Interviews

Do we need more sweeping changes to the interplay between building and mobility? Christian Gärtner from Urban Standards about the steps needed for a new mobility policy.

Designer Alfredo Häberli has created a sample house in the Allgäu region as the symbol of a changed aesthetic of the home. It shows that it is well worthwhile trying to reconcile design and ecology anew.

On the edge of a national park near Barcelona project developer and gallery owner Christian Bourdais has teamed up with 15 architects to build 15 holiday homes that he believes will revolutionize residential living. Florian Heilmeyer met him and asked how this is going to evolve.

Architect Walter Segal developed a system that enabled you to design your own home and indeed even build it yourself. The result was two neighborhoods in south London that precisely in an age of housing shortages certainly bear revisiting.

Nemo was founded together with Cassina. In two steps the luminaire brand was then acquired by entrepreneur Federico Palazzari. In conversation with Thomas Edelmann he talks about the proven approaches and pragmatic experiments.

Furniture, luminaires, glass, porcelain, bathroom ceramics, loudspeakers – Cecilie Manz is a past master of the entire design spectrum. Uta Abendroth spoke to the Danish maestra about her outdoor furniture for Gloster.

On the gravity of tradition, hybrid furniture items and updatable design: in conversation with Thomas Wagner Mike Meiré explains what he feels is most important when repositioning long-standing corporation Flötotto.

The bathroom of tomorrow will also involve healthcare. At the ISH Thomas Wagner spoke with Andreas Dornbracht about the new concept of the LifeSpa and general trends in the bathroom experience.

Two small new buildings with an iridescent metal façade have been integrated into one of Bahrain’s historical districts. They were developed by Belgian architects Kersten Geers and David van Severen for a project in aid of preserving the music and culture of local pearl divers.

Since 1987 Nani Marquina has been producing hand-made designer carpets. As a trailblazer in carpet design she has set many new standards. At imm cologne Anna Moldenhauer spoke with her about her current “Tres” collection and found out just why she is so fascinated by the traditional art of weaving.

Furniture, luminaires, and special gallery editions by Parisian Eric Jourdan are invariably very refined and elegant. As is “Riga”, his new upholstered furniture for Ligne Roset. The designer and Martina Metzner made themselves comfortable on it to talk about French feelings, vivacious lines, and barbarian times.

Hamburg‘s Designxport design center is dedicating a retrospective to designer Peter Maly on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Thomas Edelmann talked with him about his own career path and industry trends in recent decades.

Benjamin Hubert, a young British designer, was the brain behind “Pair”, a stacking chair for traditional Danish brand Fritz Hansen. Hubert explains to Fabian Peters how the company’s history influenced the process and why the project took him three years to complete.

In conversation with Thomas Edelmann, the CEO of Danish textile icon Kvadrat - Anders Byriel - explains, why quality is the most important thing for him, why almost all the employees in the company are a little obsessed and why his firm is keen to continue expanding its competencies.

Thomas Wagner spoke to Alberto Perazza about wrought iron, sustainable products, Venetian hospitality and cosmopolitanism, and the subtle distinctions in design.

Talking to Thomas Edelmann, Creative Director of Kinnasand Isa Glink explains what designing and fashioning textiles have in common with the work of an architect, what characterizes the new collection and what it means to belong to the Kvadrat group.