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With "PAROS", Dedon offers a modular lounge collection that lets us look towards summer: Jean-Marie Maussaud created the design, which offers many practical elements.

The renovation of the Walter Höllerer secondary school by Coplan AG convinces with its sustainable concept. For the façade, the architects opted for "öko skin" by Rieder, a cladding made of glass fiber concrete in lath format.

The "Altopiano" dining table by Paola Lenti convinces with its flexible usage possibilities and has now been extended with a higher frame that also allows the combination with bar stools.

Studying sustainable design – how does it work? Prof. Jörg Gätjens, lecturer at the public school ecosign/Akademie für Gestaltung in Cologne explains to us the concept for a design education that focuses on a sense of responsibility for the environment and society.

AIM Architecture has designed an interior architecture for the Chinese cosmetics retailer Harmay in Hangzhou that seems like a journey back in time to the colour-intensive office landscapes of the 1970s.

Offecct unveiled the "Pauline" armchair, designed along with the "Thelma" sound absorber by French designer Pauline Deltour shortly before her death, at this year's Stockholm Design Week.

With the new guesthouse "Luchs" (Lynx) just outside Frankfurt/Main the Lindenberg Group has created a heavenly hideaway for stressed urbanites.

Stylepark is raffling off one "Acapulco Chair" by Acapulco Design.

Prof. Karl Leo is a semiconductor physicist and conducts research on highly efficient OLED displays with his team at the Technical University of Dresden. He explains his research and the status quo of OLED technology to us in an interview.

With "Maris" Paola Lenti has extended the "Teatime" collection with a new fabric that is not only 100 percent recyclable but also offers great resistance.

Buckle Street Studios: Grzywinski+Pons have integrated no fewer than 103 studio apartments, a co-working space, a café, meeting rooms and a concept store in a building in London. In addition to the architecture, the New York design studio is also responsible for the interior design and most of the furniture.

With the world’s largest Porsche Experience Center in Italy, GBPA Architects and Pedrali are showing custom-fit solutions in architecture and design of a kind that transforms every stop into an experience.

Scientists at the University of Stuttgart use the natural properties of wood during drying for self-forming furniture and components.

Studio Drift designs fantastic works that use complex structures, kinetics, and light to illustrate the relationships between nature, humans and technology and to question our constructed world. In the interview, Lonneke Gordijn tells us why emotions play a crucial role in communication for the duo.

Villeroy & Boch has now brought out new models in its “Loop & Friends” range. These offer greater flexibility in bathroom design.

"The 8 X Jeff Koons," a limited-edition interpretation of the "M850i xDrive Gran Coupé," is the result of a collaboration between Jeff Koons and BMW. We spoke with BMW designer Corona Döring and press spokesman Steven Wörns about the artistic intention for the car.

Air cleaner and luminaire in one product: "Virlight" by Brust+Partner and Ruco Licht offers an alternative to standard air purification systems.

With the “S2” swivel chair for Wagner Living, Sven von Boetticher has given the classic work chair a contemporary twist. An innovation: the movement of the seat area that is easy on the back arises from the chair’s geometry and material.

The Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation is currently showing an exhibition in Halle on the furniture designer Erich Dieckmann. The exhibition architecture by Stefan Diez sets the scene for the works of the Bauhäusler.

NKBAK's architecture follows no particular design idiom, but instead develops what already exists on site. We spoke with Nicole Kerstin Berganski and Andreas Krawczyk about Frankfurt am Main, respect for historical layers, and the influence Japanese architecture has had on them.