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As part of the “Make it yours!” promotion campaign AXOR has developed three new bathroom concepts with Barber Osgerby, Ushi Tamborriello, and Masquespacio, which demonstrate how a sensory experience can be created in the bathroom through color, texture and tactility.

This is how mountain hotels work today: the family-run Hotel Saltus above Bolzano in South Tyrol celebrates closeness to nature – with contemporary architecture instead of chalet chic.

The DVRZ Design Days in Kyiv recently provided a platform for designers from all corners of Ukraine to showcase their creations, fostering an environment of collaboration and mutual support. Curator Larysa Tsybina and architect Anait Danielian tell us what it takes to continue their creative work in the midst of war and what we can all learn from it.

In recent years, Arper has shifted its strategic focus from Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Shared Value in order to meet the demands of the environmental crisis. So what are the essential steps involved here?

With "MATCH", müller möbelfabrikation has developed a modular shelving system that can be flexibly adapted to different settings.

Dutch Design Week was held in Eindhoven until 29 October 2023. "Designers are on a mission," states a press release of the event, with the aim of offering solutions to global challenges on a local level. This includes the climate crisis as well as the future of our nutrition or a more efficient layout of urban environments.

Michele Cazzaniga, Simone Mandelli and Antonio Pagliarulo founded the interdisciplinary CMP Design Studio in 2009 and since then have been creating both furniture and brand identities. We visited them in their studio in Como.

Environmental science graduate Jörg Hoffmann is the Sustainability Manager at German furniture manufacturer and international player Wilkhahn. In this interview he highlights what issues are key in its commitment to the environment and which goals are still on the agenda.

With its flagship product "SparkShape", Ambright offers a patented light-printing process that gives architects, designers and planners maximum freedom of creation.

In “Van B”, Munich’s latest architectural landmark, Holzrausch was one of only ten German interior design studios selected to exclusively fit out an entire penthouse apartment. In the “Holzrausch Edition Van B”, superlative no-frills clarity combines with the carefully executed craftsmanship in the company’s own workshops.

The Venetian luminaire manufacturer Lodes and Stylepark recently invited to the Stylepark Architects Day in the lagoon city.

With new colours, LX Hausys/ HIMACS is expanding its exclusive design possibilities with its own solid surface material, which can be shaped into any required form.

A variety of carpet tiles that can create any interior design imaginable – Interface has been developing textile modular floor coverings for 50 years. To celebrate the anniversary, the US company is showing a new collection inspired by the styles of the past decades: "Past Forward".

With a 124-metre-long apartment line, the team of Christ&Gantenbein Architects from Basel activates an area in the middle of the south of Paris that has not been used for residential purposes until now and shows how social housing can be designed in 2023.

In our series Spotlight on Women Architects we regularly present the work of female architects – for example the buildings of Silvia Gmür, whose residential buildings and hospitals left a mark on Swiss architecture.

At a recent press conference for the the international furniture and interiors fair imm cologne 2024, the Koelnmesse pointed the way towards community: "Connecting Communities" is the new guiding theme.

Elena Kayser recently attracted attention to herself as part of the "Mono Residency" when she reinterpreted a classic: the teapot from the Mono manufactory. For her jewellery label Studio Èna, the up-and-coming designer works with a traditional material that has lately had a shadowy existence in design: pewter.

With the renovation and restoration of the Derzbachhof in Munich, Peter Haimerl and raumstation have breathed new life into an old farmhouse. Berker switches, now a subtle part of the architecture, constitute a key element of the interior design.

"A Lot With Little" is the name of Noemí Blager's current work. The architect and curator recently presented the interdisciplinary project at the Architecture Biennale in Venice: Ten short films made in collaboration with filmmaker Tapio Snellman and composer Daniel Nolan. The project is supported by the design label Arper.

Architect@Work will soon be presenting its diverse programme of product presentations, exhibitions and lectures in Stuttgart and Düsseldorf.

The "Schulen am SteinPark Freising" schools are embedded in spacious parkland. Structured on the upper floors by Rieder’s "formparts" their facades jell well with the outdoor world.

A chair that stands for responsibility, towards people as well as nature: With "RARE", the Kinnarps brand NC Nordic Care has developed a design that is thought of sustainably from the design to the realisation.

With the elegant "ray soft lounge" armchairs, the design object furniture manufacturer Brunner perfectly complements the "ray soft" series with comfortable lounge pieces.

We know them from walks on the beach, those oddly decorative flat spheres, that are at the same time robust yet fragile: empty sea urchin shells. Often their curves are almost completely intact. How do these arched shells manage to be so robust while made of so little and such flimsy material?

With the "AluMedic Black Edition" by Wagner Living, the renowned manufacturer of office and swivel chairs provides a current further development of the successful AluMedic series, which is impressing in terms of both function and design.

Luminaires by TTC Timmler Technology were selected for the modernization of the former Hanomag headquarters in Hanover; they serve to link the existing building with the new architectural elements that have now been added.

In Halifax, Canada, architect Omar Gandhi has built a house for himself and his family, for which he skilfully combines materials and deliberately uses light as an atmospheric tool to create space.

"Narì" by Andrea Pedrali is a homage to the craftsmanship that is in Pedrali's DNA. With the production of metal garden chairs, Mario Pedrali laid the foundation 60 years ago for one of the most renowned Italian furniture companies.

Laura Gämmerler and Pedro Sotomayor have named their creation for Zeitraum "GEMA". The pendant luminaire is available in three sizes and combines several contrasts in its design.

With the re-edition of the "Lapala" chair by Studio Lievore Altherr Molina, Expormim shows its high regard for sustainable materials, tradition and craftsmanship.

With “Mia”, Freifrau is introducing the kind of modular sofa system to its product range that succeeds in achieving a delicate balancing act that makes it both elegant and comfortable, leisurely and chic.

A success story already spanning 275 years, and one that still has the potential to keep going for a long time yet – with this in mind, this year Villeroy & Boch is celebrating a special anniversary.

Stylepark is raffling off a PARIS pendant lamp!

With "Roopa", Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien have designed a collection of coffee tables for Arper, which sets a gentle contrast with a matt frame and shiny tabletop.

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.