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  1. "It's all about the performance"
    As with many other architects the design is being strongly influenced. You literally speak of architects' design. Read
  2. Bildflächen werden zu Räumen Bildflächen werden zu Räumen
    Die Malerin Gisela Krohn lebt und arbeitet in Berlin-Kreuzberg - doch die Bilder ihrer neuesten Werkgruppe zeigen keine städtischen Szenerien, sondern Bäume, Bäume und nochmals Bäume. Read
  3. "Designers become unlimited"
    The Danes Poul Christiansen and Boris Berlin have been working together as Komplot Design for more than twenty years now. With their many and varied designs, which are characterised by cutting-edge and in many cases experimental production processes, they ... Read
  4. "Anything but nostalgic"
    They worked alongside him for many years: We met Marianne Panton and Verner Pantons longtime assistant Rina Troxler in Basle for this fascinating and revealing interview. Read
  5. Almost 'No Design' Almost 'No Design'
    The Belgian designer Xavier Lust has won international recognition with his ingeniously crafted designs. Since achieving his big breakthrough with 'le banc' ten years ago he has produced designs for well-known manufacturers such as MDF Italia, Driade, De Padova and Extremis... Read
  1. "We prefer it the other way round!"
    Fabrice Aeberhard and Christian Kaegi are two young industrial designers who have incorporated Swiss values in their work, producing design which is solid, unadorned and attractive. Read
  2. Garth Roberts: On His Own Terms Garth Roberts: On His Own Terms
    There is a roughly 50-50 chance of meeting up with Garth Roberts in Milan. Like so many product designers nowadays Roberts darts from client meeting to seminar to fellowship with seeming disregard for international borders. Read
  3. Blow up sheet metal Blow up sheet metal
    An interview with Oskar Zieta, architect at the CAAD-professorship at ETH Zurich Read
  4. "The style has always been the problem"
    For 30 years now Michele De Lucchi has vitalised and influenced the international design world with his convention-challenging ideas and working methods. We met him in Milan... Read
  5. More Colour! More Colour!
    A few kilometres to the north of Stockholm, in a picturesque house which lies on the former hunting grounds of the kings of Sweden – this is where Fredrik Mattson has his studio. In recent years the 34-year old furniture designer has made a name for himself on the Scandinavian design scene with his playful and colourful creations. Read
  1. "Reduction is the key word"
    Meanwhile osko+deichman have impressed a number of prestigious manufacturers with their reduced and minimalist designs. We met them at their studio in Berlin. Read
  2. "Design as a second life"
    With his playful design Alain Gilles creates entire worlds which are conspicuous for their colour. As the product of a conscious exploration of the possible multiple personalities of an individual object, Gilles has now created a piece of furniture which is designed along strict but at the same time geometrically free lines. Read
  3. "I have created a sculpture"
    Jørn Utzon, one of the greatest architects of the past century, died last Saturday, 29.11.2008. Read
  4. Success by design Success by design
    'HansandFranz' is a name which couldn't be more German (apart from the 'and' instead of 'und'), and perhaps it's an omen of the fact that they would head in the direction of America – known of course as the land of unlimited possibilities. Read
  5. Architecture in small scale Architecture in small scale
    A few separate furniture parts, the half done prototype of a reception chair in the middle of the room – the studio of the furniture designer Eric Degenhardt from Cologne seems like a well sorted working space, a room filled with concentration. Read
  1. "You will remember the experience"
    Last Monday, 3 August 2009, Charles Gwathmey, the American architect and co-founder of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects (1969), died at the age of 71. Read
  2. Entirely Brazilian Entirely Brazilian
    From this year on ClassiCon will be marketing some of Sergio Rodrigues´ classics. We had the honour of interviewing him in Milan. Read
  3. Understanding Architects´ criteria Understanding Architects´ criteria
    Until the end of last year Marc Krusin had spent ten years as head of the design department at Lissoni Associati. Now he concentrates on the work in his own studio... Read
  4. Investigating the nature of things Investigating the nature of things
    For the past twenty years Hannes Wettstein has had a decisive influence on Swiss design while himself, however, staying very much in the background. In the night from Friday to Saturday the 50-year old designer died of cancer. Read
  5. The logical thought to create useful things The logical thought to create useful things
    For more than ten years the design studio of Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd has been located in one of Shoreditch's typical small alleys. Today PearsonLloyd Design is one of the most successful design companies in Britain. Read
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