ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2023 Biennale Architettura: 10 Highlights5/30/2023The 18th Architecture Biennale in Venice has recently started – we show you the personal ten highlights of architects Mikala Holme Samsøe and Amandus Samsøe Sattler.
AWARD NOMINATION Modular Furniture for Transitional Spaces5/26/2023In collaboration with the creative minds at jehs+laub, contract designer furniture makers Brunner have developed “oval”, a flexible lounge system for cozy seating settings that promote interaction, networking, and relaxation, while enabling synergies to be tapped.
RESTAURANT The table as a stage5/25/2023Sustainability. Quality. Creativity. No compromises. These attributes not only apply to Tohru Nakamura's cuisine, they also reflect the star chef's design aspirations. For Tohru in der Schreiberei, hildmannwilke transformed the centuries-old walls of the former Munich Stadtschreiberei into an atmospheric setting.
FEATURED Elegant entrance5/24/2023A door phone as a design statement: with "Adelante" from Basalte, this is possible. Linear in shape and available in premium finishes, it can be ideally adapted to any entrance area and integrated into the Basalte Home system.
STYLEPARK VILLEROY & BOCH Perfect Balance5/24/2023With their extensive "Antao" bathroom collection Kaschkasch’s Florian Kallus and Sebastian Schneider have realized a harmonious design language for Villeroy & Boch that translates the subtle asymmetry of nature into a sustainable bathroom design.
INTERVIEWS Efficient Energy5/24/2023How can your hot water supply and heating be separated in a way that is energy-efficient and what role do instantaneous water heaters play? Jörg A. Gerdes, Managing Partner of Clage, explains the principle behind the idea.
INTERVIEWS Storyteller with passion5/23/2023In 2021, Barbara Elwardt and Piotr Wisniewski founded weStudio in Berlin, a multidisciplinary creative studio specialising in interior design, gastronomy and the hotel industry. With a focus on art and custom-made furniture, the duo creates harmonious spaces.
STYLEPARK LAUFEN Outrageously good5/22/2023Under the title "How dare you", Laufen presented an extraordinary show during Milan Design Week that included both the new collection by architects and designers Nicolo Ornaghi, Delfino Sisto Legnani and Francesco Zorzi of NM3, as well as that by artist Monique Baumann. They explain their creative approach to us in an interview.
AWARD NOMINATION AXOR: AXOR DRAIN5/22/2023With "AXOR Drain", AXOR offers a shower channel that, with its slim, rectangular cover, looks more like a design object than a component.
AWARD NOMINATION Interface 2023: CONNECTED ETHOS5/22/2023Sustainable, diverse and vibrant: The biophilic design of Interface's new "Connected Ethos" carpet tile collection is inspired by nature and creates homely living and working spaces.
YOUNG TALENTS Connecting the dots5/20/2023Levitating between art, sculpture and functional design, the works of Simon Mattisson are challenging outdated perceptions about form and function and what a piece of furniture is and can be.
RESTAURANT Celebrating Design Diversity5/17/2023At first sight Hamburg’s “The Morgenmuffel” looks like several restaurants all rolled into one. Every room is different, and the various interiors do not seem coordinated with one another. However, on closer inspection a well thought-through overall concept emerges: a culinary adventure that plays out in various rooms.
DESIGN Flos 2023: MY CIRCUIT5/16/2023With "My Circuit", Michael Anastassiades has created a flexible light track made of matt white rubber for Flos that offers individual lighting solutions for interiors.
INTERVIEWS Colour, not decoration5/16/2023Emanuele Stamuli is a naval architect and designs high-end stores, mainly for international, popular fashion brands, as well as residential projects and hip furniture. He tells us in an interview how he follows his own path with a rationalist approach to design, a soft spot for detail and sustainability.
INTERVIEWS All under control?5/15/2023What would it be like if our society were controlled exclusively by algorithms? Under the direction of Prof. Fabian Hemmert, students from the Industrial Design department at the University of Wuppertal have developed dystopian products that are intended to sharpen our view of undesirable futures.
FEATURED Above the rooftops of Houston5/12/2023Located in the Houston neighborhood of the same name, The River Oaks offers spacious apartments with views of the city. A particular highlight is the extensive outdoor space, which features furniture from Gloster.
STYLEPARK PEDRALI Gentle strength5/12/2023The architects and designers Pio and Tito Toso have created the "Anemos" table for Pedrali, which expresses the material of concrete in a new way: The brothers have formed two shells from it, which are slightly rotated to provide the base for the rounded tabletop. Tito Toso explains the idea to us in an interview.
