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Stockholm Furniture Fair
7 - 11 February 2012
Blickfang 2012, Stuttgart
9 - 11 March 2012 (Liederhalle)
Blickfang 2012, Basel
23 - 25 March 2012 (E-Halle)
Light+Building, Frankfurt
15 - 20 April 2012
Salone del Mobile, Milan
17 - 22 April 2012
Orgatec, Cologne
23 - 27 October 2012
Designer's Open, Leipzig
25 – 28 October 2012
BAU, Munich
14 - 19 January 2013
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The legendary Mercedes Silver Arrow Cars on the red carpet
Rarely or never before seen Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow cars have been captured in unique images for the presentation of the new collection of object carpet.
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3form launches four new stunning products
3form, the leading manufacturer of award winning, eco friendly materials and architectural hardware solutions for the Architecture + Design industries, has recently launched four new, stunning products: Ditto, Shapes and Facet plus new a integrated lighting solution - Lightline.
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Baltensweiler legt limitierte Auflage der Leuchte TYPE 600 wieder auf
Online-Auktion der ersten 60 nummerierten und signierten Exemplare am 15. Oktober 2011
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Plastic - the mouldable material of modern chairs
In the visual arts the term 'plastic' is used for any form of creation involving a medium that can be sculpted or moulded, but it is also the term for a type of material that revolutionised the twentieth century. Using a number of plastic chairs as an example Architonic outlines the metamorphosis of this item of furniture which more than any other is deeply involved in cultural history...
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Designer Portrait: Studio IVANKA Concrete Works
Concrete has in recent times become a highly popular material for product and furniture design. One of the founders of this trend is Studio IVANKA, which was established in Budapest by Katalin and Andras Ivanka in 2003...
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Neue Produkte, bewährte Qualität: Laufen präsentiert zwei neue Bad-Serien
Laufen entwickelte gemeinsam mit Designer Andreas Dimitriadis von Platinum Design die neue Bad-Kollektion 'Living Square' und überarbeitete den Waschtisch-Klassiker Palace, der um zusätzliche Waschtische, WCs, Bidets, Möbel, Armaturen und Accessoires erweitert wurde.
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Architecture between heaven and earth: extraordinary Control Tower Design
Even if it has become an everyday experience to take a flight in an aeroplane people continue to be fascinated by the act of overcoming gravity. The attraction of aircraft, airports and their infrastructure is accordingly great..
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Exhibition: GRAFT Architects – Distinct Ambiguity
To graft is a way of rethinking the seemingly irreconcilable. On this basis, Gregor Hoheisel, Christoph Körner, Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz and Thomas Willemeit have developed complex fusion methods and reinvigorated the contemporary discourse of design and architecture under the label GRAFT architects for over 13 years.
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The Very Fabric of Architecture: textile use in construction
Most people have at one time or another spent the night in a tent and have benefited from the protection provided by its fabric, while at the same time enjoying the sensation of being separated from nature by nothing more than a thin shell. Textile forms of habitation have a long history going back to palaeolithic times and represent an archetypal form of building which has endured to the present day. Textiles are light, easy to convert or dismantle, and they provide protection against wind, ultra-violet rays and rain.
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Design Miami/ Basel 2011
For the first time since it was founded in 2005, Design Miami/ Basel was this year under the new direction of Marianne Goebl, who curated the trade fair with an expert eye. In February 2011 she followed in the footsteps of Ambra Medda who, after splitting up with her partner Craig Robbins, also lost her commitment to her position as director of their joint baby, as was indicated at last year's press conference.
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stilhaus takes shape
Building a house is something most people only do once in their lifetimes. And when they do so they are, as laymen, confronted by a highly complex technical world and often the irrevocable decisions they take about their future home are simply a shot in the dark. As a result many a home-building project has led at best to grey hair and at worst to marital break-up.
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Fair Review: CERSAIE 2011 Bologna – the leading international exhibition of ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings
Cersaie 2011, which took place in Bologna at the end of September, once more put on a fascinating show thanks to the intrinsic diversity of ceramics as a material, combined with new developments in bathroom design and innovative bathroom fittings. Architonic was there on your behalf and – after our Facebook photo series -- can now provide you with a report on the exhibition and a selection of our favourites.
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Exhibition: «Hannes Wettstein, 1958–2008»,
Hannes Wettstein is considered one of the most significant and innovative designers of our times. His most important works will now be displayed in an exhibition - put together by Studio Hannes Wettstein, presented by Institut gta...
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48th IFLA World Landscape Architecture Congress 2011
Professor Kongjian Yu, founder of Turenscape Landscape Architects, is one of the world's leading landscape designers. He gave a revolutionary lecture at the IFLA congress in Zurich, entitled 'Reinventing the good earth'.
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New New New: New York Design News
As every spring, Architonic travelled to New York on your behalf in order to investigate the latest trends on the North American market for you. Here we report on what we discovered in the city's showrooms and at the ICFF.
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Cooking with taste: well designed household appliances
During the age of the economic miracle electrical household appliances became an integral part of every home as kitchen aids to the modern housewife. There were only a handful of manufacturers and the head designers and engineers of the market leaders worked on the principle of creating timeless and functional design, which makes some of these appliances coveted vintage items today. Some designs of the period are nowadays even being reissued as retro pieces featuring present-day technology...
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Knowledge Bases - Library architecture from antiquity to the digital age
The development of writing in ancient Egypt also gave rise to the first libraries as places of storage for these witnesses to a new, revolutionary cultural technology. Using the following examples as a basis Architonic here highlights the range and diversity of libraries which are currently in existence, showing how buildings of this kind bring together the very latest technology and history...
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Fair Preview: CERSAIE 2011 Bologna – the leading international exhibition of ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings
Cersaie offers not just a comprehensive overview of the variety of ceramic surfaces available on the market but also of the latest developments in the bathroom field. In Bologna at the end of September visitors will be able to discover the latest products, manufacturers, material surfaces and technologies on a site measuring 176,000 square metres.
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Designer Portrait: Rich, Brilliant, Willing
Rich Brilliant Willing – even if the name of the design studio run by Theo Richardson, Charles Brill and Alexander Williams has a slightly ironic touch, it is an accurate characterisation of the trio – they are rich in ideas, their designs are brilliant and they are always willing to create something new and extraordinary.
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Designer Portrait: RENDS Design by Masanao Furukawa
Following his training at the DOMUS Academy in Italy and at Central St Martins College of Art & Design in the UK, Masanao Furukawa returned to Tokyo and set up RENDS Design Studio.
At this year's Salone Satellite, RENDS presented for the second time its modest, considered designs, whose elegant wood joinery fascinates audiences.
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