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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.

Editor's Letter – September 2023

Simon Keane-Cowell

28.09.2023

We're all in this together. Architonic's autumn kicks off with circularity and community.

Editor's Letter – August 2023

Simon Keane-Cowell

21.08.2023

Climate action and actioning innovation. An Architonic summer.

Editor's Letter – June 2023

Simon Keane-Cowell

30.06.2023

Check out our Architonic Live Talks – in-depth conversations with A&D heroes, filmed at the New York, Cologne and Copenhagen fairs – for a healthy dose of design inspiration and industry revelation.

Simon Keane-Cowell articles

‘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.

‘There are always ideas passing by. You need to grab ...

Brand story

Mara

10.04.2024

AMDL CIRCLE, the studio founded by the design legend Michele De Lucchi, has harnessed the innovative spirit and craftsmanship of Italian furniture manufacturer Mara to produce TYPO – a typology-shifting chair that celebrates serendipity.

'We see ergonomics as a wellness tool': Todd ...

Brand story

Humanscale

10.04.2024

Design meets wellness. That's the essence of Todd Bracher's collaboration with office-furniture specialist Humanscale, where form follows function in the pursuit of long-term health.

Weaving ties between furniture, architecture and the city: ...

Brand story

PEDRALI

21.03.2024

Renzo Piano's Istanbul Modern Museum becomes part of the city by embodying urban integration, combining architecture, design and Pedrali furniture to foster interconnections on a human scale.

Trends, inspiration, networking and the latest functional ...

Brand story

Heimtextil

14.12.2023

At Heimtextil from 9 to 12 January 2024, textile innovations, materials, interior design and trends can all be experienced under one roof.

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.

Making friends at imm cologne

Brand story

imm cologne

10.11.2023

Sitting down with imm cologne creative director Dick Spierenburg on the fair's 2024 theme of ‘Connecting Communities’ in a changing landscape and why the trade fair is returning to its January date...

An architectural take on surface design: Zaha Hadid ...

Brand story

Atlas Concorde

08.11.2023

Co-created with none other than Zaha Hadid Architects, Atlas Concorde’s new Diamond décor redefines the classic mosaic with a bold, disruptive architectural twist. It’s a best-of-both-worlds collaboration…