FEATURED Dynamic playground10/4/2016In designing the workspace for Metrohm AG in Herisau, Switzerland, Lista Office LO set out to create an open-plan office world that can be easily adapted to the employees’ various tasks.
DESIGN Completely familiar, absolutely revolutionary Part 2 9/27/2016Evidently it is harder to dispense with the hand and its skills than one might think. It is especially trained and kept fit through writing. And those who write also train their capacity to think.
FEATURED Beautiful & practical9/19/2016Dallmer’s new “CeraFloor” shower drainage strip can be installed with millimeter precision. This stainless-steel drainage channel is easy to clean thanks to the integrated sloping curvature.
DESIGN Alibaba and the Black Cloud9/13/2016The future belongs to e-mobility, that much is certain. Whereas in the Global North people are mostly complaining about low ranges, in the South an e-car’s battery can be charged using solar energy while parked.
DESIGN Parking guided by invisible hands9/12/2016Forget that endless driving around the block – soon cars will be finding their own parking spaces, all on their own.
FEATURED Muppets in the office9/5/2016Bertram Bihler designed his three office floors for the Swisscom TV in a restrained white, but added color accents with the office furniture from Lista Office LO.
DESIGN High-profile criminals9/5/2016In light of recent events, a look at the criminalization of design research
FEATURED Lobby for Oxford8/16/2016Herzog & de Meuron’s new building in Oxford captivates visitors with its purist selection of colors and materials, as well as the comfortable furnishings including chairs by Wilkhahn.
DESIGN The Magnificent Seven Friends7/22/2016Dresden’s Kunstgewerbemuseum has invited seven international designers to Schloss Pillnitz to contemplate friendship in design in an age of omnipresent rivalry.
DESIGN The furniture basilica6/21/2016In a more or less sealed building by Herzog & de Meuron, the Vitra Design Museum presents selected items of furniture from its collection. The Schaudepot is an addition to the Vitra Campus, opening it up more towards Weil and Basel.
FEATURED There’s Pulp Fiction for dessert6/7/2016“Contraste” is the name of a new restaurant in Milan. The name may sound Italian, but it isn’t. Needless to say, however, the Spanish word, which has a similar ring to it, is understood in Italy, too. In this case, it stands for the fact that both the chefs come from South America.
FEATURED With a view of the Duomo5/30/2016Massimo Magaldi designed the Bar Terrazza Duomo 21 in Milan with a view at the cathedral. With furniture by Arper he developed a timeless and casual-looking bar.
DESIGN Progress in blue5/24/2016With their Atomic Plate series, Mia Grau and Andree Weissert have created a subversive/contemporary counterpart to traditional plates for the wall.
FEATURED Two showrooms by acdc5/19/2016In two stores, the one in Scotland, the other in the US, the lighting manufacturers at acdc demonstrate the vast range of possible applications for the Zumtobel product lines – from gleaming Porsches to radiant whisky.
FEATURED Minimalist elegance5/19/2016Reduced design and flexible applications: the second generation of Zumtobel’s Supersystem luminaires is based on combinable, mutually calibrated modules that allow you to create a vast array of different lighting worlds.
FEATURED Seven emotional types5/19/2016A major study examined the responses of clients to different light settings in retail outlets. Katharina Sommer summarizes the findings and explains what they imply for lighting design in stores.
FEATURED Light follows people5/19/2016Interactive 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.
FEATURED Supermarket, super light5/19/2016Potatoes, 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.
DESIGN Not only Grillo had a future5/17/2016Marco 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.
DESIGN Unlimited baths5/6/2016Refinements wherever you look: What caught the eye at Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Bagno.
DESIGN From New Architecture to New Celebrations4/14/2016Frankfurt’s Museum Angewandte Kunst is showing typography and graphic design from the early 20th century through to the present.
FEATURED Frida from Manzano4/7/2016Ten years ago Pedrali set up a plant in Manzano in Friuli, in the province of Udine, an area known as the Chair District for its traditional wooden chair-making. An important reason for the manufacturer to establish the new wooden furniture production plant there, while in Bergamo in Lombardy they have been working with plastics, metal and upholstery for 50 years.
DESIGN Lounge, don’t sit4/1/2016“Pasha” by Konstantin Grcic or SCPThe idea he had back in the 1990s has now been realized as a sofa.
DESIGN A healer of souls with head and heart 3/26/2016Eames called him a “Florentine magpie”. With “A Designer’s Universe” the Vitra Design Museum is hosting a very interesting retrospective on Alexander Girard.
DESIGN Freely connected3/21/2016An App blend virtual and physical realities. Stefan Carsten spoke to product designer Valentin Heun about his “Reality Editor”.
DESIGN I am the Smart Home 3/19/2016Digitalization of living spaces changes architecture. How we will interact with rooms in the future?
FEATURED A rush of water feelings3/17/2016Tubular water scenarios: the “ReAct” water installation by brandherm + krumrey interior design remains highly promising, even after the competition as part of the “Axor Inspiration Projects”.
FEATURED A wooden house with remote control3/16/2016Idyllic living in Germany’s Oberbergisches Land region: Thanks to KNX networking and Gira building communication, no energy is wasted in architect Alexandra Schmitz’ home.
