Design

Lærke Ryom is a Copenhagen based furniture designer, curator and co-founder of the exhibition platform Ukurant. We spoke about the magic of working with hands, new aesthetic perspectives on materials, and finding your way as a designer in a post-graduate world.

Geberit has developed new surfaces for the "Sigma70" flush plate that offer architects and designers a diverse choice of colours and materials.

The "flow" energy management system from Hager offers a complete solution specially designed for detached and semi-detached houses that combines an energy manager, energy storage unit and charging station to make optimum use of PV electricity. The solution can also be expanded to include other consumers, such as a heat pump.

With "Youpi", Fabrice Berrux has designed a chair for Bonaldo that resembles an abstract figure in its appearance: the conical base provides the basis for the large seat, which invites you to sit down and be supported by the expressive circular backrest.

"RePlay" is the name of the new textile from Camira, which literally means a second serve, because each of its fibres is recycled. Plastic bottles provide the basis for the British company, sportswear the inspiration.

In the hills behind Florence, La Marzocco, a company known for its coffee machines, runs the Accademia del Caffè Espresso, a cultural center housed in a former production plant. Interior designer Stefano Zagni found suitable furniture for the fit-out when viewing Magis’ diverse collections.

With the outdoor chair W-1960 Chairity, Wagner Living optimises its hospitality classic and shows in parallel the great social commitment of the company from Langenneufnach.

For his “BetteBalance” washbasin series, designer Dominik Tesseraux opted for glazed titanium steel. Not only are the basins hygienic and robust, but the material gave rise to designs that combine a refined formal idiom, clear lines and almost weightless lightness.

Pedrali celebrates a round anniversary: 60 years ago, Mario Pedrali founded one of the most important globally active Italian furniture companies in Palazzolo sull'Oglio. Pedrali's creative profile has been shaped by numerous collaborations with renowned designers. We asked them: What makes the cooperation special?

Ambright’s “Flächenlicht” enables designers to plan exclusive lighting solutions that can be shaped at will and thus create unusual scenarios.

In its current “Make it yours!” campaign AXOR demonstrates how color can help design individual bathroom scenarios where luxury, haptics and sensuality converge.

With "Quatrefoil", Jonas Hermann from Form & Refine has designed a table made of oak, whose legs meet in a line and in this way enable both visual lightness and comfortable sitting.

Dallmer has equipped the bathrooms in the new Weitsicht residential project on the former Continental premises in Hanover with a drainage system that is not only smart but also looks good.

Atelier Cho Thompson designed the new working environment for Boston-based client EQ Office. The goal: to create an inclusive space that invites interaction with colleagues aside from the home office.

"Hashira", Japanese for "column", is the name Alain Gilles gave to the table he designed for Ligne Roset. A direct reference can be found when looking at the four conical legs made of wood veneer, which support the rounded table top made of marble or solid wood.

Burgbad’s “Accura” line is a minimalist collection that offers a lot of scope for bathroom designs while relying on only a very few elements. Creative diversity, precise finishing, and well thought out functionality combine here to offer you an array of bathroom scenarios.

Stylepark is raffling off an "AXOR One" hand shower!

Despite the difficult political, economic, and social circumstances prevailing in Beirut the city boasts a strong design scene in which women are gaining ground. We met five women designers in Beirut and Dubai.

With “BetteSuno” Barber Osgerby have designed a bathroom collection for Bette that combines sculptural design with creative flexibility.

Ichiro Iwasaki has designed the "Ralik" collection for Arper, with whose seating furniture, tables and benches individual set-ups can be realised.

Stylepark is raffling off a "crona steel" lounge chair by Brunner!

A visit to Berlin’s Lichtenberg district to meet young designer Matthias Gschwendtner, who is confidently at home in both the digital and analog worlds – and is happy to leave part of his design work to chance.

Biagio Cisotti and Sandra Laube have designed the "Randevu" table for Plank, which can be quickly and easily moved into the desired position with a folding mechanism specially developed for the furniture.

Object Carpet has done pioneering work with the new carpet "NEOO": It is made of a single material that can be completely recycled and retains its high-quality properties over many life cycles.

With "VERD°", OMC°C is bringing a quite radical vertical greening system to series production readiness for urban locations where trees cannot be planted. In summer it provides shade, in autumn the plants are harvested and provide biomass for energy.

What can an inclusive sports and culture park look like that has its place under a motorway bridge? Students from the Urban Design department at HfG Offenbach answered this question for the non-profit association Vair e.V. under the project name "Vairplay" with designs that were recently presented during the HfG Offenbach tour.

The Zurich-based company Dukta turns the characteristics of wood upside down: through targeted incisions, solid mouldings and panels become flexible – and offer new possibilities for interior design.

For years our author Andrea Mende has been focusing on the topic of light – from planning via luminaire design through to light art and research. What, we wonder, does she make of the new publication “Licht Natur Architektur” (Light Nature Architecture) by lighting designer Ulrike Brandi?

In collaboration with LAR Studio, pur natur is pushing the boundaries of the technically possible for the extraordinary design of the rooms of “Haus Brutalisme” in Ludwigsburg.

With the elegant "Black Edition", Dallmer has created a collection of aesthetic bath elements that can serve both for a monochrome design and for setting accents.

For the Chouchou Hotel in Paris, interior designer Michael Malapert achieves a coherent overall effect by combining cultural references and opting for AXOR's elegant fittings in the bathrooms.

In collaboration with Typico, the experts for textile communications, the Zumtobel team has developed the sound-absorbing pendant luminaire "TRAMAO" – a sustainable lighting solution that offers a holistic spatial experience.

“Making the impossible possible” is part of the DNA at Brunner, the contract furniture manufacturer from Baden in South Germany. Stylepark publisher visited the family-owned company in Rheinau-Freistett and were able to experience the team’s great drive for themselves.

Barefoot on plastic? It can surprisingly be both comfortable and stylish! “Mediterraneo”, the new and first carpet collection by Object Carpet for indoor as well as outdoor use, is visually reminiscent of rattan, is robust, and yet amazingly soft to the touch.

Our author Claudia Simone Hoff paid a visit to Carl Hansen & Søn: In the factory on the Danish island of Funen she found out what is behind a classic furniture item such as the “Wishbone Chair” by Hans J. Wegner, sanded down a chair leg herself, and visited Knud Erik Hansen’s manor house.