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Design Post Köln invites you to an inspiring event on 5 and 6 May 2025: Immerse yourself in the variety of offerings, which include exhibitions, workshops, lectures and formats for networking.

The successful ‘Marie’ collection from Freifrau gets a new twist: the ‘Marie Lounge Swing Seat’ with high or low backrest offers comfortable and carefree seating.

The Salone del Mobile.Milano and the Milan Design Week took place from 8 to 13 April 2025. In the review, you can find out which ideas are currently moving the creative minds and which concepts were particularly impressive.

Light has a system – and something to tell. A best-of of the new luminaires from Milan, from the Euroluce Biennale and the exhibitions in the city, with archaic materials and capricious personalities.

Yves Béhar has rethought the washbasin for Laufen with ‘Volta’. In this interview, he tells us how he translated the dynamics of water into sapphire ceramic and why the world's first CO2-free electric tunnel oven influenced his design.

The internationally renowned fashion designer Jil Sander has reinterpreted Marcel Breuer's ‘S 64’ cantilever chair for Thonet. ‘Serious’ and “Nordic” are the names of the design lines with which she has given the tubular steel classic from the 1920s a new sensuality. In this interview, she tells us what was important in the process.

The kinetic installation ‘Library of Light’ by Es Devlin is a Salone project with the Pinacoteca di Brera and the publishing house Feltrinelli: a rotating sculpture consisting of illuminated shelves containing over 2,000 books. The scenery is accompanied by the writings of pioneering academics and classical music. The artist and set designer gives us an insight into her work.

In parallel to the manufacturers' presentations, Milan will be hosting a large number of exhibitions and events over the coming week, both at the exhibition centre and in the city. We have created a personal selection for you and hope you enjoy discovering them.

During the Milan Design Week, COR is presenting ‘Kagu’, a chair with a very balanced design. Designed by Jehs+Laub, the Stuttgart-based design studio combines a cleverly constructed wooden frame with an upholstered seat shell whose movable backrest offers a high level of comfort.

Arper is presenting exciting research into sustainable production at the Salone del Mobile. This includes the further development of the ‘Catifa’ chair: ‘Catifa (RE) 46’.

Flos will be represented at two locations in Milan from 8 to 13 April 2025: At the Salone del Mobile and in the city. The creative duo Formafantasma came up with the concept for the presentations.

Under the motto ‘Metal is our nature’, Desalto is presenting a dialogue between contrasts at the Salone del Mobile 2025: soft upholstery and hard metal. Francesco Rota has devised an installation that harmoniously combines this contrast and picks up on the geometry of Desalto's metal furniture.

At Milan Design Week 2025, Wagner will be presenting an installation that demonstrates just how varied and flexible the full-range supplier's range of room concepts is.

Decor Walther is presenting the pop-up exhibition ‘Reflecting’ at Milan Design Week 2025. Its laid-back staging offers a new perspective on the brand's high-quality interior accessories products.

Jung welcomes visitors to the Milan Design Week with an interactive installation: together with the Ippolito Fleitz Group, they have devised a scenery with a magic sphere in the centre.

Lodes is planning an impressive comeback at Euroluce: it will be the first time since 2020 that the Venetian lighting manufacturer will be exhibiting at the Salone del Mobile lighting biennale.

To mark Milan Design Week 2025, Thonet is presenting an exclusive collaboration with fashion designer Jil Sander, who is internationally renowned for her purist aesthetic.

The East Westphalian upholstered furniture manufacturer COR will emphasise its strong presence on the international stage at Milan Design Week 2025. More:

Lodes is presenting the new ‘MAP’ ceiling and wall lighting system from Geckeler Michels at Euroluce. Modular in design, the seamless structure of fabric tape and light points offers the option of choosing a customised configuration and changing it flexibly.

The Spore Haus receives the DAM Preis 2025. With floor-to-ceiling windows, the cultural and educational centre opens up to the busy street and red bricks define the façade of the new building by AFF Architekten. A peaceful garden stretches out behind the building. Sven Fröhlich and Ulrike Dix explain the concept.

How can AI applications be energy-efficiently optimised, for example for digitalised processes in the construction industry? Dr. Mario Chemnitz explains his current research and points out the role that light fulfils in the process.

With their project "Off the Grid", designers Eva Benamou and Antonia Gauss have developed a textile dyeing system with a pen plotter that bridges the gap between craft and industry. They explain the concept, which is inspired by traditional silk painting, in an interview.

In cooperation with Messe Frankfurt, Stylepark organised a talk with Jens J. Wischmann and Malte Just during the world's leading trade fair for water, heat and air in Frankfurt am Main. The topic: ‘Solutions for a sustainable future: What trends does the ISH offer?’. Watch the video and find out more!

Aitor Ortiz is dedicated to the built world. His photography deals with architecture in the broadest sense: He is interested in details, structures, materials and angles. You will search in vain for the dissolving long shot in his pictures. In this interview, he tells us why this is the case.

In our series "Spotlight on Women Architects", we regularly present the work of female architects – such as Carme Pinós, who seeks a very individual expression with her buildings and furniture designs.

Quo vadis SHK industry? ISH, the world's leading trade fair for HVAC + Water in Frankfurt am Main, provides a broad answer to this question every two years. What is it and what could visitors discover in the halls from 17 to 21 March 2025? Our review.

The choice of colours and materials is crucial for an elegant bathroom design. With furniture and ceramics in sensual, earthy tones, Villeroy & Boch offers a pleasantly warm aesthetic that is surprisingly versatile.

AXOR is presenting new products at this year's ISH in Frankfurt am Main: The ‘AXOR ShowerSphere’ shower programme by Antonio Citterio and the extensions to the ‘AXOR One’ bathroom collection by Barber Osgerby exemplify the trade fair theme ‘Solutions for a sustainable future’.

The Designplus Award by ISH in collaboration with Stylepark honours outstanding developments and forward-looking ideas ranging from smart technology for efficient building control to pioneering products and resource-saving water use. These are the winners 2025.

Ecology researchers with a strong focus on aesthetics: the French architecture and design studio ciguë, based in Montreuil near Paris, is one of the best in France. Its portfolio includes showrooms, shops and hotels worldwide. Alphonse Sarthout and his team create an unconventional and scientifically sound appearance for major brands such as Aesop and Isabel Marant.

Wagner, the full-service provider for interior concepts from Langenneufnach, has always moved the industry with fresh ideas and ingenious design – including in the catering sector. This year, the team is also travelling with a mini showroom in an iconic Airstream. Next stop: The Internorga.

Liu Jiakun receives the renowned Pritzker Architecture Prize. Founded in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and Cindy Pritzker, the award honours architects whose buildings represent a unique combination of talent, vision, commitment and have made a significant contribution to humanity as well as the built environment through architecture.

The "Nolita" collection by Pedrali has been evoking summer feelings and colourful moments with ease and elegance for ten years: the subtle tubular steel chair is a timeless design icon. A conversation with its creators at CMP Design about stable connections, essential sustainability, magical teamwork and, of course, summer.

Dental surgeries are rarely spaces where you enjoy your visit. To ensure that at least the waiting time for the appointment flies by, Batek Architekten have created an interior design for the extension of the T7 practice in Berlin that is both individual and inspiring.

Matter and Shape invites to Paris from 7 to 10 March 2025: the design salon will take place for the second time in the Jardin des Tuileries.