He was fascinated by the material and never lost his delight in experimentation: On Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Le Stanze del Vetro are presenting sensational glass works by Ettore Sottsass.

Residential house at the Starnberger See: Impressive views with the sliding window cero.

Are bathrooms becoming ever more colorful? And what prompted Bette to launch a bathtub clad in fabric? Martina Metzner talked with Managing Director Thilo Pahl and Head of Marketing Sven Rensinghoff.

MDT-tex has teamed up with Grimshaw Architects to develop a highly flexible canopy system.

Steve Leung has decorated the products "Octagon" and "Squaro Prestige" by Villeroy & Boch with thousands of Swarovski crystals. The Chinese designer explains how he came up with the idea and how bathroom culture differs from Asia to Europe.

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have devised four circular seat installations for the park at Kunsthal Aarhus.

Sometimes you have to sit down together to discuss things. Ideally somewhere where experts and interested parties meet up anyway. At the ISH, three intensive “Axor Talks” provided more than just entertainment.

We present luminaires for public spaces that score high in terms not only of energy efficiency, but also for their extraordinary lighting effects and elegant appearance.

Individuality rules the world. Seldom before have we as individuals been offered greater opportunities to define our lives ourselves.

Be it on castors, suspended, or a fold-out: We present sun recliners which you will simply want to stay lying on.

For nearly 270 years Villeroy & Boch has been shaping advancements in bathroom ceramics. Its newest material "TitanCeram" allows for washbasins that are not only exceptionally fine, but incredibly robust.

What do your children play with? Do you buy them Lego Ninjago or wooden toy building blocks? And will that influence their future?

Sopoteka: a library where every visitor can find a spot to disconnect or socialize with "BuzziHub" and "BuzziBooth".

The Swissôtel Amsterdam has moved in a building of HP Berlage and offers its guests elegant rooms with premium bathroom facilities from Villeroy & Boch.

Musings on the olfactory system. A column by Michael Erlhoff.

As of this year, Molteni&C holds the exclusive rights to re-editions of Gio Ponti furniture – and has immediately brought out the “D.156.3” lounge chair.

Daniel Rybakken and Luceplan have done their magic – and the result is an extensive ceiling luminaire using an inconceivably simple principle.

GamFratesi have designed the “Kite” armchair for Porro. It seems to truly demand you sit down on it.

"Kazimir" is the name of the new table of Philipp Mainzer for e15 that looks quite statically.

Dinesen has outfitted an old Copenhagen blacksmith’s workshop that has been converted into a home with "HeartOak"-planks.

Mosa has fitted out the four-star hotel Van der Valk in Antwerp with the new, enlarged “Solids” tiles.

Bathrooms are becoming homelier: With Bette Lux Oval Couture a freestanding bathtub is now available whose exterior is covered with colored fabric. We spoke to designer Dominik Tesseraux.

Pedrali has fitted out the Ore restaurant in Versailles château with comfortable Ester upholstered armchairs.

If you feel comfortable in the shop, you also buy more. The right light plays an active role. Three examples show how lighting can affect us during shopping.

Leicht has developed an open living room-cum-kitchen for a new build – with a view out over nature.

Siller has created a transparent staircase illuminated in color by LEDs.

The Hansgrohe Group has kitted out a hotel on the shores of the Melchsee with fittings and showers from their brands Axor and hansgrohe.

In 1924 the painter, book designer and typographer Paul Renner was commissioned to design “the typeface of our time.” But Renner looked to the future and created Futura. Now Gutenberg Museum Mainz is telling the story of this sanserif typeface.

People need the right light at the right time. And that means outside, too. Which is why “human-scale lighting” is shaping the most interesting developments in outdoor luminaires.

Villeroy & Boch has fitted out the five-star hotel "The Peninsula Paris" with high-quality sanitary ware.

Bohemian glass has for centuries enjoyed a great reputation. And Brokis proves that modern design and crystal-clear materials can be easily combined; it’s a company that produces hand-blown glass luminaires in Janštejn in the Czech Republic.