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König + Neurath, manufacturer of high-quality office furniture and room systems, will be presenting a wide range of products at Orgatec to help shape the changing world of work in a customised way.

At Wilkhahn, trade fair visitors can expect a pleasantly airy architecture on over 450 square metres: Michael Englisch, head of the design and development department, and his team have devised a sustainable structure made of aluminium surrounded by a textile shell.

Under the motto "the future works with shared visions", the specialist for functional design furniture Brunner will be presenting its holistic concept idea at the world's leading trade fair for modern working environments with future-proof products that will have a lasting impact on everyday office life in the future.

Lodes invites visitors to the world's leading trade fair for modern working environments in Cologne on a nautical voyage and shows how aesthetically pleasing dynamic lighting solutions can be.

Koelnmesse, together with the Association of the German Furniture Industry (VDM) and the German Furniture and Kitchen Retail Association (BVDM), has decided to suspend the January edition of imm cologne 2025.

Oscar Parkinson recently completed his degree in Product and Furniture Design at Kingston University in London and already has some exciting prototypes to show for it. In this interview he gives us an insight into his practice.

The former flak bunker on Feldstrasse in Hamburg was recently given a five-storey extension by phase10 Ingenieur- und Planungsgesellschaft mbH. Managing Director and Project Manager Ronny Erfurt tells us in an interview what was involved.

The student building project The Frankfurt Prototype shows how affordable housing can be realised in a resource-saving and aesthetic way, integrates an ecosystem as well as creating a new place for social interaction in times of digitalisation.

The film E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea will be released in cinemas at the end of October. Director Beatrice Minger and co-director Christoph Schaub tell us how they aim to make the architect and designer's perspective experienceable through docufiction.

The Frankfurt-based Office for Micro Climate Cultivation OMC°C recently brought the ‘VERD° Facade’ system to market stage. For the first time, a kinetic structure made of filigree steel cable elements was used for the new model, which does not impair the façade.

Together with Bonaldo, Alain Gilles has designed the "Louver Table", a dining table which the Venetian manufacturer created to emphasise the appeal of exquisite materials.

Designer Dominik Tesseraux has had a significant influence on the development of bathroom specialist Bette. In this interview, he tells us what is fundamental to this and what the team is currently working on.

Wilhelm Opatz is an interior designer and runs a graphic design studio in Frankfurt am Main. He recently published a new volume in his ‘Architekturführer Frankfurt’ series, this time presenting selected buildings from the years 2000 to 2009. He tells us in an interview what his concept is and why he appreciates side paths.

Stylepark is giving away an “Echo” side table by COR!

With their “Cadenza” furniture collection David López Quincoces and Expormim are offering a new take on rattan as a material – and a dynamic design solution in the form of vertical struts.

By using various components from Hager, such as the "flow" energy management system, Munich architect Sascha Arnold has realised a house that combines his aspiration for the smallest possible ecological footprint with the greatest possible comfort.

Manfred Wolf and Jean-Marc da Costa have been leading the lighting manufacturer serien.lighting for four decades. The publishers of Stylepark met the designers at their factory in Rodgau and talked about the company's history as well as their plans for the future.

Laufen recently started up the world's first electric tunnel kiln in Gmunden. The new technology enables climate-neutral ceramic production – a revolution in the industry. Managing Director Christian Schaefer tells us in an interview what the next steps are.

Philipp Mainzer founded the furniture brand e15 in the 1990s. For the launch, he decided to go against the trend and designed a table made from recycled wood scraps, the pure design of which is still groundbreaking today: "Bigfoot".

Vienna Design Week recently started: Until 29 September 2024, you can experience what director Gabriel Roland means when he says that "a festival should actually be like Christmas" in a "City Full of Design".

With "Random Stick", the successful Lodes series of "Random" finds a horizontal extension that once again demonstrates the expertise of the Venetian family business: a decorative lighting solution with high functionality.

Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival is the interdisciplinary event at Orgatec from 22 to 25 October 2024, organised by the Industrieverband Büro und Arbeitswelt e.V. (IBA). The new offering for tomorrow's office includes extraordinary ideas from the design and art sectors.

For the new ‘Sbalzo’ surface, the creative team at Cleaf has developed a three-dimensional effect that enhances the perception of depth.

Daniel Baroš and Marcel Šípka are the founders of Henkai Architekti. Impressed by their unconventional architectural approach to public buildings, we wanted to find out more about the Czech studio.

This autumn, Vienna will once again host the exclusive Architect@Work trade fair format. On 9 and 10 October, colleagues from the field are invited to the Stadthalle to gather information, exchange ideas and be inspired. Find out what there is to discover in our preview.

Thanks to a broad selection of different colors, textures, and surfaces available for the glass-fiber reinforced panels by Rieder the extension to the town hall in Zell blends harmoniously into its historical setting.

‘The only acceptable style is freedom,’ says Philippe Starck. For 30 years, he has been creating designs for AXOR that offer new perspectives, dissolve boundaries and remain in the mind: reduced to the essentials, yet bold.

The works of Olaf Holzapfel offer a new perspective on artisanship: whether it’s the collaborative work "Wand" in the German Federal Environment Agency or "Der Mantel" in Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich. Holzapfel tells us in the following interview why there's a need for architecture we can identify with.

Cologne-based communications agency neumann communication has redesigned its office, transforming it into a space that fully embraces hybrid work and showcases the team's extensive expertise in design and architecture.

The future grows from strong roots – therefore, the present needs to offer space for new ideas. Jung, a premium supplier of modern building technology, shows how posture, responsibility and efficiency can be translated architecturally with NGA Nehse & Gerstein Architects BDA in Schalksmühle.

When Koelnmesse invites visitors to Copenhagen to announce news, there can only be a good reason: At the press event, Denmark presented itself as a very appealing partner country for imm cologne 2025 and, with a creative breeze, aroused curiosity about the next international furniture and interiors fair.

With cardboard and tenacity: Berlin designer Pascal Hien founded his own studio last year after ten years at the Fabrica Research Centre, Steelcase and Konstantin Grcic. Hien's first designs for Tecta and Le Klint have just been launched on the market.

Villeroy & Boch offers a wide selection of mixers that are perfectly coordinated with its own bathroom collections. The ingenious new products include the “Infinity Showers” collection.

At the Milan Furniture Fair, Bonaldo presented a new office collection under the name "Executive Space". With its sculptural shape, the "Flatiron" table is made to furnish exclusive working areas as well as to create representative dining and living environments.

A university building from 1908 was carefully refurbished and transformed into a boutique hotel with a special charm: Thanks to custom-made bricks by Petersen Tegl, a relief-like façade was created for an extension that forges a link between the historic building and its new function.