Design

The new newsroom at Pressehaus Stuttgart boasts a modern infrastructure – and that includes optimal illumination of the workstations by Waldmann products.

“Grand Basel” is the name of the auto salon that is setting out to attract more than just collectors and design aficionados as of next year. The concept was presented in Basel – along with the one or other dream of a car.

Organically formed crystals that haven’t been cut or polished and which softly reflect the light: Swarovski Crystal Palace presents an entirely new development at the London Design Festival with “Luminous Reflections” by Tord Boontje.

The "Cosmo" luminaire by next lighting gives the lobby for a center for plasmapheresis in Hungary a lighter feel.

It is not just young designer Qian Jiang’s works that are outstanding – a look at the five other designers nominated is well worth while.

The Luxushotel "At Six" is Stockholm's newest design hotspot and combines Nordic design with fittings and showers from Axor.

For the bathroom in the exclusive "One Ocean Club" in Barcelona the choice fell on ceramics courtesy of Villeroy & Boch.

With its bathroom series Bette Loft and Bette Loft Ornament, Bette demonstrates its competence in molding technology.

Durlum illumination and ceiling elements create vibrant spaces.

A scoop of refinement: Nendo has developed a dispenser for powdered soy sauce for a restaurant in Kyoto.

A few contradictions on “Good Form”. A column by Michael Erlhoff.

Hans Lensvelt happened upon it at a workshop held by Atelier van Lieshout. And now it has gone into production: The “AVL Lazy Modernist” is a reclining armchair and thoroughly modern.

Jongha Choi has designed seating that when folded up can be hung like a print on the wall.

Insights on mystified outlooks. A column by Michael Erlhoff.

Design studio “Form us with love” has created a new version of the wristwatch model for TID Watches.

C4sun has outfitted the roof terrace of the “Cologne Golf Club” with an intelligent sun-sail system.

The "Komorebi" prototype luminaire imitates the poetry of sunlight in the middle of places where the sun never shines.

Tile manufacturer Mosa has teamed up with young designers in its home town of Maastricht to give some of the sanitary rooms in the in-district of Wyck a makeover – with surprising results.

Concrete in a completely new guise: In Rome, Konstantin Grcic has launched the "Magiliana Project" in dialogue with Pier Luigi Nervi.

Take a Swedish hotel group, a Swedish architect and a location in Denmark’s design capital of Copenhagen – and you get a Hyggetempel.

The “Together!” exhibition at Vitra Design Museum campaigns for a common space with successful examples of a new architecture of community.

Everybody is talking about sustainable production. Camira has been practicing it for years. The British textile manufacturer makes fabrics from stinging nettles, hemp and jute and is a great champion of recycling.

In the form of “Noma” in Copenhagen, entrepreneur Thorsten Schmidt and star chef René Redzepi revolutionized cutting-edge restauranteering. And now they’ve teamed up with Norway’s highly successful Snøhetta architects for the next project, the “Barr”.

He forever stood in the shadow of his predecessor Walter Gropius and his successor Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Now two key buildings by Hannes Meyer have become part of the World Cultural Heritage. “At long last!”, declares Philipp Oswalt.

Design from Poland? Is not known by everyone. But it's absolutely worthwhile to look at the hustle and bustle of the local scene. So follow us on our tour to Gdynia, Gdansk and Warsaw to the hotspots and interesting heads of the Polish design.

The Qvest boutique hotel combined for a photoshooting neo-Gothic architecture with Richard Neutra products from VS Möbel.

The Galerie Kreo in London is showing a selection of works by Hella Jongerius – colorful – in the truest sense of the word.

Whether it’s for premium loudspeakers, SUVs or classic sneakers – the fabrics from Danish textile label Kvadrat are ever more frequently a sales argument for luxury products.

Designer Simon Husslein and entrepreneur Pierre Nobs want to stir things up on the watch market with their newly founded company “Bólido”.

The Westin Hotel in Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie is pitch-perfect with Villeroy & Boch products.