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Dark days, hot stuff: Stockholm Report 2025

Simon Keane-Cowell

07.03.2025

Meet the highlights and bright lights of this year’s Stockholm Design Week.

Opportunity knocks: how one company is opening the door to ...

Brand story

Simon Keane-Cowell

28.02.2025

Swiss company Arbonia is nothing if not ambitious, inviting exacting architects and planners to work with their uniquely holistic portfolio of considered products.

The Brand Edit: design stories you should know

Simon Keane-Cowell

20.08.2024

Issue 02 – Our latest round-up of the best brand stories. Insightful, inspiring and entertaining. Very Architonic!

The Brand Edit: design stories you should know

Simon Keane-Cowell

04.06.2024

Issue 01 – Your new monthly round-up of the best brand stories. Insightful, inspiring and often entertaining. Very Architonic!

Stockholm Design Week 2024: the northern highlights

Simon Keane-Cowell

21.02.2024

There was strength (and warmth) in numbers at this year’s Stockholm Design Week and Stockholm Furniture Fair.

Editor's Letter – December 2023

Simon Keane-Cowell

14.12.2023

Me and you and everyone we know. That was 2023.

Bette does time at the Wilmina Hotel, a former prison

Brand story

Simon Keane-Cowell

28.11.2023

With elegant, tailor-made bathroom products, Bette has helped Grüntuch Ernst Architekten transform one of the most unlikely places to find high-class hospitality – a former prison – into a luxury hotel.

Five highlights from Zurich Design Weeks 2023

Simon Keane-Cowell

02.11.2023

The third edition of Switzerland's largest design event brought together emerging talent and established names for an investigation into circularity, place-making and contemporary design practice.

Editor's Letter – October 2023

Simon Keane-Cowell

23.10.2023

Leaves aren't the only things changing. October was packed with industry gatherings to discuss new ways to tackle our shared future – while we proudly launched our new DAAily insights tool, which will help fuel yours.

Simon Keane-Cowell articles

You’re so transparent: 10 years of Pedrali’s Nolita ...

Brand story

PEDRALI

13.03.2025

When Italian creative office CMP Design developed an outdoor chair for Pedrali, the result was half steel, half air. But a full classic.

‘It’s about sharing perspectives, not building ...

Brand story

PEDRALI

19.11.2024

The Milan-based design duo reveal their thinking behind Italian brand Pedrali’s fair stand at this year’s edition of Orgatec.

Architonic in conversation with Patricia Urquiola and Alcova ...

Brand story

Heimtextil

29.10.2024

A duo of design heavyweights join Architonic Editor-in-Chief Simon Keane-Cowell at the Texpertise Stage in Hall 4.0.

Made of Italy: Pedrali on craftsmanship, industry and ...

Brand story

PEDRALI

16.10.2024

Architonic sits down with CEO Monica Pedrali to discuss the changing nature and meaning of Italian design.

Creating icons together: Mara’s collaborative furniture ...

Brand story

Mara

10.10.2024

Discover Mara's Italian excellence at Orgatec in Hall 6.1, Stand D050, where renowned designers like AMDL CIRCLE, Pillet, Laviani and Ziliani unveil collections that blend hidden mechanics with versatile functionality.

Swissness! Lehni delivers bespoke solutions for La ...

Brand story

Lehni

30.09.2024

The Swiss-made manufacturer Lehni, specialising in bent sheet metal furniture, has masterfully crafted customised shelving systems for La Prairie’s new headquarters, showcasing modularity and problem-solving while creating a welcoming workspace.

Layer by Layer: how Arper’s Catifa Carta chair is shaping ...

Brand story

Arper

18.09.2024

A paradigm-shifting chair made from sustainable PaperShell marks a major advance in eco-friendly design. In this exclusive interview, Arper CEO Roberto Monti explains how its paper construction reflects the company’s commitment to sustainability.

‘Tables are the closest thing to architecture’: Robin ...

Brand story

PEDRALI

16.05.2024

At this past Salone, Architonic caught up with designer Robin Rizzini to explore his newest piece for Pedrali – Rizz, a sturdy yet light-looking table featuring four aluminum legs that rest elegantly in all kinds of spaces…

Design Mumbai catapults India onto the global design stage

Brand story

Design Mumbai

09.05.2024

Taking place this 2024 from 6–9 November, India’s first design show is set to showcase hand-picked local and international industry leaders, all while capturing the creative energy and consumer power of the world’s fifth-biggest economy.