SUSTAINABILITY The beauty of imperfection5/11/2023In its current exhibition "Repair Revolution!", which runs until 15 October 2023, the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich shows how repairs can avoid waste and even create something new.
AWARD NOMINATION Rieder 2023: PIXEL5/11/2023"pixel" is the name of the small concrete shingle that is the result of a smart development by Rieder: it can be used to realise individual building skins that protect the environment at the same time.
INTERVIEWS A sense of "wow"5/10/2023The architecture firm Snøhetta impresses with fine lighting in its powerful yet discreet projects around the world. In our interview, interior architect Peter Girgis from the Oslo headquarters talks about the influence of Nordic light, the design of luminaires and the challenges of illuminating a restaurant at the bottom of the sea.
ART Fascinating Tectonics5/9/2023The first question before the actual interview begins: How should we refer to Bernhard Prinz? As a photo artist, photographer, sculptor, or visual artist? The question hardly comes as a surprise to Prinz: He is accustomed to being pigeonholed to a category or medium on the basis of the particular work series at hand.
INTERVIEWS Designing Outdoor Space5/8/2023Xaveer de Geyter Architects and Topotek 1 Architektur are the winners of the architectural competition for the entire new building of HfG, the Offenbach University of Art and Design. In the following interview Xaveer De Geyter explains their idea of a "small town around a green campus".
INTERVIEWS A Dynamic Tool5/8/2023At Milan Design Week Brunner presented the first prototypes of “foild” – a light, adjustable room divider, the brainchild of architecture and design studio atelier oï. In this interview, designer Aurel Aebi (one of the three founders of atelier oï) and CEO Dr. Marc Brunner explain the concept.
AWARD NOMINATION A smart package5/5/2023Soft shapes and comfort for outdoor spaces: Commissioned by S-CAB, Alessandro Stabile has designed the “Brezza” upholstered armchair – a sustainably conceived hybrid that is equally pleasing indoors, too.
ARCHITECTURE Spotlight on Women Architects – Marie-José Van Hee5/4/2023In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as the brilliantly quiet work of the Belgian architect Marie-José Van Hee, to whom the Flanders Architecture Institute in Antwerp is currently dedicating an exhibition.
AWARD NOMINATION PAOLA LENTI 2023: KIORI5/4/2023"Kiori" is the name of Francesco Rota's new series for Paola Lenti, whose structure is made of light-coloured sassafras heartwood - a robust type of wood from North America that has been covered with a hand-woven Conwood weave.
BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2023 In Exchange5/2/2023Architecture collective AKT is collaborating with Viennese architect Hermann Czech to design the Austrian pavilion for this year’s Architecture Biennale in Venice. We talked to AKT about the project and the participative approach they take in their work.
DESIGN Always relaxed5/1/2023Stylepark is raffling of the limited "Togo" edition by Pierre Frey for Ligne Roset.
REVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE 2023: SALONESATELLITE Leap forward5/1/2023Since its foundation by Marva Griffin, SaloneSatellite has given maximum visibility to the work of young designers, many of whom are now internationally renowned. Stylepark had the great honour of being part of the jury for the SaloneSatellite Award 2023. These are the winners.
NEW WORK Smart Working5/1/2023Ulrich Blum is an architect for workplace design at Zaha Hadid Architects and holds a professorship for digital design at Münster School of Architecture. In the following interview he talks about future design scenarios and their influence on networked working environments.
REVIEW – MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2023: ALCOVA The talents are out!4/29/2023A former slaughterhouse at Porta Vittoria was transformed into a veritable design treasure chest during Fuorisalone. We present five projects that particularly caught our eye against the exciting architectural backdrop.
REVIEW – MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2023: DROPCITY & U.F.O.G.O. On the fast track4/28/2023As part of Milan Design Week 2023, also questions were asked about our future life and living – like on the part of the new centre for architecture and design Dropcity and the Swiss university ÉCAL. We present the pioneering projects to you.
AWARD NOMINATION Camira 2023: REVOLUTION4/28/2023"Revolution" is a textile made from recycled wool and is the first fabric created using Camira's state-of-the-art textile reprocessing capability, iinouiio.
DESIGN Green Worlds4/27/2023The Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein is presenting, for the first time, a major exhibition on the history and future of the modern garden. The show is scheduled to run until October 3, 2023.
REVIEW – MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2023: 5VIE Design as an instrument4/26/2023Parallel to this year's Salone del Mobile.Milano, the 5VIE Design Week took place in the historic centre of Milan. The focus of the tenth edition of the event: art and collector design, craftsmanship as well as the connection of design with the fields of art and creativity in the broadest sense.