and designers.
Get out those ladders!
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Get out those ladders!

by Florian Heilmeyer | 5/17/2016

With Alejandro Aravena at its helm, the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice could be a particularly interesting one – despite his predecessor Rem Koolhaas being a hard act to follow. After all, who could follow in those footsteps?
Wood with a future
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Wood with a future

5/17/2016

“A@W Lectures by Stylepark” during the Architect@Work in Copenhagen
Blanket home coverage
ARCHITECTURE

Blanket home coverage

5/11/2016

At the symposium on “Adaptive Building Skins” at the Technical University of Munich architects and construction experts demonstrated and explained how adaptive facades may well change the architecture of tomorrow. We’ve documented the lectures for you.
The submarine rises again
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The submarine rises again

by Paul Andreas | 5/10/2016

The Internationale Architecture Biennale Rotterdam raises questions about a “Next Economy”.
Light-studded concrete
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Light-studded concrete

5/9/2016

It is a minor debate often conducted between architects: Is less really more or is less simply less, or, (we recall how Robert Venturi provocatively quipped “Less is bore”) is less perhaps even boring?

Unlimited baths
DESIGN

Unlimited baths

by Thomas Edelmann | 5/6/2016

Refinements wherever you look: What caught the eye at Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Bagno.
No two bathrooms alike
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No two bathrooms alike

5/4/2016

Be it at home or in a hotel, when it comes to the bathroom standards are definitely on the rise. Anders Bergman spoke to Susanne Brandherm of Brandherm + Krumrey Interior Architecture on trends in the world of bathrooms.
Skeleton seeks new build
ART

Skeleton seeks new build

by Jasmin Jouhar | 5/3/2016

In Berlin’s Haus am Waldsee, an exhibition pares Jürgen Mayer H.’s architecture down to its essentials.
When fabrics go boingboing
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When fabrics go boingboing

by Uta Abendroth | 5/2/2016

Jo Nagasaka is always good for a surprise or two. During the Salone the Japanese designer created an installation called “boingboing” for Kinnasand’s Milanese showroom. Uta Abendroth spoke to the man who loves first and foremost to work on a scale of 1:1.
Salone Satellite Superlativo
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Salone Satellite Superlativo

by Jasmin Jouhar | 5/2/2016

Ten times Tops! Hopeful talents and fresh ideas from the platform for newcomers.
Water-struck bricks
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Water-struck bricks

4/28/2016

For the new museum building of the European Hansemuseum in Lübeck the architects selected a double-skin façade featuring bricks by Petersen Tegl.

Modern always works
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Modern always works

by Thomas Wagner | 4/28/2016

Salone 3: Forget social issues. The trend in furniture is to give modern classics a contemporary tweak, a makeover that guarantees their timelessness.
Go for feudal or simply say Hay
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Go for feudal or simply say Hay

by Thomas Wagner | 4/27/2016

Salone 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.
What’s on the table
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What’s on the table

by Thomas Edelmann | 4/27/2016

Demonstration item for materials makers, refined object for presentation purposes or a recipe for everyday life – at the moment, kitchens have as many purposes as they have appearances.
A birch forest for more quiet
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A birch forest for more quiet

4/26/2016

EMKC’s Karen Choi used colored acoustic panels courtesy of Buzzi to transform the dull office rooms in a high-rise into a highly varied office world.

The right angle
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The right angle

4/26/2016

What touches people's soul?
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What touches people's soul?

by Uta Abendroth | 4/26/2016

Jerszy Seymour is a difficult nut to crack. His design is highly individual and not always easy to like. Uta Abendroth spoke to the artist-cum-designer, 48, about humor, poetry and happy endings.