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  1. New Walls, Please! New Walls, Please!
    For some years now wallpaper has been celebrating a major revival. Thanks to intelligent materials, new methods of processing and a return of the readiness to risk more graphic wall design, wallpaper is becoming a favoured projection surface for artists, architects and designers. Read
  2. Golden moon surfaces Golden moon surfaces
    The designer Alexis Oehler works in the heart of Berlin's Kreuzberg district, but the romantic impression given by his workshop is contradicted by the hardness and roughness of his preferred material, which normally tends to evoke associations of depressing concrete housing blocks. Read
  3. In spite of all the prophecies of doom In spite of all the prophecies of doom
    On Sunday before last this year's imm cologne closed its doors after receiving 107,000 visitors from 103 countries – statistics which speak for themselves. Read
  4. Mingei Mingei
    Design of "Limited edition" obscures the boundary of design and art. Craft elements bring singularity into otherwise mass-produced works and lift them to an art piece in the market. Read
  5. Bamboo 2.0 Bamboo 2.0
    Due to new processing methods bamboo materials, such as bamboo veneer or Plyboo (in other words bamboo plywood) have become important materials for the furniture industry. And the good thing is that it is now possible to overcome the musty colonial aesthetic which bamboo has been associated with. Read
  1. Projekt Vitra Projekt Vitra
    The title of the book says it all. What we have here isn't a product catalogue but a rich collage of texts, photographs, sketches, types of paper, layouts and dictionary-like lists of the designers and architects who have worked for and with Vitra in the past and will continue to do so in future. Read
  2. Greenhouse in Stockholm Greenhouse in Stockholm
    Like on many other furniture fairs also in Stockholm the exhibition of young designers is a relevant part of the programme. In cosy atmosphere – the exhibition was designed by the swedish studio TAF – international talents present their work. Read
  3. GRP meets porcelain GRP meets porcelain
    The 'Professorship Project' (Projekt Professur) is the name of the programme at the Karlsruhe College of Design under which well-known designers are invited to become visiting professors at the college and which, after three appointments so far, has proved highly successful. Read
  4. A classic returns A classic returns
    At that time the Casala furniture company, which was founded in 1917, was one of the leading manufacturers in Germany. For almost two years the sculptor Alexander Begge worked on shaping and processing a series of monoblocks on behalf of Casala. The result was the Casalino Read
  1. News from Cologne News from Cologne
    Even if the imm cologne has lost ground in comparison to the Milan fair, which has now become the major international design event, and the Maison & Objet exhibition which has benefited from the design boom in France, the response of the majority of imm exhibitors was entirely positive Read
  2. A swedish bright spot A swedish bright spot
    Just one year ago Magnus Wästberg started his lighting company. At the Stockholm Furniture Fair he presents his first collection with names like Irvine und Massaud. Read
  3. Young Design at the imm cologne 2008 Young Design at the imm cologne 2008
    This year, too, the imm cologne will provide lots of opportunities to discover young design talent and discover fresh ideas. Here a few suggestions. Read
  4. Design + Research + Industry Design + Research + Industry
    The cooperation between BASF, the German industrial designer Konstantin Grcic and the Italian furniture manufacturer Plank came into being as a result of the Universal Days workshop, to which BASF invited a number of designers in order to present the new plastic Ultradur© High Speed to them Read
  1. Digital Furniture Design Digital Furniture Design
    With the help of digital technologies it is now possible to create all forms imaginable, whilst streamlining the design process from concept to fabrication. Read
  2. The VIA Creation Grants The VIA Creation Grants
    For the maiden run of the 'Meuble Paris' furniture fair, and pursuing its annual Creation Assistance programme, VIA has presented the Carte Blanche grant awarded to designer Jean-Louis Frechin, the ten Project Assistance grants prototypes, as well as the new Partnership Project 'Creation and Skilled Trades', which brought together designer Philippe Nigro and the Compagnons du Devoir journeymen. Read
  3. Village life in the Greenhouse Village life in the Greenhouse
    The Stockholm Furniture Fair, which takes place from 6 - 10 February, is enjoying ever greater popularity with both manufacturers and designers. This is primarily because the fair has set itself the target of making Stockholm a major platform for creative new ideas. Read
  4. Brazilian Design Brazilian Design
    Brazilian design can look back on a long history. And although it was initially strongly influenced by European design ideas, it has since developed its own, unmistakably Brazilian aesthetic. Read
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